New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-26
SOURCE OF GRAFT 33YEARS
Citizens Union Compares Old and
Nec Dock Boards.

az peculiar interest in view OF the fact that Dis
t-ict Attorney Jerome may soon press TIE gfaI1
charges against Charles F. Murphy, J. Sergeant
Cram and Peter +. Meyer growing out OF the
leasing OF piers at ridiculousy low figures by
she old Tammany Dock Board. Is the section Of the
Citizens Union campaign book devoted to docks
Extracts from this section follow:
The Department Of Docks has been source. Of
ton in ls7e in The GAYS OF Tweed. When o 49,
i is eve toward ne waterfront Ills department
has Jurisciction over the wh0e ~ fo,5 81 hun
d.ed miles II has charge q pIopeFty E%is Is e. a.
over Aeyv1a u ooeS{s ~ u Val interest
70 the commerce Of New York
work known 70 exist when the present adnini5tra;-
tion entered upon Us duties Was thst OF ING st
was divided by the Tammany Dock Board INTO
posed OF Richmond County. yet careful inquiry re
Vealed the fact tdat the cIty o"ne9 h.Iely si -
property there - an There was qoSNi l S[ ~
attend % what the oty ga nql 2S. i-sE ,, ~
81 SO a yeaI to maintain and in examining into the
francial results accomplished during me year pre-
tTgenty en- dist-icts seven added by the Tam
faa3 rs Nd ne civ as much as 500 though cost
ing $3.50 each as stated. one OF them [i s '
total this class of employees were tried ana
DISMISSED while a he same tine, ne 600 Goch ma
ty-seven 10 twenty by consolidation without III any
Cc Of tae larger items Of expense in this depsrt-
meat i that Of towing II lsll the city eApent,fo
l5art79ent Vas telerborine to q towing company for
boats By stopping oil mat oy colpe--ins IN ~ l'
the cost Of towing was reduced from $4,000 TO SscV
A. against the privileges enloyed BY the Ice Trust
under Van WICK. Ice bridge PRIV liescs nave uilu'
Tins administration. been granted 10 any rtsponSl-
bic applicant whenever possible. ano dumps a.
I0tto3 high BIDDERS instead Of being leased 10
favored parties and at greatly increased revenue.
Dump foot Of Thirtieth-st leased under Iammany
foT $50. under mis- administration t57uo Foot OF
SO. this aduiuiStra ton. $500 Dump AZ twenty
uIu1h-st-. North River. under Iamn9nN. 500 a
year: at Thirtetb-st. North River. under TINS Id
ministratlon. SAes a year
Regarding the Tenement House Commission the
campaign book says:
Tho jewellers IN tenement houses are FOR the most
part too busy 1Enrlng IN strange land the Uncnd-
ing battle against poverty ana disease 70 have
much time FOR politics Hitherto their only redress
has been in appealing TO the Health Department
menace 70 the poorer classes Many luspe ctOTs. in
: heir search Tor graft always took the landlords
planning the authorities were almost sure %
eviction.
For the first tine IN the citys history the people
have had effective champion against the dangers
that lurk iu defective G~ain rives. made tie FIRE
escares dark and hlty halls and against countless
cuJrages which they have hitherto suffered IN
The death rate for 1907 the arst year q the fusion
acmlrfstrauon. was ~. as aEalnSt 70" Tor The
not only gauges the number Of deaths, but the
OF the community.
one result q the esta hl'sh n1ert cf this depart
neut with its new powers for the suppression Of
prostitution IN tenement houses. has been the
practical elimination Of abardoned women from
found in one police precinct not more than mile
EQuare sixty well known centres OF prostitution in
tenement houses. and secured evidence OF The
eNStence OF more than three hundred Senarate dis
orderly apartments IN tenement houses IN this city.