New-York tribune., 1902-01-16


the annual acquisitions for 1902 which ostens-
the coming year were not included IN the specifca-
tions Of said annual contracts, but were In fact,
during the last few weeks of 1901.
Mr.. Hervey's report states that Mr Butler. in
his explanation Of the special order" system.
said that heads Of departments were requested
To mark with red star certain acquisitions
where there apparent need OF hurrying the
supplies This red star feature is under sus-
picion. Thousands Of dollars worth of supplies
were red starred without warrant in the judg-
ment of the expert accountant. who says:
Some of the instances in which red star marks
edge Of the department Transmitting the requsi-
g9 gg 9f S to o and ds to to
officials In said department. We're follows
agaE TENS GyS n . Snngsi Tequsiton FOR tHol
etapnng; unauthorized by city Clerk Scully or any
G9T9as5s 0SSse Br9ohlyn-I,ems starred on re
Ing TO statement OF Chief CLERK Kelly.
Law Department, Bureau of Street Openings
to statemen Of CHIEF S Clerk Morrison Who pos
sesses sole authority in such matters.
Walton, sheriff who. stated that neither he nor
e tb ferK & o M d 9f renstdn
Department OF Water supply. Gas and Electricity,
wardcd the requsition to The City Record" office
stated that he did not star items or make re-
quest to have same made special.
Sheriff. Richmond County-Same statement by
County clerk, Richmond County-same statement
Court Of special sessions First Division Manha,-
tan-'lerk " Court Jones stated that he had ample
made no request that his lthographing be made
special ~ -. ~, =, rs
and chief clerk that any request had been made
to The city Record make their Hthographing
The examiner finds that the annual buying
for the New-York Supreme Co lrt. formerly
looked after by another department. was for
1902 made a part of Supervisor Buffers work,
The report says:
According to the records M Of the iatters t oD SSe
her. 1901. There they were held until November q.
1901 and on that dat disr6ntsd o by the 2 SUPER %ad
boon granted for advertisement and letting on con
The totals Of the open orders for Supreme Court
supplies thus given out by the supervisor aggre-
Ahrens stationery and Printing Company, and
sos 81 for printing and $25S 10 for books the whole
amount being HO.S5 a.
The investigation reveals a vast amount of
apparent Juggling with contracts. The expert
says
It found that in a great number Of instances
exhibited for bidders were of different character
lions; in some cases journal ruled bond paper being
shown as a sample Of the paper REQUIRED when
requ!siton In other the size of paper speci-
fed and asked for by certain departments was at
variance with the size shown in the book OF
samples.
The L. W. Ahrens Stationery and Printing
Company, a concern favored by The City Rec
ord officials, received last year S7,6OI Is for
furnishing II ,-32 Willis files average price
OF 65 9-1O cents each. The year before the
United States Trading Company furnished 1G.
1914 of the same kind of files for S6,4IT 90,
average price of 40 cents.
w A Butler. who recently removed
supervisor lost time in making reply 10 the
report made by Mr. Hervey He said:
About all that is shown in the report is matter
taken from the minutes of the Board of City Rec
ord as printed The City Record" All the mat
ter has been public property since IL printed.
Ali the supplies which the report audes have
been passed upon by the Mayor, Controller and
Corporation Counsel for years, and the bills pre-
sented for the work have been paid and the sup
plies nave been passed upon by representatives OF
the Finance Department. The bills have been
So far as the emergency acquisitions referred to
in the report. called for by the several depart
ments are concerned, that Is a matter which
the supervisor has jurisdiction and he must
allow them. The same practice has been In exist
enCe for twenty-seven years and is in practice to-
day by the present administration
DECLINED BY JEAN DE RESZKE,