New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-09

it was said that all the essential records OF
these towns were and had been on ME III nc
Office since the annexation of the respective
lawns Furthermore these books had been
placed 1T the disposition Of and used by the eH
perts in the official investigation. The only doom
Of any importance not on mana was me as naver
turned over 10 the city Ivy the town au'norItles'
The department which figures most cohsp'c"-
ously in the report IS that Of Arrears. :, .o. o,
The Register of Arrears Mr. FoW'u was ilor
In his office Yesterday. bat IN mis- absence NE
deputy. Mr. Tyler gave cut an expianatlon y,
- eit,fqtio,. when TIE report was shown 10
lin, no sad. That | think is rather mlsleao
ing and gives an impression that theie ms
been some dishonesty in MI Powers uepal, ~
ilent. That is far from being the truth. ana a.,
the way through our department mas III,
treated with unusual severity. our DOCKS III VIZ,
Office have been balanced exactly ever! uas
since Mr. Powell has been in o'nc'- W No.
hold cent of money in this onlce anu =,
day before our MONEY ~ 'uli'e .mreoctions
tho treasurer Mr.. Taylor. our transic. 1 ,e
arc balanced II there is any olScrsPipr, ; ,nr
tween this office and that OF CphtroIici 20 ,,'c
Tho error must &c in that Office. IT ~ 49, ooo
know for fact dat onc-hali 81 Ih' r,od for
which the experts say cannot he arcoune'; mo
Is due 20 credits which we're charge" :" ua n,ce
books Of frs; entry IN the t"h,'p -,
but wcre never posted up in inc ie'se'S
BEFORE MR.. PALMER'S TIME
.1his vas probahly due t. carelassness ol .N'
omnloyc, Of the Office previous to the au"'''
istration r. Mr. Palmer have every reA'o"
70 bcrovc that Mr.. Palmer has been larticu'"'''
careful to soc that no such oversiSh'S ha'e
Cured since he took rilice. our noid ner.
has AT such times as his duties mere WTu, o.
nit gone over the books in the Coi i,,, a,,,rns
tic,. and fotlud 81 .,o0WjO OF cancclleu 80
cont 10 the Department OF Arredto 80, nos,od
credited to us In the entry pooh, "u' ~. ,o,kod
10 in the ledger. TIL" cNpertS "iip ia oxorincd
or "a. Controller's book have ohy eAoii,' ~
The lc!ccrs That is why they nay iU'airIer
discropancy We feel positive that tne nan no
accounted for In the same way. III s",iors IN
this thcre were "A great many reuuet' sa"sors
taxes and assessments made ~ WI a. ~
under the so-called Evarts Arrears s",ad IN
tn, Department of Arrears. thlnh ,nene an,
occounr for the differences whlch eNl9l,c -
under the impression that bookheep'IS ~. fhoso
n,e ,.ontrollers have failed 10 recognize ,n'.
assessors decisions and give proper creu liz.
tho Department ~ Arrears for those ieu"
Later Mr.. Powell himself was found III ms
Off, in New-York lie spoke suDstan.lanS q"
Mr. Tvler corroboratinC the la'l"l
In addition. he said: . 4, ,oors
long pas, were exceedingly careless Mls.ah 10
were made then when can proDdpy ne g, ,an
rectifed Much as We may rcSret lhds a. a.
~ ia m th, door Of none Of the officials OF uhe
nr,scnt administration. The books Ill our | IN
have never been examined 10y the eNie'ts Aio'',
Controller Fitch except in inc mos, maS.S az, a,r
s,,ernclal manner Probably in all they nav,
moi spent an hour on our books y .i,S GA u,a
make a careful examination they W Hgu'u ~. .
them free from all mistakes since ioo'' eACep'
iirh, errors liable 10 creep into all systems
"As to tho 80 bogus and -oo"" un'aa
nnced accounts. as alleged, std'''"c,r ~, az
nrd ~ thnn, are all a mistake. Those ar-
Counts a. said have never been examined
Probably there are "A great many pieces OF P'oi,,
erty In arrears for taxes. put thht nu!iaoe' ,,,
NOT approxlmate a small fraction OF two nun
drcd thousand Furthermore. ] know tnat Oh
JarIary / lS9S all arrears OF taxes up TO an"
including those Of 1871 VIII be praT1C1ihi 'o'
loc,ed in SO far as the same are coliectiol''
The statement that the books o, the pepart-
,nent OF Arrears arc in confusion Is ihis'ake'
This was probably caused by the fact that per,
enns who looked at them did not und"fs'ahh
Tho system ~ bookkeeping used by us.