New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-04

,,,p, A. OFFICIALS AT WORK on HIS BOOKS BE-
,IrvE THAT HE HAS MERELY NEGLECTED
HIS prTIEs-pUBLIc HEARING TO-DAY.
Camden. Dec (speclaD.-There is sorry tans'e
IN the office of City Treasurer Frank +. Meheno"'
a an expert accountant is doing his best 10
e,raiphten II out IN time to make some sor' y.
commemorative statement for the lhVes"sa'n
Commission which meets again tomorrow '
binds Of stories have been afoat regarding inc JIM
cuIt,es but all concerned agree that as'ue Nm
cor,;essness and neglect the City Treasurer Is NJ
tsa involved CITY Controller HoIlingshedd says
economically that all moneys and SECURITIES al.
satisfactorily accounted for ana 'ha' "'e ~
careful scrutiny fails 10 reveal anything "'o,e'
C,tv Counsel J. willard Morgan says ne Is sure III.
Treasurers accounts Will be fouiiu al iie"' -
,hat the chances are the city owes the treasurer
balance. -, .ho ,,rols
rho frs, intlmation the public had OF the tahsie
IN the Treasurer's Office came at the situns VI '"o
investigators q week ago To-Day. Inc
ras called as a witness and asked by MI Dream
10y the counsel for the Commissioners u ui"i''
,atoments explaining in detail the expenditures
" or,o,,s accounts over period OF ten years On
hh.I, of the Treasurer. the City Counsel decla'eu
,hot no such statement could be prepared as II
involved too great a task MT BieaN'ey pe'''s'
however and declared that he was certain ''o'
sands of dollars are still due the commissioners VI
public instruction from collections OF delinquent
80 1-,arefore at the sitting OF the Commas
,o, =, Wednesday last, Mr.. Morgan presented D"
hehalf Of the Treasurer. briet memoranda S"o
inc the balances due the Commissioners Oh fuono
,rrc,on at the end OF each fiscal year slnce 1911
r,t ,. all IN. Counsel SAID. that could be mace
l!' ~ time hut clerks at work on the DoohS'
al ma more explicit statement would be Ior'"-
anu ia, a. tho next slit ng Of the Investigators
The treasurer examined t''tHeL, III III, ~ 80.
,i+"od that his books were in a chaotic sIa'e,
~, NJ no had neglected to post them anu , Ina
~ only one that was up TO date Vas Mas i m's 500
~ which he had arranged since the Iast S.
sion. He admitted that ne was IN e,ann,Unih1a3
W most III, mis- ledger which had not Deeh 'o,c. ~.
tor months AMI that he hoped 10 nave az. , te
Io' rosesrv Information ready for the ConiIissIoi-
s sine Wednesday, last city Ccunsel M0 u SUI,
civ Controller iiolllngshead fee,Hri h,y,, in tho
IInsred ard Attorney Rex have been pusy III M
re- surer's Office trying to straghleh TIC
49,, ON Friday T. l.. Mead an expert accom- In, IN,
49, '. eroarcd and this corps of ngurers nav -
making . careful scrutiny OF an ~ creaf ASK
h"ois and accounts. They found u tledL 80 -
po thev are gradually STRENGTHENING things out,
ol d .v' hey will b. able to show That everything
Is all r'5ht. 1890 ofoo.od cry Treasurer
last snring for his fourth term OF three ,d
ia balI the Office terms previous ~ no -.
COR several years was CITY ti"rk re ,aS bad
zoo If the mos; popular officials the eiiy eEel me- ~
Cork About two years ago ne was s s " .nd
rSat X known as walking typhoiu 49, - ~
,fa,oh III he continued 10 work 10 ,lls la.. ~ h
o, ascribos his present difficulty ne say ~, ~
- 80, ~ that he was forced TO neglect Ms i"' -,
ID at last The work piled W on him 50 mat ~ ""'
not been able to catch up ,,,o.,o f.o,or,i,tee Of
"a sncrial meeting Of the Financ pm ~ a.,
,hs CIV council tonight the d fhcutl IN u u -
.es,,rSr Colonel Samuel Hnfty: eX-C ntrqneT'
@ cre,a ged as a expert IN place o. ffe" L. Hi'""'
Uno has been at work several oa!E