The evening world., 1894-04-14
COMMISSIONS FOR FAVOR|TES
Big Money for the Tiger and the
Tigers Own in Appraisals Of
Condemned Lands.
MuLQuEEN GETS THE MOST.
Office Holders Who Get Large Sala.
ries and Fat Fees Besides by
!,.-sr the Grace Of Croker.

A.. .,,, -, N.r yor,.
The people OF inc CITY VI Ne" 'oN
are probably not aware that they are
,.i,.d ,,non N nav about $500 900 for
eaou - -, a,ns =, natronape
supplying secret Heaiis Vi pa'ioaee
to Tanmany Hall from one source
a,one
mi. ,.,ro,.oe consists Of Commits
THIS patronage CONSISTS Vi
sionerships in land condemnation ana
street-openirg proceedings, and is
.s.ra. h,oa,,s. tho n,bac generally is
secret oecause ths pun"
not informed about 1t. All the puphc
learns In that Messrs. So and SO have
.a 49,, sor,. srnreme Coprt
Justice as Commissioners of Appraisal
and Estimate In such and such a mat
e.. h,, 4. 4. MT ad,ised that this
ter' pu' ~ "o. az
patronage ID one OF the means ot suo,
sidizinE citizens whose influence and
SUPPORT ia necessary to the political
bosses of this city.
Many of them are ashamed to acknowl-
edge II. but they are Tammany men at
heart, the same as speedway Contractor
James d. Leary or Contractor Matthew
Raira whose names ara not enrolled
but the organization mas no more ioyal
and steadfast friends.
,rha,o ocomu,ss,on.rsbin. ,re s,necurea
and IN many instances yieid enormous
ices TOT very Htie WORK. , A.,
In the matter OF street openings the
land owners benehted must pay yoo me
costs, whlch amount 10 from $'W 10
N,sVO IN eacn case, tne iees OF the Com
the total In scnool site and other land
condemnations for the city. the tax-pay-
ers TOOL the Dill, the average cost OF the
proceedings Tor appraising site l0r
schooi. nre,engine mousse or othen MINOR
pubic buildings being about SS,2oo or
Wnlen tne commissioner ana their
clerks ,n, also get ABOUT tWo-tnirus:
Inc hgurss ana the iees grow 70 ap-
normal proportions as compared with
the iorego,ns In more lmportant pro
ceedines IKE the College place widening
ana nxins me awaras LOT iahu taken LOT
paTks' n, IL always costs me CITY s?o'o9o IN
such cases for commissioners fees,
c'erns in 10 ana r nGael'ats ihsss land conds,o
ioh proSeedinss were eompa.rratiyeiy .r
light burden on the taxpayers. The law
provided that s the ices sol OF Comm Commiss,oners .s, W
each man in any case.
Ihe average COST tor year was not
insaers 'nam nan isc'Wer sov me iainmany i,,n,ny
ieadeTS soon ulseoyered the gnttering
possibilities OF providing more Jobs for
place hunters by amending the law so
as 70 MAKE 'he conpehsatioh OF COM
missioners oi appraisal $lo uay eacn
pnana machihe Legislature passed the
amenumeht; - .
panse,on ac,aI II, ,ne nnanHv aowe Oh m So SWe
the work speedily disposed of. Com
missioners dld MOI frltter away time by
holding short ana an frequent en- ,Ies sessions IN IN
sible. because they knew they would
not get more thah 'he amount alio"ea
py law.
Under the new law the condition OF
things changed; The brakes were let
LOOSE LOOSE anu % aUuo!e steam was put rl on,
with tne result that proceedlngs were
at,i1 aavahcea during tne last year az won. 3n:
oertul rate: Altogether. when ns tns biiis
ot COST ior apPrsisais curing 1873 and
the hrst part OF tnis year are appr9v@sa @
by the courts, 1t Will take about S5oo,O'
70 pay them; ,.. ,-
some OF the most important improve
pe.ns pa under i the 80 day a session ss 1,o,Ir ar
rahgement, win the names OF the com
missioners VINO were so asslnuous II
promot Ing them; are here given:
, Condemning lem m the % iand Tor Corlears
sioners David Mcclure. Henry Camp
6eii and Meyer ThaimessinSer. Judge
Giidersleeve and Littleton j. GarretsoI
also acted as commissioners al one time
.Appraising the damage TO property b,
reason Of Widening College Place Com
missioners eugene l.. Bushe, VINO Is ais,
u RAPID transit Commissloner' jane
q; Janeway and Thomas +. Hayes. Tn
bill OF these Commissioners and thei
clerk hire is more than sio,ooO ,,
Condemna ton OF land for Mul6err;
Bend Park; Sommissio1ers. Com Patrick II
Holme, VINO is also an Excise Conmns
sioner; John J. Scannell and Edward l.
Paris. were formerly members of tn
Commission. Together they ask 10
$65, 900 for themselves, clerks and eject
etas.
Condemnation OF land for Cornell dam
Commissioners David Mcclure, Moses W
Taylor and w. Il. Wright. They hav
been paid about 5000. lammany Leade
James w. Boyle, of the Ninth Distric
has been appointed Commissioner in
separate proceeding for the same sit,
but he hasn't had an opportunity
begin drawing his $40 a day yet
Condemnation of land in the Croto
water supply. Commissioners, Assem-
blyman Hamilton Fish, OF Putnam, an
Francis Larkin, jr., OF Sing Sing I'll
third place was made vacant by the REL
ignation of Surrogate Arnold, OF In
city, and filled by Judge Dykman by IN
appointment of David Mcclure. n
particulars as to amount pai