The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28
STEEL. FOR THE BIG BRIDGE.
THE FVGTNEERS IRE ENONERiTED ON
TIE tIIKGI.S or COKRIPIION.

THE FvGINEERS .iRE EVONERiTED on
THE CJIIRGT.S or CORRUPTION.
And the Original Specifications Sustn incd by
the Trustcrs-Jhr Investigating Commit
tees Report Communications Received
from Comptroilcrs Rely and Stcinmct1.
Tho trustees of the New York and Brook
lyn Bridge held a special meeting yesterday
afternoon in thor Water street Office i'm Brook
lyn which was attended by President Henry G..
Murphy. Nicc-Prcsidcnt Arthur Icury. and
N,ssrs. Thomas Hitchcock John r. Agucw
William Marshall. J. s. T. Stranahan Thomas
Kinsnlla. W. c. Kingsley. Thomas Carroll. John
G. Davies and Charles II. llaswcn President
Murphy submitted communication from
Comptroller Kelly showing that acquisitions
had been made on him for - jOO.OuO against
the appropriation Of 1866 GGGGG. Prior to May
11S70. 81 500 600 was paid 10y New York. and on
Maya further sum OF 1900 600 making $4,000
900 in all which has hccn paid to tho bridge truss
tees. Tho interest paid on the bridge bonds by
the city OF New York. up 10 and including May
1. 1879 amounts to $3.50 3GG. The total
amount. therefore charged to the trustees is
81 100 j63GG. There accordingly remains a
balance Of s47GlO3 The annual interest pny-
ablc on the bridge bonds that have boon issued
is tl05 600 ns follows: 100000 at six pcr cent.
$50 900; 81 800 600 at five pcr cent. $4,000 to-
tai s105.O0O. Mr.. Kclly further adds:
1T VIII thus seen tei The anount which Il viii be
retain. as 60 moot hc iulcrrst 900 tlc bonds which
, @.t cs' Vii 'pW , %" , xxx M"tn
completed 9r r,ri.d Ct ioyr and hal. 'car' rom t'
any further ua, mont toward Tie construction OF thc
as to- he daie wien We 6riic wii 6c conre,cd he
l. unable to state what further amount VIII &c. PAYABLE
ffisuon made b, the statute Of is7,
Comptroller Stcinmctz submitted statement
showing that Brooklyu's share II the cost Of
the bridge is to bc $5333. 333 %. Of which
s4.3o6.55od7 has boon paid. The interest due
on july 1. 1879. is tl3S. $50 and on Jan. /, lSSn
sl66.25o. making total OF s3Oi.5Oo. Tho
amount paid 10 the bridge. added To- the interest
on the same wl-cl~is retained under tho law
and the interest due NJ to Jan. 1850 is 81 7Ol
OjOG7. leaving n balance still due the bridge Of
sG32 2S2GG Controller Steinmotz said that u
the brilgc was not completed boy Jan. !. isSO.
then the amount OF money due IN" bridge
would hc decreased 10y the amount Of interest
duo IN tSSl.
The Committee appointed 10 examine into
certain charges made to two members Of the
Board against the engineers Of corrupt prac-
tre-. and other things rejecting upon tho
administrator of the nirnirs IF thn Board nnd
also 20 consider the subject of the su.cil 'atons
f'rth' stool aud iron OF the suspended super
structure oi ih" bridge reported that they first
TIE engineers. The specific charge the
assertion To- Gen. Slocum, ono Of IN" members
Comm itee. that information had been given
out by the engineers Of the specifications ia add
s nge ~ tn ~ Tf ad6 r99gon ioF me- c@n
notice of Gen. Slocum 10 his informant. Mr. VI.
T. Davidson. TO appear beiorc the Committee
and substantive his allegation. Mr.. Davidson
appeared and insisted that Gen. Slo'um had
misunderstood him in the matter ami denied
that he had made any such charge. He said b"
told Gen. Socum that Information had boon
given out in regard 20 the specifications of the
steel for the super-tructure some DAYS in adj
vance oil their l1lnlrHtlUn. md mat IL
rumored that $4,000 was the consideration To-
that he was satisfied thai The rumor was with
out ioundation. but he declined to give the
Charles T. Haushian Of tho Chrome Steel
company then came before the Committee. and
said that he had told MIR. DAVIDSON that il wa.
IN regard 10 the specifications but he did not toll
the Committee from whom he heard the rumor.
,nir Albert III n civil engineer also appear
Cd before the Committee. He said that on April
2. 1879 he met Mr. Ander-on. Pittsburgh
derson informed him thnt Mr.. Cloman OF Pitts
hurgh had received private Information from
BROOKLYN bridge would be- a soft low grade
steel. with an ultimate tensile strength OF 10000
pounds per square inch. an elastic limit Of
10000 pounds. "a reduction Of area 81 about
twenty per cent, and a stretch ~ ten per cent. {:
and that Mr.. Anderson wanted 90 kn0W of him
what kind Of mill would Doe most suitable, AN
what power would be required o. roll this kind
OF steel into bridge shapes. and added that he
could not tell what me shapes We're. as they had
Mr.. Andrew Ciomap Of Pittsburgh. a maker
Of structural materials for bridges and build
ings told the Committee that h. rolled III. steel
for the Glasgow brid,o inst com Melted over tha
Missouri River The first irdrs Luilt I'm mis-
country entirely Of steel he SAID thnt col
Paine was In Pittsburgh I'm N0ver,L sr ar Dnostn.
Der Inst nnT consulted him SIR CIonii,ul I'M re-.
card Ia tic fansihIiitv ~ mn .ir. crrt'in hams
In steel flr fho Brook I'M Iriit,s n.ra'i1i'v it.
new noln ~ fnatinr owe tprS MAJ he .ul-e-
ouenfIy from tnl. H. tinl. re..i, I .t,,.r. IT, p,
Col Painr On tie sam, subject : that f5tr or nyr
weeks AGO Col Paine semi word tn min, threuph
Mr. NlcDonHd a Iridce iuIller NM h. vr.-iei
10 consult him In rr,rnrius h s ste,I Mentions
Mr. ClOmnn called IN OIL Paine a.cnriinsiy
aud th,.v fulsnd nL.ut fha nuYiit, ~ -i.sl7 iil
uropnsed To- n,iot,t nud tol PAIN. tnid him he
tnnlght 10000 pounds ultimate strength m
elastic lmit Of from 81 900 10 10000 pounds.
ana "a stretch ~ not less than tom Der cont
would be- reuufraI that II WINS NOT necessary H.
U.S. higher grades because he rlIlI NOT ri.' Inc.
me sections very much On his rrfUrt d. l. IFS
harsh Mr. C.ou.ln wont to sre Mr. Anderson
who mad during the winter asked him n he
could ron g-iurh chnnurls Tor th, Tu-t Eivor
bridge ans toll him iAullrr-1nl thar he hud
been 10 NV York aud learned ihat the bridge
Na- fo b. built az sfnrl Ife had NOT soon
Mi Anderson since. nnd mo- n. firmaiion hnd
boon arIy.tt him ltt., d. O.. be-.