New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-06
SELLING A PERMIT FOR $500.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST Mr.. THOMPSON.

| The Senate Committee on Cltles, WhlCh hc'
IA the CITY Hall took startling testimony yesterday
in regard 10 corrupt practices III tho iupHo "olAS ~
| partmont John Dcylln. for twenty-five years con
tractor and fourteen years ago genera! inspector In the
pullc Works Department, was subprnaed TO testy a.
an expert 10 tho value OF the work done by H. A. Cun
! ninshnm on 5000 orders lie SAID that there was ho
need Tor tho employment OF foreman or OF morse ~
| rrpairuescwcrs aa charged by Mr. Cunningham Al
m frlcrs charged for brick. cement, etc. by cunning
ham dcalcrs ia those materials would denver
| thrn uuvvloro IN the city. lie had been
milo ID, cpln, auy number o lahorers at fifteen cents an
| hour atheush the city paid Mr. Cunningham twenty
IA, comm s hour lie aaid that he could do The WORK OF
repairing sewers and restoring pavements FOR Whcn M
cunningham is paid $4,000 year on orders at one
half the PRICE Inc would give satisfactory bond ior
500 600 hnt the work should be well doe In Brook
lyn the city paid only onehalf the price that 1r Cun-
uinrlsm receives for doing like work
when MFR. whitrlgc concluded the direct examination
Of Inc witness the counsel for Commissioner Thompson
Mr. PAYNE asked the witness he had moi grievance
| against the Department.
! The vii ucss-What do yOu mean
! Mr. Payne-You have some complaint against the De-
! partmcnt. Tell the committee what If Is
sR. pEvGIN's STORY.
Tho witness took from lis pocket roll'of letters and
documents and quietly remarked: III yOd want me to
tell my experience with the Department., VIII let Der
OUT There was eager attention on the part o. the com
mite ss the witness began;
/ when 0r Campbell Commissioner OF IuDl.C W. Ks
there was not The slightest difficulty in seeing him about
Official business He had no favolItes But aIter Ar.
itbnrf the rregtest dnicultv When the Western Union
Telegraph Company wanted some work done under inc
streets they asked commissions onnpIed ,nc "s a
good man to do IT, ne .Ii,, it ,rbo,
man who dd my work we'll dd their WORK, DuI Whcn
/ Commissioner Thompson came into Office ana went
to"e FOR hermit To- do work ON the for the tele-
graph company hrs deputy, Mr. ltaInln wanted me 10
rcfmit without paying for it, The next time II took me
month 10 get the permit and then had first TO get the
Pdh> " 80 -, To- bad to rToniso
Thompson that would subscribe money for campaign
purposes Ihd the greacst trouble to sel any satslac
ou but when agIeSd to pay Ine Money g sG
telling that could get he permit by calhs AZ inc
DsPsr,@s1G.i, t the next ext da Gii ,or 20,
The witness went but what right had ne 70 write TO
mel The permit was ?r me M T,e fbem on he wanfed
me 10 come TO the Office 80 that ne c0l QUO
STSph -" COMPANY to lay tic pneumatic tables from
ey TO Twenty hird--t Bot the contract depended upon
my getting he permits from the Department Tor the com
uany TO tear up the pavement. Ii didn't get the per
nits my contract was void. to the office the next
me the permits aud took me the Commissioners pr
vate Office and asked if had something for him THIS
was November 2 1882 II was day before thar the
Commissioner asked subscribe for campaign pur-
poses told 10 put the money into Hsnlins hands
But a check for 500 and gave il TO Chlet CIerK
| Clifford, and told him TO give II 10 the SOmnls-
sioucr When Haml!n asked me If | had some
thing for him thought ne Wiz u9ins 70 f i
the double header on me thought the Comnlssi 9ner
nd i
ana would go and see about IT, | went and asked MI
Clifford II he had vet given 20 the Commissioner that
oi linn TO give II to me and would give it to the Com.
missioner. Mr. clifford had put the check In an en-,
| my permits . that my contracts were safe, and
skipped But turned out that the permits were fraud
The Commissioner had no right 10 ye them Thet ele-
graph company had TO go to the Common C0uhcli ana
get then ns,6r r TP1siSgmwen what then1
The wtness-N hen began the WORK me DePai nent a
rha mel
wanted make them partners Culver SAID that II
wOuidn't do something for him he would make me sick
that he couldn't i've on 900 month. He wanted me 10
buy 81 900 worth Of lumber which he said that ne had
and feE h Palmer sad bat When be was inspecting
work the Steam Heating Conipny's permit they
wanted me help him. lie wanted me to let hin have
the land taken out Of The trench and he wanted me to put
gang OF men on for him TO help nm get Tue h0minatlOn
for Alderman. led them to think that would 90 some
nF for 'hs sV eoncH %e WASN'T GONG Do nys
The Department had ordered that should be allowed TO
do no more work Oh the street
r t4e a@ ana asan to see the but he
would not see me or give me any eHR Se haG
pirt oil the work was all this side Of Nnth.st
street etc. made the part Of the job bad completed very
difficult expected 10 make all my proht our Of ne re-
! time bu could have finished the JOB III week II was
loss OF 1000 20 me. The man W4o got the JoD rem
me was Park Commissioner Cmmins, one OF the pets OF
| the Public Works Department.
M Payne read letters from the inspectors complaining
to Commissioner Thompson tha the contractor did not
comply with te regulations Of the department. and that
he was abu-y. lie read letter from the Commissioner
10 the telegraph company stating that Mr. Deylm had not
done his work wen and could not be permitted to con
| tsue.
Mr. Payno-Irnt t true that the inspectors were con-
| unuly conn tanning Oh your |Oikt
The Wituc-5O, on Dhc contrary when got M TO the
81 Sicolas b li0t Was doln the work Ssjly XII
| vr. VIII
where tIe easy part began II was pudding after
| that.
A-Ie told me 10 give II 10 Hamm. lie said nothing
about the amount hut said fOr campaign purposes.
once before when went 10 get permit halnn told me
clerk. The something, believe WaS tOd 10 Mf RoDn-
| Mr. Paync-Wasn't there regulation OF the
apartment requiring payment Tor such permits
hat noey would have to be paid for and wasn't Mr.
Farrell the clerk that received me m0uey NO sir
This was not permit or which money would have TO be
Mr. Whittrldqo-Was the money paid TO Farrell by tho
| water-carIiess ior permits Oi that kind
Nh. Payne-lheIc wasn't any pAd
MI Dcylin will be further examined tomorrow.
MIR. CUNNINGHAM5 WORK.
Charles IT, B1bcocl, the inspector M Curningham's
work. produced private ledger which he kept,
1852 the daily account OF Mr. Cunningham work. He
also produco reports which be said lie made weekly
the Department and which he had forgotten about be
! fore. II WIS shown that While Mr. Cunningham
! was paid FOR the labor OF foremcu the
reports, in many eases; did not shCy that any
ham was PAID for q foreman seventeen days at So 80
day. but the reports TO the Dtpartme did not show that
any lOrenen had been employed on the work. The wit
said that nc could only explain that as careessness
ou his part regard the repairs the Fifty sixth
st. sewer the witness testified that work going
| under two orders at once.
THREE HUNDRED EGGS IN FIVE DAYS.
At sunrise Yesterday a man entered John