New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-14
NIB. ROOSEVELT DISSATISFIED.

RFSIGNING AS A BRIDGE TRUSTEE.
ryABlE TO LEARN THE BOTTOM FACTS ABOUT THE
MANAGKMENr-IIE EDGEMoOR COMPANNs
BROKEN PROMISES.
After the meeting of the trustees of the East
River Bridge on Monday. Robert b. Roosevelt VINO
pointed by Mayor Cooper ana reappohled ny
Mavor Grace, resigned his position IN a lelter 10
Mayor Grace, which is here gwen ID iuIl'
NEw-YORK, June -, 1882.
The Hon WILLIAM r. GRACE.
DEAR SIR: desire hereby 10 resign the once 10
which you appointed me year ago that OF trustee VI
the NewYork and Brooklyn Bridge, and present TO you
INV reasons for SO doing. have held the position on
your appointment aud that OF y0nI PrtIccess4r toi
quanted with the inner management OF nc Department
is due to any FAULT Of my own for have endeavored as
well as l was able, 10 inform myself nave spa hn
no pains and performed some unpleasant acts ouI
could hit upon way Of effecting my Object. IN
ton would occasionally leak out when ceTtaiy H h
prlscd me, and seemed 10 surprise many Vi VIZ.
irusees equally. may mention among these aocl1ehtal
discoveries the fact that many telegraph anu
companies were running theI %ies oseI ~ 'l ~ r
without paying for privilege WmcI tIeH OWL Onil9
the astounding fact that one mem neI ',
consult with or the approval OF the onIu 90
the weight of the suspended supersuucte Ho"i ''o0
The - cmpoyes of the Department have renamed
louy time in office, ana arc bound together ana seem
doubly bound to secrecy. nave 10 ,r W
duce at least new man 20 the once OF uetsuIe
break in upon the solid phalanx, and no outsider III my
pnion win ever understand precisely how matters rs
emphasize the statement that know OF nothing wrong
-Dothing involving improperly nor even n neSrc
member OF a Board charged with pubic duties wluout
knowing everything OF us ansfs, hi~u ruoi that
as to ascertain coneusvey whether the structure we
safe beyond all Were founded
upon The reports Of the chief engineer, Mr. E0eDnEe
| cannot go into the details OF these, Dut VIII refer
to the more salient contradictions they contain lie
stated in QUO report that the supcrstIucturc was IN
admitted that had added LOO tons dead weight IN
material alone One report says that tins ADDITION o
weight made against his earnest protest anu Cnnt
Inc resisted IL for three months another says II improved
and streng thened the bridge immensely. One report
states that he made the change Only una9I pressure
which he could not resist, and another that IL was
done Of his own motion. aud TO meet the unex
tSe two eities. could quote many other
Inconsistencies the last being on the cost OF
the entire undertak nc, winch one report put o.
$500, 600; another, made within month aiterwaTa
dtionA outlay provided for estimated at donhe tnat
sum itelnsfor both were iteInlzed reports
nn when errors of hundreds Of tons and hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars are made tneie eanno' DC
much reliance placed upon computations OF Strength
wo all knew privately which one OF US had
weight 10 the supersructure without the knowledge of
his associates power OF the Board-aId many resolu
tons passed with this object III V4e"-couu a'cei
tain Officially who that member was -,
The reason for MY resignng low after waiting 80 long
tanned that the bridge will not be finished during my
OF Office There may be drag ana dead ~eisn t
the conduct Of the engineers OF the EdGemOor
Iron Company mich has the contract for furnishing the
,teel h ana mas been from the FIRST scandlous No con
tract that IL signed did 1t fulfil promise that made
did il Keep, no assurance that II gave but II falrned
H. CONTRACT which have been completed
nearly two years ago, remains after assurance upon
assurance promise upon promise, neompletcd 10 thls
dav me dealings OF the Bridge Trustees with
the company have been series Of mis-
uIaced condolences on TIE one hand and gross
deoeptou Oh tho otter. As the stetI Is no"
being delivered The compete amount VIII hot I've re-
oeyed before next wiBtcr when Work VII no ohgcr be
Ith. hriI aaIl nm
Two years. | have made these stalcmehts concerning
the EdgeyOOr Company somewhat stronger thhi, 20
lit4unss oAr for Whit stronger unr ui- ia'tr
Justify IL hope that last act oonnoiec WIZ the
bridge may Oi iDnfe yAlac u TIE ~V thAh