New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
APE AOUEDUCT BRICKS POOR
THE BOARD NOT A HAPPY FAMILY.
n, n MEMBERS REsENTING CRITICISM BY NEW ONES
Nc sovIREs ECONOMY.

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80 n,embrrs of the Board show that tney are
strongly inclined to clItcise the actions ol me od
toard and the remaining members ol Tue VI" co",
.,n,aIly resent this. At the meeting yesterday
,h. Cominlttee on Construction presented coin
r'unlc.tion stating that 1t had been sad 'has t.u
,ricks used on Sections ana were vi ad ndh that
Tho Chef Engineer be directed TO nave 'ne" 10
moved. ,,,,,, 7, the
Mr sanr, Inv cb,ef rnSi,ecr should know It, II he
savs they are good aud they prove " w o"' "'''
wr T,iwim-Ths Is matter for the Committee oIi on
Contraction aud Chef e. gineer 10 EXAMINE """ 'f''
Nj r,sh-r YOU had gone over III" line with toe
Commission you would have seen what tno roN' s"" q"
u',i p InIwin- hao been put of the Committee
on Construction by you g"nteinen prooaoiy ~ou'a
:. LONG discussion followed and finally Commits
s,oner Barnes offered resolution that as infoIma-
ton had been received that the bricks USED on on
section { and were ~ quanty nnht Ior the e
xorL the Chief Engineer examine them ana II nc
finds them poor that lie require the contractors, ir
bown hOwaS C% to hs was s"e carried Mr.
farnrs offered another reolution, that the Cblef
Irgineer be required to comply with the proyi-
Ponsoi the by laws IN keeping 'ne aueI r Spu,re
uoVe,l To amend this by directing the Cnle1 Engi.
peer 20 investigate and report whether any part p 81
She tunnel is not sufficiently lighted and venti.
lefed and if he finds this to he the case 10 nave
,.mei,si This was agreed to. MIR. Barnes offered
a resolution that a part OF the masonry IN the tIe
10
.;s of shaft was not in conformity with the
.ncrGcatIons and that the Chief Engineer be
SeslSu ,y the 70 defects in the work Tins was carried
A communication from Nr. Squire was read, say
ing that for time he has been convinced.
sucn certifying the pay rolls OF tne commission
that the Erg,neer Corps was altogether too large
and could he diminished without detrlment 70 the
work. lie had made an investigation ana oO-
famed information which satisfied him that his i'e-
lief was we'll founded AS almost all OF the neces-
.arv preliminary work is now completed and the
~ay the preseut force can be largely reduced ana
nearly halt OF IL present expense saved AlteI
eon.uitstiOn with his Chief Engineer he Deneved
the work on the new Aqueduct could be carried on
with force not to exceed one chief engineer, one
deputy four division engineers, eight resident and
eight assistant eng leers, eight transitmen eigh!
Jewellers eight rodnlen, eight 1agnen with to!a
of So 500 for salaries In addition there should
b. one chief clerk. two assistant clerks one mes
,snxsr aud SIX drau ghtsmen. at salaries aggreRat-
iug $500. This wonid be total OF S9| ,s@0o. @
Tho salaries now paid aggregate Sl93,|o0. Inc
salaries in the secretarys ONCE can De nNeu at
$1,000 They now amount TO Sl4.3OO. Inc SUD
iect was referred to the Committees on Finance
aud Construction.
Nr powd offered a resolution that as the Jerome
Park survey and that of the Quaker Bridge Dam
have been under way for more than year. the
Chief Engineer c oso them on or before next ines
dav II was finally resolved that the Chief Eng-
necr be- requested at the next meeting to report on
Tho condition of the survey.
Ihe hearings on the plans and specifications for
the sections below the Harlem River were declared
closed.
gfiE DOCK BOARD GETS A NEW PRESIDENT.
- sIaiK SUCCEEDS Mr.. KoCH-THE BOND BILL
APPROVED.
4 chill passed through the employees of the Dock
perarf tnrni Yesterday when il was announced that
iresidcni Koch had retired from the executive
.'lo.. he election of the president for tie year
tnk place AZ the regular meeting Commissioner
sauhews cast hls vote for Mr.. Stark for president
nd Nh sark voted for h%se Kooh The vote s%as was
fnsh fiuging his features, congratulated the new
president. lhe bin allowing an issue of
p"irsr hg TN the Water @ gho front Ta and building new
per. l. now awaiting the signature Of Governor
lhl, Mr.. Matthews said that while he believed
ia-aus of putting the water front in proper cOndi-
ton he objected TO some of its terms. Mr.. Koch
a. 'cnded the bill vigorously, saying;
IN, great trouble has been with this DEPARTING mt that
always had the liation OF doing things that 1t
never Intended to do This bill asks for what the De-
psrncut mas wanted but has never dared to ask for
Mr. stark want 70 say that while we may differ as
membcrs In our opinions on some messures. we are
uuied think. IN support OF the bill and should
.end word TO that ensct TO Governor Hnl. Whatever
NJ opinion is am not oriticisng our efforts In be-
Mr. koch-Ihere has been great deal said Of a de-
ros4tcry character about efforts for this BILL but any
who repeats these ntimations utters falsehood
The Board concurred in Mr.; Stark's suggestion.
approval OF the Board. The bill will provide fund
OF ~ O00OOO for the Department.. MIR. Stark is the
Oldest member Of the Board and has served several
terms as president He is of the Oldest mem
bcrs of the Produce Exchange. He said in regard
10 his reelection as president of the Board that
The change has no political significance whatever
Mr.. Koch said that lie retired at his own wish. A
former official of the Board, who is conversant with
it, affairs said that there was more meaning In the
change. lie added:
Mr.. Koch has been running everything in tho Depart
mont for a year. He came into the Board without
nosns sny.nSS about IT'S Interest: a ana am has made
Matthews has been IN bad health and Mr. Stark is not
lie has tired the Department in Albany as well.
and Ia the meantime Commissioners Stark and Mat.
snd called halt don't believe Governor Hi would
the Dock bill with Mr. Koch president OF the Board,
but Will make difference with Mr. Stark at It's head.
A NOTORIOUS SHOPLIFTER SENTENCED.
SOPHIE Ekin was pretty girl quarter of a
tury ago. She then only fourteen years old,
and livcd with her father, known to the police as
"Old tikln. the fence" 1t was at that time that
Sophie married "Ncd" Lyons, the noted bank bur
accumulatlug fortune Sophie became one of the
most noted shopf ers III the city. lime and again
she detected and sent to prison. she has spent
a large part of her life behind the bars About ff-
teen years ago the pair went to Europe. In
couple of years they came back to
New-iork, having squandeTed all their Ill-eotten
wealth. hey continued their career of crlme
Ned" Lyons served out term for burglary in
Connecticut prison and now confined in the State
nothing had been known of Sophie. On June
Charles \. Bonaventure, the private detective IN
tne store of H. C. F. Koch & Son, sixth.ave. and
Iwentieth-st.. discovered woman in the ac, of
placing piece of silk under her cloak. The woman
protested her innocence. She was tastefully
dressed III black and showed traces of having once
been a beautiful woman.
Young man. she SAID. edo YOU know who am :
You are making terrible mistake, and you shall
suficr for thIsinsult.'
those who heard the woman began to
think Mr.. Bonaventure had been hasty In
tuspectDg her, but Just then the silk
dropped from the woman's cloak. She was taken
t. the Iwenty-nInlh Precinct Station and thence
O. the Iombs- She gave her name as Kate Wilson,
and SAID she was drcssmaker. Yesterday she
Was trIod IN the Special Sessions. At the trial it
was discovered that she was the notorious thief
aud shoplifter Kate" Lyons, the first name be-
lug only one of many aliases when she has as
suined She made 1imsy defence claiming that
the silk gwen her. She was convicted and
sentenced 10 six months in the PenltentIary. OF
late the woman has become addicted TO the opium
habit.
AILSEEpN I-NIAN IL