The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-12

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thing. I took occasion to represent to various
members Of the Board that IL Mr.. Tate would
enter into n contract on tho basis of his bid IL
was obviously for the interest OF the city to
close with him, hut added that was confident
thore was something behind his letter, as he
could not afford TO pay any such sum unless
there was some condition or some unseen adj
vantage to him. I urged. therefore,, that the
Board ought to advertise for q contract for the
matters referred to In Mr.. Tate's letter, and in
the mean time could only protect themselves
from the Z" catch 4" which l was convinced there
was In MIR. Tate's proposal by postponing action
on the bids before them till the new bids to DO
sought by advertisement were received. for IL
they awarded the garbage contract this of
course excluded all bids for the disposition of
all matters. | also stated this view briefly in a
letter to Mayor strong.
However, on June . the Board directed the
advertising for bids for the privilege of pick
Ing over the rubbish of the city aside from
garbage. ashes. and street sweepinEs," but APP
proved the award of the contract for garbage
alone As recommended by Col. Warning.
The bids under this advertisement were
opened on Aug. %. 1t was then found that
MIR. Tate's express declaration to the Board of
Estimate and Appointment of n willingness
to give seas, 900 for the scow trimmings had
frightened OF all other bidders. Mr.. Tate put
"a - bi'ts plb " " e'aAb - a'Na
In his letter! Ho offered. 1t is true, to pay
S245 900 in weekly sums. but he did II with
extraordinary and impossible conditions. He
said:
shall execute Il on condition that the Mayor.
Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York.
acting by and through the Commissioners OF Street
Cleaning. bind themselves to me. under seal. to
provide without delay n reasonable number OF store
yards. suitably located. for the distribution of the
work. and also to make AN allowance, by way of ses
on, In tine contract for which this bid is made. for the
loss which / may sustain through the failure OF the
city of New York to enforce the law which forbids
tire disturbance OF refuse receptacles by unauthorized
persons. or from the failure OF the city OF New York
to enforce the city ordinances In compliance with
the terms OF the Sanitary Code OF tho Board of Health
of the city OF Now York relating to or governing in
any way the handling ana disposition OF tho material
referred to in this estimate and Indicated as rub
bish.
or course the Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tioninent could not accept such a bid. Nothing
has since been done in the matter. that l know
OF.
The result of all this is that Mr.. Tate got for
nothing for a little over u year ending on June
90. 1896, the scow trimmings for which. when
this present was made tn him. the city was get
ting SSs. 900 n year. During five or six months
OF this time the Mayor aud his associates were
struggling with tho problem OF getting q form
OF contract prepared and bids invited. In this
effort Col. Warning certainly does not seem to
have assisted them. When. finally, an adver-
tisement was compelled and bids were received
Col. Warning accepted one for the portion of the
work which did not Interfere with Mr.. Tate's
Job. and presented q letter from Mr.. Tate, in
which he offered for all but the garbage n sum
which would more than pay all the expenses OF
removing all street sweepings from the city. be-
sides, as Col. Warning stated, making for the
Z CITY land worth $40 OOD. Col Warinp'a
language is "a surplus OF receipts over
cost of Sls,l22." When brought to n final
bid. MIR. Tate comes in with an offer to pay the
sum OF S245.000. but attaches a string to his
offer. by which this sum was not to be paid un-
less the city incurred an unknown expense for
"a reasonable number of store yards. suitably
located for the distribution Of the work" The
city was also to agree to mako an allowance
by way Of set-o6" for the loss | may sustain
through the failure OF tho city TO enforce the
law which forbids the disturbance of refuse
recep.acles by unauthorized persons." which
would. l suppose. include the interference by
peripatetic raGpickers with the pals and tubs
placed upon tho sidewalks. Besides this. the
city was to agee to pay to Mr.. Tate the loss
from its failure to enforce the city ordinances
relating to or governing in any way the hand
ling and disposition =" Of the rubbish.
In other words, tho city was to provide nu-
uleEous ConNcuieut pihCcs VI Mr. laSc I TO
ceive his substances and do what work was left
for him to do in that connection. and it was also
to see that all the separation was done for Mr..
Tate and to become responsible for indefinite.
unknown. and probably unascertainable dam
ages II this WORK was not done for Mr.. Tate.
OF course. Col. Warning. when he presented
Mr.. Tate's letter to the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment on May s, 1895. and figured out
the profits to the city from accepting IL, did not
know that Mr.. Tate was deceiving him and
using him to deceive the city authorities BY his
letter. But this deception seems not to have
destroyed MIR. Tate's hypnotic influence over
Col. Waring: for the latter has continued his
hacker.
Nj. Tate's hold on the scow trimmings was
loosened. as | have said. on June % last. Just
four days before that Col. Waring employed
/ Mr.. Tate 20 furnish about sixty carts per day
for the collection and hauling OF paper and
other light refuse" 1t was to compel payment
of the amount to he paid under this private ar
ranGement which is still in force that Col.
Warinz recently went so far as 10 stop all the
street cleaning in the city. When he was forced
by his own cooler judgment to abandon that ex-
IRENE proceeding, he still stopped the collection
OF the paper. &c. instead of allowing the regu-
lar street cleaning force OF men and carts TO re-
turn temporarily to the old system OF collecting
Mr.. Tate's material with their other matters.
close with a summary OF the amounts OF
city money I know to have been received by
Nr. Tate:
Scow trimming for ono year at least go. $ss, 900 90
Removal o: snow and Ice, wiLter of
1886. 2l3.0ol os
Removal OF paper. summer OF 1898. ....... 2i.Osl 90
Total.. ...... 332e. os2 oS
GEORGE BLISS.
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