New-York tribune., 1884-03-25
NOT Mr.. PAYNE'S BUSINESS.
MR. TIOMPSON'S COUNSEL TRIES TO APPEAL fEoM
CHAIRMAN GIBBs's RULING.


Gerald r. Brown private secretary of the presi
dent of the Equitable Insurance Company teStIbeu
! before the Senate Committee on Cities yesterday
| as to the cost of cleaning the Equitable Building
He said that last year II cost about hve cents per
square foot of cleaning area, winch included INC
necessary supplies. This, i'll contrast WIN tne
eighteen cents per square foot which II cOSts 10
clean the city buildings under Commissioner
Thompson led the counsel for the Public Works De-
partment to ask the witness some questions aDou ne
companys business, which the witness declined To
answer. Mr.. Payne, the counsel for Mr. thompson
desired to show what was the salary OF ccrtaln
ianitOr In the Equitable Building Chairman (ilbbs
decided that the question had no relation 70 the
business OF the committee the witness need not an
swer il.
MI Payne-I appeal from the decision Of the chairman
That is an extraordinary ruling.
Senator Gi65s~TIe chairman will not longer permit
the counsel cTllcse the rulings OF the chairman ana
the acts of this committee 1t must be stopped "ohd'e
Mr. wmuidge-why do you ask tho witness such a
Mr. Payne-The Commissioner desires the information.
ness Of this ooinmitt6e and its
for the purpose of gratifying MI Thompson.
Mr. Pavne asked for vote of the committee on
his appeal hut the chairman declined to put the
question. Senator Gibbs said aitcrward that the
counsel for Commissioner Thompson was continual
ly appealing from the chainnan's ruling az thOugh
he were member of the committee. lie thought
an attempt had been made by Mr. Thompson,
through such means, and by the interjectlon OF
speeches, to bring the committee into rdcule ana
he did not intend longer to permit it.
PICTURES OF THE STATUE OF LlBEhl I.
George NJ. $. Horton, the head of the art de-
partment of MeSsTs. Root q Tinker, publishers,
who has just returned from trip TO the great cities
| of the West, told TRIBUNE reporter that the firm
were about to to issue their chTOmOlithographs of
the Bartholdi statue. The price will be one dol
! lar" he SAID, d" of which twenty cents will go to
| the Executive Committee. We believe that from
| this source alone committee VIII receive from
| ten to twenty thousand dollars We have already
| paid them $1,000 for Autographs sold for adver-
| tisng purposes"
"What opinion was expressed about the work at
| BedlOe's Island in the Western cities !"
They all thought it magnificent affair, and
wondered that New-lOTkers did not show more
patriotism and raise the necessary funds right
away. explained to them the position OF the COM
mittee who felt that it was their duty to raise the
money from all parts of the country. But everybody
repeated that the statue was in NewYoTk, and that
New York was going to get all the benefit, which
would unquestiOnably be very great, and ought to
bear all the expense. In Chicago men saId, "lf
Send your statue along and in twenty -four hours
we would have the money subscribed"
"DO you Intend publishing any other picture OF
the pedestalT"
"Yes. We have III consideration the plan of
fve-dollar lithogTaph in black and white, panel
form. Nothing would be fully represented but the
pedestal and statue under moonlight ehect-one
side of the pedestal lighted by the rays of the moon
the rest in deep shadow We obtained from Bar
tholdi, the sculptor, three thousand written sig
natures and these will be let into the paper at the
base