New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-02
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| present the Committee "ascn 20, io0i.
So.ns. for or M veg sworn and examined By N.
v, fos siss year, a.: &C. "a Jersey city, ~
,s for , GsS b @ EhS
the ssue year. saw Mr. Massen almost every day during tSs
O Did you ever directly or Indirectly give 10 Mr. saa..
Poney received from other parties procure berh bstwes
f,el' b bS' ydn and 1s !. inclusive A No -. ~
Mas.en directly or indirectly during that period A. No wss
service rendered for the parties for the agent.
~ s Ss5s Of 9 DE By
ally Tor sI Or esht months knew him last summer when
VESSEL are being hauled OF ,oysd Of the generally
few instance. othe hauling In towing out Of other vess
vessel. house for which be w ., wn my Ss
ns9s VII was ship agent was the BIZ. eutad
game 20 me bsrh for the ship Charles. and found q
n. 'ss sss ,. asS
ss sho. I a. % p.aIy al the ys
how long they xoC there and judged e how
ting him sty cSnssisd In putting bis .s "a
to Capt M.sten S. such ssch vessel would
By M Grant, became scqosinld vh M.en in The A.sss
70 ns charge s,a n
on slate in bis office on all Occsions either It the re.
on the slate have osn called bi, attention the fact thsl
pspsd to noe for iIpC.ns people N the latter p o. Sep.
TENDER OF lat OF ocobe have received money once Ana
last Fan for receiving fees in tb. district s the afternoon q
generally asked when they wanted tOwsd
they could have berth nsss; had authority nom h...s
where made contracts fSI particular berth for vsass
wa; one that was thus turned OUT hs was e paw me os
for the berth bat paid antspsns trouble sbch bsh
two three schooner the bark believe had paid for
do R % hoy w wssH Pt Pier made nd sn
present save and myself Pscst oasTpd s.ssa
fed III .R1i Capt. Hammond was on the PIER bat yiS q
when the bargsin made generally set In Mr. Matters
ss e there's did AK Prscit SIS ,h
BY P P MarpRy-Cspt. Hammond occupied the oBo4
viii, Mr. Ma.ten the rooms c0nguods The slste was
ss or t sy 9s ,
employed BY Capt Mssten was my good WI
vessel and then make arrangements for BERTH quia
that Mr Prscht knew that was clerk for MI Mssn;
Ing in that Ianner yet TIE custom a. ss poT
York none the cases were win the snoweoss Of M
pcaon the pier for berth for the ship Troy he paid
s % the o Sd 9 sRs FOR o
Elizabeth was Oh the pier to tow the .ssss
S 50 much sS have oT % he bark Aus..
fs:osS q s sSs Away. Sa
ZEN paid his proportion the remit is customary for persona
sHoS Et r. J.si. osHs he nsde application
vessel him the pier he first went 70 MI Matsn
I'D n4 Ss mas .s f so sa Mr. Msten now
neither dd Mr. Mas.sn any portion o. the money
lsd no knowledge Of the IN any way think Mr. J.cLt
ma s SsGst M Msen for berth for ship
Language How much will you come down 70 nm ~
he pT,e but offered money Cor such and such po.Ons
ordered vessels requested have spPeaed MI
he way ofves.el loading Capt Joseph kings he spp
70 Cs berth was on the o Rs a h f1i' could
ret the storage the cotton the csrgoe. could get him
ave berth provided could mste It of benefit 70 myself
e got berth he offered hy dOars for two vessels and p.s
The ys'i' Tsi's sSdS month the included
@ other vessel; ss 5iR' Of S aS St NJ King 9:
ne check wharf for the amount Il wss made o,i
E:c CO. InS w sppssns sssrS Grand jury
Mr. nast.n sonPInsS s forbid NV going to his otoe md
more Ihad no do with his Office DO not think ,e
siysd ANY %op m..., SI @sSs
By Mr. sharpe Did Mr. Mssten ever know before this CONS
C.Pt Hail. that you received any money A d0Hs
BY Mr duntI could not say from how IN many my: vessels n s
onedperhsps 10 Of IS 10 and ss 10 nearly
Capt Hammond q the Perqu,s. to my aRST
M early par, of October put on the slate seVers
.ef the complaint, bat hik never received any e. sef
never rPIs.n1d opa,,.S vessels about that bad NY
By NJ sSspsinee October have been at Cleveland me
he tern part ths State in;eres to ma oeHn
or vessels In order 10 get the towing ,.,.., 49,,
have Been iisisTd sP Ra hPer e0nas on !
By Mr. Sharp put the names Of Anderson and Gsm-
Die the slate That was the way the Gamble followed the
Anderson in the slip .
BY p Murphy-I have the Of vessels changef
the knowledge Of the Harbor Maert
Of vessel Is entered before she arrives
y Sharp do know how steyedores get their money!
berthng ship 1t out Of the conrgnee4
agents ard entered Ia the ships account under the head %
ratues /" difficult thing 70 ind Mo
asten then be readily found, and generally known
BY GranI think in instance applied for @
erth repTesen that MI Mst.n wanted to how
he berths
By p Muphy-ME. Masen attentive to the duties on
"a office 10 knowledge IN web inormedd
he amount paid behs has been represented larger ~
that paid foreigners likely to thnf thS
IA Dor Masters fob the amount.
Shsrp-There person on the docks, thinke
hat knew the condition Of vessels Al well a. my,ef
Capt. Hammond recalled by Mr.. Sharp-Qnestion
=, Mr. p p Murphy-Mr. Mssten does not shilling II
by vessels when Mr MasteD appointed was told that
dd a. the others might get the towing In bis district an
old him that he would give Il TO would give him 10 PEI
emit at said he could not do tha he wanted 70 IN
ue and he coU do sewsd he said that be had cx
mined the law and there nothing illegal about hS
me have the privilege OF vessels lying at his dots and
be towing aad gave him 10 per cent
Ry Mr. Sharp-Vesses frequently towed In and ouby
ther from half 10 oeqnaezs OF si th
tha are towed M Mss.en told he would take ao
the premises that must get somebody 70 -
ny business and hired Van Ness =, - = -. -.
BY Mr. rsnt-I wHsto psy Mr. Msen the ten per cent
Mr. Van Ness left business, on MI. Ms'eh o"i''~
mounts 10 800 $500 500 per month -
y Mr. sharp-TheEe fixed, uniform pr1ce for to~lns
vessel; we get the expense near A We cam
asks had bAsain and more than we receive Ne
Captain OF steamboat before being appointed ns
or Master.
Adjourned to 8 p m. on Friday. r..