The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-12
SWAYNE HEAVILY FINED.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST CONTRACTOR
 sWAYNB IHVESTIG4TED.

swsyns Makes Some startling Statements
 Executive Session Of Board-Members
 Refuse to Discios @ Business Done at"star
 Chamber'' session.
 At n special meeting of the board of health yesterday afternoon the numer- ous complaints against Garbage Con- tractor Walter s. swayne were again considered with a view to aseertaining whether or not he had any valid excuse for not collecting the garbage proper ly. Mayor Sargent and Commissioners Graves, McNiel, o'Connor and Man nlng were the members of the board present and the meeting was unusually protracted.
 As each complaint was read Con- tractor Swayne was given an oppor- tunity to explain why the garbage had not been collected from the particular locality specified in the complaint The principal excuse given by Contractor Swayne was that the garbage in almost every instance was collected by private collectors and because they neglected their work, the complaints were sent in to the board against him. He also stated that In many instances when he received such complaints he sent his men after the garbage and the resi- dent in several houses positively refused to give them the garbage, claiming that 1t was being collected by private teams and they wanted to save their garbage for them.
 At one stage of the investigation Contractor Swayne complained that some of the complaints against him had been signed by MT. Bailey, the clerk of the board. instead of the party mak- ing the complaint and intimated that this was part of plan to cause him trouble. He strongly denounced any such manner of making complaints and complained that 1t was an injustice to him.
 Clerk Bailey stoutly denied having signed any of the complaints and after his denial, Commissioner McNiel said: q think 1t Is time to put a stop to these allegations against MT. Bailey and the board should take some action on the matter. MT. Bailey has been thoroughly investigated in connection with this matter and I don't believe we should sit here and listen to charges or insinuation against him."
 This remark had the effect of keep ing MT. Swayne from making any more complaints against Mr. Bailey, but later in the course of the investigation he stated in emphatic language that these complaints had all, or nearly all, been made in order to attempt to down him. He also stated that the private collec- tors had. been put up to neglect talk ing garbage so that complaints might be sent in against him to the board of health. He further claimed that these men should be cited in and compelled to tell the truth in reference to the mat ter and especially who had put them up to neglect the garbage.
 MT. Swayne also claimed that num- Der of the compliments had sent in complaints to the board after the gar bage had been thoroughly cleaned up in their yards He stated that he knew for positive fact of one such in- stance as he himself had investigated the matter and was positive that on the date the complaint was made there was no more garbage about the place than he could put in his hat.
 The several complaints specified that the garbage had not been collected in some instances for a period of ten days, and in others for a. period of over Tn oil . complaints against Swayne, which were investigated by the members of the board. Several of the drivers employed by MT. Swayne testified that they had collected garbage on all the streets at least twice week. Even allowing this statement to be true, as one of the members of the board said, MT. Swayne is not complying with the provisions of the contract which requires that from May to November the garbage shall be collected from each street at least three times week.
 In reference to the statement by Mr. Swayne that number of complaints had been made out by Clerk Bailey, and that there was some crooked work in connection with the complaints MT. Bailey stated in every instance where the complaints had been made out by people who came to the office and com plained and signed 1t themselves he had filled it in. He also stated that he knew of no attempt to down" MT. Swayne by making fictitious complaints and that in his opinion all the con- plaints had been made in good faith by the compliments.
 At 6:25 o'clock the members of the beard went into executive session, after having examined all the complaints. Dr. OConnor positively refused to .li- vulge any of the proceedings of the executive session.
 swAYNEFTNED $50.
 Notwithstanding the secrecy main. tained by the board of health in refer ence to the action taken by that body in executive session, it was learned from reliable source last evening that the members hadlaecided to impose , fine of $50 upon awayne. Some of the commissioners were in favor of a much larger fine, but finally all agreed on that figure. @,@
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