The sun., 1907-03-14
TTLTOVER ERTHEFILTHYSTRE
500. .OOO. .OOO TO CLEAN MANHATTAN
ALONE, SAYS METZ.
comptroller Blames Dr. Darlington for In.
necessarily Soaring the People e-NIaxls-
uate whitman Says Graft Is az Bottom
Of Neglect To Remove snow and FtIth.

trAte NUNtOuhn says GrNtN Us az hOtN0n
Of Neglect 10 Remove snow and Filth.
There's no use trying to make the streets
NJ New York any cleaner under existing
conditions. To do what the kickers want
would take not 81 600, ,OOO, which the snow
s,orrs Of this season have cost, but not less
thsn S,O,OOo. 900 for Manhattan alone. Any
nov. all this talk of epidemics and diseases
IN come from the myriads Of germs which
are said to lurk everywhere is largely the
fault Of commissioner Darlington Of the
Health Department. He's got folks un-
necessarily scared.
Such was the gist Of a speech made last
night by Comptroller Metz to 1926 members
Of the Society OF Alumni of Bellevue Hos
nitpl At their eighth reunion and dinner
AZ Delmonico's. His address was partly in
rsnly 10 one by President Charles 8. Whit
man Of the Board of City Magistrates. who
said in 40 many words that graft was al
The bottom Of the neglect to remove the
snow and clean the streets, and he did not
see why Commissioner Craven could not
do what Woodbury. and Mccartney and
Naring had done.
The trouble" said Magistrate Whit
man. lies in the fact that Craven knows
he doesn't have to clean the streets. He's
getting paid for it at the rate OF $32 900
an inch for snow removal Who's getting
r?"
The sympathes Of the doctors seemed
10 be with Magistrate Whitman on this
point
The Magistrate touched on several topics
having to do with the city's welfare in
the hope. he said Of enlisting the great
power the physicians have TO cure MANY
NJ the Ills of the social body. He said he
had always envied doctors.
They have the power OF burylng their
mistakes, he said Laughter Il have
heen asked 10 speak of the Magistrates
courts. The New YORK. Sun has had much
10 say recently about the Magistrates
courts and I wish ! could honestly say that
much that THE Sun said was false. But
cannot do that. J wish | could say that
much that il said of other departments is
untrue But ] cannot. But, gentlemen.
the blame is not entirely with the depart
ments The blame is with the city at
large. New York gets just as good govern
men a. The people want.
Magistrate Whitman said no department
is more subject TO attempts TO influence
II than that of the City Magistrates. He
said the late Sheriff Thomas j. Dunn once
in'erce1sd with him for man who had
been convicted Of voting six times.
But, sheriff | told him, the mans
guilty.
oh. what the hell difference does that
make? Dunn replied
That was ore example. That was a
politician. a leader in Tammany Hall But
what do you think of this case? A fellow
member Of the Bar Association and Uni
vArstv Club whose partner was nominated
for the Supreme Court bench on the holier
than thou ticket last fall came TO me one
nigh not long ago in the University Club.
He called my attention to a fine of $40
4 Il tWN A.~wV EaWs
Sighting in street car. He said the boys
parents we're very much afraid If that lad
ever ran for Office, for the Presidency or
something. that the reporters would dig
up the fact that he had been convicted
q a crime. Now he said, the practices
arc very loose in tho Magistrates courts,
aren't theyY l said not in my court il
could help il. Well. couldn't that police
man affidavit against that boy get lostF
he said IF il could I'd get n good client
Now, gentlemen said Magistrate Whit
man, raising his voice, which do you think
is the worst in this community? A man
like Tom Dunn trying TO help out a friend
or this high toned silk stockinged Bar
Association-U niveTsty Club member trying
10 corrupt a judicial officer so he could get
good client? Applause
Gentlemen, the trouble is not because
1ammany Hall is rotten as it is, but because
the rottenness is not confined to Tammany
Hall by any means. Take the question OF
insult TO the intelligence of this community.
Craven says he can't clean them because
he's not got money enough. Well, he's
getting paid S32, 900 an inch for removing
the snow The trouble with Craven is
that he knows he doesn't have to remove
the snow. He's getting paid for the work
Now I'd like TO know who's getting the
money"
I'm glad got here in time to hear Judge
Whitman" said Comptroller Metz. The
II
enough. The conditions which he has
had 10 meet this year have been some
thing extraordinary. Why, if he were to
cean the streets as the kickerS demand
II would take S20,OOO,OOO for Manhattan
alone, Gentlemen. il can't be done. We've
spent 81 900 900 already on snow this win
ter The money comes from corporate
stock sales and that fools the taxpayers
who seem to think they are not raying
T. But gentlemen. oCT ancestors tlaUghterl
mean our descendants will have TO foot
the bills"
Comptroller Metz and Dr. Darlington Of
the Health Department in his efforts to get
more and more money for his appropria-
tons had conjured up much Of this fright
on account Of epidemics on account Of the
streets After hearing Commissioner Oar
hngton several times he wondered how any
body present had ever lived beyond the age
Of years
Gentlemen" said the Compt roller.
money graft is not the worst thing in
this city. It's this thing Of doing personal
iavos where you should not and doing
Them where you can't refuse That's
worse than graft. | can mention six men
IN the City Hall who have been mixed up
IN crooked transactions but ! can't get aJ
Them. The law protects them"
he Comptroller spoke of the graft in
land condemnations. He gave several in
stances. The site for the MOntefiore Home,
once offered 70 the city for $4,000 and
refused, had been bought under condemna-
ton proceedings "after the grafters got
busy for $4,000. Ii was 80 with the
IarneCia library sites.
Carnegie gave us the hottie and the
label on this library proposition. he said,
and we've got 10 buy the wine and the
Hlace IN keep il.
The Comptroller said he had found II
nscesSsrv m raise 300 salaries in the De-
partmant of Finance and he meant TO raise
AZ many more He could not see the econ
omv oH hiring clerks at 81 200 year to pass
on claims involving millions when these
same clerks could buy wine every night and
20 home in a cab If they we're honest they
could not do IL on their salaries and II dis
honest the city did not want them. He said
hHhad more 81. .OM men in his private business
lnsn IN tho Finance Department. He men
Toned tho chief chemist Of the Health De-
paument who gets only 81 200 year.
nay bum dyer s? 500 in my business,
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