The sun., 1896-10-25
BROOMS WILL WAC TO-DAY
srREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT
TIE-UP SOON OYER.

y,,.. Hrcbnprr Typevvritten Bronduides
over Contrnctor Tnte-The Mayor said
10 Have 1nsisted That Work Be kesumea
Tho merry battle OF the typewriter drowned
an, all other noises In the Offices Of Comptroller
Fitch and Col. WarinG yesterday. The truce OF
venr that had existed between the two distin-
,nisbed gentlemen had been broken. aud they
had renewed their old game of bombNrding
zach other with statements. There was diner-
.nce. however, between tho present trouble
and all those that have preceded II. In times
mast tho public has sat back ana en-
joyed the sharp and caustic repartee
of the two men and It's interests
have not suffered. This time, because
Comptroller Fitch has held up some OF
Contractor Tato's bills. Col. Waring ordered
n s,rlke, and yesterday not cart moved or =
broom swept or q scow went TO sea In the whole
ble city of New York. UnsiHhtly cans of ashes,
garbage. and rubbish filled every basement
nrea Tho accumulated filth OF a day lay on the
payements and II nothing else was accom-
plished Col. WarinR at least showed the public
how necessary his department Is to Its comfort
OF course such n state Of things was bound not
70 last. Tho Mayor. 1t is suspected, reasoned
with Col waring. aud orders were sent TO the
stables last svenlng TO send out the carts at
O'Clock this m orninR. All tho sWeepers Will 60
TO work at the same hour.
This is not t"o first time that contractor Her
hett late has been the bone OF contention.
iact that Col Waring has nude private ar
rnns,ments with Tate without advising him
- has been unable to secure from Col. waring
VIVA. ne considered a satisfactory accounting
,1r ,rst iosa Inu % sonse Col Warins in some of the
matters has not had to render AN accounting to
Mr. Fitch but the latter ss shsf II hnaacs nam hi ot To-
know how so many thousand dollars nave oeeh
EARLY TROUBLES OVER TATE.
The trouble dates back to when Col. Waring
Arst came into office and gave to Tate the scow-
trimming privilege This has a bee been worth To- the
enue from il. When called on for an explana-
tion Col. Waring satd that Tate Got this In re-
turn for collecting and disposing of rubbish. a
orematory having been built by him to experi-
ment with and find out what that was worth to
the oily This went on until last spring. when
the new garbage contracts were made, and II
was announced that the priviieEe OF collecting
was worth $250000 year. Tate got that con.
snoW and ies for Which tho city paid him last
year nearly a quarter OF o million.
Fitch all has ia a sl1eS tne
warrants % Gst unit, lie found that all tho men on tho
trouble have been caused BY the strict oversight
he has exercised. Mr.. Tate is employed to as
As u contractor. he has not got his employees
from the .Civil Service Bureau. and Mr.. Fitch
up lis bills un.il he has secured advice on tho
subject. The law governing tho employment of
Chapter chap ses. section So5. Laws Of 1854. The
clause which Col. Waring says bars Contractor
Tate from this civil service restriction reads as
Provided that nothing herein contained shall
prevent said Commissioner whenever 1t shall be
necessary to hire such boats, steam tugs, scows,
vessels, machines, tools or other property for
day or trip or for successive days or trips with;
cut advertising or contract founded on sealed
proposals bids"
COMPTROLLER FIRES BRoADs1DE-
As soon as Mr.. Fitch reached his Office yester-
day morning he gave out tho following state
"The bills of Herbert Tate which are unpaid
amount to about $4,000. or one.half of one
e at Col. Warnings isposai. There has been no
failure to Pay any other bills and no % refusal tt to
has been on accou nj Of legal questions connected
with the civil service law and the street clean-
perfoTm T % she duties @ eI for Which it was Created
and which arc incum bent upon 1t.
which Col. Warine claims right TO establish
adepartment free from civil service rules and
@ pi IN the hands Of Mr. Hetbers Tate,
10 rs follows:
P!oyde that nothing herein eGps..nsd shall g..
sary. hire such boats steam tuys. scows. vessels
ana or 9s ay p
contract founded on sealed proposals. or bids &C.
Herbert Tate's bills are alike in wording and
read. for instance. as follows:
ITO service of g5 horses carts and drivers. collect
ing and hauling refuse. on Sept. IL. at 81 per day.
III the services of men and horses come under
ths wording OF other property above al ana az II
Mayor do not apply at all to this junior branch
of the Department of Street Cleaning lately in;
on any proper advice or decision on that subject
they will be paid. To make the fact that they
abandonment of all work by the department is.
of course. absurd. The courts afford a quick
necessary. which in this case it is not. When
the Police Department had II question in regard
the SthaEaW aa ,Re t 4s rog asH s S
streets and abandon the work intrusted
%ans e bs Sed as 'hf they have Ss
several times legal grounds. the Commis-
sioners did not direct the fire eng!nes to remain
at home when the alarm sounded This depart
ment cannot be coerced into auditing and pay
ing bills to which there is any legal objection.
friction between The Department Of Street
Cleaning and this office is that whenever bills
by our auditors, which constant ly happens, tho
matters are quietly decided BY tho Corporation
the Slightest t. question @ IS raised here BY the
Auditing department. In regard to any claim OF
the Street Cleaning l Department Col waring at
The Finance Department IS not n paymaster
alone II Is the auditing department OF the
departments obey, the law and Of finvestigatinG
every question Of law or fact which comes be:
ether department Of the city goes on strike"
wARING RALLIES ROUND HIS FLAG.
When COL WarinG saw this he replied as fol-
lows:
Comptroller Fitch's statement to tho papers
concerning the stoppage of the work of this
department is calculated to produce an impress
sion tho opposite of correct.
After all that had followed on the subject
what Mr.. Fitch said to me yesterday was clear
decision that he would not pay for the carts
that had hired from Herbert Tate as long as
he could possibly help IL.
Mr.. Tates account runs back moro than four
months. The city now owes HIM. TO Oct. 81,
about 1000. IL has not paid him one dollar
on this account. The first OF the bills was sent
70 the Comptroller on July 13. From that time
to this there have been half promises. waiting
for an opini ion OF the Counsel to tho Corpora-
tion (Which opinion asserted that the bills
should be paid. sometimes sneering remarks as
TO why we would continue TO employ Tate
sometimes promises to attend to he matter in a
lew days once statement made TO me person.
Any that he was ready to pny most of what was
due to Tate In few days. and putting on
on TWO or three later occasions. Yesterday
nat statement as TO his deternnation to 'sus-
tain the LiSil Service law and as to his grave
n 4 IN mi rult ,,oyc ri