New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATIONS.
MEETING or TIE SUBCOMMITTEE oN COMMERCE


AND SAvlGAuoN.
The subcommittee of the Assembly COMMITTEE on
Commerce and Navigation confined ms inNestiga-
lions Yesterday 20 the Metropolitan Hotel Al ne
opening of the session MIR. Bliss said he was l,ady
produce the witness who had asserted mat lII-
hoI Master had demanded money i"I FlNlLR i'i,, "
hcrth for his coal baTgcs MI IIoNWIg' "I w
committee objected to going into tins uiaittT aS
wa. not mentioned in the psoluilon uhu't WIi',h
he committee was formed. Tho Investigations
Sirn,nnd cohen. The witness. had Icon In The coal
husilcss for fhc last twelve years ana lot ,hc i'N'
Eve years n No 9O3 Fast Fifty--Nth-st. Chairman
r. ll,s a.l ed him for statement Of the facts m
the case. Tho witness replied that there had eYi-
dcntly been . misunderstanding. .,:. a,,.,i....r
Mr.. " illiam~-IpO you KNOW lIl' E'I'i'I''"'
NJ. Simpson, the li"rhoI Master
Did mi, gentleman ever al, Of yon IN any way,
direct or indirect. any money for hcit"iHs vessel
"Dii any other Ilarbor Master ever ask you for
''.'. ~. .r: not the present IIarlor Na.'crs'
Al n. rrGnr>t of Mr. Bliss the chairman asked
Cohen whether hc had NOT said ~ the p1rch.' "i
all three of the boo Commiss9ncr, ihai ht.
son had said to him that hc would Toe fool u" take
$50 from him Coh'u when De- coma g'l F','' ION
another person. (ol'n druird lnAl ~ w." W. a
said anything of tllc kind lie had S'uL, t,hi hr
would be- will M To give $50 for thc berth, but ne
knew h. could not get II In that way fn..
Mr. Bis, offered to show T., the testimony ~ thr
Dock Commissioner, that the vitncs, had made he
statement. Mr. Browning qgnm "h',' d. 'ut
Nc>,rS. Williams Tally and Willis beng III
favor Of going Cu, DOCK "liliI Ni"'.' ] i-"'''
beer was called. lie told The. eiorr =, Of
Cohcn's making the assertion. llarlor Ma'-
fer Simpson {, ~fihcd that hc had never iikcI or
demanded ANY none, toy do,king ANY vessel. ne
sahic-t g. as IT., u di missed and The committee wchi
on with it, regular work .lohnG 6. Dale, ar'nt "l
the lnman Line. testified in rarI 10 tl" rui'l oi
Pier No RI used 10y his company, and also ~ H'IH
to the agreement entered into with Tie po'k C"n-
mis,irrcrs in regard To- Pier No. Ii.
After Tie noon u.r.-s. MI Hiss F"l'd IhA' h'
wanted tn call some Witness, 10 show that tLr pi 49,
cnt method OF building bull,I, ads Is NM, rS'tilI'
expensive and inadequate. Augustine Walsh q
docbmildcr exhibited q plan which he considered
better than the one uow u>'d. III" committee th,i
Turned To the subject ot canal-hoats Horace 1.
smith, % hoatuau. testified that. IN hls opinion
there was not room enough FOR the canal-hoaiS IN
the present district assigned to them lie thnugli
they could find room between Eleventh ana J nf-
trrith.-t,' Cnnal-bolt~. he said. often lose dag
in getting around To their basin IN NE East liver
William {. Clark representative ~ Albany "l me
canal boat interest Thought that between loric'h
and Christophcr-,ts could bee found & od place Tor
q canal-hoai basin. lie Thought that boats Ecrr
much injured in being towcd around INTO the La'l
River.
Monday.