The evening world., 1894-01-19
DUMMY BOATS, TOO
Oity's Money Apparently Paid for
Work Never Done.
Street. Cleaning Department Con-
demned by Records.
How Part OF 100000 Is Spent in
"Final Disposition"

tracts betwee Contractor John ID.
Daley and William S. Andrews. Com
missioner Of Street Cleaning. will give
the Grand Jury an opportunity to dis
tingulsh itself.
..rhe Evening World" has shown from
day to day facts and figures. exposing
the frauds and shems. jobs and deals. in
the matter of nsh-cart horses, horse feed,
dumplng-boats and scows and t%ugboats.
All OF these questionable transaction
are o~yershadowed. however. by discov-
cries made yesterday in What Is known
as the ''fna disposition bureau OF the
Street Cleaning Department.
The final disposition bureau. which
annually expends nearly $780, 900 of the
public money, is without question the
most fruitful field for schemes and
deals. 1t Is under the supervision. as a
matter Of course. Of Commissioner An
drews. but more particularly is It looked
after by Deputy Commissioner John j.
Ryan. Under Mr.. Ryan Is Charles p.
Anderson. Superintendent OF Tugs and
6cows. and under Mr.. Anderson is An
drew Buchler. his clerk.
Upon these four city officials. then,
Andrews, Ryan. Anderson n Buchler.
in the order named. rests the grave re-
sponsibility of expanding 100000 annu-
ally OF the taxpayers money.
Anderson and Buchler practically run
the business of tugs n scows. making
daily reports to Andrews and Ryan.
At the foot of Seventeenth street. East
River, at the corner OF Avenue C, are the
seventeenth street dumps and the Street
Department stables. The stable build
nnU ID tho old Civ Marlfpf and ~ tho
visitor will climb n winding iron stair
case In q corner of the structure to the
top floor, he will find himself In n dark.
dark hallway he will find n small, barn
like room, where there are four or i've
old desks, q few chairs. a stove and II
This is the final disposition bureau"
It Is here hat Anderson and Buchler
direct the movements OF tugs and scows.
hire men and discharge them, and above
100000 annually. With telephone com
municat don with the seventeen dumps In
the city and also with Commissioner
Andrews and Deputy Ryan. all the bust
ness of the bureau Is easily transacted.
Anderson n Buchler are seldom
alone In this .g.oomy old attic room. for
holds all the fat contracts in tags and
dreds of DaIey's blank bills are kept
here. and II Is said that q bill against
the STRENGTHENING Department In sell
Office.
John d. Daley is a Tammnny Hal,
more Club. and n follower Of Police Jus
tice Welde, the leader of his district.
lie Is g ,protegc Of James ID. Lcary. who,
II y said: gave Dale his start IN NE,
tor Daley are. close friends. They can
frequently, be found arm in arm In Wall
street and as recently as Jan. 8, dined
Hnuafh0r NJ lnI VI tNnfa lap I ~ .AYaa
street.
John d. Daley. according to his busi-
ness cards, Is a contractor tor. water
office at ITO West One Hundred and
Nineteenth street and another Office in
Broad street. His work for the city in
, yeSr ImS %as swe IL 0n TO- , ss;s''' T spt y lss1
Mr.. Daley Is In n fair way to receive
something like $500, 900 from the Street
Cleaning Department.
the city by Contractor Daley is a matter
for future consideration, and the pur-
pose to-day Is to show the methods and
manner In hich the city scows are un-
loaded by Daley at Riker's Island and
elsewhere.
There are twelve dumping wharves on
the East River as follows: Old slip. Rut-
gers slip. jackson street. stanton street,
street. Thir,y-eighth street. FCrtT-siv'l
street. Seventeen street; Eigh!ieth
os'S "ih . NANN'
and Lincoln avenue.
There are seven dumping wharves or
the North River VIZ: Cana! street
street. Seventy-ninth street ard one
Hundred and Twenty-nirth street.
The dumps ut Twenty-second nnf
jackson streets, are not used. At each
OF the other dumps, one or more scoWs
are kept to receive the garbage, from
b ash-carts. driven to the dumps
from various parts Of the city.
These are the twenty.three scow:
e, q 2ss 2s; q, %, %. 80, q. 81. SO. "a IS
~ 20 and 90 are not In use, being tlrc
up at the Seventeenth street wharf. Thii
leaves twer.ty scows owned by the De
private parties by the Department: tn
franklin. Edison. Delons. Goyernor
Paris. Globe. u. a
These are the twelve patent dumpin!
3, 10. II. IL, 10, 10 and II.
These forty-eight scows are the tota
number In use by the Department sine
In this article are computed based
All of the facts herein stated are matter
of public record.
This is the onclal record OF seo~s in use Q
Jan. IL. 1894: Twelve patent dumping scows;
hired nat scows. 20 Department scows.
This Ia the expense account for hired scowu X
the same day Tan. ~. 1890:
q scows receiving ashes from vessels, at
10 hcows at dumps. at $3.50 and 3d.. 81
Is bumpers at Se3 per ay................ as9
doui'"''-'''''. sff
Here are seven hired nat scows and on
bumper for which bills were rendere
and money paid. when the boats wei
not In use at AL.
IL these seven dummy scows wei
put in the expense account, as the re-
ords show they were. II is a naturi
equen that John ID. DALEY was pa
yeo each for unloading these sGve
dummy" scows. 1t would not balance
the books OF the Departments to pay Il
the hire of seven scows II payment W;
not also made for unloading them. SIEVE
Bcows at $50 means 4 little matter
4 $40 for Daley.
"A cubic yard OF solid garbage will ju
2 about I'LL an ash-cart. Many of Il
carts, when their loads are dumped In
the scows. are only half filled. At eaS
or the dumps a record is kept OF Il
number of carloads emptied into eac
Bcow, and the Department records civ
the number of loads TO each load'
Bcow.
For instance, when a scow is ready
be fowed TO Riker's Island for Daley
unload. q record is made by the capita
. - fba Aunnn NJ t,Gf how MANY car