The evening world., 1894-03-03
Used the Office Of the Tug and
Scow Superintendent in
Seventeenth Street.
HOW ABOUT 1T, Mr.. Andrews
Did You Know OF This Affair or VIII
the Grand Jury Have to Find
Out for Itself?

A pool-room under the protecting wing
OF the Department of Street-Cleaning.
the a%oficial head OF which is William 8.
Andrews!
:. violation of the law tolerated by the
head of that Department in order thataa
favored contractor and personal friend
might grow rich by gathering in the
money OF misguided employees Of the
Department.
a den where bets were made and paid
on horse races. almost without effort OF
cor cealment, after the police had shut up
al the Legitimate pool-rooms In own!
This liz the very latest scandal devel-
oped In the STRENGTHENING Department,
AM. 1t Is highly improbable hat Com
missioner Andrews has been ignorant OF
its existence.
1t has NOT as yet been shown. how
ever, that Mr.. Andrews had a financial
interest in the bookmaking establish
mcnt that has been conducted in one OF
the branch offices Of his big department.
Last Summer when the city govern
ment and the police authorities closed
the pool-rooms and bookmaking shops In
town some of the sporting men In the
city's employ and the clerks and others
in the STRENGTHENING Department who
bet on horse races were given an oppor-
tunity to continue their daily wagers by
visiting the STRENGTHENING Department
stables at Seventeenth street and Ave
nue. G.
In the upper portion of this building.
which was formerly the old City Market.
and which Is now occupied by the Street.
Cleaning Department, there is a small
room, known as the Department Of Tugs
and Scows. In this apartment more
thar $500, 900 is annually paid. and the
chief contractor who receives this money
from the city is John d. Daley. whose
private contracts, made with commits
sioner Andrews. ave caused 80 much
scandal.
Being a tug and scow contraction,
Daley has made this Office his head
charters. His right-hand man In the
Department is Andrew Buechler. Chief
Clerk OF Tugs and Scows. When ths
legitimate pool-rooms closed last Sum-
n,er, Daley and Buechler, apparently
not satisfied with the money derived
from Dailey's fat contract with the
city. began making book" The Tip"
was given to employees of the Street.
Cleaning Department who had money to
! 81 are, dHl Nhl lA4b ~ f"NN tH~~N -
Gravescnd, Brighton. Sheepshead Bay
and Morris Park. the little room OF tine
tug and scow department was trans
posed into a lively gambling den.
In the autumn afternoons crowds OF
city sports, some of them not connected
with the city government. visited this
room and made bets on the Gutenberg
and Gloucester races. Chief Clerk
/ tS,,n,hIar y,al. tho 'hnnEf and Inhn ID
Daley was the fnancial hacker of the
business. Many of the winning tickets
were cashed by Daily in person. and in
stances are known where some OF the
patrons of the place got bank checks In
return for their winning tickets.
The book made by Buechler on the
different races was governed by the
opening OF closing odds as quoted In a
newspaper that made a specially Of rae
ing news
From = o'clock until 8 each afternoon
Buechler made out written slips in lien
Of printed tickets, and upon the fol-
lowing morning he or Daley cashed
winning tickets.
John -. Daley, the favored con-
tractor, usually arrived each day In time
10 take charge OF the FIRMS roll"
l4ltEV "sS jag poNASH VI NHS OhNN'A
~well-kuown employee Of the Street.
Cleaning Department. who. as the say
Ing goes, beat the book" almost every
day. In September last when Laughing
Water won her first race of the year.
this lucky city employee won a 500, and
was paid his money by Daley. who gave
lis personal check.
The bookmaking shop was finally
closed only for the reason that the tip
concerning its existence rapidly spread
about town, and into the tenderloin dis
trict. atrons became too numerous. and
finally Darby and Buechler became
alarmed and abandoned the whole busi-
ness.
A few weeks g Charles p, Anderson,
Superintendent OF Tugs and Scows. we
Continued on zAird Pue&l