New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-13
ONE W.fY or GETTING nc HE'S.
"srAHDlxG IN" WITH TAMMANY HALL on
STREET CLEANING CONTRACTs-Ho TIE
SCHEME OF TLJNDE2 Is WORKED.

SCHEME OF THUNDER Is WORKED.
The system OF private letting prac;ised by the
street Cleaning Department under Comm 'sioner
Andrews Involves A heavy expenditure Of the cl;ys
money from which The ely receives no appreci1b'e
benefit, Tho plan has i;s foundation apparently
In a scheme - enrich a lot OF Tlmmany Hall con-
tractors. Contracts for towing. the furnishing or
supplies repairing tugs and scows and the purchase
Of all sorts of material required hy the department
In prosecuting its alleged work 0f s;re@t-ceinng.
are made without going through the form Of aiver-
sing AMI public letting An eNari.nhtion Of the lst
~ the parties upon v-hom those opportunities 70
make money are bestowed. shows that they are
nearly all allied 10 the TammGny organization. ana
~ they expected - put uo' literally for the
success II Tammany Han, X IL the ticl' under
standing that they are entitled charge what they
500 ii; for the goods they provide and the work
they do Attention has been called 70 the interest
ing feature ~ the private let-lns" to members
% Tlrnmany General Committee or their
immediate families that he size OF the BIZ does
not seem = make much difference. Large hiis are
welcomed. but small bills are by no means despse,l
Instances cited were these Thomas i"nane, member
Of the Tsmmany General Committee from the
city contracts In 1892. and Flss Doerr drew S225op
1ammany men Of crokers own district-yet Elward
J.. carey. member OF the General Committee for the
lNth District. dli not disdan drawing X52 "a. nor
Charles Schmidt. son OF A. Schmidt member OF the
General Committee from the Nth District, 10 put
I'm MS lltt,e bin tor s. %
towing Of sroHs for the city was Hepershiusen
Brothers. the senior member Il which was Ph.lip
HopershGuscu mt nlber OF the ramnany Cen
era Committee from the \ IN District He and MS
brothers lived at No ~ Clnnon-st., and the Tam
many social organization called the Columbian Ass)-
cltt)n knows them well. plrti ,Iary Philip. wnose
services - the organization are spoken OF in terms
OF admiration
People who wonder why the streets OF New-YorS
cannot be kept clean on an appropriation Of &,5ove
coo Should bclr In mind THAI tens. even hualrets OF
tnJuS,ndS Of dollars eaten up by distributing
the money Intended for cleaning tae streets On
members ot the rdmminy Genera and district com
rnt,tees, or those connected VITA tAom by family
business relations. The law provides that no
contracts be made watch Involve a sum Of $1,000
more without public letting Andrews and his
Tamminy c1nfedcrates get around this by dividing
the amount Of work supplies required tnat only
email payments payments Of $3.50 or less. need 10
be made. tbs ia Old dodge. which has been pur-
sued by dishonest officials and tractors for many
years \ law has been suggested by which evil
dent purpose elude the provision cited should be
punishable by fine and imprisonment. The enaC;-
men, and enforcement of such law might rid New
York Of precious "A los Of polit.ca. swnilers as
ever infested decent community.