The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1875, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, 5 aac 7 ~ now remembered there were forty-three of these had prepared ghargee and specifications against | Pore of theeity ant county governments for the year | abandoned, having no more real estate to sell, Thathe | absence of the chairman of the committee (Hurt. \ judgments, each fraught with costs to the city. the Comptroller. dic not appear ai ublic gS with US, atement of the unexpended, balanges procured ca passage ‘of bil fh viding for such im- | but), there was no rep to make. * I All! \F Q. in this communication your name ts used in | prosecuior but as a citizen and taxpayer, who re- oi tHe appropriations made tor the same purpose | aiasan tilobtuedoe or eee ‘the question was finally disposed of by ordering connection with this bill of the HERALD, Please | kards Mr, Green as an incubus upon the city taat | “Witch was adonted January 16, 197% That certain warrauts were drawn and signed by the | the special committee to report at the next meee state what you know about it? | Ought to be removed. He said in regard totwo | “By Alderman Cooper— Mayor and Andrew Hl. Green as ( roller; that said | ing. Mik. HALL’S STATEMENT, | charges contained in bis statement he would | “Resolve, That the Comptroller furnish tu this Board warrants belonged aid shoull have been delivered to COMMITTEES APPOINTED, A. The first thing that strikes me asTlook at testify personally, and, so lar as the others were 4 staiemen of au icases nowexistung on file in his the parties to whose credit they were drawn; that the President Forrest then appointea for the yeag this paragraph is that there are no less than one, concerned, he would have to reer the com- department, which have been, or which are claimed to said anew, He Sree uowarrantably retained sated the following commitiees :— : i th + | two, three, tour, five mistakes in it. which can | mittee to a number of highly respect- | have been made and entered into on behalt of the elty — warrants and retused to surrender them to saul parties; |“ Casrle Garden—Commissioners Burlbut, Xx Mayor all on the Comptrol cAIy eruinia. co ihe 1n6ury thaudic; Grecb han te | Scot WiMRROnE? aT aS, or when be MCt, | of New York, tor the uve of the ¥arious courts, and the that & complaint was made by Mr. Joba Strahan to » Shack, rents reserved there: time when said leases | Mayor Vance in relation io the illegal retention of a | Lynch, Star and eckham aud ch ’ ‘ye . much to do tuat his memory 18 clogged, | to the chairman, The first of these charges J8 will expire, when and by whom executed,” | Warrant, aud that the Comptroiler subsequeutly te. | | Ward's [sland—Oommissioners Quintard, Lynch, ers Love of Litivation. (Laugnter.) that against Mr. Simon Stern, Wutle at Albany | Which way adopted January ¥, 1573 * | Here | Up such warrants, therevy acknowledging the | Shack, Stephenson and Mauler. to} Mr. Hall then read the paragraph inatone of last winter, Mr. Haskin said Mr. Stern imtro- ‘Hy Alderman Van schaick— | injustice of hts course, Finance—C minissioners Manjer, Hurlbuy tiated a dangerous aed | Shack, Lynch and Wickham, fAyor. instead of delivering ~ ape oa amazement, and continued asfollows:—Wuen that duced himself to bim at breaklast in tue Delavan Resolved, Fhat the Comptroller be requested to In- shat Andrew H. Green has initiated a dangerous and | Message was issued by me, aud i stand by itte- House, and represented nimself as being there in pce Ce oard whother au rebate ot Satiecey oh nee \ poorene able ness lee sf cane uay, [ requested the gentleman who acted as | the intemest of Mr. Green to oppose certain bills, | % pp recuse! estate hee Leon made bi + f th 18/2 ant 1873, and, Af such re been | them to the creditors for whom th ed : I E EXPLAINING DETAILS, | Superintendent of the Advertising Department of | and especially to redrait that tor annexing West | nude. to reporta decalled ststem.uttothie bathe” | PAYMANT OF Thuy, TuOUSAAD DOLLARS To RMON, STERM BOARD OF HEALTH. ei awe ee + +e | the HERALD. Mr. Henry, to request ull the Corpo- | Farms, ac. He was patd $1,650 by the Comp- | hich wa: A April 14, 1573. FOR WORTHLESS SERVICES. nehaick— That Andrew tM. iy Simon Stern, one of ” i FO a a STATISTICS OF CITY MORTALITY. he Consolidation bit at Albany thet gob The Board of Heaith heid their weekly meeting i nade to the savd storie ae ee tne one Of | yesterday afiernoon, aiung the law relate | A resolution was recetved from the Assembly ration papers to publish iti their reading col- | troller for these services, whieh any other lawyer | iBy Alder a W " é : lums and not as a supplement. It was sent to | Would have done for $250, ‘The other charge was | | “Kesolved, That the Comptroller be requested t us humerous lawyers. the Mr. Henry wit, the written request that as the | snet be bis requsel Lope, # beaded mortgage on Beaman anurak or atten crete etic hae He ed P Wi Message was to be pubiished anyhow tu the paper v chool, $665 95 in costs and a iarge | y, d, tb ay | th Onts Green Convicted of Wilful Falsehood in | it might be pat among tue reading matter and | Amount of interest had to be paid by tue city. | ‘ispreantaae. ee | z charged Jor accordingly, That written authoriza- | The following 18 Mr, Haskin’s statement:— | | ing to annexation of West Farms and Kingsbridge— Tead | MR. HASKIN'S INDICTMENT, That in the Board ot Assistant Al | April 14, 17. NI Bg calling upon the Board to give an account of che is Recent Statement. ton given by the Mayor of the city has be i ot esolution | $1,050, Salo chi f ence, and acopy of it ought to be—as [know it | To tax Law Commirrex or THK Common CouNcit oF THR D w Cox | Fi Depart t inne: Orv William By, at year by th rd. oT a, wa | Several conversations with me, Mr. Heury and | , In furtherance o1 the investization boing mage by you TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SPECIAL EXAMINER aAbour $111,000 in connection with varions cases against | SBUOANCed, had already been complied with, 7 4 he financial affairs of thf citv MR. JOHN B, HASKIN’S CHARGES, | MF Thomas W. Pittman, the attorney im the | W'\iirew He tireen as Computation, eth : 3 5 A a 5 M sree # a : rth r- y P. rr a case, Mr Green became many times aware that pose of jacihiuating your action under the resolutiot oe | HEME, ®: Fainter: that he insert the Message was, by request of the Executive of | the Common Council at its meeting ot February 4, 1875, | Re pera mag ang Shaas kes vhe city, prinied not as reading matter, butamong | viz. | paying such billy as tainwer might p the eating matter, and at the advertisement | - “Whereas it has heen publicly alleged that Andrew f nt Andrew tH. Green. has emploved in his oflice one — the city: that one of the pay item of $20,000 in dunn 8. 1874. Willis Barn of appropriation — cases against the Mayor, nt to be used principally in $4,000, sent in hisown ‘That the said Barnes was known as: ents s follows: A res ug tee in varior and Commonaity~ ution Was passed approving a new | method of ventilation by chimneys on some ot | our city cars. n Albany man, | t hat the said Tainter while employed as gud that his father-i huriow Weed, as in duty Proceedings were ordered against Dr. J. G. 4 H, Green, Comptroller, Has unjustly resisted the pays | Pehalt ¢ ci | i lock Commissioner Wales on Mr. Green’s | rates o1 that pave. . ‘ Pay- | iner by Green ata compensation of from $60) to $4 hound, supported the patron of his son-in-laiw, ON . ve Some 2 ment of legal clauns against this city, thereby causiny f coltect 4 That ¥ Wever, of No. 30 Stanton street. for not reporting Some time uiter the bill was presented Mr, | the unn ary expenditure, outor the public treasury, | ae iat altar veal tar Sieaeeree Hedilons av bens pastas Pe @ case Of vartoloid under nis charge. Urbanity. Earle and mr. Green both stated to Mr. Pitt- | ofiarge sums ot mouey In costa, disbursements and ie | {Nd that alihoash paid Jor his sery large compensation — tor each — Instaiment That Andrew H, Green vacated an assessment amount- ‘The Vaccine Bureau reported that since January y alleged that anid Comp. | $itenes, ne turpis! mndhat, Jn order io wecure tng to over $4.00) on two kpiscona chur 25 their men had vaccinated 10,030 persons, Jomp- | the approval of the item, joard of Apportionment Trinity au aul's churches, on Broadway, at the i f 960 ch men, 4 as veel : froller has at vatious times employed uumerous tavorite | were caticd upon vy Wiliam. A, Hooth and others. in the | sauce of Governor Dix, the ofere who nad powerto fee | Hiking 960 to cach snap, and that vaccine virus for the purpose of aifeciny legislation and of | interest of Green, nnd requested to allow the item to re- weve him on ebarges that the corpor: of ivimty | "8 Otter py President ‘Chan S rivanien the payinent of legal claims, all of whose tees | ain in the budget, and that the Board dceming the church. holds real estate and « property valu etter ti) r to Mayor Wicks rae chae been publicly alleged thaseuid Comp. | Mia atleast suspicious ‘wdopted a resolution that vy avout SOQ, an that the’ vacation ot th | DAEs OR ERS AIMED Of HENS ACRRRREING, Hn pEne { - | ne y f t cf om amounts should be paid out of toe appropriation except ments on the churches named above embodied a gr ; aud approved, g@umed its sessions yesterday afternoon at half- | nett by Mr. Henry that, imasmuca as Mr. Octen- has legally diverted certain sums setaparttor | with the consent Ui the Board, the resoiution being and shameiul pic of iijustice on the overburdened | The Sanitary Superintendent submitted the fole improperly: thatthe Board ot Alder 874 uh AMOUnt of the assessments Baber bpd jiceetn giewars age M neh ayer 4 2 | improperly: that the Board of Aldermen in 1874 subse amount o S30 » Parroy, in a thorough, | Mr, Bennett should do the same thing. Mr. Ben: , S#idMoard or laws: and aay 2 gious diseases reported lor the two Weeks ending fi c : 0 prohibi ortion of ; OX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY | pope te yet rapid, business-like manner, which left no | neit seut back word that when he gave money | 4,,,\ustess It has been publicly siieged that #aid Comp. | the amount (rout eine werk except wat the Reine con: | *TAYMEMT O° Otte von Unveossuant wane, * | February 27, 1875:— foubt of the intention of the committee to itt | 2WAY1l was not exactly im the way Of business; | layed the payment of the salaries aah wages of pusits | PehEo! the Mayor and the Corporation Couns L Ee row Hl. Green paid to one John i. Serrell the | | Diseases ' r @ | that some of the papers had sald bis buls con- | offeiais and servants, thereby temporary depriving | WHEGAL RMFLOVUENT OF DEATER 4. HAWKINS AND Sia traliisehof (hiaaiei guar tie taoteim (is, agud-repurt | ephow sorae, he charges against Greea to the bottom | tained overcharges, and he Would decline tv con- | them ot their just dues and Iniflicting upon them great | That Androw H. Urecn employed Dexter A, Hawking | Were emitodiet itt ccarioas Teporis whieh Mad’ teen | Sypioud sever Ex-Mayor A. Oakey Hall was the frst witness. | sent to any action that Would allow that charge | Joss and damage; and f ¥ : 4 Wine . ‘ely | and simonstern ‘as lobbyists at Albany and paid Mr. printed at thé expense of the city; that all the tacts in | Meash A The Chairman, Alderman Purroy, explained the | ' @PPear probabi Whereas it h A beoe pub'icly alleged that the man- Hawkius $7,444 Jor his services ant Mr. Stor over $3, | the suid report could have been obtained irom the books | Diphtheria. man, Mr. Henry and myself that never had any | Dill more correctiy made out come to the Comp. | LS anise trolier’s office, Mr. Greeny at that time | ‘The Committee of Law of the Board of Aldermen | aud for several months made no objection | jawye to the payment of tne —_btil_ except | appointed to investigate Green’s misconduct re- | want er madee He sent two messages to Mr. ane terest’ and en publi y "1 | dorter had donated or given to the city an amount | special purposes by the Boara of Apportionment aad the y ts H 0 end axpaye “ 2 obiigi y Lense aaa presente was conducted | of money by taking 1t from wis advertising bill, | lawsof this Suite to other purposes noc uuthoriaad ‘by deemed necessary to prevent Green from expending it taxpayers of tais city, who were obliged to pay the } EN! , = ge! 1 affairs ot this city by said | .. 7 a e Si fo ? C ‘ GREEN'S SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT. arcment ty by. there. That suen employment of Hawkins and stern as of the Sinking Fund Commission, which are in’ the | Smalipox. te purpose of the investigation to the witness and The matter ran along for ilve months. Mr, | Andrew # Ob ae nia Hea ito q a lawyers or lobbyist at Albany was made withous the | possession of the aatd andrew il. Gre that lis | Cerebro spinal’ meniniitis ate 4 "y { 4 * consent of t poration Counse! » Detateld. mith, dose owas to make & ‘ob tor serre! of a tread to nim the first resoiation, relating tothe | Green then introducea bis own system of | or | who alone a DU WOR LB grantit under ‘ertiole Gsectiog | account of personal iriemdship; that the revort could | Dr. Harris, in his report on city mortality, said t measuremenc for newspaper advertising. [verv- | vl, That the several matters mentioned in the of the Feslstance by the Comptroller of just claims, &c. | Hody, of course, KNOWS that almost cvery hows: | frezoine preambles be and the sonic are hereby ree | 38,0F the EX-MAYOR HALLS TESTIMONY. paper ha: a different system ot measurement, | {Fed to the Commuttee on Law Departinent to investi. | Mr, Hall--I can, put” you im the way of | In every instance where | Mr.” Green nas | Gee aad th bancet toe sokass ao ities catganont ie | ia ct ry newspapers ave overcharged ; this Foard, with such recommendations as to them ma, bbtainifg this information, I suppose, if 18) the city, 1 know that it waa only because | seem advisable and tor the best interests ar the city.” Is necessary; it would probably not be | their modes ot measurement dillered. Well, Mr. } MR, ILASKINS’ CHAR | | have been compiled by one of Green's cierk inatew | that pneamonia and other infaminatory dis ment shall Have the | days and the money paid for it saved to the city. The | of the organs oj respiration continue to be che aw business of the corpo- | following is 4 copy of the warrants for the amount re- | most irequeut and obsclaate causes of deatn, alt law busimess i a by the saia serrell if Daring th: eleven weeks since \he unusually ew 30 be Intarosted, CXGGRE At ay 21, 1874—John J. Serre!l, consultations, exam’ cold Weather began there have been 67 deaths Mig) hecoabery In witeninn, Op nu charged to Homa tnd $30 wo bronchitis io w® ¥ ant was paid | total mortality amounting to 6,712. arier of 1873. SECTION Sh—I' Nations. reporis in relation to ferry rights, leases, 4 January 1874 That th the legal pro altering streets, and other legal papers connected 1, St, for which this large si the preparation ot ail witn any Jegitimate for me as a lawyer to tell what | Green applied his sell-adopted system to all news- | _ the following charges, leretotore publicly and repeat. | Was unproductive of any benefit whatever to the city. —_— — ers al 40 10 MF. edly named against the sald Comptroller, are subuitied. | 4 ny benoit whats th my clients mignt; I can only say gener. | Tiyseit peraonany examined It aid: by examining. | aerersey atewretul exarmnaton Uy youl °° UN | He aie halt ae ote Porcouseal, | iron the Corporation Counsel that | MUNICIPAL NOTES. ally that my oMce could furnish a large Dumber of | ut ine same time tne rates charged to every pric | "4 Lan eas iD. ERR bat fim ment to tur existed, the suid Andvew H. Green, by er | VENT THE PUBLICATION OF A STATEMENT OF THE SAME, nish to ev names of persons whose claims were resisted. vate person became convinced that the bill was | | That Anirew H. Green made and caused to be pub | jegal assistat Do raat f such unjust re- | MO More thun it would have been If incurred by | lished a false statement of the debt OF this city at the | court, asm Q. Do you remember any case of su - | any private party, ana this fact I brought to the | close of the year 1875, with intent to acceive | andtorth sistance where large sums of interest accrued advice and | and cuipable negivet of duty to pay the amount du Se rs UDxel or atturacy, im of out of | the Mutual Lie inauranct Company of the city ot New | The Mayor stated yesterday that he had not be requ by such officer or departin: nt: ork, upon a mortzaxe held by such company upon a | peard irom Governor Tilden as yet concerning the | LurpAse he MAY Assi attorney to any | portion of the school property formerly of the Bo itd of d that he shall deem to the gain, and | Kuucation of -chool istrict No. 1, of the town of West | cases of the Corporation Counsel and the Fire we “And what’s more,” said he, I tthe attorney for the collection of personal | Farms, p ed the smd compaiy to recover ajudg- | Commissioners nd | don’t expect to.” The Corporation Counsel was ment of closure and sale in an vetion by them among the callers upon the Mayor during the day, notice of Mr. Green after one of the meetings of | the taxpayers and present a false batance sheet | departinen ‘ for that year; that he caused tne agulost the city? A. lcan say that every suit in | he Sinking Funy my office comes under that category. | Catire bill of the HERALD down to $47,000, A | tne late Mayor Havemeyer to the then Common Council 7 Cacaintah coon ont . Krovrinaly parinlbiod io same praperty bine: so oANERAU Wh Ghani hee pees And, Mr | on January I IAP and that it contained the following | lhe following isa certitied copy ot the egal bill of | an unnecessary expense of $19) was tered GAGE: Bees sao Want Stinext, Ni Pou June isis | | ABELO provide tor the auneaation i che teins «Mor. | Mhy hie rupplemeleary answer. to the Governor te judgments then adjustments against the city were | warrant unless Mr. Henry executed a gencral | Kevenue bondwanticipating "| GTS 3 | cto, a, H. Gann, Compiroller ‘ ! risanta, West Farms and Kinwabridye, in the county of e the result. release jor the eutire amount claimed, Mr. tail" and 147% f city. a emeant : the | Education was vested in «nd declared to be the property | Ored to gloss over the matter, but the Mavor, sequentiy told Ar, Green that. he would apply tor Hearn rane earned ane ihe cite toinvest SEBO) | Othe city and county of New York. “and by chapter | while treating him courteousiy, made him undere Bguinst the Supervisors comes under that head; | a lanudainus to compel the delivery of the war- ' D, the Board of Audit cut the | meyers Message; that tne said report was sent by | rofmfice? A. At least fifty, which, 1 not t : Ulaw Opeign pers “ and lost, That by the act of the Legislature, enutled " your office? A, At least fifty, in cl uno ite fare, however, Would nov give. the seeectstdneich. Sept. 16, 1871. ‘Law Orrick or HAWKINS & Cormeen, 22,766,200 00 1,472,847 12 | MY charges for services 10 regard to legislation tor the | May %S, 1873, the public property of the sald Hoard of heard o1 it. Mr, smith, whije in the oitice, endeav- lease und came over to sce me about it. He sub- i i kind? A, I think the litigation of the Comptroller | i from’ building ef x ‘ bove gud alldebts and obligations of said Board of | ae 82,110,183 St 107,808,817 27 | have not specified. As sodn wa copies of the acts ordered | Euucation were thereby expressiy charged upon and | SCO. : Taj MTR SIDE Te | MTIYCd (row Albany: should Uke, to look the ver | declared to be the deat abd obligations of the Mayor, | . The Special Committee on Rapid Transit will re~ $16,709,865 51 $131,204,571 22 y ys “ a Aldermen and Commonalty ot tac city at New York! | port to tne Board of Aidermen to-morrow. There | | | mimission, However, at the | pepe i x | instance of Mr, Gre report. to fe embodied in the late Mayor Have- . How many of these suits nave gone through | ynie s paid oy the CO roller: = « ° y o Q. He y g gh | Henry’ ment Fee a RE OC REST ie ae tg te, | Popore or ine saty and CouNNy dobre Hawking which was paid oy the Comptrolter: and the property of ihe city was to that < “DEAR Stit—Incloved please. And -dotailet statement of | Westchester, to the ciiy and county of New York,” passed, | Tect, Created no ttle surprise among those who Q. Can you remember any particular case of this Henry emphatically aeclined to execute a full re eta? special, 2,034 53 | In t k ot the Industrial xtiibition Compuny, [ | 949 of the Laws of 1874, the said act ot 1873 was re-enac Stand quite plainly in What lgot he regarded hia the Supervisors brought suit sor their salaries, ana | TM¢ on account, and Mr. Green tien handed it to nim on account, and the original release tor the the Court adjudged that they should have it; | amountiniuil is 1 im blank in Mr, Pittman’s M571 22, us represenuny the York, June 2, 1878. | And the Comptroller was also thereby required to pay | Will be two reporis, one deciaring that the city they obtained the judgments and were paid. once. Ne selease in sek mas aiven, but, on the fo By ep a GA one re eon March ae nets 4 yee are piavor AMermen. snag TAROUANY, or the city of | git such obligations, ) Ought to build the road, woe the other claims § contrary, Mr. ry protested that the payment | {0 Pre Ge Ace ‘ 41, 1874, a tol- ork to Dexter A. Hawkins, ANTRREST ON CITY DEBT. | that the road should be butt. by private captti j Q. Was there more than one of these claimants? | wis oniy'on account and that he would sue the | 1OWSi— | fr LTB tos Serr aay jive: Oars kak Its reprenented by a iate oMcial of this city that the | possible; it uot, then by the city.” eye A. There were eight or nine, and aithougn the | city or the remainder.. The suit is now pending, | {otal city debt... $10,241,705 99 In'the matter of the Act to deter for amount of interest paid Upon the city’s debt is upon— | ‘ Jegal question was settled against the city to tne fee neve ie bie Anau eyory ange clara wil | i Sais ; tilde Pack, amounting to over eavou 0; ante MOEA OCKL Par cane HORSE NOTE : + 2 n . Green's com- + desee ee $1B1,849,57 L 22 uppeared betore the Senate cominittee tor the U0U,000 ac rite of Keven per cent. Ai effect that (he Supervisors were entitled to their | tyunicution attracted my attention, as 1 had per- cunt Feporied by Andrew | Crty-undargued against the act, ait the Senate = nURuEN'S NRGLECT OF DUTY, ——— ’ Ralartes the suits went on month after month, | sonal cognizance o/ all the fucts, and, ag I have al- the Message of the late concurred in the report, thus defeating the 4. Green, while Comptroller, has done | The annexed tabie will show the state of tne the Comptroller still persisting in his retusal to | ready remarked, { must suppose that Mr. Green's | Mayor Havemeser; that intimidation and coercion were | | tal $900 00 | nothing to d a é ope nish said’ rates of inwrest, and, remembrance Was cloudea by his multifarious used on behalf of Green and oy Green to prevent the | *to legal servic tour days, March 19, @, 21 | contrary. m i ot his duty as a arenes the i | odds on the Withers, Belmont and Travers stax pay them; of course, I don’t complain of this pro- | ities, Commissioners of Accounts trom publishing the true ri 22, in regard to “Act to Consolidate city and terests of the city, to serve favorite: id, as is believed. | on che betting books at the rooms ot the Americam i z 5 i port of the debt and exposing the false report of the county; prepared ten amendinents to same to enrich himseit, has negotiated and sold the bonds and | fessionally, (Luughter.) MR. GREEN’S VERACITY. same made by Green, and that atter eight cays bad | and explained thenr to mempers of senate securities of the city running at seven per cent to a | Jockey Club yesterday afternoon :— Q. Were the costs against the city paid? A. 1| | Q Do you know ol auy case In which Mr. Green | ciupsed, during which threats were used, hoy were | Committee on Cities and nad bill recommit- very large amount in many cases where, In a falihful WITHERS STAKES, has sworn taisely to any facts? A. Well, that Is a | Ouipelled to insert the following line in their report, im | ted to report, drew ‘act’ to provide ni pe hey might and shoud { am sorry for the city’s but glad for my oMce’s sake | mixed question, which | shoald not ike to an- | O'der to account for the $105.00) increase im the avbt for issuing 1e fave Seon ‘eg vt inter sap mance of di r deficiencies be- have been negotiated ut five per cent interest. Taken, v he T by Gre 7] d el \- Ks oc | joccce rs to say that the costs were paid; theyamounted to | swer; 1 will say that IT have received aldavits of | O'S cau" Subataudine warrants ® $665000, (city Record, | oreyiRzh and deficiencies Iu park expendi. Pinna Div odie PRPCHA SOM oF ils isa ace: | aeeneeane Pe Ma ec ots : as much as from $1,000 to $2,000, I believe, in these | MeTI's in Certain suits irom Mr. Green which | | page 368.) ‘ Stock to pay a ‘on city property ant and costs ot $55, imposed upon himselt for contumacy | King Bolt ‘ 8 to1 Gyro . H i : shouid not like a client of mine to swear to. ‘That the Commissioners’ report was based upon an | to meet defcienc sment, 10 00 ana neglect ot duty, which should have been paid by | Rh i oninin 8 to 1 Examiner. 1 cases alone. Q. Was tuere any statement in any of these afl. | ¢xammution of the books of the Finance Deparsment, | “fo cash paid expenses. 43: himsel! and not by the city, and that such payment was | Relentless colt., 10 tol Ait 1 § Q, Did the Comptroller make any reasonable | davits which you knew to be alse? A. No, not | Which contalnea no item of “less warrants outstanding, ¥ — 448 80 | in violation of his trust anil contrary to jaw. | Relentle: moe Alton... ‘ " to be false; but there w $665,000," and thatsuch warrants were inserted as paid. | “Marcu 29—'0 legal services at New York and FOSTERING USKLESS AND EXPENSIVE LITIGATION. D’Artugnau. o 1 Misdeal. 1 deience? <A. His first defence was that their | RY 2 (alee rf Sere, Were. Hany: Whioh I isthe Ey ILLKGAL Uae oF sate MONEYS. ani Albany, six % 2h to inclusive, i That he has refused and neglected to pay just claims | Sangara. to lL Probabi 1 ‘ i, three | ‘That Andrew H, Greet illegally used over n fating to Finance Depart- vs i 4 a " Aldermanic salaries were-quite suMecient, but the | insiances they stated tat tue Corporation Coun: | excess or the appropriation wor Interest on ite ergy dens | Reewating lila relating to vinance Depart: fete anasle fevocko lmtrers OF is nemeanas aod | metmaag raises hay : | Court beld that they were entitled to the two sal- | sei had advised a ueience when L was informed | tor 1874, the said amount being a surplus ot the account bills to authorize a special board of audit. to selecting to accumulate and be paid large tees and costs Y scott .. | t Volcano to 1 Ascott vies. that he bad recommended exactly the opposite | of the previous year, and that the Board of Estimate and | — enable some $/.000,00) of Illegal claims against out of the city treasury, to their protit, the city's great | VOlCADO... t ae 1 sd course; once When the atidavit contamed sucn a | APPortionment, without whose authority: the transter the city to be audited and paid, $600 00 Joss in money and credit and to the great loss and dam- | Lord Zetland, 6 tol Q. Do you know whether the Comptroller had | s.atement {nad read the opinion o1 the Corpora- | Tilahy iacuecdiin oe a eee Spenteapeet ane |. to cast paid exceunen..-; FD oes ay | BC oF the hones: creditors eit | BELMONT STAKES. j taken the Corporation Counsel's opinion tn these | ton Counsel against defending the case In the | sure which were adopted ou Wednesday, December 3), | “Apmu.5—To legal sorvicesin preparing ‘act to That the said. Ande my by reason of his | Hyder All....... 9 10 1 Yom Ochiltree.. 12 to 1 cases? A. In the first case tne Corporation Coun- | Press; ‘nut was in the Kosenthal case; a man | 167: , | “provide for transierring at the end of each brusque and vulgar manners, obstinate, ‘domineering | Chesapeake. 6 tol Orpnan Boy Uioa may have a substantial aeience and yet counsel | “Whereas the minutes of thisgfoard bear evidence of | ear to the general tind unexpended bale and cespotic character, lack of” the instincts ot the gen- | Arisudes 7 to 1 Lord clive, sel attended tn person, and on the appeal to the | may adv: him that he bas none; 10 that case | Aare Bare esty ete nee Ly ca ahney this. Board to ‘ances, so as to reduce taxation, and an ‘act’ to Heman, total want of re-peet tor Ins equals and sup:- Wille Burke 8 tol Warwick. a 4 ron'-c connsel would be wrong; but my charge 1s that | 0 ormation (rom the Co ‘oller in reference to revent Vacation of asses«nents tor mere Tors in ofticial siation, and Aig thorough unfitness in K Bolt. to 1 Lelops General Term he stated in open court that there | counsel would be wrong; pu counast dad avined the public deot and the Interest thereon reunite to be fecal irrecuiarities aud attending to xaine financial experience. ‘and. ability, ix wholly ineapacl. ee : a teak. ‘was no defence, whereupon the judgment of the ete ties ‘ levied by taxauon, and which intoriation was not tur- | before committees at Aloany, and opposin tated as and for ine first flnancial officer of this great he fi . ade ence was false. mished by the Comptroller; and bills authorizing the paymencof divers Megal city. St. Martin 1 scramble. dower court was confirmed. Mr. Hail was then asked as to the other points | “Whereas in the revised estimate the appropriation claims against the city, pending before the The committee then adjourned till Saturaa: | Joe Cerns. ® 1 uyro.. Q. And after that decision the litigation still | embraced in the charges of ‘he Hoard of Alder. | made by this Board tor interest payable on the public Legislature, six days, March to date, inclu. , Y | Relentless coit. 12 to 1 Gasconade. ‘ | mea as to Green’s pet lawyers, &c., but replied | debt in 1974 way $4,300 000, and suosequently atransier of | give..cccse scccccereceee oe cress $600 U0 afternoon at one o’clovk. pangara. .12to1l Young son went on for months? A. Yes, not by answer | that tie nad NO iMiormation 1h Tegard to those | $2.00 wis made for thik 'p Prana mncing the entire ap- | fo cash paid axpenses to and at Aiba. * SS Milner 12 to 1 Bometimes, but by compelling suit and process, | matters. Fe sb) O00: and whereas it art S74 Ds bie trom taxation ny and rejurn tw New Yor! . GENERAL PORTER. ‘3 . : 4 A admitted by the Com, —_—— TRAVERS 3. ‘and entailing tees and costs and heavy items of | |. ree next witness was Dock Gommtissioner troller thie a hae baid for interest bout $800,000 inex: | “Apert 12—To lexal services. six days, 7th, 8th, bed Hyder Alt. Tt. ‘Orphen Boy. 15 tol interest upon the city. i esolyed, that in the Of 7 Sth, 10th, 1th and 1th inst, at Albany aod in THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS IN- | Wilile Burke.... 8 tol St, Martin...... 15 to 1 MR. WALES) STATEMENT. Tees ama mteTlee in eee at this Hoard the ac- | New York, in relation to the repeal ot the | King Bolt 8 tol Lord Zetian 0 to 1 : THR CASE OF DR, ROSENTHAL. Mr. Wales submitted the statement under oath | to" o! the Comptroller, in taus using the funds in the law authorizing vacation of assessinents ior STALLED IN OFFICE YESTERDAY. +3 M treasury not al ppridted or transierred tor th | 04 vemeonts, i ye - | Sangara. +1010 1 Ozark... 5 wl Q Do you remember any other case of this | which ne made ata previous meeting, and wnich | pose without the conswnt or authority of this Boatd was | 20a! amproveumenis, wd. arguing same be- General Porter, the new Commissioner of Public Carolin + 10 to 1 Holorvok........ 30 to 1 BONE ay ten sage come) Oe enema tae pepe! ‘ertain ‘Thestious parti mm, by: the mba key acs Tab eau Shy eeaaeraae net pence bupal tant ae te | Works, was at hia post yesterday. Mr. Van Nort | Bayminster PR t irepinesesaer igi 5 : A : ° mn 7 ‘ove of, affecting the finance Departinent’ of the y ; ee Joe Cerns, +15 to 1 Dougias.. 40 to 1 the interpreter of the Court of General Sessions; | chujrman of the committee he said that so lar as That the use of the said- amount without authority of city, ‘at $10) per da. $500 00 | ahi 5 % b Ye Vs ase : wed him over the various oMces and remained Arta 15 to 1 lar ‘} "i ty the soard of Apportioument, which authority the said | ‘vy sues, 43 OY | sho gnan..... 15 t if you subpeena tie Doctor I have no doubt he has keg pei idt et feiss bare Was invurla- | Anarow H. Green admitted fe haa not, received, wasin | To cash pald expenses. 2% soo inthe department tli a late hour in the after- ‘The American vockey Clud have not had under @ clear, unvarpished tale to deliver. came ii contact ‘When connected With the male | Violation of section 2 of chapter 36 ot the Laws of 1874, | +A rn, 19—To legal, services at Albany and noon to afford his successor every facility in his | consideration at any time the matter of the bets i y Kin regurd to tue, Deticie: | 3 Q. Do you know the facts in his case? A. Only | Hepsrtment he said he (Mr. Wales) had hat to 2, The said Board of Estimate and Appor- | Said), the Consolidation, bill cand. the | power to make the intricacies of the department | made on Mr. Lortllard’s colt Vassal, as there has career: ae A. The pred t Di porforinsuve of bis autice, He sug eho waco | any appropriation for ‘hy’ year which nay be found by Ube irc pieced deadlier taaeareaeel yr Plain to kim. At noon to-day the heads of bureaus been no complaint laid belore them on the subject. ae a me predecessor of Dr: | trolier tad differed about the Kiverside vark im. | we head othe department for which sich appropria. | "tp gute paid expenses. +_ #5 00 will be introduced to the new Commissioner, Tne bookmaker, as he had a periect right, has dee banter int niet dane erie cea euler Provement, 26 aleo said in answer to a queation, irod oF deemed to te uecenatry for tne pitposes or 1, %—To logal services at albany ana “2° | when, it 18 said, they will receive orders as to clared all bets null and vold that were made sam whove salary e! ‘ cts thereot, to such other purposes or objects for | New ¥ ’ ume! | t; the ground that the Supervisors nad had no au- | 1 Temember that the Compgroller — tele- ich the appropriations are insutticient or such asmay | Bo Vine 6180000. and their fature way of doing business. All sorts of sequent to the deata of Abner Turner; whion shority to lx or tnoroase bis anlar.) Lunderatood | Some rte, eee or ete Cmployes ; 1 the pegiine Weseme: pg. tad dose hana He When | making two arguments betore Senate’ Com rumors were afloat during she day as to the event took place at seven o’clock on the moroing 01 4 e > . ¢ , cond ° ant t . , Guat /icce Habit au thers’ Gs (EA ERAG, io SOBNCH REGS pees eames tho emedt Mts | public business of the county of New York tor the next | WeGuge: pit rejected” anit Mew ome. wus. | probable changes that are to be made in ofthe isth of December Inst, and that all bets 4 2 iy q ‘ . + | suceseding fiscal year that there will be asurplus or | taining settlements made, but allowing ap | the department, one of which was to stand that were made prior to that time. f this refusal and his iriencs allege that he died | BS return | sent jor tum and asked mim what be | pulance remaining wnexpended of any appropriation | r ed vy committee 6) 0 o Medes had to do at toe Comptroiler’s office. After some | then existing at the end of the current fiscal year, such | Rgo'nash paid expenses... or | | | the eect that Mansfeld Lovell was to be made Tne famous English brood mare Haricot, the In poverty because he couldn't get his money. | hesitation he replied that the Comptrolter wanted | surplus may be apphed to like purposes in the next suc- "4g. | one of the three engineers who have charge Ol the gam o: the equally celeprated Caller On, was, by His representatives procured the passage ofan | him to go Albany and look a ter certain matters | ceeding year.” “Mar 5—To legal services, six days, from bureaus of Croton, sewerase, &c., vut ihe rumor . ) - : rT there, The Riverside Park bill was then up in the PAYMENT OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. ‘April 28 to May 3, inciusive, six days, exam- | was denied oy the Mayur, who said that General Mr. Cnaplin’s order, destroyed on the 5th of Feb- act by the Legislature confirming the resolution Legisiature. [tod uim to xo back to his duties, | , That bread ak! paid Mie tag cack) ACT UT ining acts ding at Albany in relation to | Porter nad not as yet decided upon any change of ruary, after being barren for three years. She of the Supervisors which fixed his salary; but the | and ‘that when we wanted him to go to Aloany | incavof Chatines and that he haxpersistente bese ee, | city ol New York. and to make arguments bo~ Importauce. | Several of the democrats in the 4. yutieq uy the side of ner dam, Queen Mar: Comptrolier said this act was void as it | We would teil him to go.” ke added tat, in his | strumentalin violating the law requiring that supplies | fore Commiltec on cities, wnt Commitiee on | Board of Alderm<n celled upon the Geuerai¢n the Tne paddock at Blankhey. Haricor was onicd r 1 opinion, Mr, Green's couduct as a pudiic vilcer was | amounting to over $1.000, shall be obtained by contract | 0,000, and bill as to excise money, t . | alternoon to get introduced to him, and were very 4 A Snunthar wae A iaieee es tie fa once: pernicious in its iufluence on the departments, im | and open to public competition. “That among the traud- | Giorite, te same paid to sinking Fund, and | Se RRa casi r repel ved, MGW lt aBis aie nexally, 1a ot Gaden ery oy Oiedinton She ware ae per: se | was - | tnat it distracted the attention of Commissioners | Went bills pall were the following:— before Judiciary Committee of oo | derstova that Mr, Kelly believes thac the appoint- eae tate om: There was a resointion making his salary “A Dll for 400) Yards of meiton xray cloth for the De- ri ment of the vew Coumissioner 1s a good one and = !rmer on the turf and provea a success at the 4 from their .egiumate work aud made them think rey : “To cash paid expenses. i 0 » 8a $8,000, Which was never confirmed by the Legisia- partinent of Charities at 45 cents a yard. when the cur- 30 | ’ vex I stud, Her first ‘oal, 10 1555, was a colt by Long: Tore; ‘ater this the act was passed maxing the | OF fHmes tat ought noc to votner them. | “Did | rent price was Scents a yard, a fraudulent overcharge | yay 10~To legal services, six days, Fin: 18 0 | nas openly cxpressed Mumselt to puateffoct (he oy, who aled when Ne Was twe days old. ‘Then salary $3,500; Mr, Green finally paid Mr. Kasin2kv’s | You ‘soke ‘or Mf, Greon senting. tor ove or the | "still for 3464 yards of plain melton cloth at s7ig | Sat, 2 tt ith sh regard fo nevvan | Judged Irom the demeanor ‘and talk of those of {# succession she tirew Cauty Bet, to Annandale; representatives under the act, saying that it in- pers claims Bivine SeveeAt bao ‘them who were at the City fall dur- Cramona, to Andover, and Caller On, to Stoc! bs at tel ents per yard, the same could | ravernel f fe ed the sulary of the man ‘but not of the om- Blt he a hatte angen padith og ese cabs athin choceeheine eee: Cee Bae oF ie elaures, lacrauing’ pepateine seine ing yesterday, are beginning to take Well Caller On was loaled tn 1853. Haricot wag Green presented Kosenthal’s claim, however, | to ye sent to Albany to uffect le} aint 9 Ste ‘That prior to the payment of these bills an examiner | jniles of sur ‘and preparing and arguing more ‘kindly to the cnange. It is suiaq then barren tor two years, but in 1863 she gave but his answer was stricken out as frivolous, and | ie sy wag. the repi. “Who was yen arent cneed employed by the Jan We reported thatthey | against sau fore senute Comunitts that the new Deputy Commissioner will not be bicth to Scariet Runner, by Orlando, anc ta 1864 Mr. Kosenthal’s salary was paid witn interest and | the Chairman, “Mr. Van Vaikenberg,” replied | betta aie ‘anc lence was used to have ities, and to argument betore Senae Comm appointed jor some time to come. The Aldermen Hf produce was Beanstalk, vy Ketiledrum, next month Rosenthal ciaimed his salary, | we on Judiciary on extending time to find | Pal Freeman ana Fene were her foals of 1869 and 1871 fnd there was another suit and. more costs; MF. USER, CHALLE RoE ttn cece uae be | A SCANDALOUS AND ILLEGAL rarwunt or $25,000 FoR ax | indictments axainst criminals tom th ee 10, ae oa TAME aE dee enone anashe was barren in 1873 and the two following Ss » Corporation Counsel, wrote the | § on, ¢ & man, named John D, pie Li ial five yenrs ‘ 1600 00 | mn h ; 4 se then n put upanew defence and detended sa Ms aoa ye wee | scott Uda. a young lady, the sum of twenty-five thou- | «stay 17—To professional services, _ six days, 1t is beneved that oa this ground, on no other, aving veen absent from exercise ior % week, i terest, he understood, of Ureen when | his reiusal on the groand of the second uncon- | 1 , of | sand dollars ( Tight to use # patent to manu- | and preparing and arguing betore Senate und ‘1 . o some Uneasiness was mantlested by his backers. firmed resolution by the Supervisors: that marter | N€ (Wales) was in the Park Department | tacture “Aeril Fire Ladders,” well knowing that the Aaeeloly committees on clues, againet. the Rivnard Flanagan will ue selected for the place. i i} week or so, abd many changes wil be made, es TY, Mr. Stanhope, on behall of Mr. Coaplin, gave | ‘The cause of his absence was a oruised foot, con- fore Mr. Wales concludea by saying :—Recognizin iin Was corrupt ani contrary to law; ant that the naling of Contractors for a tte valine ore At ail events no considerabie changes Will ve u Js now vetore the courts, anu {have no apprehen- | whatever good qualities Mr. Grech may hover my | said, Andrew i. Green Bald’ the’ sum of aio | Giumeor contractors for ani not to legalize or, | made wit the neads of vureaus or the other im- Sequent on one vf his lore shoes veing torn of ve Do you retuember the aggregate amount of | OPivionis that his want oO: basiness and nancial | MF Jourdan, a) lawyer, or preparing’ © | empower the Commissioner of Public Works | portant oMicers for sume ume, although the neces. And one OF the Halls bells vorceu into the sole y. Do you remember the aggreg: traimiug units hin ior the plaice he hulas and | Trott on che’ validity of the parent, rieht | fy roiay eighteen miles more, Without. author: | wities Of the situation, so far as the demand for ls 1oot, cnt, rious costs, &C., I these cases? A. No, Dot exactly. makes iim an obstacle to the city’s growth aud | Syatt’n’ anaes fptnen belt Gia from | ity of Common Council or public competition | place is concerned by the democratic working. | Tesults will accrue trom the mishap. wefe two or titer cases or arti B. Brown, tne | Me good Working of the ity government; but £ was previoiisly in tavor of the clalm, or whow aimee | fF contsacts | anual | men of the city, will doubtless be recognizea ina, In the House of Commons, on the oth of Febru. ere be Case! a he y VJ rm e a oie) | | 4 q He | think that as a municipal lawyer he ald di ments formed the basis of the opr ; that the said } e he by eh @ stationer, but other gentlemen in my office Know | Welly (Laughter.) p yer he 'wo O | drew H. Green wtih the public pr setem te eso | pecially among the joremen and skilled laborers. Notice that on March 9 he would call attention ta More about these cases. MR. WHEELER'S TESTIMONY, | and from his own subordin t the patent righ ‘May 24—To professional services, six days, General Porter's vouds were filed yesterday and = the report of the committee on horses, and would Dock Commissioner Wales asked at tnis point Mr. Wheeler, President oi the Bi ‘u ¢ | Valid, would be making argument betore Committe on Ciues | were approved, his bondsmen being August Bele Move (hat the House views with aiarm the con- whether Mr. Hall's testimouy would occupy mucn | payéy was first examined in regard t Marea tne | Darthient, tor w Ne the patent wa of Senate and Cominiitee ou Cities ot Asvem- | mont and 5. L.'M. Barlow. stant exportation of the bese stud horses, ana more time. 2 Ore gard to the resol | not manntactured a machine atter the im Uly, ou five bills tor city and county of New | “Resolutions were adopted by the New Jerse: that it was necessary, Lnerelore, Lo take Steps 10 Alderman Purroy—O, it won't be very long. tions Ol censure on Green, passed some time ugo | the instrument being di id valucless | York: making argument betore senate Judi- | esoluth Mt By eee by the New tS ey prevent he deterioration of horses caused by Wales Gocpseltioay Nout oF aay by the Board of Apportionment and called forth | same department ned e several exp | clary Cominittee on attachment bill for official Honsé ol Assembly yesterday. oailing on che Preal. | os practiog: : FEE eee ew wo lane for tare | by Green’s unlawful use of an unexpected balance | outline structures in ¢ mity with th: | offenders. and on bill to consolidate: govern: dent Of the United States to granta new trial to Ali—NO, It Ca ‘ 1G Som | of $600,000 for the paymeat of interest on city | that ew Loe pes th failea: and thatsaid Andrew H. | quent of city and reuments General. Fitz Joon Porter, by a vote of 49 " Leela Hence Laaarae ure Tombs at | Gopt | Greon paid the, lati, after being advised that it was | potore nmttan ¢ suey to 5. The Tesointions Lee bial that he was THE CUSTOM HOUSE pas 5 z | 0 ‘ fe | 4 . What is tie amount o1 profit realized by your | ,.@- What called forth these resolutions? A. 1 | arteart to omstavct tie orricens arvotxtep to xx. | MTG cash pald, expenditures one Week, © of 5) ronemlly opavisies poe rie’: Bagge 4 eH a ‘a Ps % think it occurred irom the jact that in an informal AMINK THE NOOKS OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. ieee members of Cong ess irom New Jersey to use ail oet’s line, ‘Hope springs oMice through the Comptroller's resistance of just $64 50 The poe » Pp prings eternal in Clima? Av Oh, the profits are debatable (laugn, | e8sion on December 22, Alderman Vance had | , That Andrew H. Green wiltully obstructed ail caused | «say 31—To professional services, six days, in Honorable meésas to/secare a new trish, the buman breast,’ receivea. iresh signin he bbe Mel sh | declined to vote an increase in tne intereats de. | {0 be obsttucted the Commission rs of Accounts, who | matter of ine bilis—o fo establish w lexal _-——--— shah dae pes 7 Ro aah " A ree ol OR, luted e ‘oLthe city of 3 | tee ron bostie : a Gowda . ' : Alverman Biliings—We lawyers should keep that | Munded by the Vomptroiler; yet in the course of | thneted by the Le Pof 1873 while they were en: | Aaaed OF he OF BCs paltices, POLICE COMMISSIONERS. yesterday by the groups of Custom Hous@em, to ourselves. (Laugnter.) that session it was stated oy tne, I think, that We | gaged in thelr lawful eftorts to examine his booksand | Sno to appoint nmissioners to. complete —— ployés who gathered in the gloomy corridors of ‘ wanted to have the imiormation eXplaiuiog this ke e] ‘ton the rae | tot the Finance Des e ¥ 4 ‘ ; . 3 make a report on the managemen h nee De purt house in Th’ Pearial ema the Goud aeaneuinte ane faueeke A. increase; 1 nad always supposed that the eight | partment; that his subordinates acting under his orders, city, one Q. Was Green-appomnted by you? A. His origi« | Mon three hundred aud odd thousand avilurs | have recently retuyed to turnish balance sheets ite. 10 | purposes. on " Py the said Commissioners; and that, in order to county pury " al AUPOINtMeNL was made bY Te, DUE his present | W48 all that was necessary, but subsequently | the a le thie! rr r 4 pate ‘ et business was done. A notification was received were no longer needed in the collection of the Bpporutment is from the Legislature, nie {decided to assent to’ the Uumptruiior’s | Cicck or cripple, thelr oyerasions. he has, de Bie eive of aneeverned | a oe ned to pay the salaries of their clerical as- the Issue of assessment to provi | that the Department of Docks would buiida pier revenue. Those who received the Collector's MAYOR HALL JOKIN H 4 Proposition to vote the $9,300,000, stating wt the | sistantson the ground that there was re appropriation m1 rope! Vd &. You first appoinied him? A. Yes; butT hope | S#We time that the use of che Cuexpende balance | to their crevit, wen there wis a balunee or stud) to Pe ote th Ee ae eS | on Blackwell's Isiand for sne reception of dirt notification of dismissal have brought all possipie ‘The Commissioners of Police held a meeting yes- the government buliding and relused to accept as | terday morning, at which little more than routine final the flat of tue authorities that their services t a a | of $500,000 Was Unauthorized; the Comprroiler at | their credit, as authorized by the boara of Apportton- ount of tax levies to make or deficien- irom the scows of the Street Cleaning Department, ome : the "ye Fa tate aay ataugcment guangnter,) | | tue next meeting, un Decemucr 23, ottered n reso: | Ment. that the refusal to pay the claiins of the clerks | Sesineolicedons-severat oF tae bills gated Walter Le sundiord aud Daniel Meautte were eet tie email euuliocle TOs perserte mais 56 50 | pector Thorne advised the Boara that John P. list was madé up alter mature deliberation, and —— _ 9656 9 | Hayden, one of the clerks of the departinent, Was jn obedience to the mandate of the authorities at saisuiaiionsne |“ Vaud the office of Record Vierk Was abolished: | Wasnington, aud there 18 no chance Jor its re wer the question, It is not within the scope of | tere! punt, iM order to remedy the effect of the | agement of the city Mnances and that his avowed per the inguir. ' Pe saker Saale, iy eigen earitn ats for al gunal hostility to the « ominlisioners: alter they had” re ¥ KL $4, 400, for mverest on the debt, and | ported a discrepancy of $650,000 In his annual debt state. Gat on nae ptoleenonal Intarente te or bene. | $100,000 wr the annexed district ment for 14/4 was exhausted at many meetings of the 3. | , » When was it that you learned that this was | Board of Apportionment as appears from the minutes, | tensions IIGRAT! versal. AS mentioned in these columns a few think that tne results were benefictal to my in- Q “ e sir of + au @ “ COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATIO) terests, if Hot sudlcient? A. On the mecting of Octover 15, | Kempaeiuiation of one of the Revised statues, Witch | D. L. SOHTERENBECK. ‘i | days ago, the salaries of the clerks, inspectors, i : 1874, When he asked jor an adaitional amount of . Don’t you know? A. Professionally; yes. 4 “ ,e Q. Woon "you were @ member of the ‘Sinking ind amount whe lobuticenes tte os mperolior then | bite of holaing a ONE RS 4 : 3 "i ent; the Compcroiler then | upon auy pubie officer or upon any person holaing : ; | ; 0 equalization, "A lew u st use, 5 U ie 5 i ey 4 stich diy shalt be deemed a jemeanor, 5 by the ¢ pee | « 5 chate@en ts uj Parties illegally in occupation of city property! | DO} Bie Lao wnetnene untae @a chatter, | able by tne ocimprisonment. Kevised statutes, vol 2, | compensation for any services otner than those apper. | _ The regular fortnightly meeting of the Com- bux the bus O1 the changes have resulted m a des A. There Was a large amouns of real estave ve: hae Thee be anvacrined by My rosa “ ae page 714, sec. v8." | taining to bis office; that one Caivert Vaux, an employe | missioners of Emigration was held at Castie | duction, The rumors so industriousiy eireulited lieved by eminent lawyers to be tllega!ly possessed | SUC Li ) r Ap- + imissioners of Accounts were appointed under | of the Park Department was paid over $1,162 50, in the al agent, by private parties, such as illegal water fronts, | Poruonment? A. That is my understanding ot it. | r f me f tert g | | “Received payment.” ; ~ les that | i. storeneepers, &c., have undergone moditicatious, er any duty ts or shall be enjoined by law | GREEN AND THX NeW COURT HoUsk—4 Jom ron tne Xew | THE MEMORIAL TO THE LEGISLATURE REGARD- | whicii have veen, however, more in the nature of in regard to the iate followiny provision of the charter of 1s month of June, 1874, tor making ate ot the cost | Garden yesterday alternoon. There were pres- p &e, ; certain parties lurnished tue commission in: |. Had any case ever occurred belore when | Is7h. Jor moiety lame, Many Ol Whicu hinted that, ayn “it shall be their (the Commissoners) uuiy, once in | of finish ng hs 4 hd Court to exclusive of the | ent Commissioners Forrest (President), Lynch, | summonses Went forth on official Custom House 2c. j certain parties turnished the commission in- | sutn ‘an anexpended balance wos tsed without months and ofvence It they dee proper, - | dome, and $241 In the same month as consulting are Was passed, im pursuance of which suits were | 8Uthorization Y A. Not to my knowledge. awine all vouchers and accounts im the offices tect of the Central Cark: that Andie y H. Green was | Star, Shack, Maujer, Quintard and Stephenson, | paper, the authorities vere Were implicated im at commenced against them; not long alter 1 had | 1K witness was then asked as to the Comp. M rote nd ch berlain, and he dd publish equent the resignation of Calvert y aroitrary trausactions, seem to have no founds. | ty'the otiysewrd adetailed staremenc of ihe. faancial rt employ him a architect ot the | The Minutes of the previous meeting and those ot | m ; ; Mou in jack ‘The trucu is, that or, Jayne, as a + leit the Sinking Fund Commission Mr. Green at- SOME cuaar iis Matee fis pene a a par | condition of the city. showing the amount ot ite iunded aa ae i any the he pad hu AD the several committees were read and approved, | special agent of the Treasury Depariment, nad bie tacked the Fesviutton, had it rescinded, and tne | Eid net cuscharzed Tis daty 7 | Cor ciied tO | ee eee ee ae eeien or | flowers; that ie ured tiatalappropration of gioun | The Finance Commttee had ordered to be audited | Ba GHEIteGs TAAUROLMAGE OT Gh Aten amet enne Ore Dee: Cosmas or aerit & § 1 | Ms raving periormed ins duty. | heandexpenitture, and such other | be Mave to pay for tt 1 ihat he is now press- | hile amounting to $16,535, | @nedh wae Gketerees eves inte Wadeestan q. What became ot these matters . Some oO} Q. Was his salary paid? A, Not tL | shail deem proper.” ing the Bora ‘ot the Commis- hich Was eXeremed over him in nztOn, these suits are barred by the starate oL limita bad obtelied sjudenent, -" ot until the clerk SOUS MAN rm purantanxt, | | somers of the new HIBAD MONRY, One Surits tet tn reference to his dealings wito ; : HL open; it is probable, and Mr. ~ That Anirew MH. Green hy ently rotused to | to procure, as alle rehants ti settlement or clatus agaist eee rete es ore ated. that’ the cuite were voxe: | .@ Has your salary been pald punotually? “As tallow’ eTherraiN, Cottalnaton cr ina ketmare oF the | Vans to be Commissiongr Lynctt’ referred vo the tibmorta, | Cree e earns OVREIODEMAT St. abuennd Chomn ant tious, and that the city bad no just claim against | Well, there nave been delays; my salary on one | Finance Deparument tog ben anid hha pd Rad 5 4 Prepared by ® special committee consisting of | cision in the recent case. of Hughes, that the parties, | Oe ea Carrera abe crenmuntan Henry r, Launter, an eftplay 8 a Rte omoe theta cy | Bis Dill to pay all thee : Messrs. Hurlbut, Lynch, Shack and Wicknam, now | there is A provisiou of an old luw Which expressiy QW Was the result of this disposition of | 2 [as the Compiro! gr relused to give the | oiharnw their names trom a'patition they had volun- 7 e i belore the Legislatare, setting forth the financial | Stpulates that the books of no merchant saall be Compurolier Green? A. ‘The suits were discon- | Bow nl ¢ A, Yes, several tunes; 80 | sinture of 1874 to appor That Andrew IL ited Spencer Kirby to | used Without his cousent 10 varnish evidence tinued, as (have already stated, and the matter muca #0 that the Board had to adjourn over | books; that his om the office of Colle seessments on the lth of | Condition of the Board and asking relef in the shape against hin aud yet the unporters who com catnot be ivestigated; the suits Would bave at. | Several umes, i . | in that respect indicates the neces. | April 184, and tt torined Hor wa hfevious nine | of increased head money from the carriers of | promised with Jayar, or Who Were intimidated by tacked Immense snieresis—steamvoats, rullroads, | | & ia? Red tovehnes onrea Comptrolter's man: | sty ot sarertining | the real Pg os 7 bible Hed no services tor He | emigrants, Mr. Lyne though: the time nad ar him into secuenents’ with the government, paid AMillionnaives, &e, | eae iid i it Weold waeoie she prosperity of j ye willttlly wit mation respecting t ‘That he established sinecures in that office contrary Tived to give the memorial publicity. The com- | thousands of doidars to learned Counsel to velend Do you think these cases coild have been a satapon.t i y become me vo pass | iT s years in his poss » the report of the person then in charge, who tniormed | Mittee had been acting in a quiet way ap to this them, not one of the lawyers apparently knowing prosecuted to the loterests of the city’ A. We | Judgment upon him, owever, f think in some | t When such Use Was | him that there was no Work lo be dune in'the bureau. time; but, learning tuat outside parties had ob- | apyihtug avout the law mi quesuon, Were so advised by steh eminent iawyers as ex- "Hines It has alved; others it nus not. | deethed necessary by him to reward those who sup- APPANENT DEFICIT IN THY SINKING POND, | tained copies of tie memorial, thougnt it wise ‘A few cigars were seized yeste day from a ship Jud ‘uuerion, ex-Jdudge Porter, Mr O'Gorman The witness was requested to surnish to the — ported hin by special services in the Law Department That the Commissioners ot Ac ounts, at the close of | pow to give it to the press. f hailing from Matanzas, bat beyond tits the seizure Tage beg | AR te oA commitiee a statement of the private c el eins and Ac Albany ; that he has persistently rerused to — 1874, founda an apparenc deficit of $94.00) in the securities | Ubi rpnties J i i and two or tavee ober lawyers, whose names I private counsel em Ors the Board of Alderinen in rela. ot the Sinking Fund, Comissioner Stephenson concurred inthe opinion — department had notuing new to report. The cases need not mention, but who hud great experience Pioyed by Green, which he promised to do. He 1 4 thatinthe month of April, INITIATING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS Witten ADvANcED me | CXPressed by Commissioner Lynch. He had never of brandy seized the other day on & Calcutta ship in sch affairs, was alsy bye by Fh a uid give any infor: | 17e the Be lowing reported quesiions, VALUK OF GREEN'S REAL ESTATE, | Seen tae memorial, and a8 4 member ol the Board are still neid and provavly will be contiscated ag ‘The witness was then asked about Mr. Green’s Mation whic Hoy been wiready called which he has not vet answered, The questions were That Andrew I. Green advocated and initiated va. desired to be enlightened regarding its contents, smuggled goods, The Tenth division and reorgam recent communication to the Board of Alderman, pickle the examination, nd rephed in the nega- | embod an Hg sed resolutions i= et TE mn Abe viainity or and beyond — Not only was be entitied to Know what it contains, ization ol Lie new department, which constituted Sara Le ve. } ™ derman vtiendorier— Je anil th er selling tin property t 3 Jollee! ™ : . iid nore especially about that portion of it allud: Pdi eHescih | Hiihat the Vompiroiier ts hereby requested Thomas Murphy. Wiluam N. Tweed andothers cirough PUL the Puoho had rights in the case wich it was Assistant Collector Hadecker Be Sturekeoper at ng tu th PRALD DILL tor adverusing, In looking | » HAS THE STAND, nish this Board with a detatied stateinent ot the @ favored contracior, named Crimmins, at’ a price far itom proper to ignore. He would, therefore, the 5 shiDge over the pupers he sad that reireshed his memory Mr, John B. Haskin satd that with the assistance | appropriati kK that the committee report. | ton, when full details of the consolidation Wilh be made by the Board of Apportionment to | Which was reguiaied by prospective improvements, he | D Fegard to the Supervisors’ suits, and that he | of a iriend who was competent in the matter le | meet the expenditures for the various | ° | jects and pur- | used his official influence to have all improvements Commissioner Mauer advised that in the | given.