The evening world., 1894-05-30
admits that He Told a Lot Of Lies 10
Mr.. Gofr, and Nay Be In
diCted for Perjury.
his DEAL WITH A PARKHURST AGENT
Tho Committee Adjourns Till Friday, When
If Granger Doesn't Appear, Mr..
sheehan May Be- Examined.


sprinkling route No. Z. under the new
street-sprinkling law. signed by Gov.
Flower last week.
Route No. included these streets:
Broadway, Tenth to Fourteenth street and
Seventeenth to Twenty-third street
Fifth avenue. Fifteenth to Twenty third street
Fourth avenue. Nineteenth to Twenty fourth
street
Fourteenth street, Broadway to Third avenue.
Twsnty-thrd street Sixth to Madison avenue.
Nineteenth Twentieth. Twenty first and Twenty
second streets Fifth avenue to Broadway
Twenty;eighth, Twenty-nnth, Thrty-nrst and
Thirty-third streets. Madison to Fourth avenue
Thirty-sixth, Thirty ninth. Fortieth Forty .arst
and Forty second streets. Park to Third avenue.
Thirty fourth street. Madison to Third avenue.
avenues.
Mr.. Byers presented petition
signed by two-thirds of the house
holders of the district covered by
the route. but he did not get the privi-
lege. The Commissioner said that the
matter would have to be referred to the
Corporation Counsel, and an answer
could not be expected in less than a
week. owing to the large amount of
work that official has on hand.
The deal by which the Street-Sprink-
ling Association was given the monopoly
of the business in this city for ten years
at ridiculously low rate. meant 500 900
for-somebody.
The manner in which this deal was
juggled by Tammany was one of the
most shameless steals in the notoriously
corrupt Legislature of 1893. That the
hackers. of the bill had done business
with the authorities in Fourteenth street
was shown by the equally shameless way
in which the Public Works Department
hurried to sign a ten years contract
with the corporation which had secured
the passage of the bill.
Previous to the passage of the act the
street-sprinkling business of this city
furnished a livelihood to over forty men
who owned horses and carts, and had
the goodwill and long-establshed pat
ronage of the citizens whom they served.
No serious. complaint was ever made that
their work was unsatisfactory, and 1t
was confessedly an economical arrange
ment for rate-payers and most profit
able for the city.
In March of each year the Commissioner
Of Public Works advertised for bids for
the privilege of sprinkling over these
routes. The sprinklers made such rates
as they, cou,d with the property-owners
and paid the city for the water used. The
business was growing at a rate that
added over $1,000 year to the amount
paid the city for the privileges. and the
stantly opened up new territory. The
amounts received by the city for these
privileges aud for wa.e~ for three years
previous to last year were as follows:
1890 .............s2 sci ooOi bout 81 900 SIS. 900
ISL issi ssSSS ssSSS 7SSS 1899 ssSSS ssSSS
In Marc1 of last year Commissioner
DAILY advertised for bids for street.
sprinkling. as usual. The .sprinklers had
business might be developed, and there
was considerable compel iton. one of
them, who had operated over three or
four of the biggest routes in 1892, pre-
pared bids for twenty three out Of the
$4,000 ''eD
ASTOUNDING NEWS TO THEM.
When he and other bidders went to
the Public Works Department to put in
their bids they were surprised to find
That the letting of the privileges had
been deferred, without explanation, for
a week. That was two or three days
At the end of the week. when they Again
put in an appearance, they were blandly
informed by the smiling Mr.. DAILY, Com
new law the ,street-sprinkiing privileges
had been already contracted to the
Street Sprinkling Association for a
In the hurry and confusion of the
midnight session which closed the Leg
fslafure ba follpuipp ridar ubirb baJ
been sm,iHp,ed in hy Eoi Canrno 'a' q
Webster had been sneaked througb n nj
was as hurriadIv sisned hv Gnv Eioa,ar amu
the next day:
s...,s~ ,.- ,,
section sT.-The Commissioner OF Public
s mo1hs sns', nave oontroi OF the care ana main.
Naw yorS ancan ,hsss anu s IN the CITY OF
third and Tweptv vtonrtb WarSs 'n na uae INV thmeny
provements upon The same after compietion and am,
except that portion OF any exterior street wbars
power is now or may hereaf. .er become vested in
the Department of Docks. The Commissioner Of
Public Works ir hereby authorized and empow-
cred 70 grant license or privilege to the Street
sprihkhhg Association Tor the sprnklins OF all
under h hs jurlsdiction aforesaid with water from
war; snS,sct pn ncb , psd no. eaeeeuhg ten
istions and The nayment 81 sucb snu,ai anu @ resu
he may determine. hut NOT less than the smorns n
now received by said city for said priviissa.
T TuE RENEEIcIapV
Tho str.et srrinLI,ne Asso,,..,., l.,
corporators were Jacob T. Hillebrandt
President: A. r. Yetter. Philin NJ E,sher'
Henry Kern, l. X. Linabury, Matthew
Triminer and w q Duncan
They had all been in the streetsnrinl
ling Rusinass for year ana 49, iii
rraS 6 I.bS, 49, Tbo,y fnra,,,, ' "eie @ an
~sdlehy M 1oa Imt nloHey
" pe Ilhue out u stIeet-sPrinking III
monopoly coulu pe secured, ana they
went after the monopoly, In order that
their plans might be kept under cover,
they were Incorporated under the laws
of West Virginia, and a certificate of
M.