The record-union., 1896-05-12
CHARGES AGAINST CROLY.
Investigation Of the Street Superin-
tendent'S Actions Asked.
i. B. Washburne Makes a Number Of
Accusations of Malfeasance
and Negligence.

tees last night the 1OlloWlHS charges
were filed against Street Super1ntend-
ent Croly, and the time for hearing
them was fixed for Tuesday evening;
May 10Th:
To the Board of Trustees of the city
of Sacramento: The following charges
and accusations are hereby preferred
against E. ]. Croly. Superintendent of
Streets of the city of Sacramento by
a citizen and resident Of the city
Of Sacramento, to wit:
1. That the said Croly has been guilty
of misconduct and malfeasance in office,
and of violation of the charter OF the
city Of Sacramento, all detrimental to
the public service and injurious to the
welfare of said city, and the following
are hereby specified as among such acts
of violation, misconduct and malfeas-
Rnce. to wit:
A-That on the I'd day of March, 1896,
while the said E. J. Croly was the duly
appointed, qualified and acting Super
intendent Of Streets Of the city of Sac
ramento, the said Croly hauled, or
caused to be hauled or conveyed, be-
tween twenty and thirty loads Of dirt to
the premises of the Sacramento Lum-
Der Company in said city, which prem
vate individuals, and in which said city
had no interest whatsoever; that the
said hauling was done with wagons and
teams and laborers all under the control
and in the employment of the said city,
and the said work and expenses of con-
veying said dirt to said private prem
ises were paid for by said city, and the
said city has not been reimbursed or
compensated in any manner therefor:
B.-That this accuser is informed and
believes and therefore AYERS that the
said E. J. Croly, on the 21st day of
March, 1896 while such Superintend-
ent Of Streets, ordered and directed two
employees Of said city, then being paid
for their labor by said city, to go to the
house Of said Croly, and there, upon
wagons belonging to said Croly and
one r. G. Irvine, to place certain wagon
beds; that said wagon beds were con-
structed by and paid for by said city,
and the same were, on said date, by
said employees, acting under the direc-
tion of said Croly, placed upon said wag
ons belonging to said Irvine and Croly,
where they have ever since remained.
C.-That this accuser is informed and
believes and therefore avers that the
said Croly, in violation Of Section 211
of the charter of the city of Sacramento,
has used and employed upon the streets
of said city three wagons and one team
of horses, in which he was personally
interested and of which he was part
proprietor; and has for more than two
months last past regularly charged for
and regularly collected from said city
sums Of money for the use Of said prop
erty in which he himself was, as afore-
said, directly interested.
D.-That within two months last past
the said Croly, in violation of said Sec
ton 211 Of the charter, sold to the city
of Sacramento two whitewash brushes
for the sum of 81, and presented his
claim for said sum against said city,
and endeavored to collect the same, but
the same was vetoed by the Auditor of
said city.
=. That the said Croly is incompetent
and incapable of properly performing
the duties of his said office, and has
been guilty of many acts of gross in
competence, among which this accuser
specifies the following, to wit:
A.-That by reason of his incompe-
tence and ignorance he has permitted
the street at the corner of Seventh and
streets in said city, and for con-
siderable distance on \ street, east and
west thereof, TO become dilapidated, and
has suffered the gravel to become loose
and the said street by neglect of said
Croly has been made dangerous, and
has suffered irreparable injury.
B.-That other streets in said city by
reason Of said Croiy's neglect and ig-
norance Of streets, have been rendered
dangerous to horses and have become
seriously damaged
C.-That at the corner of Fourteenth
and r streets in said city, the said
Croly, through ignorance and incompe-
tency, constructed a useless culvert,
that afforded no relief, and did not
same was intended to do; that by rea-
son of such construction the said city
was caused to expend a large sum of
money without any benefit being de-
rived therefrom to said city;
D-That by reason of the incompe-
tence and negligence Of said Croly, the
dust in the streets of said city has not
been laid or attended to, but has been
permitted without attempt on his part
to prevent the same, to be blown about
in said city to the detriment of the prop
erty OF the citizens and the discomfort
of the inhabitants; that said Croly has
been given full power and authority by
the Board of Trustees of said city TO
10 all things necessary to keep said dust
down, but he has neglected to do so.