New-York tribune., 1871-08-08

siaor,l,Ie norton OF his contract price, " "o '
as he sworo he did o,
tic, fr,u, nain facts is by no means all
"', -, ~. nao 20 offer When Ds;riCtAuorncy MOTIFS
e, commenced his fight against the pohuc'u ~ .o,.up
~ Of the Ring DIR. Wells went to the DSu'c A''oinOy
,d ,,Ikod freely with him regarding muhc'P', "nu
,, ,,ottcrs In one of those conversations hioiIi'
'o"'',' .,, no had brought Mr. Boncstcel before the
I'D Jury and that the contractor had tesiiheu on CAV"
tbat in order 10 get the CntonSt contract ne hau ooo
compoTcd to purchase the influence OF MI "il""'' ~
kingsley with the Ring by the payment of sl6oNoi Una.
Gentleman though not oniec-holder OF any knu hau
,pduepc, enough to control the letting OF lnc
,rt,,cts lie said that Boncsteel also testihed
=, the naymcnt of several other bIibes of S2SOO OF V
each 70 other persons The Doctor further states 'na'
ms r. Chitteuden now has the checks on whioh 'nS
sI,aOs) was drawn. II seems that MI Cmt'chuen was
called upon to lend the necessary funds and determine"
IN secure evidence .Of the ultimate disposition OF o
trrds b depositcd the amount in bank and authorized
the versions in interest to check against it, In TINS way
the cboc. have come back TO MI. Chttenden WIN al
their Endorsements on thom
OTHER FRAUDS on CLINToN-sr.
Dr Wells SAYS further that while the contract Tor re-
paving Cluton-st let at so per square yard' thc
hills as rendered to the property-Owners amount TO
S. s7A per square yarl difference of s. SIt whch' Oh
be ength and breadth Of the thor0ughfare, would con-
stitutc peculiarly rich plum for somebody 10 pucA'
such Is the Doctors statement, TO the truth OF WHICH o
is
knew that Bonestecl had paid heavy bride for con
tract He had already made the contractor swear 20 the
fact and he had evidence within his rcach "hc" "o"u
serve TO place the responsibility Where II pei'"Eo",
But his viltuous indignation subsidized al he Oeh's' VI
the Ring and but for the active citizens TINS IN
teresting little transaction regarding the s5o"O pu-
chase money would never have come 10 the knowledge
NJ thc pub.ic But Mr. Morris seems not only queted
but completely brought by the Ring, and Dr. j. g.
Johnson Chairman Of the Heury-st Property Holders
Association tells a little story which seems TO show how
entirely The quondam champion Of the people has become
the Rings most obedient, humble servant. Dr. johnson
saws that be and number of other propertyhoders lY
ing IN Henrs tried for three months to get before the
Grand jury, for the purpose OF presenting TAR pave
inent laid IN their street without authority OF law as
uuisauce. lie states that Mr. Morris kept them out OF
the Grand Jury by iudiCiou use OF red tape u
he was conpeled TO admit them under a threat Of i'm
pcachmcnt, made by instruction of the Court Before
admitting them, however, he went himself before the
Grand Jury and addressed its members, telling them
that the witnesses were dsoricrly citizens who had
secured the paving of their street and now wanted
TO escape payment. The Grand Jury admitted
the wucsSes-al of them prominent as honorable busi-
ness mculnd each testified to the specific injuries done
to and property by the character OF the pave
meut The DstTicAttOey told them their evidence was
amply sufficient to accomplish their purpose, and asked
them not the time of the Grand Jury by nnI
tpying witnesses When they rested their case on this
assurance he summoned number of persons consisting
IN the main OF people engaged in furnishing supplies TO
public institutions, to give rebutting testimony The
Grand Jury, however, determined to make the indc-
ment whereupon the DstricAttoney declined TO draw
the necessary document telling the members that he did
not know how TO frame Indictment that would hold
good. There being member OF the Grand jury COM
pctont 10 prepare the papers the matter was necessarily
dropped
Mr. W. II. Adams a contractor, has recently made
sono developments showing how money is fched from
public IN fair round II seems that under an
act of the Legislature commission appointed for
the purpose extending and paving Atlanticavc. The
commission consisted Of j. W. Van sicken, John Ives
and George W. Palmer. Mr.. Adams bidder for pOr
ton OF the work. and his bid Of $4,000 being nearly 5000
lower than any other, accepted but the commission
refused accept the suretes he offered, and ultimately
the contract away from him. the ground that he
had failed igye satisfactory security for the perform
his undertaking. He brought the matter before
the courts, and stated there that while he was endeavo
Ing satisfy the commissioners Of the character Of his
suieucs, it privately suggested to him that If he
would increase his bid about $1,000 and make satisac
tory division of the increase his sureties would be ac
ccpted. Declining to do this, he lost the contract
THE BRIDGE JOB.
We have already seen that MI William &C Kingsley
the recipient of Mr. Bonestces sl5ooOo and that HI
able with that sum in hand TO secure the CLINTON
st. contract Into the nature of his evident connection
with the Ring there IS 10 occasion now TO inquire Bu
Brooklyn placed her confidence in him 10 the extent
Of 100000 subscription TO the Bridge Company OF
which he Is the practical head. and il may he wortl
while look into the probabilities Of fat piece of JOB
berry there The capital stock of the Bridge Company as
is well known is SsOCO0OO Of which Brooklyn holds three
eishths The law requires the stockholders 10 pay M
their subscriptions pro rata, the work is pushed for
ward. and Mayor Kalbesch states that Brooklyn has
already paid in sOOOoO ouClalf her subscription.
Now If an the stockholders have paid in alike the law
requires il is evident that more than One-hal OF
the entire SsOJ),OO has already been expended,
and the only result Is one caisson sunk
10 its resting place, and tower raised to hight OF 40
feet above ground. But Mr.. John A,R0eblng, an emf
nent engineer making his calculations at a time when
bob labor and materials were higher than at present,
estimated the entire cost Of the bridge at S 0O and
on his estimate the work undertaken and the muni-
cpa subscriptions secured. II Mr. Roebing was a COM
pctcnt engineer as everybody knows he was, and an
honest anan everybody believes then there can he no
doubt that >80JlOCO amply sufficient for the con-
stuctiOn of the entire bridge But half that sum some-
how appears expended and yet the structure is hardly
begun. Until it be shown that much more has been
done than appears above the surface Brooklyn people
will fail u see that they unjust in suspectng the ex-
istence of "ob" Of huge proportions in tAi5 bridge
building.
JUDGE n'CUE's 1HEATEICAL sPECULATIoNs.
There are two other promising spcclaons in pepara-
ton which To have been consmmated before this
time but for some political necessities which prompted
p0stpOncmcnt to The next session Of the Legislature
The rst of these is the widening of WashingOlst. The
plan in this il 10 secure the necessary legislative
action, ana widen the street forty feet throughout its
entire length sweeping away entirely the triangular
block of buildings standing at the junction of Wash
ingtOn and FutOn-ss In doing this OF course there will
be ample room for dishonest, official speculation OF
kinds and the work must Of necessity cost the
city heavily But there .klre indirect wen as
direct modes Of making the thing pay. Judge
McCue is a large stoCkholder in the com
pany or partnership which recently bought the St.
ny he OF