New-York tribune., 1879-05-07
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ENGINEERS.

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ENGINEERS.
The following members were present at the meet
ing of the East River Bridge Trustees Monday ::
President Murphy, and Messrs. Kinsclla, Hail.
Maclay, Carroll, Leary, Marshall, Hitchcock. Slo-
cum, Kingsley, Stranahan. Agnew, Davis, Stein
metz, Haswen Mayor Howell and Controller Kelly.
The receipts up to April 80 were reported to be
S1O,15S 1877 81; the expenditures. S10,157,705 O6;
the outstanding liabilities, S256,jS9 OF. During
April 1923 90 was received and $41,297 SO ex-
pended.
Controller Steinmetz. chairman of the committee
appointed to investigate certain TumOrS unfayOr-
able to the engineers of the bridge, reported that
the persons making the charges had not appeared
before the committee to substantiate them. The
committee, however, wished to examine some
other witnesses. and was not prepared TO present
a final report discussion then arose In reference
10 q statement that John A. ROebnngs
Sons had retained quantity ol con- CON
demned wire which was furnished under
a contract with the Chrome Steel Company, OF
BROOKLYN. OF the wire furnished 80 per cent was
rejected, and tue Chrome Company claimed that
only 3 per cent was returned the remainder Delng
retained by the ROebugS with whom the company
had contracted TO draw the wire. The question
arose as to whether not this was proper subject
of investigation Oh the part OF the trustees pen-
eral Slocum SAID that technically they had nothing
To do with it, but the engineer of the bridge had no
business to condemn steel and then let his brothers
keep il. Such transaction reflected on nm
and on the entire family. MI. kingsley deprecated
such a statement as that Of General Slocum.
"There Is no more honorable firm he said, " than
John A. Roablmgs Sons. The chances are that tins
charge is groundless. base and untrue We are doing
great injustice To business men OF h!gh staulng Dy
taking any action IN this matter" General S!ocum
replied that If the charge true they had some
thing TO do with il. IF was the engineer of the
bridge SAID he " / would not allow my brothers
10 furnish material for it, 1t was decided 70 leave
the matter to the discretion OF the committee OF
which General Steinmetz is chairman.
SUSPENDED TRUST COMPANY'S TROUBLES.
A meeting of the depOsitoIs of the bankrupt
American Trust Company Of Newark was held on
Monday evening. to decide upon the course TO be
pursned by them Statements that there had been
false representations the part Of the officers of
the company were made, and committee of fifteen
was appointed to go before the Grand Jury and de-
mand the indictment Of the Board of Trustees.
Committees were also appointed TO consider the adj
Visibility of bringing CIVIL SUIT against the trus-
tees individually, and to wait on Receiver Nllhln,
son and request the removal of W. A. Whitehead
and Cortlandt Parker, both trustees who are acting
as clerk and counsel respectively. IHe members OF
the latter committee visited Mr. Wilkinson yes
terday but he declined TO accede 10 their request.
The trustees have Published a statement IN answer
TO the action of the meeting of dcpOsltOr5, winch
eets toTth that many of the trustees, Immediately
uD0n the failure of the bank took measures TO
provide for the protection OF deposltOrs IRON
loss. Prominent among these trustees are JOel
Parker CUTtlandt Parker W. \. Whitehead, John
McGrecOr Alexander IuInbull, ID. VI. LYOn, I. \.
Lockwood. =. Van Zandt Lane and Henry ; Little.
At a meeting of the stOckhoiders C0rtlandt faTker
proposed that the STOCKHOLDERS should assess thelT
stock 80 per cent, and. through trustee, buy the
debts All the gentlemen named, with Horace
Goble, James Wilson, jr., and lloratio Is. Joy,
signed such an agreement; but no more sig
natures have a. yet been obtained. CortIandt
Parker then suggested that fund should be raised
60 purchase the deposits Of those persons who were
probably most embarrassed by non,palmeht' IL
was found that $4,000 wOuid buN all deposits OF
500 and less. An agreement was drawn up 10y
which persons subscribed sums to be paid 10 cX-
GoVeruor J0el Parker as trustee, which he was TO
use ia buying such deposits. II was made Dndlng
when $4,000 was raised. Ihus lar FlOoOo mas
been subscribed.
ENGLISH CRICKETERS AT PRACTICE.
Five of the English cricket team-Messrs. Horribly
Jucas. Royle Webb aud Schultz--visited the
grounds of the ST. Georges Club, Hoboken. yesteT-
day. and practised for a short time. Both Hornby
and Lucas showed fine batting powers hitting freely
and effectively Ii was noticed that they were
strongest in long "on" hits frequently driving the
ball outside of the enclosure. Lucas is evidently
the hest fielder of the team, and covers as much
ground as one of the best professional base DalI
PLAYERS but does not handle and rGtqrn the Dail as
gnckly Experts say that the Eugllsh team rs likely
10 DrOVe weak III bowling in the match to-day, and
will miss the two professional bOwlers, Emmett and
Ilyett who aid good service for them In their Aus
fTahan matches. Mr.. HOrnby said yesterday, " we
will have to trust To luck and MeSsrs. schultz ana
Lucas for our bowling Tomorrow" III any or the
American batsmen give them mucn uouple theS
will probably have TO call on Lane, the professional
of the Staten Island Club, for change, The Amer
ican eleven will be well supplied with bowleIs, the
two Newall brothers being as good as any IN Amer
Sontter. Moeran and Sprague, of the st. Georges
CInb 10 relieve them. The teams Will be made up
az gwen IN yesterdays TRIBUNE, with the exception
Of Lord Harris. who VIII be absent. me GROUNDS
Ia excellent condition. 1He galne ID " Dee'A at
IL o'clock.
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