New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES iT UOE h
LEGISLATORS ufGlN THEIR iN9 iEi-s INf'
NNUlptS DEPARTMENTS OF tltE
STATE GoNERNMENr

li.sI.f ,rons urGlN THEIR iN9ruI-s lNro
VARIOUS pErA.rMENr> OF riE
STATE GolERNMENr
Member. - the legislative investigating commit
,.cs assembled a. the Murray HI Hotel yester lay
morning ready fIr work They bcons 70 q 'lnt
committee ~ born hous"s. ami are suhlFiiad INTO
yariou. sub committees 90 Investigate ihe condition
~ many departments n the STAT" government some
OF ,h. departments 'o be- inquired into being 'h"
banking Department. Cas- N.'e,. public HIl. .lnr-.
f,,,fl ~ Electrical C,uito. of V-Norh AMI Brook
t,n Weights and Measure Health Oncer ~ ia"
Port. rilo. Commission. PORT Waricns. H'r''r Mas
teri Superintendent e Pablo Instruction AMI a
great many moro Ia" investigation may continue
f,r month auI each subcommittee IS 20 make q
scrlfI'. report
senator Higgins got 90 work 40 1890 with an ln-
ouiry mt, the inspection OF gas meters. The FIRST
witness Anthony Cunchy. Inspector 81 Gas Meters
FOR the State Of NewYork. sald that his salary Vas
500 a year. and that h. had three deputies on"
in Buralo one I'm Albany ana a third In brooklyn
He PAYS hls assistant out ~ his sa.ary, one OF
them being his son. with N"vo a year. lie sad IL
was impossihc to examine more than one ou' o'
every ten meters In AL last year Abou, b'''
meters we're passed upon. Of which he examiner 80
himself The witness acknowledged thdt u was
Impossible for him to perform the work 81 inspec-
ton the law required
Thomas Cllnchy the son OF the FIRST witness siId
he had received money from several companies for
handling gas meters II was not a part oi ms
official duties and he had that privilege. He said
no experts could tell just how a gas meter Wouli
work The quality OF the gas changes It's working
After recess the investigation OF the quarantine
Department begun. quarantine commissioner
Charles f. Allen was called. H. said he was APP
pointed by Governor I'M and anerWard reappointci
bv Governor Flower. Since he was appointed. seven
years ago, SO0vc hal.been expended ON the CuIrtn-
tine Department. When / went into Office be-
said THE quarantine buildings were In "A dilapiated
condition" lie said that the shipping companies
paid the salary OF the health officer and his em-
ployes. and that these Islands would be no good
except To protect sick immigrants.
Quarantine Commissioner Henry Jacobs was mex
from his short experience that quarantine should
be under Federal control He thought II would be
better FOR all tn" country Tie said he Was In favor
Of IN" proposition to compel tn" steamship com
psuicS 10 pay all the expenses connected with
the maintenance ana support OF an the buildings
on the Quarantine islands He also thought the
buildings on Swinhurne and Honman's Islands
should be made nreprOOi, ns at the present time the
lives OF the inmates were In great danger IN case
OF fire
Senator Higgins next opened thc Investigation OF
the Board OF Electrical Control and Commissioner
thcre was not "A city IN the world 50 free from
wires a. New-Nork IL from Twenty thirost. to the
battery. lie said men were constantly trying TO
string wires over housetops 80 small and fine that
they could not be seer ten feet away. These were
to supply poolrooms. buckct-shops and such places,
the Senators said they would adjourn for a week
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