New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-27
THE HARBOR-MASTER INVESTIGATION
THIRD DAY.

Van Ness offered to get berth CONDITION he could get
cen In The AT Van Ness told him he could not hay, the
Van Mes. in the afternoon aud asked him coud lie
CUT said r could but should expect to rec i've some
benefit himself se+d to give ~ or he berth stn he
check the vessels laid there week CT ten aAy
each.
Mr.. Anable appeared before the Committee and re-
quested that Mr.. Hope be placed upon the stand. lie
said he had received 10 Dtice from the Committee;
wished to be treated other white men were. Mr.
Grant stated that be wrote to him at the time he no'
fed tie other HarborMasters Mr. Arabic should
have an opportunity to examine Mr.. Hope.
IeaIder KepEy, a shipping and commission pcr-
chant, residing IN the city ced-l customary loI mp
pe aid offer Tia Dor Masters Ieiuunereh
Tor privilege, at benh and oef hsa s1o%a arr a J
hHd contrr of n- leased docts az ~e - we ohrs
he srsneeu eus good deal OF towing and Har'
Dor Matters ht b. tere 10 the bu.ines believed II was
E'sTs fsr srse, fvoi though no had % HE
knowledg. thought there WA not as eh Interest
or the ,e occupied by the Me,chn,s' Line Of oVdeIce
rack peyer paid dollar 30 Nh Mossen IoF 10 MI Aaa0!e
TLomas +. Houiton stevedore residing in Will
Ian, bsrfh csrdlt customary Few lear since TO
pay berth. particularly during the Cshoni excite
eu had puid occasion, four or tive years ago
mary those ing births 20 oferto pay for 'ne
l.. Kingtland, called-Res ded IL Perry street, ana
wa. brick dealer BIZ ed dock Pier No 6 has paid money
instance. b. had taken bein paid 70 Van NskeupsIgh
had in bun"'st"o never paid more than ~ she
Charles shnlz OF No 6i Greenwich street, about IL
brick b,ine,s csed-Hsd hs brick brought j.
sc y 1s aGsS oIt " w ae M paid Val
kenbursg twenty thirty times Ia each Sc paid e. made
paymenis 20 hin psil Beld. about Dozen ues
adrd or bos,, year paid noting C q.
liza borMss-Ispevet except ben special .qlest wss uaoe
Masters
10. NJ - it,
the NORTH River between f.eI Nos md 90 could not say
who the HArborHaeIs In this dsi-t hsd been IN Tue
h.J during year payBs from ~ TO to test River
berth, than those the North RIVER during The last
YEA had p.d oue rates formerly the captains the
th. AID pa, the amount in the hi it hd Dscoiae
rather then erection 20 paw or preference 81 me nehs
sq,d by nerchsrs rad understood e Illegal iof ia Dor
Masters re-so these fees ise" that money hsd been
charged Tor berth At Pier no Sor6
VIM A. Walker, commits ion merchant, doing bust
No. lSJ nth was caledHs business had been
destroyed BY pu.aed BY Arube vessels were driven
az. ge vessel Pier No 81 f3vt yeey street bsyius
barley Sud potatoes was ordered away aud Wss
TO Ansbr, cre At uy ,ines utcld rot tod Ans1le
10; bad Ausbe dIurs crazy been m bus'e's yesD
would pay guilty a. The Prt5 receiSig Anaer az
should be there wnout pay ven, % Nj ha captain OF the
fot AID made Conpisil " reference 70 tre Vessel
moved sid May be would get him r'n0Sed made the Gr
Isngruisn,s foI the bertn PersoLaliy
edward Hatfield, a boar howe keener, called
Was 10 Anebe, office N feoHaJ islAs IN sAnborn s'Eed
did he ecve ents Rom tie vessels d
be ed hag OF bT ~ Anaot
lin and him receive any pre'ent Whatever Lad
n.ytr received any nce NJ office bad heard
~ SS'S % @ srdIp owned rat h he'd Apa6
ecUssd him Mr. Auabe then wrote certificate
money, ia a az or tie boy difeh.rsei.
Philip Gerhard bel x sworn testified that be was
any hi5s 20 do with setting ber'hs the Captain
tended that Let present when such Ansngen ns were
John RYAN, being sworn, deposed that lie was ship
carpenter and resided No Is T6d zveue merchants ohen
three or four houses. consg I'd ain
each recommended 10 the Captain the oyrdorest b.
oT bcfibi merchant said BE- shoGd have specified
son given Instructions those setting In this brhs
best they could the Drr the nat
S Tor frnsnt ~ nny Sat, officer 10 procure beTths and
had never been refused o beth whore TO b.'nad
LdwardlioIe, eeiled-Na IN familiar with the bnsl-
Of h'Ioo before Nh Apsb'e was aGpPn'ed vas
odveI aud crrA No the dist'i h. goat
cert lase 'hip' .oow O. Nh An,se scrhs a. ssl lee
balG fonics old not r'rt 81 or 80 through
Senator Kelly led never tie vsae ten cents
bc,sIin ys.l Tor m. .rar a.tgIs o. not otter TO work
in Aratsos " Masters di-irict or noIli Z.
Mr.. Masieu llarDoT-laseT, cal -d-Htd n CONVEX.
salon with Cspt Rope IA the presence Of M Anabe Hope
wanted % arrangement by whicn b. could both
Anabs and Masters d cti witness did NAM auy
OK his dstrct coud afford lire any HOPE sid Il
would them hot. ng. aId that vas not sacofy b.
OH any work Of ttt And i, Lis d.c thsosbt he
had tccG Alaf hsd he-G Ausule say tLrie
no.. %, ea, rom M ,d-ga ~ 5't b,ccmbeT Sa - ~
d. : AHablc, II rbor-Master caled--WGs present
h oven iioa tw'eu Neiss ~ hoPe ed wiIe. The
re The tcsi lony in roboraiior % 1f Mssens
Ii. {. Niles, csi,,C--l!ad conversation with San
born no sd Anaur I'D forbidden Tim g. ale Any ilest
ices had .eeu Asab dGb AuAne tld nim that nsda iad
been .cLa ga dss fe,s A,d ArAbv H. IIicA
ted once a. the HiLrd FOusi
Job Ii Moore, s~Orn-Ilad see1 Mr.. Analle in the
de tsc hs duties slo ~ uthr arbot, asfrrs
,.l,n Arale iostoestt HUDSON, pese HIN d
tau any ot ms sup2oed lie tool drink when hc an'eI
Charles p. Raymond, the next witness was doing
nothr q present had been assistant OF bou-de hsd
received do1 i.r s'nS '',e oer'h GoL,ct ho'n
sion could b. sive otu i1v tie sip Con u Tier
Wines replied tlat he dd not know whr'r The beth had
bcen~ns G. for anybody, IL not noOgh lac could gct H.
ar. AYabIe called scyeTiI Witnesses 10 prove bis
sobiety wlen attending H. ui ss liarbo haer, holding
that hid Alright 10 do "a he pleased III regard to dinsns
Mr. Hope testified that he had seen Anntle "as
tsht as 'sl, could BE- cs Anos "sooa g k4os snes'
Various nne episodes Of this nature occurred toward
tie end OF The session. but received no countemmce
from tue Committee. Anable asked Hope if he ever
got angry. Hope believed he did on one occasion,
when Auable swore at him for not having made but
So in eighteen days, and called him (Hope) damned
old fool, whom he wouldn't have in lis employ any
how.
"a the Committee We're about adourniDg, Mr.. Hepe
said that be could not afford 10 70 10 Albany on Ibis
matter; and he hoped if any questions Were 10
be asked, that they would be put at once. Inc Com
mittee assured him that he would not be subpenaed
and that if Mr. Anable wanted him be must make
personal arrangement. Anable said he would pay $36
for his expenses. Hope wanted the money in advance
Anable said sls was owing him, which be should de-
duct. Then Anable began to soothe himsel with Pc
vuy, hunuing over tLs words;