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

an applicant FOR the Roosevet Ferry .na 25srsa & s
sutiec. was taken ID II the Board Of AssTnsh'
give coed sseEiiiy. - rrpRy
Ah~.b.,n T Re-rv testihes that he has msde several
.,ric.tiou. for fess lAst Of snich feseilsa ~ @
Tor The csihsns'; Fs -. ~ ~ M HeI. that money
re'.ee 20 - st~eiha question became the sns~srnsy
- >, eliminate ne; DO not know Of A1y nsn'ef Of tae
CoInmon Council having received az e. 80. - -
I'd win 20 nouosnent bis part Tat would not JUSTIFY 81
h04S.c BpkIev depo-es that he is of the pro-
ta az the terry the lease va lsss7ed BY Caleb WOOD
hu 70 Cyrus Saith, 80 co. "a. Pta i' u, y aea :. eoI
Sered reasonsole pree they tnen tnoaHai VA co
- mad out Of H. but had CHANGED Their n,nds '1ee ne os
pal grant made TO SoesIo and taylor sne y .aen
sgbeo woOdhul and BY am 70 'hen i''" nO'Ains
ever Ebogf Any i4fHeneAns OF F0iet- - a..
William Cockroft deposes that be was one Of the
srs1ees the CsihGrnesi FeEfJi ne Ferry Committee
sered ysGI FOX yeaTs after the Application h.d
passed Board q Aeeraea and vas penons N ne ASS.
$500 70 lend Nj Charles Francis then rot me1ber 4 ihe
Coursu Council sl55 which he 20 ret1fn for bis INA
epee u ndu;ils the Couee report the application
Wines LteIwGTd lent him $50 FOR Tie object be hsd
names Of Mr. Francis ever since which charged TO h On
Geo. G. Taylor deposes that he was one of the
grantees sttsr me tf,st va. mads they ,oa os h
was paid up TO the time q the eon1snesneai 81 me
sef they cold out TO Mr. Woodruff frmeTy Mayor OF the
Civ does why the requiring the grantee
II BoSne lease came to be omitted in graft the brother
Of then Controller o. the City, has no knowledge
John Berry tesies that he has nc knowledge OF
any member Of the Common Cour c receiving zee
WIN H. ne 5d s . s We % use BIS nsaeses With ads
WHO tnew CT the Aldermen, spoke peonsiy 10 der
hin thai he receive the vote Of tn dele
sGaon oT he Ioi,on 10 Congress he favored ae grant
does not know that any noneg pzd % S;utvsat a. coan-
ss with view lis vote 10 the grant has been 10
Gsd v Mr Hicks that mouey received FOR procuring
the sIaLt; derived the impression from him that money vas
raised by nses Goes Lot s1ow Then they wee o. eco
had stated about The Grants has 10 snoweie OF my
money valuable thing having been given or promised to the
Bur,is Skidmore says: Some time in the fan ofls5l,
N be best Of nv recollection james B. Taylor Informed
be bad been applicant for the ferry on the As RIVER
bribed menbn II the Common Council Tor me puIoe
Of obtaining the srsnt that sno.eer hsd gwen e
than ind obtained the grant that al the mrms OF the
Common be had bbed returned to him the money
he TAD paid them with the exception Of Adetmaa Mooe o.
Third srd who tept the money gwen b. both parties
therefore think the said Tsylo 1T witness TO prove corp
tou On the part members Of the Common Council
Caleb s. Wooohul-Ihe lease OF the sais ferry was
ASHAMED 10 the fall Of 5l paid shout $4,000 for H.
old intend hold it, had pacba'er ready TO ase n e.
the ine person interested in the leese A. the time
purchased it; DR. Cookorof brotherius~ Of mine vas ed
and members OF the Common Council and others a. uppoei
about 5000 out Of the lease over and above what
". T. Pinckney was called upon 10 subscribe stock
In the er,; said that if procuring the grant did not cost
AZ vthg Uh.t H. be put the footing Of origi
nal Iarty without being obliged than actual
ntere.teo intended by mis- 10 Indicate my determination
not to pay nyh1s iaI the pqp Of p,0es1S s Fn, soTs
raw ,'ol Vb, AID i i Hies," TO- %bieb he re-
NAKED What can a man DO in ike that when
wanted ferry These gentlemen meaning suppose the
Couuittee member of it say Why, Mr. Hicks,
"ths very valuable ferry worth great deal Of money
'you" repeated this several times Mr. Hicks said Whist
DO Nj Pinckney what Is man 10 dol IL Is OF
value to AT hi. nme believe the grant had passed
both Boards and drew the inference from what he sud that
he had paid money for procuring IT, out he did not say no"
muoh." -, -, $780,
John Morell-In a conversation with Charles VIII
Of Namsburgh he informed he about becoming
the applicants with Dr Berry and others Tor terry bat
found applying to some Of the Aldermen OF New foI lana
he named herman Cornell as one think VINO tod MIN
would about 5000 to get the grant through and
through that be lad given more than 90 and he soad
have nothing DO with it, Jacob b. Boeum Of Flushing in
but IdDg the Of obtaining he would have moth
Ing to with said he glad bis brother had sold
BAnsId BSum OF Broosyn had given his notes for part
the whole 81 the money that ives TO be paid Tor the grant
and that be allowed the whole OF the notes 10 be dis
Andrew b. Hodges says: l am President of the
Fulton Fire Insurance Company. Wiam.bursh not aud
have been interested III The CahaInes Ferry grants
an.ed time to lake stock, but did no have
know ledge As to the used 10 obtain the grant
Mr.. Cockcrefi-l am sure the 600 which loaned
Mr. Francis be given Alderman smith por
Cyrus L. Smith says; never had any conversation
with any Of the Common Council Of this Ciy prior
the whole negotiation for the purchase with Caleb s.
woodau from whom MI Bukey and myself purchased it,
THE wILLIANsBURGH FERRY.
james B. Taylor testies that he of the ap-
snl-sf Wilismsbush the other applicants
Bendie and Fleming Duncan Of Willsmsbursh
grALtcd; passed the Aldermen aud allied Ia the Asiaut
be lard to through believes that some Of the Alder
who voted tor 1t theiI Board aided 70 m defeat n the
Assistants; the AID Wood OF the Tnd
Maa Aid BaIc Of the Fourteenth aud Aio Conkn of the
Eighteenth the active defeating it in the Board Of
sns parties out OF the Common Council ~ho
efficient aiding its defeai were Dsyh Mls d. Moore,
Wilisn Lsytin and William Wall all Of Whiamsb1rsh;
told BY one OF them cant which, but believes it
Mr. Wall in bis own language that II was the damnedest
fsh had in the Conon Council that cost them de-
il from 80 90 10 80 oTmeaDipg their application
the Ferry; he cid whom paid; Mr. Briggs,
Of the firm Of LodeT Co. informed witness that one As
sht Alderman lad received money for aiding the defeat Of
their applications bis knowledge IN relation 70 other
Der having received money 10 defeat was al hen.ay from
persons whose he did not eeoeet; the application
commenced in 1919 and defeated in 1850; u the ap
pcSBs their ferry Witness knowledge recollection
paid money for procuring their grant 10 the Common Ceun
els there money spent but does not know where
from 81 coo $500 spent BY himself and his
The amount Of expense made and settled by Mr. B, enc
collection Mr. Bensdict morsnduun Of IL; has re.o
lection Of some money b.inr returned either to him Mr.
1t came from Assistant Alderman MeLsrthy Fourth Ward;
don't eeoet the amount or any other amount coming back
anybody witness applicant interested
in The application for terry the foot Of Houston
others and believes that James Waterbury, Gerard surte
want William Duke and Charles @ Dean have knowledge
that John Anderson could ao information in relation
IT. be wa. an sPPsn for the same grant and offered as he
EIGHTH-Av. RAILROAD.
Theodore MARITIME testifes that he knows Solomon
Kip Of he fm Kip Brown has had several
nons win MN pending the several applications for the Ehthy
Railroad and Nnthsv Railroad and he frequently admitted
be had pad large Of money for these be admitted
that be he'd expended for said purpose 5000
Arson Heck testifts that he lie one of the editors
Of The Sunday Aias Knows John Pesew the contractor
nov connected with the Railroad present
lobby Of the City Hall the day .er the resolution reyosng
grant OF the Eishth road which made Petsrew
fnd Others conyeIsed with him while doist
one Of the members Of the Board Of Assistants passed BY and
hr fesew said there damned rascal Tor scoundel
some such eontemptuons expressoa who Of
money and voted against me; surprised and asked him
be was going 10 get his b.ck said
4. on be dayO
which was expected the resolution Of the Board Assistants
would come IN the Board Of Aldermen eoncurence that
OF them The other Board the Aldermen vho