New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-01
TANNANY'S RECKLESSNESS.
CONTRACTORS DAMAGE THE CRIBWORK
ON RIKER'S ISLAND
NO CARE TAKEN ~ THE DISPOSITION OF
STREET REFUSE REPAIRS WILL COST
TILE CITY THOUSANDS

NO CARE TAKEN ~ THE DISPOSITION OF
STREET RErUsE-REPAIRs WILL COST
THE CITY THOUSANDS
AS predicted in The Tribune a fortnight ago. the
Tammany contractors have damaged the crlbwork
al Rker's Island probably past repair In their
efforts 10 squeeze money out OF the city treasury
without earnnr It, The Dock Department con-
tractor who has been building the cribwork left
openings i'm 1t 10 allow the contractor, Daley, who
has been removing the street refuse 20 Riker 5
Island under "A verbal agreement with Andrews,
10 unload his inside OF the cribwork. The
work of surrounding the island with tht necessary
receptacle for the street collections. although 1t
ought to have been finished in accordance with the
contract on December last. IS not yet done. II Is
true that the Dock Department extended the time
to February l. hut that time too has passed by
a full month. The Controllers engineer, who ex-
amined the crbwork. reported that he found II in
a deplorable condition. The outer end Of the crib
had shifted the soft mud bottom and gives in
dcations that with additional pressure from the
top and rear, the dumping goes on. ii will be
pushed still further out into the river. This con-
dton 1t is charged by the inspecting officer. has
been caused by the uneven loading OF the structure
by piling great quantities Of street cleaning ma
terial upon and at the back Of the crib.
AS The Tribune has before pointed out ne scows
in the specifications drawn by President Karker
Esmate IT is Expressly provided " that the mPeral
shall be unoaded and that care shall be taken
to distribute 1t evenly behind the cribwork.
that the pressure at vital points of the structure
shall be even. But no attention has been paid
TO these directions by DALEY. In the language OF
the examining engineer THE pressure from above
and behind has pushed the foot Of the crib out.
that the inclination of its face from the perpendcu-
lar is more than double the inclination IL
was designed have" The cause is the reckless
way in which the street-sweerlngs are piled hlgh
and uneVeny upon the crib.
1T looks 10 me-" said old-tlme official yeser-
day. az If Andrews and DALEY had gone in 10
ruin the Rker'S Island cribwork that they
may break up the project of carrying the street
material there. and fix the business to suit them
selves There is $4,000 Of an appropriation for
final disposition of STRENGTHENING material and these
fellows are determined to have IL. Mr. Barker's
specifications have tied them mp tight that
there Is nothing in it for them if the contract is
let under them"
To the contractor OF the cribwork has already
been paid about $4,000 on the work, which is likely
10 be made useless The question will UP
as to whether the structure shall be repaired or
abandoned. The contractor declares that IL il no
fault of his that his work has been damaged
The fault plainly lies with Andrews and Daley
II is going TO cost the city many thousands OF
dollars in any In the mean time the
Street Cleaning Department has failed 10 advertise
the contract under the new specifications and the
work of destroying the crfbworll goes under
Andrewss verbal contract with Daley.