New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ppooK1yN PAVEMENT FRAUDS.

ENCE-S4 30 PER SQUARE 1AhD FUN
SO so PAVEMENT.
The Committee of Fifty on Saturday maze
pnbne report on frauds committed in the laying %
,be natent pavements of Brooklyn. The facts as ue
TAILED IN official form, except the addition OF n""
of feures obtained from the corporation DOCKS were
contained IN an article published nearly year "eo -
TIVE TRIBUNE. The principal fact OF interest III INC "
port il found in the following correspondence on -
that Mr. Bonesteel the pavement contractor p4iu
fhropeh : B. Chittenden esq. the sum OF Sc5'oV' TO
william C. Kingsley, the Ring contractor 10 secure .uc
laying OF the pavement Mr. kingsley "eh'es ''' .uo
sun paid was in any BRIDE but was part OF ms
share Of the business which he found II better TO
engage than 70 oppose by other bids The Committee
Gays;
As frequent complaint has been made to us respecting
an exchange OF checks between patent pavement com
lie bank. were paid TO Mr.. Kingsley and that such
checks are now i'm the hands Of Mr.. S B. Cmttenden,
Your subcommittee addressed note TO MN anu IT.
ceved reply gwen below. According 70 these com
plants the patent pavement company was the NiC0i-
subject the necessity OF legislative investigating com
with power 70 send for persons ana papers oe
comes the more apparent but our % ' ne
session would not even allow the presentation vi ny IT,
Triton for such investigating commission, suhouEr te
Committee Of Fifty proposed to deiray the ehuIecA-
CgtSaEEs OF rHE COx'ITTsE or F5 gTy,
No 81 fgLISSsT BRGGhii H. y I is n made 10 n,
Hon = b. ~ ~ W. incs psd william G
KHy zone 81 checks that this pavement Vas IN some
Hoosn ss thai the are now possession with Mr.
e
sol.ntd IN an er'e P.oes "a is , i ~ & matter
IN org ,hs, ne Ieope ] tb S g,55 Tor The sboTe re-
pc thai would forusb fun statement Of me iseis con-
,oa voud so furnish u.s. with copies The cheeks Tor
3d. Cd 'Di CHAIRMAN Subcommittee Water Board
No. u PKREEroSrs1 June o lS4
bsAs SS sy your the % instant and reply that on The
e1 ss director BY gentleman who represents one he oonPsaes
4,n k@stl 10 'ss W Nm "a exchange NV own sms check for
one he held in his hand en- s. which amount be bad to pay to
T M ssS declined to be in that way connected with the
9' lsI goS ase 70 he order Of Mr. Engsy for
ne otoeuonsd amount which he did on my agreeing to protect
O. he 2. Of september following another CHECK Of he same sort was
IN 6ie GaineT s5ehansea DsSse,1 va. "a a6 e
o. ne a Of November another for or and the 2 Of
J.J1sry i-,6 suoher Tor 81 s53 g.
Tee f,e enssi amounting $50 all properly indoroi by
On ne apearaaee q ne article IN IaE IEBysE Of 4G l. Io
biorebed ehe and at my request they were PLACED
publication Of them wos add any force to tie simple
proper or NE 70 say conclusion that have srolen Of these
time occasion seemed to require to leading cu
Respectfully yoar obedient servant s B. CaITTESnzN
C. Kingsley from one street, company and may
Rdduce evidence OF further subsidies 10 INN from the
and other companies as we progress III our n'es-
CATIONS. - -
We VIII now state, taken from the Controllers hooks
the amounts paid from July 1909 to April ls2 inclusive
20 the several patent layemfbh eUnpt d 81 To- @ on
each street the OF the companies by which sucn
s,Stement however is not included the repaving of
streets by Special Commissions, for instance Unions
FULTON to Fourth-pace, with Nicolson pavement. We
merely set forth such amounts as appear on the Control,
drawn hy william A. Fowler, President of the water
Board $4,000 from July 49, 1862 TO Octoberl ISL Tor
upaviug streets not specifying the streets repaYed OF
any particulars relating thereto, so that whether these
unabe 10 itsfe ~ We are denied access by the Water
SICoLsON PAVEMENT -
Stennerhon.,t Cnon-s Fiatbush.aye.. 1871 30
Fnst.paee, from heniy to smitsL.......... zo657 60
Tortsnd.aye., from De Ksb Aalbc......... 458 so
Aa.En ave from Heny 70 f,o1.h,a{s, 1900 iis9 g
- Fe1-gt De Katavs TO iansol-plaee.... 2g-5
slIo9 Portland ave. firs-piaee, smith and Seher-
Ul-cls Of, Improvement from Sirti.ave. to GoSanus
Canal nitcal'.'''. ''''''.'''.. iiV1b %
sclmsHAw PAVEMENT.
Mcrtaruest. from touTt-st the Bndge...... Sl9i 90
$500 from FistbusSsye 70 fWeah.i sac =
s,,', rom s5l1,s 70 20 P Pys.oes, f Fan
sIth ave, from Ilabush'aTe 70 Union. st..... 2a9 60
''''''' MILLER pavement
Crutclartst from Myrtle 70 Atlantic ave... 81 22 68
1a1i from ' F 10 s5e to Fulton 5Ssi 90
Gten-lace. Tou Atlantic 70 DeKsit-aye.... 4O5s8 q
Miller total; .cT ,1rf r,yyyi1
DrHcss7e from Bedford 10 Seeoatayes. slO2 %
GTIDET PAVEMENT.
halie.sve from Fahusb g25 10
Colts- fscm Joraemon@t TO Auaaucave.''''.. @OJl z
6ucet total TUtEJl
AGGkEGATE.
Eoofon.. lf "a
liR64 ~
ia 80 81
I5 -
Gacst bt%'l %
1850 .
Tie Committee further that the Company which
lad most Of these offered TO lay the in
Washington for e per square yard In Brooklyn they
got q 60 Hence the ilegtimate profit ~ per
cent At per cent the steangs the whole amount
paid for worthless pavements 761os 20 would have
been land probably more than $704,704 so.