New-York tribune., 1886-02-24
JOHN KEENAN, IN NEW LIGHT
HIS NAME IN THE BROADWAY INQUIRY.

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| TEACH NEw-YORK HOW TO RUN RAILROADS.
| John keenan,, the Bismarck of the County
| Democracy the who has been in active demand
ever since the Broadway franchise investigation began
TO be talkei OF, who has been ILL., aud whose illness has
been smiled at before the Senate Railroad Commit
| tee yesterday as q revelation. He did not come in
person; he did not appear Of confessions Of
| 'squeais"i but he came In unexpected
disguise. No one who knows him had expected
that ne would appear as traitor to
the City ofNew-Yor but such he did He was shown
TO be haDdandglove with the base Phladep
aier they had announced their purpose to "gridron"
Newfork because New Workers. did not know how to
| run railroad in the interest OF the public"
President Foshay, OF the Broadway and Seventh
nue. Railroad Company made the revelation that John
Keenan, had Joined T. A. b. Widener, w. l. Elkins and
W. H. Kemble In their endeavor educate New-Yor
In the art or railroading Hence 1t IL to be inferred,
those strange and mysterious meetings at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel aud at the Hoffman House. where Messrs
| Foshay. Sharp. Curtis, White aud Kerr the
hand. and Messrs. Kemble, Wdener Ekins aud Ksenan
on the other, held secret aud solemn converse
the proposition of the PhadelphIans and Mr. keenan,
| to use the Broad way and Seventh Avenue road as
means OF for proving the ncompetency Of New
Workers In running railroad system and the innate
ability OF the from the City of Broherly Love to
manage railroad for its full surface and subterranean
value. Among these foreigners" John Keeuan was
found.
When the Union Passenger transfer ana Halfway COM
pany was formed with Messrs Ekins, wIdener aud
kembe In its embrace II turns ou according to Prcs
dent Fos1ays testimony yesterday. that John keenan,
in with them, and In their company used TO meet
Messrs Sharp Foshay and others Of the Seventh Ave-
nuo road while they were negotiating plans
to have the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad
with the Surface road thrswn inmate the main line OF
the transfer system which the Phadephans proposed
to introduce. The Seventh Avenue Road the minutes
read yesterday show refused to go into the scheme. al
though Messrs Foshay Curtis and Kerr voted In favor
lit Then the Metropolitan Surface road was formed,
with the Philadelphia people and John Keenan, among
the incorpoators Mr. Seward sought to show that the
Houston and Pavonia Ferry and the Forty
Street railroads had been leased to the Metropolitan
Surface Road thus indicating the lines laid out by tho
Phadelphians for capturing this city for its railroad
schemes.
THE $500O00 IN BONDS.
George II. Prentss, tho broker who had hand in
selling the 500 81. 900 mortgage bonds on the Seventh
Avenue Road raised for increasing its "fscitIcs
an Of the purchasers of the bonds far as he
could and Mr. Foshay raised the total number account
for to 450 The other fifty, he said. went to
strangers who introduced TO him; he
thought that Treasurer Kerr could tell the names Mr.
Kerr attendance daily aud on hand yes
terday sitting Just behind Mr.. Foshay.
The joarna OF the Broadway and Seventh Avenue
Railroad Company played an important part in yester
days proceedings Mr. Couklng. at previous session.
called
had in the book and in its stead had been writ
ten bonds" or proceeds Of ponds in handwriting
diereut from the other entries Tlis admitted by
NJ Foshay refer to the 100000 in cash. into which
mortgage bonds OF the Seventh Avenue road had
converted aud which had been put in vault in the
Safe Deposit Company of New-fork, re-
naming there from August. 1854. TO June.
1885. Mr. Conking and Chairman Low sought
at that to get Mr. Foshaysexpanaton OF the hand
writing and OF his for putting the money where
he did that length OF time. Yesterday Mr. Foshay
said that regular bookkeeper taken Ill In 1884
and had unable his post since. his place
being illed by assistant who was so ignorant OF
double entry that expert whose handwriting was the
strange in the book, had TO be called In regularly to
square up the books IL was he who had put In ths
bonds or proceeds of bonds Mr. Foshay had no
new give for having kept the 100000 In bills
IN vault instead OF putting 1t where it would draw
interest
There was crowd in attendance again in the hope OF
hearing a "squeal." Jacob Sharp was OH hand
looking better than at any time before since
the Investigation began Colonel Bliss and l. T. Chit
tenden took seats usual opposite the witnesschtr.
Ex-Alderman Waite was present, but went away when
Informed by Chairman Low that he would not DO needed
for the occasion. Alderman Do Lacy was listener for
a time. lawson y. Fuller got whore he coud max, it
hot for Bliss" II the sharp-tonsuet lawyer should at
tempt to say anything Mr.. Conklng absent. being
engaged in elsewhere Mr. seward. with the oc-
cs,Iona Chairman Low. conducted the cxanina-
ton The result OF the two hours session was sore
disappointment TO the spectators aud pa tent in
their waiting for "squesl" Colonel Bliss and Mr.
Fuller created greatest excitement OF the day Colo
mel Bliss wanted Mr. Foshay to have chance to mako
a statement Mr. Fuller tried to " sit on" Mr.. sharPs
lawyer Colonel Bliss denied fatty assertion made by
Senator Pierce and declared his intention to appeal TO
the Senate In Mr. Foshays behalf for hearing after
Chairman Low had declined to receive the statement
The proceedings were closely followed.
THE USUAL VAIN CALL FOR MoLoNEY.
SIS william H. Moloney here -
"No, sir. He will he here iu few days. This per-
functory cooquy between Clarence Seward and Lawyer
Richard s. Newcombe the procm to the tale OF
the day After everybody had INDUCED in his usual
SMILE Mr. Seward mildly and Colonel Bliss heartily n-
cuded George H. Prentiss athletic, sandy ycomplex-
toned broker OF years called TO the stand
He is the head OF drm OF George H. Prentss Co.,
the brokers negotiated large part OF the sale of the
500 mortgage bonds OF the Seventh Avenue road.
MI Sew ari-Do you recoect who first applied to you
Mr. Prentiss-Mr. Kerr and Mr. Fo'hay.
O-To whom were they soldi A.-Sl00O0O OF them
were sold TO n Hustled $50 600 to Martin Joos and
$50, 900 reserved for Charles Phelps
Odd you procure Mr. Hustled to purchase his A.
o.EAnd Mr. Joost and Mr.. Phspsi Ayes. sir
Q-who OF these paid you personally for the bonds
A.xMr Phelps Messrs. Hustled and Joost paid Mr..
Kerr; that was in Mr.. Foshays Office. No; did noo
Odd YOU have anything to do with procuring pur
chasers for the S300.000l Al did. | underworld ia
get Msssrs Phelps Hustled aud Joost to take them but
w6S took tho oSsTsi t6s tSs SGk ,o1s %
300 900 and Mr.. jeremiah Curtis SlOooOo
Mr. Prentlss was examined and President James W.
Foshay ofthe Seventh Avenue road recalled He WAS
first as TO whether the Seventh Avenue road
had made any disbursements In the Broadwayran-
,actions than those he had already mentioned
Mr. Foshay-I do not recollect nyhing else. should
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