New-York tribune., 1901-11-21
STOPS NAGLE'S AUCTION
CITY CLUB MEMBER BLOCKS
SCOW SALE.
HE OBTAINS AN INJUNCTION FROM The
SUPREME COURT-CHARGES AGAINST
THE COMMISSIONER.

Following closely On Street Cleaning Coninlls-
sioner Nagles statement that he lacks suflcien1
money to conduct the business Of the street
Cleaning Department, has been stated sA-
clusively in The Tribune. comes the news that
he has determined TO sell some of the most
valuable property Of that branch OF the punHc
service. Under Commissioner Warnings admin
jstration Of the department there were con-
structed three self-dumping scows. self-propel-
ling as well which, because of their economy
fn time and manning, saved the city many dol
lars year. These Commissioner Magic adVer-
tised to sell yesterday at public auction Ihat
he has not done is due TO the watchfulness
of the City Club. members of which notlced the
advertisement in The City Record" and de-
terrnined TO stop the proposed sale Through
Frederick P. BeIlarny, member Of the club ana
a taxpayer Of Brooklyn, an injunction was OBJ
tained preventing the sale. Mr.. Bellany said
last night:
These scows are necessary to the work OF dis
posing of the garbage and should not be sold
They are more economical than any other
method of dsposing OF the garbage, and that
they have not been used is solely because the
Commissioner Of Street Cleaning has given the
work TO favorites, to whom he has paid more
money than the same work would have cost II
done properly. In this matter 1 act as a tax
payer and citizen. and from no other motive
than TO that the city does not pay more
than it should for the work As The Tribune
has shown the Street Cleaning Department Is
using too much money in disposing OF the refuse
of the city. It should be stopped We have
taken this action in the hope that we will stop
a. part of the -yasteful expenditure that has
marked the present administration
Since the death OF Colonel Waring the scows
have not been used, although their efficiency
has been recognized by everybody who knows
anything about the disposition of garbage They
were constructed at a cost of $40 900 each and
never failed to do what Colonel Waring ano
their builders said they would do. Each was
capable OF steaming at the rate Of nine miles an
hour-which. by The way. is more than most Of
the tugs that have been engaged by Nagle have
done-and would go in heavy weather where
tugs with other dumping scows could not 60
Each was caoable Of carrying 45o loads Of ashes
and garbage and sinking the load which some
times contained refuse that the ordinary scows
would leave to float and be carried to the
beaches.
The papers in the case. which were passed on
by Justice Maddox, in the Supreme Court OF
Kings County charge the Commissioner with
not acting in good faith, honestly as an Of
Hcer of the city, but illegally doing waste and
snjury and with a disposition to mislead the
public.
Lewis Nixon, who built the scows; Captain
iDetenanly anu oIntTS VINO nave cpeA deeo N1Ao
boats all testify to their efficiency and are at
a loss understand why Commissioner Nagle
was anxious to sell them The injunction that
was granted yesterday is all that stopped the
sale, for there were men ready to bid on the
vessels who knew their efficiency and their
worth Testimony has been adduced showing
that inquirers discouraged when they de-
sired 10 examine the scoyqs and told that they
We're not for sale
1t is the desire Of the petitioner that the in
junction shall be made permanent, and that
these capable and economical vessels shall be
preserved for the use of the incoming admin
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