New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-29

20. .ssorised bay lots 70, that rsrpo-s Wins sad
he diA not care be could for them Ioe next aus
.s. him be be RAJ .Old them to sor f1F 5000" aud
, .fer -srd wines. psio Ed~s'd@< So but sept bsss
$40 losses .od expenses never va called on ~
Taylor relation these lots spped 70 ~ The Corpo
siion when the price s-; mentioned 10 Edwards would
have sold these lots tor ss,oct
THE GASsEyOoRT PROPERTY
Wiiam B. Aston testihes that he considers t1e lots
the Gsnfevoort property worth from - 90 20 $500 eaea
and that the conner lots worth mOFe NJ Aea one o.
,uhec Of the sale and spoke o. The value OF the properly bat
which beg ord wsness .dess OF IL wertA isnks tsst
MI Aliens valuation Of IN the ne!shbOrhJo1 Of stSof
Mr. KuEsaud also spoke to ~.rHs ASOa; he yale q II ss
ca q, i1isI0l 70 =, os bst Sadbe aas
Henry m Anderson testiies that be was in the EN-
poyuer OF Mr Davies while he Counsel for the Copos
ten ard has charge OF o. as eesness be had aotnns
90 with the street business dc no. trow OF any o,stns
ton liner OgsniEsor or one y aayoiher designs
ton competed Of any members Of the Board Of AaeEea or
Board Of Assistants other 0saaiAe5 Tor the PaiPoss
knOu ledge Of practices on he par! Of any OF hs
ber Of tie Common Council o. OF Any Siher persons II
Frederick A Southmayd, who was formerly book
epeT the Office OF the Controller tsstied 20 recording tne
thar hsd been prac
lice in Conolsrs oce r.io 20 MI rAess coming Tor
three years past least TO make warrants % ne oasf
Of he persen entitled 70 the money per the oFder o. the PEI
Who had advanced or was supposed 70 nave
Waterman III. Dikeman testiies this. he is clerk in
the ohce Of the Commissioners OF the sinking Fund hss wit
messed the Of the Commissioners N esdt9 h prop
81
S knapp herein; the Recorder offered restitution TIA the
rrce OF he property be 6xed 10000 wheh was os. ss
en norosed a the minimum price be stated snd that the
she., sum above tbs; be adopted as the price
which also lost; AID Bard moved that tae prse oe
Leh Yves adopted the Recorder dssentirg; the Controller
,hen authorized sell Ne property to ke7oen Lo'eoy
George II. Purser. Tax Commissioner, sworn, tes-
,s % heard that resolution sell this property had
raised 10th Boards he requested the Mayor 20 suspend ms
& b ss -b,re ieh objections which he did snd per
sonay delivered them within few days ana wnicn
M strova the o. ecoas bei thar the property was
OF ah GREATER that not opeF dehned on me
An and that the oft not generally known; that
th interest Of the public required ths; should be properly
urv, ed and divided into lots and map prepared aud DIS
small capitalists would have opportunity % make purchases
however, after deliberate examination me Mayor should
conclude To the bill he would s that he property
b. surveyed ht be made and that there should be
Allen &. Leei testfes that he is a book.keeper Of
sias Herring; Mr. Herring in bis absence nom the CITY
had eyen him power TO trAnsae, MS dafas s pc
HrYis behalf making an Offer for the property.
doing 90 heard Mr Herring ssy that he woud
have nothing dc with Mr. Taylor about slded matters until
rrsviou. matt. = between them were cOsed up.
Silas c. Herring testifes that he had no conversa-
ton nth Mr. Tsyor reference this matter before be et
the City except the one detailed IN former eksminaton
Alexander Schultz in The nehboThood OF TsyoTs store
Taylor aeeOsd him ssyps Are soa ware that you came
piled that bel not "a applicant for IL; he said
oni,ed 70 tae he'd been awarded you he then told
~, simeon Draper the purchaser the first time
thar heard he was an applicant ilrh 80 -
Joseph K. Taylor resthes he was Controller from
Let JANUARY 1880 January 1885, during that tine mum
Der OF Iooso making ofcs for the property came to the
ofice in envelopes which opened in he presence
OF the es. his impression that AID Bard pre-
seutsd request OF Nj Loveoy that the deed be
MADE 10 MI Draper aad the written consent OF Mr. Draper
that be done the deed sccordnEy msoe to Nh
Draper efte the adjournment OF the the m1rt
check Broadway Bank for $1,000 soon AFTER MI Pres
cote Hal called a. the stated that he satisfied that
Dfarers good but ha one OF
the Aims House there might De some noise made out
OF doors sopI further conversation on ths subject and
referred him 10 Mr Davies the Counsel for the Corporation;
that he Always followed bis Instructions IN Official business
the morn that interview Nj Davies ami MI Narnum
came with deed q same property executed By the
Mayor M Varuum; boad and MORTGAGE wsrs exc
cuted By Mir Nanuu and satisfaction piece OF MI Drspers
by the Mayor the mortssse on
record td the deed ensEos-ed IN The Con9eIs once the
papers were arranged under he aa'ce OF & DSs mas no
knowledge that other Commissioner except the Mayor knew
anything about the transaction e me sse o. me property 20
Mr. Loseloyi rememscrs onefs h,,de og ai neIns 'I.
Loyeoy Nj Hodges Nc Draper, NJ y Taylor, and there
ay have others under the belief that All these Of
frs made IN COED faith knows nothng to the contrayi
considers the Irce = 10000 fair one.
Henry L. Davies, Counsel for the Corporation tes-
6 thai he prepared the papers behalf Of the Corporation;
has 90 Interest IN the sae neither dHee, Indirectly;
received compensation Tor anythnS ne dd IN Iee
W vita regard TO other matters ass nsve, RECEIVED
ding but hi, salary except fee Of etp TOR the NeW
Jery ire and small amounts fr special seryicesi
the costs the street cses were paid by me properly owners
except when the discontinued o. order OF the Cor
poFaon Court in reference 70 street cases ne says
that be received anything but attorney and eoun'es
John VI. w dy DOCK Keeper JANUS ~ ihyi"if
tse that be mas no personal snowedse Of tas Gan.eyoou
property except what he heaf heard r Herring s1hor
about the time Mr. Herring was gong OUT Of town dd not
hear il the time that there o,hsr bidders for this
property; did understand the OF Mr. Herngs name
Tor any other persons benefit than h own Witness presents
cops OF letters James Taylor the Controller,
osenDs Sis5 co; one from BENJAMIN wesesk Offering
sl25 go; from II. Smith offering : co., Benjamin L.
james OF Fshkll, merchant offered ~ o Abraham Al
santvoort Of JeI.ey City offered $4,000
Preston ii. Hodges proprietor of tue Carlton House,
tsss that be was sn applicant for the properly and bid
four persons be interested in the maeri Taylor ORA
per- Vanum and himself they were 20 snare !, axe seeora
to TO the hsheH bidder nothing was said about
the value Of it, except that would be good investment
bought Tor $50 600 SIR co., Taylor said he had put in bid
for HIMSELF do know the amount be ofsred he stated also
had authorized him Taylor his applicant
Reuben Lovejoy testfes that he never was ap-
psn for the purchase Of the Ganseyoort property his con-
necon with the affair 10 this evening MI Jas
b Taylor who boarding with him. stated that Witness
would be in the paper next ornns an ior
he said be and Others wished 10 buy some property put DID
not Ike to use their own Names WI then ssd 20 Nun thst
he h.d objection to the use OF his name the next morning
he his applicant for the Gsnseyoon propeyi
he appeared before the Commissioners OF the sinking
Fund in relation 70 IT. after the property w sxafded 20 Nun
he signed al the reques, Of Isyor thst the property
should conveyed Draper; after ths asked him to
sign another consent conveyed James varnum
and another whose name he does not recoect that
OF it, witness looks az apsPermarked dated June
90 1885, be acquainted with the hand writing Of James
b. Taylor and believes the whole paper except the
silss {. Herring to be in Tsy lors hand writing.
Copy Of letter referred TO In preceding examination
Hon H. R. iLLoU-ly Dear Sir Believing you have taken
a proper view In relation the sale of property
belonging the Corporation between Gansevoort and
Twelfth have been engaged since yesterday in
ming and making clean estimate the Of filling
in and will Monday be able 20 make my bid for the
sme and on day will send IT, directed TO you and left
at the Controllers Once at o'clock. 7. M.
Very truly, yours. siLAs T. hEhhlSG.
Mr. Herring testfies that no part of said paper was
written by him the signature not his hand writing and he
authoriEe IL be written written without his
knowledge OF consent
Reuben Lovejoy testifes that one evening James
TAYLOR came Office said him he mad given
his cheek for 900 keep another mans bid from being
handed in which higher than wtnesss it much
h..u IL