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fo] ‘MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, Meeting of the Board of Aldermen. —_>-— Report of the Commissioner of Accounts on the Obarities and Correction Department. sitter FEARFULLY DAMAGING FACTS. Pie ec ow the Public Institutions Are Managed and | the Appropriations of Money Expenced, | | The first seeston of the Board of Aldermen, after | the summer vacation, was held yesterday, Mr. | Samuel B. H. Vance, President, in the chair, and ail tbe members, except Aldermen Monbetmer and Van Schaick, present. The minutes Of the last meeting were read and approved. | A commupication was received from the Mayor transmitting the quarterly repert of the Comp- | ‘roller (already pubiisned), which were received end $00 copies Of the iatuer ordered to be printed. AcommMunication was received irom the same | source vetoing the resolution passed by tne Com- | mon Council authorizing the Law Telegraph Com- | pany to put instruments in the court rooms. The | wesolution, the Mayor said, was too ambiguous, The communication was received and laid over. aApotuer document trom His Honor the Mayor, | ot Vetoing the curbing and gattering of Eigaty-iourth | treet, was received and alse laid over, o ‘The Commissioners of Public Parks sent a state- | " ment to the Board, m which they say that the Board of Estimates ana Apportionment gave them $7,500 ior the purpose of repairing the sea wall on | the Battery, These repairs were badly needed, | and they now ask that the Common Council give | them permission to do this job by day labor. The | communication was referred to the Committee on | Public Works. Commissioner Van Nort sent a communication | concerning the sprinkling of Grand street. He | says that the reason ‘Thomas W. Gager is not per- | Mitted to use the water is that another man is doing the work, and to allow two men to do it Would create confusion. Comptroller Green requested that adatriona; Foom be given to the Receiver o! Taxes ou account of the adaitional labor required in coliecting taxes $m consequence of the annexation of lower West- | chester. The communication was placed on file. | Considerabie discussion ensued on the subject of | allowing the Law Telegraph Company to place in- | struments in the court buildings, An amendment | ‘Was made to charge the company $2,000 for the privitege of so doing. Another amendment was | Proposed to make it $10,000, both of which were | Jost. The sudject was finally referred to the Com- | mittee op Pubiic Buildings. Alderman Billings earnestly advocated the cause of the company, arguing tcat not only the legal fraternity would | be largely benefited thereby, but also the clients. | g00d: fe said if the convenience of a wire connecting | ‘With the courts could be had the lawyers, as well | as liugants, could await their time when a case | Was culled, without being compelled to remain in courts for days watching tue siow progress ot 8 | calendar. | timates from the Fire Department for the year 1575 were received and reierred to the Cum- Mutice on Lands and Piaves. Pinckney, | President Vance ounded General Clerk of the Board, the report of the Commis- g@ioners of Accounts to be ead, which was dove, @ud 500 copies ordered to be printed. ‘The jollow- ing is the repor Ornce oF tux Commissionrns oF Accourrs.» | Oe BERS NTakeT, Sept. 3, 1874 $ | Fo the BOARD oF ALDERMEN = Gurrizwxx—We herewith transmit a report as to the Deparuneut of Charities aud Corregitua, made by Co PRevioner Hwa) in compuanee wit yy your bovorable bedy on June 4, wily, JOHN WHEELE GEORGE vi Orrics oF mite CommtssionEKs or AccouNTs. No. a Uuausuus sruvnr, August 27, 1974} To the Commissionnas oF ACCOUNTS :— ‘WartiexeN—Upon the #th day of June last the foilow- | fing resolution was unanimously adopted vy the Board of | algermen -— “Resolved, That the Commissioners of Accounts be ana | ros hereby directed vo make a (ull and thorough in- vest jatton into the books, accounts and transactions of the Commissiouers of Charities and Correctious, aad to Seport thereon to this Board at aseurly @ dave aa they y ean.” rior to the adoption of this resolution the undersigned was instructed by the Commissioners of Accounts to ex- ine tue books and transactions of the Department of Charities and Correction; and, in pursuance of the in- structions s0 given, tue ‘prescribed examimation was Commenced upon the 4th of January, 1674. ‘At the bead of this departinent is a Board of three Commissioners. The present Comunissioners, Bowen abd Stern, entered into, office organized as a Board on the sloth day of The Central Ortice of the department is on Eleventh street and Third avenue. Inder the charge of the department are the following ututions:—Lity Prison, ond "District Prison, Ard Listrict Prison, Fourth District Prison, Fitth Dis” trict Prison, Kelief for Outdoor Poor, Bellevue Hospital, Morgue, New York city; Charity Hospital, Fever Hoe ital, Smallpox Hospital, Penitentiary, Almshouse, jospital tor {ncurables, Blind Asylum. Workhouse, Lu: Batic Asylum, Epileptic and Paralytic, Inebriate syiuin, Blackwell's Lsland; Insane Asylum, infants’ \, Ward's Island; Nurseries, Idiot Asylum, Ran- dail’s island: school ship Mercury, Industrial School, od; Convalescent Hospital, Centre street, New York city, eception Hospital, Ninety-ninsh street, New fork city. ‘When ou the 4th day of January last I commenced the examination of the department, { found that at the Cen- | tral office ihe books were vot in @ condition in which any examination of them could be made wwere written upto January 1. ists, had not been written up since May J], is: 3 None of the | Parts of the said work or supp! 1 8h, | ered to the storekeeper. | vere. on the requisition received by him trom the oti- | the bakery On the 12th, 1,000 barrels of the Banner, 100 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDA These goods are never seen or Nantied by the store- keever, Other goods ordered im specific quantities are io the same way asthe four sent other institutions where they are received Teceipted for by the cers in chat and the bills for which, avin the dour, mamitted to th ™~ same Fry bis book stitucions from hie Av —I he tributed by h dens or om the case of storekeeper, who enters ‘the goods to the in- Dilis, y the storekeeper are dis- in upow his own responsibility. The war. charge ot the several institutions Reever for trahmonthly requisitions upoa, the store eaanee for the estimate quantities of supplies ior the | % ‘These requisitions are wansini direct to the storekeepor, who, upon the requisitions 10 frou his stock what goods he has on | in a general requisition jupplies he requires to 1nake up the deficiency. ch additions ashe thinks proper to add tor the general stock of the store. Search — Upon the requisitions made by the storekeeper Minismoners in their diseretion order the pplies ified to be purchased. In making these no regard is paid by the Commission- ction of chapter 335, | is necessary to be done to complete or periect @ par- tieular job, or any supply is needtul for any particular purpose, Which Work or job is to be Undertaken oF supply furnished by the Corporation, and the several shall’ together involve | the expenditure of more than $1,000, the same shall be done by contract * * * foundéd on seated bids or pro posais * * * and given to the lowest bidder.” This provision of the law, designed to secure economy in the purcuases of supplies tor tae city. bus been conunuously | evaded by the Commissioners of Charities and Correction Im the supplies purchased by them, Instead of advertising for proposals tor the suppHes required the | Commissioners either purchased the same persovally | themse ves or through purchasiug clerka the supplies $0 purchased or the invoices or bills for the same, in- | dorsed by the officials who receive the goods, are deliv- The goods received by the storekeeper are placed by him in stock, aud when de- cers of the respective institutions are charged against Such institutions by the storekeeper in his books. Ali foods delivered direct to the store, us well as those de- yered at the diferent institutions and bakery—are cer. tified to by the storekeeper and recurned by hin to the | Central Uiice. ‘The invoices so transmitted to the Cen- | trai Office are in dupficate; one duplicate ts retained at the Central Office and the other is supposed to be trans. mitted to the Lepartment of Finance. In a number of instances the books kept by the storekeeper in which the goods either received oF specified in the invoices transmitted frou otver institu. tions are eniered have been altered with the evident intent ot evading the provisions of the minety-first vec- tion of the charter. This nas Leen done where invoices goods received by the storekeeper and entered in the storekeeper’s books, as received, exceeded in value | $1,000. ‘The original entries showing the correct nature | ¢ transaction, the date upon wiich the goods were | eived, the quantity received and the value thereof | have been erased entries substituted of different | quantiles of goods as received upon aifferent dates. So | Dumerous have these erasures been that trom the store- | keeper's books, which are the on y record in the depart mentot the supplies furnished and received. it is not possible to make up a true and correct statement as | to ods actually furnisned to the department and the duties upon which the same were received. ilustrative of the manner in which this system has been | carried out, I cite the following tnstances:—On July 14, 1873, a requisition was made up by the siorekeeper on the Board for brown sheetings and awning sripes. | ‘These were purchased trom or through one Louis siern- | bach, commission merchant, So. 35 Church street, who delivered the goods on July sl, 187%, when they were re- ceived and receipted tor by the storekeeper, the invoice which accompanied te goods was certified to by the be edaly er, Un potares, tor the goods as stated im the in- ing 125 02. the invoices rece.ved by the storekeeper—those 10r the | ¢ | The bill’ so certiflea was trans in “duplicate to the Commissioners, and subsequently ‘thereto, as stated by the” store- keeper in terms oi instruction trom the Central Otlice, he erased the entry in bis books under date of July 31, | 1873, and made new entries as tor July 30, July si | and August 1, and new bills were made up to cor- | respond with these entries The storekeeper certitied | that the goods (herein specitied were received by him on | Said respective dates, which was uot true in point ot | fact; and these wew cerufied bilis were also Wansumitted in dupheate to the Central Ofite. Each of the three ew vilis was under $1,000. On June :6, 1:73, another requisition was made by the storekeeper on the Commi: fioners for 9, W yards Melton gray clotn. These goods were also ' purchased through the § saine Louis Stermbach and furnished in two quantities — viz :—4,369 yards on August 7, and 4,631 | is on. August = AL The’ value" of | first invoice, according to Sternbach’s rate oi charge, | was Pe O7, and the value of the second invoice was $1,979 8, ‘Ihe goods specified in these respecte in- volces were received on the Gates stated by the store- keever, and entered by him on bis books. These entries | stand ‘upon the storekeever’s books as the correct | | record of the transaction, but instead of the two original | public import, the Board adjourned. The follow- invoices, each of which as shown Was above 31,00), | five bills were substiiuted, each of which was ‘less than $1,000, and those bills which represented that the s thergit stated were received by the storekeeper on August 4 5, 6, 7 and 3, were certified to by the store- keeper, remitied to the’ Central Office and are the bills on file in the Department of Finance and paid d; that department. transaction as to the pur- | chase of Melton gray cloth was the subject of | an investigation before the Grand Jury and the | evidecce on this investigahon was published in the New You Heratp of June 7, 1974. Froin that evi- dence it appears that the facts were not brought to the attention of the Grand Jury that the purchase of the woods exeeeded in value $ of the charter were evaded by making up five different bills for the two transacuons. But it is in the purchases of dour that this system of evasion of the provisions of the charter has been most extensively carried out. Thus, between Noveuber 12 and 22, 1873, the tollowing quanti: | Ues of four, of the tollowing brands, were delivered at | barrels of the Clinton, 78 barrels of the fontine and 22 | barrels of tue Iowa Cliy: on November 17, 175 barreis of Clinion, 1) barrels of Monroe; un November 21, 466 barrels Monroe; and there was delivered at the storehouse on November 19, 6W barrels of Clinton; November 2, barreis Monroe, and on November 22, 134 barreis of the Monroe, being a total delivery of $141 barrels As this purchase exceeded $20,00) an attempt Was mado to over- Come the objection to which at was evidently exposed, end the charver, aud accordingly entries were made by the storekeeper ia bis books as it he bad received on each of the dates, November % 5, 6,7, 8 10, 1, 12,18 and 3410 varrels Leg 8 of each ot the brands. Banner, | Chnton and Monroe, ail these entries were subsequently | €raved, und new cniries subsutuied, that the 441 | barreis of flour referred to had not been received. Aal | have explained they were in tact, but that they had been Teceived upon the following dates and in the toliowing quantiles :— November 3—140 barrels of Banner. November $—14) barrels of Baune: November 514) November November re! nel November 10-140 burrels of Baaner. November 1i—16) barrels of Banner. Novewver 12—100 barrels of Banner. November 12~ 78 barrels of Banne: November 12— 2 darreis of Toatine, November 13-140 barrels of Icwa City. November 14-140 barrels of Clinton, November 16—140 barrels of Clinton. Kovember 17—140 barrels of Clinton. November 17—100 barreis of Tontine. November 18—140 barrels of Clinton. November 19— 75 barrels ob Clinton. November 2)—/40 barrels of Monroe. November 21—14) barrels of Monroe. November 22—140 barrels of Monroe. November 46-140 barrels of Mouroe. November 27—i40 barrels of Mouroe. November 28— 86 barrels of Monroe, Total....... 3,141 barrels. | From January'l to Juiy 1, 1874, there was received at | the bakery on specific dates 7,916 barrels of flour. This flour was received on the dates and the quantities (ul- | lowing, and the bills of the same were cut up or sub- | divided in the manner explained in the following | SUBDIVISION OF BILLA, Gomumussioners were apparently aware ot the condition No. of this. f-cheir books, and could atford bo informacion se $e che gy ae accounts of the cepartment. The ou.y explavacon given a 7 * : for ihe negiecc tn hot Keeping the Looks written up was | Jan 20 235 Storekeeper's invoice book has five statement of the bookkeeper—who at the time re- | Jan. 24 av phere { ceived asslury of $3,0W—that he could not make a bal | Jan. 31 Storekeeper's invoice book has fivefpills | ance whieh wi agree with the books of for 138 barreis exch, January ' the Finance Department. 4 partial examination 31. February Zand 3, which I then made into the affairs or the department | Feb. 9 319 Storekeeper’s {nvoice book has three Jed (oa discovery by me that there was acash balance ‘oruary 9. 104; February 7, | % the Thard National Bank of this city to the credit of uary 6, 13 barrels. department of $5,469 67, Although this balance had | Feb. 16 80 = Storekeeper’s invoice book has four en in baBk sce May, 137%. I iouna that the Vommis- bilis—Febraary Ul, 1 1% 14, 125 sioners were not aware oF its existence. As the money | barrels each. i Could not have Leen drawn upon by the department— | Feb. 20 478 Storekeeper's tnvotce book has four the charter requiring that the dnauces should be man- bilis—February 16, 120; February 17 | aged through the Department ot Finance, I requested and 18, 120 each’ February 19,7119 | t the balance in bank stould at once be handed over barrels. to the City Chamberiain, and this was accordingly done, | Mar. 6 467 Storekeeper's invotce book has four Betore the investigation was little more than entered bil ch 5 17; March 6, 117; ‘Upon by me i was requested by Messrs. Laimbeer and Mareh 7, 117; March’9, 116 barrels Bterp, Commissioners, to wdjourn the same tor one | Mar. 18 633 Storekegper’s’ Invoice ‘book has four week, by the end of whieh time they stated that the dillg—March 4, 5 and 6, 133 barrels bookkeeper promised to have his books written up. and each ; March 7, 134 barrels. . then the affairs of the department could be readily | Mar, 30 300 =‘ Storekeeper'’s Invoice book has three | inqaired into. The delay asked for this purpose was ac- | bilis—March 28, 0 and 431, 10 Larrels @ordivgly granted by me, wnd ai the end of the week each. | allowed | again called at the Central Office of the de- | Mar. $1 $99) Storekeeper’ Invoice book has six ‘tment to proceed with the investigation, when I | April? — 276$ = bills—March 30, 100, 125, 100, 100, 125 and that oo progress whatever had Leen made in writ- | and 125 barrels. | iG OD the Pooks Still further time was allowed for this | Apr. 21 —-680_—- Storekeeper's invoice book has five | purpose. the Commissioners undertaking to commun. bilis—April 17, 18, 20, 21, barrels | Gate with ine whenever they had got entered the trans ch, and April 2z, 50 barrels. | actions of the department in their books. No further in- | Apr.24 800 Storekeeper's invoice book has three formation wag received from the Commissioners on the | bills—April 23, 24 and 25, 100 barrels gubject unt the receipt af a resolution adopted by the | each. | Board of Charities und Correction on April 2, Is7¢. | May 4 200 Storekeeper's invoice book has two | bis resolution, a copy of which was forwarded to and | bilis—A pril 29 ana 80,1 barrels each. Feceived by the Commissioners of Account isin the fol- | May IL 6) Btorekeeper's Invoice buok has tive ywing terms:— Dillse—May 7, May 6, 101; May 9, Resolved, That the Commissioners of Accounts are Wl; May Il, 100; May 12, 99 barrels hereby respecttully requested to cammence, on or about | May 18 475-—sBtorekeeper's invoice book has four the Ist day of may uext, a thorough examisation of all | bilis—May 8, 115: May 9 120; May 11 | accounts of this Departinent, and especiaily ertain and 12, 120 barrels each. | correctness or otherwise of the bulance sheets that %3 —- Storekeeper's invoice book bas two ‘Will be submitted to them by the Casuier ct duis office biils—May 29, 181; May 90, 132 barrels. mM the part of this Board. | 30 Sturekeeper’s Invoice book has three | 48 requested by this resolution, and as tarther in- bills—Juue 1, Zand 3, 100 barreis each, geracted ard directed by the resolution of the Board of Al- 80 = Btorekeeper's Invoice book 6 ve made 4h ¢Xaisination into t i oJ the books and accounts of the Department of Unarities pa imine and Correction and of the transactions of the depart | July 1 200 Storekeepcr’s invoice book has two | ment so tar as these can be traced throuch the books | billy—Jone 29 and 8), 100 barrels each. | yy WOettat Gat The books, such as aro kept at Tt will thas be seen that the entries in the storekeep- | 1 Office, found written up, but not er's books were not je suowimg correctly these vari- balanced. As the result of ss (examination | ous purchases, the quantities, dates and amount and investigation I have to report, first, that. aubough | were made to contor w the altered bills the pi t Commissioners entered upon their duties | tered bills, certitied by the storekeeper, Were transmit: ae explained. on the lith day of May. 173, no inventory ted in duplicate to the Central Office aud were. subse- wan m made of the stock or property on hand be ong- quently paid by the rament of Finance. In the ing to the department. and received over by the present | doutusion created by this irregular mode o! conducting from the oid Commissioners. No evidence exists us to ‘what quantities or of what value the dry goods or snp. 8 Were, in the store or om band on the 1% y 7% and it is, theresore, impossible (o mage any just or | comparison between the material or supplies used the present Board of Commissioners, tor the year | they office, with that of tueir predece: | precedin; for th That at the Central office, nor in any other of- fice of the department are accounss Kept wisi the vari 9 parties from whom purchases are made fur the use of the department. | Third—That the baiance sheets referred to in the reso- Jan of the Bourd of April 26, 1874, were mot correct. They were not made from any books kept in the oifice ot | trom figures suppiled by ea ea 00 on lack well's Islan found that, with tue exception of the salary account and @ few rnlior lems the only books at the Central Otice Were duplicates of those of the storekeeper on Black- well’s island; that tue oI Books of wand; dat Wey were, in tact, copies envered in Pourth—Thi rytar ty sworekeeper, Biackw tore louse of the department 18 sitaated on The Weory oe RC u Ug* and supplies lur_out- poor, made for the depurtinent “ure. delivered t and received by the storekeeper ih charge O° tke '@, and that the same are exam! by ana receipted for by him, and yeereapoa entered into his books In reality only a portion of the supplies o! the department ever passes through the Lands of the storekosper and | Sithough entered by him ‘yon tiebooks are never ex | or PA i) at ail, Por instance, ail the epartment was delivered direct the bakery (with the exception of 1-20 barieis becca tee Bo), whieh is situated on tie opposite nid of te and ls receipted tor | No books prior to January 1, 14 wore kept | vg & record of the goods received = 5 ») trem where the store is, er. for the tlour delivered are receive. b rand transmitted by “hin to” the ho snes m6 re, ‘ and at the business of the “department I flud that in one in- | sauce at least both the original and substituted bills | certitied by the storekeeper and by the Cuamussioners | of Charities ai Corrections were transmitted | for payment to the Deparunent of Finance, and the Creditors who furnished the flour. Messrs. k. W. Cc & Vo. were guid by the Finance Departa mon Specified in both the original and substituted Dilla Whi double payment was not discovered vy any ot the off Cials in the Lepartment of Charities and Correction. | Messrs. £. W. Coleman & Co. made known that, on Balance of their sccounts, they bad been overp $1,080, being Jor S00 barrels of four purporting to ba been delivered by them on November 3 and 11, 1873, | and apon January Ist, they paid to the Depart. | ci oe. ment of Chariues ection this @imount of $1.98), and. this’ sum ‘was Wh over by latter departmeat w the Depa nt of Finance. | Subsequent 10 this repayment Messrs. Coloman & Co, | ent ot Coaritic | Correction that they had mace a mistake in re. $1,989 as for an over payment on $0 barrels of flour. and that the amount that ought to have been pald was only $990, Whether this representation Of fact, or otherwise, the Commi as correct in poine | rs had ho means department could | eper undertook to take | n investigation, notin the pooks and pavers of the de- | arunent, but in the books of Messrs. oleman & Co. | nd he, upon such investigation aud cou with | his booka, represented that he was that the over payment to dlesrs. Coleman Do. tn the Srst, Instance hed amounted w only #99), | and that they had repaid, mstead of this eum! | $1.99, The storekeeper in bis report. on this sunject 10 | Commissioners, under date of January v6, Is74, | “the discrepancy hax arisen inthis way!—1wo bills, each for $%0, which in the transfer of invoices should have been destroyed, were (being already hands of the Comptroller) paid, and a bill of X for 160 barrels of flour, bought during the tween the purchase of the 3,00) barrels and its de | remain oopaid. In the adjustment of the aecount and betore it was ascortaiaed just what the balance was k, | ton’ Water’ pi "7 ten books, W coleman & Lo, repaid the sum of $1,980, tor which trom four to forty-eigit inches in diameter, are pow ld, 1 a a sade Ja fa mGcONgd SUBSaLSy‘ AD Le 3Bs1s | pe hae ANAS of | shall | of Charities and Correction is one susceptible of consid- | | authoriziag the Police Commissioners to proceed ,00, and that the provisions | .. zee tucker able ah nei 8.000 Salary ot Third Assistant Clerk of Board of Alder- 2,000 Salary of Fourth “Assistant Clerk of Board of Al- | | “fermen... mah 2 1,509 | Saiary of Fifth Assistant Clerk o! | portion tan the anticipated iner ease in the surtace or | | cluding the buliding of new bottoms, which cannot be | | made for ten years from January 1 | market buildings especially are 60 duapidated that they | Approprieti art of the transaction it was discovered B. W. Coleman — Ge Maths erpaid $506 68, Was atterward cor- The bills of November 11 for. ‘The bills of November 12 toF,----..-.ssroces Amounting to. Were paid Were paid tor Being short. eee “ the amount overpaid in error. 1 alse find that in the qepoliee of roceries, and such the entries in the books have been altered and & to that whico I have explained as to the burbose of evading: st possible the provisicns ‘ol Wie | ome le of we Biucty fest section Of the charter. Oeoeons A—1 tind bills tor purchases of supplies exceeding Bpon their face im value $1,000, were certified by the Commissioners, transmitted to the Department of Finaney id hich were paid as follows:— Goods turnisbed im June, 1873, by BH. K. Thurber & Co. 1873, by Hollister & | meer & Havemeyer, urber & Co; in “No Morrison, in Februar: and H. K,"Pharber & Co.j 4 Co. and Tefft, Gris- . K. Thurber &C0.; in rovides that “No Teceive a greater 4 Co.; in’ June, by Spencer 4H les . by Spencer & Havem Nuih—Section Ue of the charter subordinate in any department shall salary chan the salary paid Ww the head of the depart ‘The nighest salary paid to the head of the Mepartmert May, 1 ot Chariues and Correction ta to department, whose saiary by the same section of the charter is hxed at $6,594 Om October 14, 1873, the Com- missioners of the department, by resolution adopted at | the meeting of that date, appointed Charles G. Cornell | purchasing clerk of meats for the Board, and fixed his | compensation at one-half cent per pound upon the pur- chase made by him. 1 find that between November 10, 1873, and June 46, 1874—belug a little over seven inonths— Mr.’ Cornell's purchases of meats tor the department amounted to $90,505 85, and that he has been paid as mpensation oF adlary. as parchasing clerk during this | o President of the period the sum 749 42, being equal to a salary of | more than double the amount paid to the President of the departinent. Texth—As & result of that system of evasion of the provisions of the charter carried on by this department, And the impossibility of accurately determining the Position of the department in reference to the appro- Priation made by law for conducting it, I found that purchases made in the latter part of ts73 by the depart- Ment under its present administration were found to be in excess of the appropriation remaining for that year. The charter, section 59, provides that “no expenses be |shcurred by any of the departments, bureaus reof unless an appropris- | tion shall reviously made mg such expense.” Finding ‘that the purchases relerred to were in excess of the appropriation remuin- ing ol 1873 the bilis theretor were not transinitied by the Commissioners tothe Department of Finance in 1873, but were altered so as to make It appear on the tace of the bills as if the purchases were made in 1874. and to be paid out of the appropriation of that year, It is im- pos-ible, on account of the alterations ‘that have been Made, tO specily the amount ot the blils go altered ; but the saine will exceed many thousands of dollars. | From the ioregoing particulara ft is evident that the system pursued in administering the affairs of the Department cover- erabie improveient, and it is to be hoped that, with a ere HERS. Lnceratis. HO Eee will not @ delayed. Respec 10 yan i LINDSAY J. HOWE. Aresolution instructing the Corporation Coun- sel to ascertain the status of the Board of Educa- tion, that is, whether itis an independent Board or under instructions irom the Common Council, was adopted. A number of Commissioners of Deeds were ap- pointed. A communication from the owners, proposing to rent Morrisania Hall to the Corporation lor a Court House, at $1,200 per annum, was received and referred to the Committee on Public Works. The Committee on Law reported in favor of at once wita building a station house tn the Nine- teenth precinct, which report was unanimously adopted, Alderman Morris said on this subject that he hoped the Board of Assistaut Aldermen will concur at once in this report. Toe force in this precinct is suifering greatly trom malaria con- sequent Upon the unhealthy coudition of the pres- ent station house, On an average there were ff teen men down with sickness every day ‘rom this use. A(ter passing some general orders of no great ing is @ copy of the ESTIMATES OF THR COMMON COUNCIL FOR 1875. City contungencies C mon ontingencies of cierks ot Col Cou - 100 | Salary of President of Board of Aldermen. + 6.00) | Salaries of twenty-one Aidermen at $4,000, 1 34000 | Salary of Clera of the Common Councht 5,00) Salary ot Deputy vlerk ot Board of Ald ry of First Assistant Clerk of Board of AI of Al: balar: men. Saiary of Second Assistant Clerk of Board men... Salary of ary of sergeantat-Arms..... juries of two Messengers at $1.20 dalary of Kngrossing Clerk at 6 cents per folio... csc! as.99e08 | CITY ESTIMATES FOR 1875. $$ _—_—— What it Costs to Light, Water and Pave the Empire City. In pursuance of the resolution passed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, calling upon the heads of the different bareaus to make | out their estimates for toe requisite expepditures for the ensuing year, Mr. George M. Van Nort, Commissioner of Public Works, yesterday traus- mitted to this Board the following estimate of the money required to carry on the business of the Department of Public Works for the ensuing year: Dyranruner or Puatic wonss, Cry or New Your, Sept. 1, 1x74, To the Hononaate rux Boaup or Kutiuatk ab Arron- TIONMENT Gantiexex—In accordance with section 112 of the char- ter I bave the henor to transmit herewith the following | estimate of the amounts required to pay the expense of Conducting the public busineas of the city of New York under tne charge ofthe Department of Public Works tor the year 1875, together with a statement of the salaries Gl eacit of it ofleers, clerks, employes and suvordinates, 125,000 Aqueduct repairs and maintenance. ‘Appropriation for 1374....... Phis account includes the salaries’ ‘of superintendents, waichmen, mechanics, lavorers, &c., on forty miles of | Aqueduct and reservoirs of @ capacity of 4,700,000,” gal- lons, the supplies for the pumping engine at the high service rescrvoir, the materials required tor ordinary re- puirs and the renewal of the six foot pibes on tighth Avenue aad in Mneticth street, which’ conduct the water into the reservoirs in Central Park, and are liaule to ire- uent breaks. Oulevard, roads and avenues, maintenance of., $80,000 Ap pto vriation jor Ls/4. 75,000. | he length of roadways now wader maintenance is about fourteen miles, to which there will be added for 1875 about four miles of the eastern Boulevard and about | halt a inile of 14th street. ‘Tbe increase of $5,000 asked for in this appropriation is, there! ore, mueli Jess in pro- Toudways co be maintained. A wanto! proper cure of | these roadways on account of insufticient appropriations would cause great damage and involve ther gradual de- ‘struction, Contingencies, Department of Public Works. Apbropriaton tor 1874......0ceseer-reeoe- x ‘ibis amount is intented to cover travelling expense: of officers and employes of the department iD the dis charge of their official duties, postage and other inei- Gentil and unforsecu expensés, Flagging sidewalks in trout of city property and feucing vacant lots. $5,000 Appropriation tor 1874. . ‘ 15,00 Yrevious to 1874 noihing ‘had been’ done for several | years to keep the stuewalks and fences infront of elty | property in the condition in which private owners are required to Keep their premises. The above amount is, therefore, necessary to continue the work now being done. 910,000 9,0) Free floating baths... Appcopriation tor 187 The iwo existing bath ur sea- sous, and are showing sigus of decay, especially in the portions which are under water. They can only be Kept ip serviceable condition by extensive repairs, in- doue uniess the appropriation is fixed at the full amount asked Lor. Lauips and gas, old wards. Appropriation for 1874 dhe cost of lighting the pt ps is calcu! existing contract prices, and, at these rates, there will be a deficiency of avout $1,000 in the appropriation for this year. ‘The number of ‘public lamps wiil_ be neces: sarily increased, in obedience to ordinances of the Com- mea Council calling for the erection of new lamps, it being estimated that about $00 new iamps will be erected during the coming year. The cost of erecting new lamps, resetting old lamps removed on account of sm- provements ty progress, and repairing and keeping in order all public lamps, 15 estimated at the jowest figures, ‘An additional cha:ge in this appropriation is created by furnishing gas for county offices tormerly paid out of county appropriations. Tams ana us, Twenty-third and Twenty fourth war: ‘i Appropriation tor 157 . Coutracts for Ughting the puvlic lamps these were in existence at the time ot annexation, and were 181" At pregent Tales there will be a defievency in this year's appropraa- tlon of about $1,500. It ts calculaved that about 10) new lamps will be erected in (his district during the coming year, and extensive repairs to the old lamps will be re quired, ws no repairs can be made on account of the adequacy of the appropriation. Puouc buildings—Constraction and repairs, ine cluding former county buildlogs..... sees {$60,000 Appropriation for 187+—City buildings, $50,000: county buildings, $10,000, 080 Yast experience proves thatthe above amount ig ab- soluiety Wecessary to do the ordinary repairs aud to p the public buildings in serviceable conuition, The Tequire constant repairs. Public drin hydrants for 1874... $7,509 nking bydri they have continually grown in public tavor and are Considered a great pablic benefit, The appropriauon for the current burely suiticient to keep in order the existing nts, and the Increase of $2,900 will be necessary wo nia in obedience te ordh Appropriation tor 1¥/4 ted nder certain ordinances of the upon notices trom the Foice Departn of citizens a large nuinber of obstructons on sidewalks and streets are Wo be removed, requiring ap expenditure HOt jess (han the amoun: stared. Kevairs to wooden und coucrete pavements. Avpropriat n tor t the system o| rep crete paven te with stone ble during (he coming year. The ar crete pavemenis (9 186,00 square yaras, on Which is 10 veed of Temoval. With the above appro riaton only the most urgent repairs can be made. epairs to stone pavements... 100,000 ‘Appropristion t0F WI4....0.000000007.7; ¢ 00 The area of copblestone naveinents ts 1.640.000 Dic on U ntand complaints ing will be continue of wooden aq) k pavements 143,00) square yards toual, 4,207,809 sq ards. The 'envincers of thit de- partinent estamate that one-tenth of the cobbiestone and bne-tweltth of the atone block pavements require to be relaid during the coming year is iy apparent, there- fore, that the above amount will be neceasary vw cover the most needed repairs Kepairing and rene wai of pi, Appropriation for 1874. ‘Upwards of 400 miles of yards, st ‘varyiny Crown yale A dacke RAR—M by | Legislature, requiring the Commissioners of the | ‘Work on the City Piers, Wharves and Place yesterday afternoon. Granite Company of soos esate certeeny were Ab ot Fehewal “shore are aise ‘over‘Mop fre bydranta and & very large number of stopcocks, which require constant Auicntion, "The strictest economy cauuot prevent & radual increase in the expenditure on this account, in roportion to the extension of the Croton pipe system and the increase in the decay of old pipes and stop- Cocks trom rust ‘aud avenues and sprinkling... Abpropriation tor 1874, 000 the travel on the unpaved roads and streets in the upper part of the city increases trom year to year, and ye a ‘d for the conventence of the populati that district and for the accommodation of trate and hema travel require that they be kept in good conal- on as heretofore. luries Department of Pablic Works.. Appropriation for 174 2 155,000 Although the duties if have been in- creased to a considerable extent by the act consolidating the city and county governments, no increase in this ap- propriation is asked for. The pogrintending and clert- cal force of the department te thoroughly disciplined and efficient, otherwise dpgrease in force and appro- able. riation would be u&Vol Be shalrtiee, $75,000 + 75,000 Wers—RKepairing and cleaning. Appropriation tor IS74.. jotwithstanding the ci sewer- age sysiem, which now tncludes over three hundred miles of sewers, six miles of drains, fifteen miles of cul- verts and nearly four thousand receiving basina, the de- partment will be enabled, by the exercise of strict econ- omy and vikilance, to do the work of repairing and cleaning the sewers, &c., wiinont any inorease in the ap- Dropriation, as each year's work iinproves the condition ot the old sewers, Street improvements (for street signs, &c.) ++ $2,500 Appropriation for 1874... rey 2/500 The surveys for estab nui town streets, the replacing of monuments showing grades and street lines and the establishment and renewal of street signs require the expenditure of the above amount. Supplies for and cleaning public offices, includ ing county offices. sous « $112,000 Appropriation for 1874—City, county, W0u; heating county 000. 112,000 . ces, 2 Caretul scrutiny of requisitions for. supplies’ from the various offices, departments and courts, and the greatest care and economy tn the purchase of articles will be Evi igi to confine the expenditure to the amount stated. Wells ana Pumps—Repairing and cleaning. ........ $1,600 Appropriation for 1874... s 1 e usual repairs to wells and pumps where Croton water is not yet introduced and the covering of old wells in the lower bart of the city require this expenditure The department will also be required to keep the wells and pumps in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards in a condition to supply the population with pure water. ‘The actual increase in the aggrerate amount required for the conduct of the affairs of tne department for 1875, Over thé appropriations for 1874, is a follows:— roads and For maintenance of boalevaras, avenues. For tree hoating ths. For lamps and gas, ok For lam, id Kas, fourth w: 3. For pubic drinking hy i For repairs aud removal of pipes, Total... Thi e estimate is also increased by th ounts re- quired tor repairs to county buildings and supplies to county offices, amounting to $72.00), which were for- merly provided out of county appropriations made to joard of Supervisors. A tavulated statement of the amounts required and a statement of the salar’ of cach of the officers, clerks, employes and subordinates is herewith appended. Very respecuully, GEOKGE M. VAN NOR, Commussioner ot Public Works. ° COMMISSIONERS OP THE SINKING PUND, A Seventh Regiment Armory Provided For—The City Securities on Hand. At eleven o’clock yesterday morning, the hour appointed for the meeting of the Sinking Fund Commissioners, & quorum was found present, con- sisting of Mayor Havemeyer, Chairman, Comp- troller Green, Chamberlain Lane and His Honor Recorder Hackett. The venerable Mr. Dyckman, Secretary of the Commission, was on hand with his usual pile of documents. After fairly organtz- ing the Comptroller offered a resolution, leasing to the Seventh regiment the piot of ground located between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh s:reets, and Fourth and Lexington avenues, for twenty- one years, at the nominal rent of $1 per annum. This, the Comptroller said, must be done, in com- pliance with the jaw passed jast winter by the Sinking Fund to pass this measure. The Mayor said that he felt disposed to give every facility to the Seventh regiment; but the | citizens should respond to the wants of the militia, and he did not see how the Legislature could give away ground without consulting the citizens, However, as this law was mandatory he saw ho other way than to vote for {t. The Comptroller stated that the Sinking Fund Commissioners remoustrated against the passage of this law last winter, yet in spite thereo! it was enacted. He had the pegrerty which the Com- | missioners Were now called upon to give away ap- praised, and the ascertained vaiue thereo! is $346,000. | Recorder Hackett coincided with His Honor the layor, Mr. Havemeyer did not think that members from the couutry districts, who are not taxpayeis of | this city, should be intrusted with giving away our | property at their pleasure. What do members of Assembly trom Chautauqua or St. Lawrence coun- ties know about our lands’ Tue best thing per- haps that could be Gone was for the Sinking Fund | Commissioners to ask of the people of this city to | have the Legisiature aispose of all our lands, | Which would Save us @ great deal o/ trouble, and Wwe would have no further need of any city govern- ment. The resoiution was unanimously adopted. Chamberlain Lane submitted the following re- ‘tof his examination of the city securities held y the Commission in trust:— The undersigned, who was appointed by a committee on the 7th day of July, 18/4, to examine the securities held by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, begs leave to report that he has made the examination ‘as di- rected, and finds that on the Ist day of July, 1874, there were in the hands of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund the tollowing securities :— Stocks and bonds issued by the county of New York ...... cas aN $4,290,195 53 Bigck and bonds issued by the city of New YOrK .eseeseee seen oeee 21,901,145 11 Pry 340 64 Also cash on deposit in the } s tu the credit of the said Commissioners for the redemp- tion of the chy’ debt, $67» 7, making the aggregate | BUI Of $25,258,996 1 Respecttully submitted, GEORGE W. LANB. New Yous, Sept. 2, 15/4. A resolution was adopted to lease the franchise ofrunning a ferry trom the toot of Grand street, New York, to the foot of Grand street, Brooklyn, E. D., ior a term of five years, from September 15. subject to a payment of $15,000 per annum rent for tne pier and wharf property belonging to the city. The minimum bid which would be accepted, must be at jeast two and a half per cent of tne Lice receipts for ferriage received at each ferry. © Comptroller Was authorized to advertise this franchise in tle City Record and five other news- apers. ¥ ‘Ou wotion a resolution was adopted requesting the Common Council to pass an ordinance to alter Essex Market in accordance with plans to be sub.’ Mitied by the Superintendent of Markets, After which the Commissioners adjourned, YESTERDAY'S TREASURY RECEIPTS, Comptroiler Green reports the following dis. bursements and receipts of the treasury yester- day :— Claims paid—No. of warrants 25, amounting to. $601,166 04 Payrolls—No. of warrants 427, amouvung to. 57,398 49 Total. $655,564 03 From taxt $126,023 22 | From arrears o! ‘ est. 9,368 24 From éoiiection ‘854 25 From market rents and tees, 1,531 (0 From Water rents 173 86 From licenses, Ma: 33 || ‘om Bureau of Permits, Mayor's office. 63 09 From fees and fines, Corporation Attorney..... 659 87 , From redempuion of dogs, Mavor's office...,..-- 231 00 From sewer permits. fi ~ 4500) from permits to tap water Fines 132 00 | ‘rom sales vitrified stone pipe . BG Sd Fees and tines, District Courss. 2 148 00 | Total. B & THE DOOK COMMISSIONERS, Bulkheads. 4 meeting of the Dock Commissioners took The business trans- acted was not very important. The Executive Committee reported that {t had awarded the con- tract for supplying stone for the bulkhead and river wali to Davis Tillson, agent of the Hurricane Rockiand, Me. The Com- missioners approved of this and ordered the Secre- tary of the Board todraw up the contract, Severa reports from Division Superintendents were read, announcing the progress of work upon piers, the river wail aod the bulkheads, fuperinteudent Mc- Conkey reported that a dre, probably of incendiary origin, had occurred at about two A. M. yesterda; under the dock at the toot of East Thirty-eight street. The timbers of tne’pier were somewnat charred, but not burned through nor weakened enough to demand removal. The Commissioners received @ communication from the Commissionera ofCharities, &c., calling their attention to the weak- neas of a dock at Hart's ares and asking for the removal of 4 Oangerous rock from just in Iront of the dock lately built at Randall's Island. The evidence of the several reports sent in yes- terday 1s to the effect that work on the river Wall is progressing very favorably. CITY HALL WoTES, Rumors were rife yesterday at the City Hall and on the street that the case oi the Mayor was at last disposed of, and that Governor Dix nad appointed & referee to hear arguments on the Sth Inst., or take further testimony on the various charges pre- | | a8 @ part of Itself. | Circulation o; the HERALD without paying the A BAREPACED SWINDLE. The Home Gazette and the Victimizing of Boarding House Keepers. Statements of Several Landladics—How the Swindle Was Perpstrated—Remarkab:y Cool Impudence—Absurd Representa- tions Concerning the Herald The writer called yesterday upon several board- ing house keepers to ascertain the facts concerning the representations which have of iate by certain parties been made concerning the HeRALD In con- nection with @ sheetcalied the Home Gazette. The statements made by the boarding house keepers jnterviewed are very conclusive that @ swindle has been perpetrated, not only upon them, bat upon the ARERALD, throngu false representations, and thata large number of persons liave been victimized by some sharpers who, in the wost un- blushing manner, have gone from house to house carrying on & baretaced fraud. . The first call was made upon Mrs. Kavanagh, Who keeps @ boarding house at No, 223 West Twenty-Jourth street, This lady stated that for a month past she has been pestered by a man who has called upon her, endeavoring to obtain an ad- vertisement from her, Mrs, Kavanagh added that | this person—a young man, with a light mustache and fair compleixon—first visited her about one month ago and stated to her that the HERALD had decided, owing to the duiness of the times, to re- duce its rates of advertising and that he was authorized to take advertisements for it, He added that he was convected with a concern known as the Home Gazette, and that he, with sev- eral others, had made an arrangement by which the HERALD would insert advertisements pro- cured by agents of the Gazette alter the date of August 22, The card which the party leit was a printed one, having the name of the Home Gazette upon It, and the person mentioned had stated that he would send boarders to her 1/ she would consent to patronize the plan which he represented was about to become public, He did not state that the advertisements would be in the Home Gazette, but in the HERALD; at the same time he satd she would find tt to her advantage to be registered at the office of the Gazette, Mrs. Kavanagh had not cared to dabble in the matter, and she suspected that something was wrong. The young man calied two or three times, but she concluded no bargain with bim, and be never returned after the time that a certain editorial had been published m the HERALD denouncing the swindle, though he had jeit the card of the Home Gazte office, | setting forth the advantages of the | concern, Almost daily Mr Kavanagh, the lady’s husband, told the reporter that he had told his wife to give no countenance to these af- Jairs, ag he had already paid out money to register the name of the houge in the office of Messrs. @. D. Hankins & Co., No. 1,267 Broadway, but nad failed to receive any advantage trom it, and he concluded not to patronize any such affairs any more, He had several times since advertised in the HERALD, but had heard nothing of any reduction of rates, which convinced him that there was something wrong in the representations of the persons who had called, and when he saw the editorial in the HERAED he noticed ne was not called upon any more about the matter. He had understood from | several boarcing house landladies that they bad | been swindled out of money on the same represen- tations from the same party, which made him stilt more determined to give the matter no counte- nance, Tne reporter then called at No. 222 West Twenty-fourth street, almost opposite the last | named place, a boarding house kept by two sisters, Mrs, Schoomaker and Mra. Blauvelt. The tormer lady was out of town, but the writer had an inter. view with the latter lady. In answer to questions by vhe reporter as to whether she had been visitea by parties representing themselves as having any kind of connection with the HERALD for purposes of advertising, Mrs. Biauvelt said :— “Two parties have called upon me concerning this matter. The first was a young man of fair complexion, with ® light mustache and blue eyes, who said that he came from the HERALD, and that a reduction had been made in the rates of advertising of that paper in consequence of the | fact that the proprietor of the HERALD bad become cunvinced boarding house keepers could no more afford to pay the rates which had been charged heretofore, The new arrangement was that on and alter August 22 a sheet was to be started in con- nection with the HERALD, and seut with (hat paper to all houses and newsdealers, in which the rates were to be very greatly reduced, That is to say, the same advertisement which would cost $1 20 in the HERALD would only come to thirty- eight cents @ week in the new paper, which was to be foided up with the H&RALD and sent fn all cases The arrangement was that the boarding bouse Keepers should pay $2 in advance | and $3 at the expiration of three months or | when the boarders were secured. He represented | to me,” said Mrs. Blauvelt, “that under this ar- rangement the greatest advantages could be se- cured to the keepers of boarding houses, because they would have all the advantage of the great charges of that paper. He was oa very good talker and was so apparently honest that Ipaid the $2, and he said the other $3 would not be called ior until the boarders were in the house. Iasked him for @ receipt for the money, but he said there was no nece:sity for that as he would give the receipt for the whole sum at the one time. When he was through with this he drew from bis pocket a copy | of the Home Gazette—ne had a great many of them with him—and said that was the paper in Which the advertisement would go. J was rather surprised at this, because I had heard of the Home Gazette and knew something about it, but sup- posed that be was speaking of an entirely new paper. He said this was the paper in which the advertisement shonld go, but it was only after August 22 that it would be incorporated with the HERALD. He also showed ine the blank form of a receipt, but did not use it.” The Hunaup reporter showed Miss Blauvelt a blank, which she recognized as being identical with the one which the man she spoke of had shown her. {t runs thus:— OOOO RNIOLODE LE DOLE TELE DE NOOO DODOPEOOLODO LODE DOLE B No. — 18. 2 The Publishers of ‘The New York Home Gases fare hereby authorized to insert-———advertise- ment or notice————times, in—-———lines$ Znonpareil svace, —-——1or which will pay in cash $—— ne Son demand, to @. Dudley Hankins & Co., ory OOP chet Ps Viall “condicous of such payment being stated Phere S re dataepadatoteaanatocemttederaaCadetatstak “He also stated,’ continued Miss Blauveit, “that he would send us cards of ‘the firm, setting forth the advantages of the system.” A lew days alter this we received the following postal card, pone ‘Landlady,’ 222 West Twenty-fourty reet:— ION CORRE LERE EAE LEHR DEDEDE DRAOLO DODGE HO George Dudisy Hankins’ joard Directory, 31.267 Broadway, between thirty-first and Thirty- second streets, } next door to Herald office. If you want your rooms filled quickly register them 3 Bin this office, 2 One cause of our great success is advertising. z 3 We spend hunureds of dollars every monuh, see } Zstreet cars. HeRatd aod other newspapers rue 3, can rerer, to eny number of housekeepers ana} Zdoarders whom wo ave done business with. Call} fand sutisfy yourself. Office open from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M.y for the accom. $ modation of boarders engaged during the da, 3 POCO nee COPEODO DE LIC RADE IELE LODO LODONG POOL OPI “A lew days later, not seeing any paper enclose in the HERALD, I asked our news: Ti any other Paper came with tue HekaLD, and he satd he had not heard of any. Then I began to think it wasa swindie. But shortly alter the editorial came out in the HERALD, denouncing the swindle, and then 1 was convinced I had been victimized.”’ = “But Dow is it possible you were victimized in the first place by so egregious & swindle?’ “Well, the young man talked so well that I thought he, must be genuine, I never nad any idea that he could be o Swindier. The very day that the editorial appeared a person called, who said he was Mr, Hankins, and told me that I had been swindled vy the party who nad called upon me.” “Did he tell you this without asking you pre viously if you had paid anything to anybody?" “Yes; he seemed to know it. He said the man who called did not represent his firm, and that he was a fraud. He then asked me to register my name at their office and he would send me boarders; but I told him i had paid enough and would hot pay any more. He here was noth- lng to pay down, but I should pay half the fires week’s board money of any boarder they sent. I said all right; but [have seen nobody calling from Dut of course I Gon’t Know that they were, marked it at the time, however. Since this secon: call, which was made on the the editorial peared ip the HERALD, | have of these people. either one or the other,” “Did your advertisement appear tn the Home Gazetie" “{ never looked to gee.” The HERALD writer then called upon Mrs, Gates, at No, 207 West Twenty-fourth atree, who also keeps a boarding house. ‘This lady stated that a fair young man had callee upon her representing himself w be @ reporter of the HeRaLD, and be stated thatthe HeRaLD was about to reduce its rates of advertising, owimg to the dulnesa 0/ mes, and that if sue would pag the sum of $2 dowu aud $3 at the expiration of three moni! she could have an advertise. ment jor that jength of time in the HERALD, She considered the proposal as veing very advan- tageous, ana after & Jew questions, to which be answered that the advertisement would appear in the HBR4Lp itsel! ior three months Jor $5, and sald he would not call for the remainder until the time expired, he left, but gave no receipt, she, of course, Vinking al) was geDuine, Soe had not seen the advertisement in the HERALD, and she pad been joked very much by her friends about her inno- cence tn giving money away so easily to the frst. swindler that calied. “Did the person mention the Home Ga: sd _ “No, be did not,” said Mrs, Gates, “out had a Dumber Of papers tn his pocket. He went over the housé and Said that he should bring people from tle HERaLy giice to taki FQoms.? fi ieatetty ate upon Mrs.” I re- Ci The reporter sul Lloyd, who has @ boarding house at No. 200 West ‘Twenty-lourth street, ‘This lady Said that she had not seen the person who had swindled 80 many boarding house keep- ers, but @ man had called, saying he was Mr. Hankins, that the other man was a swindler, end asking them to register at tis office, which she re- fused to do. She had also received the followin; card among @ number Of others almost identical in ‘orm and substance. It was addressed “Land- lady, No, 20 West Twenty-fourth street” :— ALON ENOL NONOL nneooe, Great Reduction| Read this if you want Boarders or Lodgers. 3,,Now is tho time to register your rooms If done this month it will cost only oné-third of our regular rice. is New books are being made up, so be sure and get onin time, Parties are returning to the city from #il quarters, aud we are daily in receipt of many let- ters from boarders who degire us to find them suit- tion in New York able accommodations, ‘There is no medium or in Sthat can do you oue quarter as much good ! ost S"ifome Gasette Board Directory, wad ee ratesany now so low that all can avail Ueiiselves of ts facily. ties. One sdvantage pecultar to tiis Directory is: $that boarders see what we have before they come to fihe ‘city, We advertise ail rooms In ‘the “Home 3 Gazeite,” which ta sent every week to 2,00) summer boariing houses; besides that, “the Home Guzotua” has a farge circuiaion Ataong business house hotels and clabs, and It Invariably talis into the Zhanus ot all those ‘Who are in sextch of board or flowing, This Journal is published by the Proprie- tors of the Directory. ‘Aiter the 2 of this month it will be sola by.all newsdealers, and we shall algo have. it sold on =| street cars by boys employed for that special par- 080. af Boarding housekeepers or private families who Shave rooms to let, with or without board, should gxvail themselves of this creat reduction in our price. 3 Remember, those who do not get on this month will $have to pay full rates, Vo not put this off, but call at once, if you want to let your rooms. “Home Gazette’'—Board Directory, 2No. 1,267 Broapway, Bet. 31st and 32d streets, N. ¥. z GEV. 'D. HANKINS & CO. Ore nr nner ee ne ott Ce NNO AEN EE ODOT IODINE: Coupling the statements of the swiadier be- fore mentioned, concerning the issue of the Home Gazette With the HERALD, and the statement in this card that tt would be soid by newsdealers: alter the 22d, there is a coincidence. The HERALD reporter was told of many ot ier boarding house- keepers who had been muicted in suis of $2 py these Varties, and tt is evident that tae swindle has. been most extensive. FORGERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES. —_+—_—_ The Predatory Fraternity at Falsifying Public Securities. Yesterday forenoon it was announced to the Board of the Stock Exchange that certain railway certificates had been raised—#, e,, that the figures indicating the number of shares had been altered: to enit the views of the operator. The ramor pointed out the Delaware, Lackawanza and West- Work. | ern Railroad Company, tne Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania railroads as the victims. A. HERALD reporter called at the office of the first mentioned company and elicited the following facts:—Three certificates of stock of the Delaware, Lackawanna .and Western Railroad, dated July 28, 1874, Nos. 13,091, 13,092 and 13,093, of two shares each, had been raised to 500 shares. The tirat certificate stood in the name of Mr. J. N. Elbert, of PMhladelphia, The other two stood im the name of two Messrs. Shaw. The company telegraphed to the Board of the Stock Exchange yesterday morning, promising further information 48 soon as possible. The company were informed of the iraud through the Insurauce Commissioner for the State o1 Pennsylvania. The certificates were among the assets of the Central Insurance Company of Philaaelphia. As altered they stood im the name of Mr. Hamann. President of that company. It was upon their being patd into that | company as assets that the Iraud was discovered, Yhe HERALD reporter aiso called at the nancial Office of the ’ennsylvania Raliroad Company, but was informed that, although the rumor had reached them from the street that their company had been similarly treated, still they had no defluite Knowl- edge of any such tact. The Lenign Valiey Railroad having no chief oiDce in New York it was impos- gible to ascertain whether or not that company’s. stock certificates had oeen operated upon. FREE TRAINING 8CHOOLS FOR WOMEN. A meeting took place last evening, at eight o'clock, at, No, 47 Bast Tenth street, of ladres inter- ested in the Free Training Schools for Women. There were present, besides many of the young girls and women receiving the benefit of the school, @ pumber of ladies, whose benevolence, advanced views on domestic duties and educa. tional philanthropy have made them honored and beloved tn & wide and increasing circle. ol reformers. Among them m. be _men- tioned the Misses Schenck, Mrs. Dr. OBrien, and Miss Newcombe, In the early part of the evening Mme. de Ryther sang “Golden Days” tn a | thoroughiy artistic and delightiul manner, and Mr. Andrews played a solo of more thau average excellence on the piano, after which Mrs. Dr. O’Brien gave an enjoyable recitation. The event of the evening, however, was & lec- ture by Ruth K, Hull, M. D., on the ‘Fanctions of Digestion.” This interesting subject was discussed by the lair speaker in @ verv clear and intelligent | mianner. Its practical character and adaptation to the intelligence of the young women cannot too highly be commended. She cleariy described the processes of digestion, gave @ history of the or- #405, and especially gave her hegrers practical ad- vice as to the management of their own health, The speaker was remarkably prepossessing m ap- pearance, and Nad 4 voice of delicious quality, sweet and oan oe and at the couciusion of ber address she was thanked by the audience. These lectures at the Free Training School canuot be too highly spoken of, for the subjects treated are household management, economy, cookery, hygiene and occupations of women. There is @ reading room attached to the institue tion for the uge of those who choose to avail them: selves of its privileges. Correspondence is car- ried on relating to woman’s work, while the home talks on home subjects are pleasantly diversified with musical and literary entertainments, It 1 to be boped that such @ worthy work will not Cease in this city, but will grow “to larger good.'? THE KNAVE OF OLUBS Naw YorK, Sept. 2, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1 venture to address @ few lines to inform you ot ® shameful occurrence that I was an unwilling spectator oj this evening, the very thought of which makes my blood ran cold. [ had arrived ina horse car as far as fifty-fith street and Sixth avende, when my attention was called to a policeman who. had @ man down on the ground clubbing bim. 1 immediately left the car and saw a man, } shoulda think between fiity and sixty years of age, lying on the ground helplessly aruok, strugginy to get up, with @ ‘devil/—excuse me, 1 mean po- liceman—standing over him with a club & had not been tuere but two minutes when he, the damned policeman, began to strike the poor man again. ne blow ne struck on the bald part of his head, causing the biood to spurt out in the roadway as though the uid was being played irom a hose, The spectators, up- wards of fifty in number, cailed for tim to stop, and One man yave vent to his feelings by saying, “It 1s shameful f* woereon the gentiemaunily police- man told him to shut up, or he'd sinasi his God damned skull in. The people who saw tue club- bing all cried “shame! so 1 guess this is not tne only notification you will receive on tiis subject, i stood and could do nothing for the pour old man, but rejoiced to know there is a New You HeRaLy and a Superintendent Walling. The wame and number of the policeman! don’t know, but the above scene took place on the corner o1 Fitty-fith street and Sixth avenue, between sx o'clock and haif-past A STRANGER, THE SUICIDE IN EVERGREEN ONiMETERY. The body found in Evergreen Cemetery, East. New York, which was reported in these columns: yesterday, has been identified. The remains are those of 0. H. Clark. A large number of letters Were found in his pocket, aud among tiem was the following :— New Yor Crry, Sep. 29, 1874. Continued tll-health and unutterable rier Phas dearly tinmanned ma Thave done all in my power to avoid ferred against the Mayor. their place, and do not expect anybody.’ Mr. Havemeyer wae fotind in his sanctom, busily | “Wore you ever at the oilice Of Hankins & Co?” Hoa tit, Dettasasta: hranty Tense oa rae engaged siguilg Checks, aid answered the Hex- | “Yes; several times.” . avente, I think will ‘see that 1 am Durie a my ALD representative, on being tuterrogated on the | “Did you ever seo there the young man who | wile, Is'living in the Merchants and Mechanics’ soya aw subject, that he knew nothiig whatever concern- | first called upan you? Bank, corner of Prince street and Broad wa. y, New ny ing oe oe a aes heard not one word on | I sate i him in the office there one “rout ae at Ci: GLARk. . | Lealie Om sure it Was the same one, ceased has a sis i Consprroties Green yesterday removed Mr. An- | aid not think of it at the time.” Twenty-firth street, who was wotl La aad mene drew W, Leggatt irom his position as Deputy Col- | “Did the second young man who called bear any | ures have been taken looking to the interment of dpa gy a a an tld Lr sing ed to the first?” pi sidliiait tate, the ian This is the second suicide which has o years, Mr. pointed to 68, there Was a great Iikeness netweel | Occurred among the tombstones of Evergreep Foo odio hy She Jala AONa de annags, Lea snak tan labs alge WaAO SOD M06 DIOBAAEAS Lcamgionr WAstMy tue DBs AX Woke lll tal ita he i a BA NOR GAM i RN a a ae aac Raa a RN en et tice a Pa Y, SEPTEMRER 4, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET