New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-12
POOR AQUEDUCT BRICKS.
CONTRACTORS AND THEIR CEMENT.
prNIALs FROM Mr.. O'BRIEN-HE CALLS ckRIAie
RrMORs NONSENSE,

crx,.,s FROM MR.. o'BKIEN-HE CALLS CKRTAIr
RUMoRs NONSENSE, ~
Chief Engineer Church. Of the ,nn melon on Thurs
mission. visited the commissioners ALLEGED, bad
S|cks were bc!ne Used in the arch w1rK aSd sa
yesteIa no or less Of this sort of thing to do con.
staptiy The comnissioners happenra 10 We o" ot
Inspection and saw ne;s soms rmminence but il was
ally only An nciaent That is AIN Obliged ,hi
TO object this or that dtia oi CONSTRUCTIVE Va W
or that cargo OF material 49, .
II e rumored about the City Hall that TINS at,
tack on the bricks is one of series OF ~ for
made on Brown. Howard q Coz the , me,uocratc
.nnrwninatjom of which John O'Brien and Maurice
r. Fynn are the principal figures - bIicn, m,tes
being Chairman of the Democratic e'ate % of
"a Governor Hills special appolntec as recover
the BROADWAY Railroad. is also the cohlras'1l iol
The lower end Of the Aqueduct Mauiico y, fa m
Il General contractor fDr everything. ms uneei
& soto all the pes 1t Is said that he and OBrien
are interested IN the MANUFACTURES oI oore en-
which OBren Clark use on 'pe,r pVl' Ryie U the
samant maker Us cents barrel for the artlcle 80
fha knowing ones say. Considerable complaint Is
made as to its quality ey Mr orrmen who went to
examine il that it crumbIes when fingered ana
that water dissolves 1t into mere sand Dro prov u
tbev nav 81 n barrel Messrs. Flynn and y Brien
are said to have urged the use OF thelr artIcie
known as the Akron cement upon brown slo '"
& Co. offering TO let them have II al even so low
Ssn,e as 62lo cents. But these contractors de.
ciiued on the ground that the cement was not
cool nor M 10 their contract requirements ran
Sng 10 secure the use of their goods III TINS way,
ORrien & Clark so the story runs. oiiered 10 guy
ont Brown. Howard a. Co. and finish their contiact
Tor them The offer was accepted on conuitioh tna,
$500 600 be paid bonus. MI " brien couiu
not think of such terms and placed Tloo,ooV as us
highest figures. After further negotiations brown,
Harvard X Co. caruc down to S5OO,OOO. put thele
they stopped and the sale hing IRE; linen charges
began TO be made about Brown, howard ~ 20. 5
bricks which were alleged by some OF the commis-
sioners TO be of a poor quality.
Chief Engineer Church did not know any thinR as
IN the truth of these prevalent runlors "ueh
asked for his opinion as 10 commissioner squire,
nlan to reduce the force OF the cher Englneer
office thereby saving about Slo0.uoO a year 10 tne
city Mr. Church sad that ne DID not see now ne
conld have done his work W. II "A smaller force. lie
Thought indeed, that as the masonry WORK was
heIng performed his staff of inspectors would nave
70 he largely increased instead of diminished.
Mr. OBrien was asked late yesterday AFTERNOON
recarding the stories about his designs upon
R,owp Howard IL Co. lie smiled lDcIcdulously
over tie matter and said at once:
yi.h YOU would deny that story for me- There rs
no, ord Of truth In u. have made no oVellures OF
am KIND to Brown, Howard Co. TO buy them out ana
what ia more | never hai any intention OF done IL,
Offered them 81 900 you the story Is @ohsehse
T. eu Won the trnth wouldn't take their contract loi
what flelr machiirry them. The smpo reason is
that have my hands full already ana cont WANT any
thing more 10 DO
The charge that he was trying to sell his cement
4, 4own Howard ~ Co. Mr.. y Dricn characterized
0s nonsense.