New-York tribune., 1873-06-16
THE EXPOSED BRIDGE RING.
"a GRAND LARCENY ATTEMPTED"
Tron IN, Broollyn Aro,s, Jmel..

The Brooklyn Argus, June H.
II Is well known to the people of Brooklyn
that the Charter under which the East River Bridge
C0muauy organized named certain cofoFatofs anu
CONDITIONED the enterprise and Brookyns participation
ere,n an bo pavment by these cOrpOrators OF SOOOO.
which was only ten per cent OF the oIlBal estimate OF
cost This MAS certainly very small sum- as the con-
eratton for the control Of the expenditure or from
five 10 ten millions OF dollars Inc cOrpOihlOrs hcceptSu
tto ho,ter aud under It's provisions commenced the
tno En- sorne motive however the original movers
in this enterprise have become tred OF helr
ith II and now seek release from the responsibility
they assumed az the original cOrporatOrs Ihe most ona
table view Of the late action OF these men mus.
pate them in some form & or ~ %eIIdoine or
they are conscious OF having commenced losing Se
~ aDo snnk large individual for which there Is
no nrospect of any whatever and they wlsh 70
ithdraw and save themselves, leaving the IiA-pdycIs
of he two cities in the lurch one OF these two reasons
~ ~ h & ,y essignabe one for the action that procured
the late legislation ut Albany which lIted Obeha cue
load from fbe shoulders Of those who got us into WIS
ou o & ,rn, n nnon tbe cOparties Of the project
the taxpayers Of the two cities Ihere Is YET anone,
otiSe ih NAV have led the original corporators ana
@ 10 ask relief from One-haf Of their
stock. but as this motive cannot De larry aSGilDeu W
the Company as body ,oy We meS. aS who NAV be
termed the arch movers in TINS nslarions GUS nus H,
- Ne eI did not first conceive the building OF
the bridge the men who, In the halcyOh DAYS o 1Moe
& Co e5yied the politicians Of New-fork and got up
is Gps sVeitdie as the BROOKLYN counterpart OF the
Court house on the other side OF the river lnes9 u
c0ntempatnga grand larceny VIII d Uus tber nnsitlon
the history Of American navery seCuIel thol d
by taking a controlling portion OF tbe pii%laYo % T r
all for time went merry as mar sdrads nf tbon
Ha
snnds stolen and not single meeting OI tho sAeculno
committee held, not a report made not Noiu.L &
iued-the entire disbursements being leIt 70 sho r
protector the Brookyn Tweed, our prg without Poei'
Vim. Q. X. -. - o,,,or
But as with the best laid schemes OF mlco ana QUIT
vernin, Mr. X : scheme spoiled Dy INC nv. Poo
ton and the interpretations of certain InHPIOt' "a
Fifty and the Hundred, who hated 10 sec mon ECtt5
rich except IN their own hum-drum WAY iviolio' s
among these marplOs were such men as Doas bni
VIM Marshall John W. Hunter, the Two faIIlnBtolis,
and many other good men and true ana 50 lhcessas
was their watchfuncss and 80 persistent anu M 90
their scrutiny, that they gave the BROOKLYN i"eeu ~
peace OF his life. mcrcllcssly did they hunb anu
badger him that he fan 10 accept tl25OO IoI hN
done nothing whereas, The Sublime scbeme no hdu lal
ont was 10 have given him millions for the Same hlous
service Moreover since then disgust has superNchou
upon disappointment, ana lac has actually thrown up
lns $4,000 a year which ndulgent management hau
awarded hm for experimenting tine purchase Oh hs,e
rial from himself No wonder the poor man Is hloA-
such treatment would make a dog sick.
TIE RING RESPONSIBLE III THE WORK ON Ihi
BRIDGE STOPS
From n, Brooklyn sunday Rtric0 June i5
There can be no question but that the per
sons who have come ~ designated as the foremost
promoters OF the great Bridge enterprise "a term hs
applied in admiration By satellites, ana aubsegueuib
taken up as a sarcasm by Opponents-there can DC h
doubt, say, but that these persons are becoming
rather badly scared, at least Had themselves IN 10
sitiOn which they would not have chosen Tor comfort
| sake. Wheu the bill Incorporating lhe New
| York Bridge Company wac passed. II PtoNtoeu SAa