The evening world., 1894-01-23
MORE OF ANDREWS.
Can He Evade the Law with His
Private Contract 2
He Must Appear in the Supreme
Court To- Morrow.
Reasons Why tho Strect-Clcaning
Commissioner should Resign.

1t Is not improbable that the disclos-
ures made In THE Evening World" as
to he Irregularities in the Street-Clean-
ing Department, may lead to the rcsig-
nation of Commissioner W s. Andrews.
either voluntarily or at the request OF
Mayor Gilroy.
In Supreme Court Chambers to-mor-
row certain proceedings will come up
which will add to the reasons already
presented why Mr.. Andrews should step
down and out.
Ten days ago, Attorney George W.
Dease, OF the Pulitzer Building, on be-
half Of his client. Capt. James Reyes. of
2Sb Avenue G.. began injunction
proceedings In the Supreme Court. to
restrain Commissioner Andrews from
fulfilling his private contract with Con
tractor James n. Daley. for the trans
portation and unloading of city
garbage.
The defendants in the action include
Mayor Gilroy, Comptroller Fitch, Com
missioner Andrews, the Aldermen, Cor
poration Counsel Clark and Contractor
DALEY.
since the proccedlns were begun all OF
the persons named have been served
with writs of mandamus. Andrews has
been in Philadelphia and Washington
during the week, and the writ prepared
for him was served upon his assistant,
John j.. Ryan, Deputy Commissioners Of
STRENGTHENING.
The writs OF mandamus are returnable
Tomorrow. when there will come IN for
a thorough investigation, from a legal
standpoint. the scheme OF COMMISSIONS
Andrews to pay the favored Contractor
Daley. large sums OF money, about
1900 each month. for the unloading of
garbage scows.
Corporation Counsel Clark has given
Commissioner Andrews an opinion that
the unadvertlsed and private contract
with DALEY for finally disposlng OF the
street material Mt the rate of ~ cents a
cubic yard is unlawful. and cannot be
1t is held that legally COMMISSIONS
Andrews cannot make a contract in his
Department without first advertising for
contract publicly to the lowest bidder.
cubic yards Of garbage per day. as
stipulated In the private contract made
with Andrews, can realize something like
$4,000 per year out of the job. and
Daley and Andrews do not propose, II Is
said, to allow this most excellent plum
, to slip through their fingers.
The new programme. as now arranged.
il cents per cubic yard is to be sban:
Is to be played from a fresh deck.
Every morning Commissioner Andrews
Is to hire Contractor Daley to perform
the days labor of removing 5000 cubic
yards of garbage from the scows to the
cribwork at Riker's Island. There will
be no contract about this. while Daley
will draw just as much money from the
city treasury as under the contract plan.
This Is the method which Andrews IL
already following in the renting of the
Barney Patent Employing Scows; He
has no contract with the Barney Dump
hires thirteen boats from the Company
at s23 each, making $299 he compels the
city to pay out each day to the Barney
or contract Of n kind whatsoever.
When the new non-contract scheme of
Commissioner Andrews was explained
to Attorney George w. Dease this morn
Ing, he said:
"Andrews is in a very bad box and he
knows 1t. understand this new scheme
of his In hiring Daley every morning
is already in operation. but 1t will not
work.
III / employ a man TO carry a wagon.
load Of bricks TO the third, fourth and
think he can turn around and make me
pay so much for each hodful OF bricks.
There Is no doubt in my mind that
Mr.. Andrews's little Jig IL up. The only
way Daley will ever get an opportunity
to unload scows for the STRENGTHENING
Department is for him to put In a COM
p%etitive bid to do the work. and An
such bids and then award the contract
to the lowest bidder"
1t was learned yesterday that the
friend. partner and financial hacker OF
John d. DALEY Is James d.. Leary, who
Is President Of the Morris & Cummings
Dredging Company.
The city records. and especially the
annual reports OF the Comptroller, show
that DALEY. Leary and the Morris &
Cummings Dredging Company have been
paid enormous sums of money during the
past six or eight years for work per
formed for the STRENGTHENING and Dock
Departments.
During the year 1892 Leary was paid
over &50.00O by the Dock Department,
while his Company, the Morris & Cum-
iings Dredging concern, was paid 100000
for dredging.
This coterie OF contractors proposes to
increase these figures by what Daley
can get out OF the city on his garbage
contracts with Andrews. This would
give Leary, Daley & Co. something like
$4,000 per year out of the city treasury.
In view Of these facts. the decision of
the Supreme Court In the Injunction case
inaugurated by Capt. Reyes Is of vast
Importance to taxpayers.
Daley and Lcary, who are both Tam
many men, are now controlling all Of n
certain class of work for the municipal