New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24

,rontv nsr cent Of the entire amount approprsstcsa
should have been retained. Bnt ne should have
seem that only eighty per cent of the an9uuI ,pe
propraied was awarded the CONTRACTOR, ,t pad BY
No ronfyo,er had been greatly in excess OF nD
appropriated be would NAYS rspied that then
tnst account p Ho s,sniclous and might have mauo
close Examination before any fur'acr pasD''''
Hs exua,nsd the payments Of the %SeS are
superintendent Andrews by ssyins sha and Assembly
and to COMMITTEES in charge Of public snted were
vouchers which Che superintendent sept the actual
o, ~ work reformed material p,h nc eon
10 he simple estimates in rough on "H'0N w
tractors drew ss Contractor sneth called He
brnngbt with him his books which mao the alter
no si admitted that IT looked as though tneLe na u
sesn come He had instructed his clerk 20 no. =, the
yccn ts and the latter had put this amount ~ a. ~
the pooss. az r. appeared MIR Snaith admitted thar u
plao' Exceedingly foolish thing for MIN 70 asa M q
books On M az innnossible 10 change set Of double
entry books, whtch.h his were. as 10 change D"''
Under the date of February 30 1892 there w Sc a.
entry Of s4s o4e credited TO sulv al ~ sno,nt The
be SAID was partial ss sssSnmsnt Of the stair
case contract to Mr. Sullivan he ,ynrr on hand
latter because he himself had 50 muIn me time speo
a. no TSss VAS again. entry oil So4sVoo, e nt
date of November s. The witness ss made but that
S oSanr evidently did not Know tns "a AN nv toint
Asked by Mr. Ainsworth II ne anu % Snaith declared
that they s Pr bcohleeper Theodore cuyer sbs
Mr and examined regarding the changes ~, "a h to
then swoqn and books e said Mr. snsith told MN
AZ hoobs must be produced peIore L charged long
tbst tie s5z 900 item should nave p''"
witness said that he found p,sf 9 tho space acc
uDdet mo This caused some laughter anohS o
Sstensrs He erased an item Of OIL. Sz mount Mr.
sns sun lad not given him any Instructions a. own
Satine the account-book Re did IL M Mr Sullivan
sa coSract alone and therefore had co'0
he amount to the firm Of Sullivan me statement
On ISLE rsason for putting this amount una Ns
the date mentioned was Do srew checks for most
CO & ou SnaS 70 the order sullivan 4 Ehss Mr.
being again s fSs ny and
snsn sisted es ,n b@ s 10 posted n the
booSs hinder date Of February 90 ae Se 'V work done
answortS informed him that he %o state for the
have to bring an ac tSs contract because the com
balance od nndootedy report to the Assembly ,no
amount stated by the eSPet answered this question:
Mt ME- snaith consulted with one Of his counsel
then H sSssa You 10 any objection stating the cost Oh 0
uoyRss repeated Mr. Aims worth; in, chat had bet
tie sayfS &C. Of o SSsHssl re sne Mr. snsh
ter ncs s contract assigning % Mr. sullivan pro-
work or. the the. grand ,n the form Of let
sueoo written by MI snah 70 ebs M Work on the
snd spp al the amount for which Snain na bspe
scted to do r. s5 600 Which G1ew %ss s. where It was
Osestsd among snaiths accounts in the a hotom
spacc referred to by the bo9kseePS Mr. sullivan ac
cep tin the contract The letter ,s or made SSn as to even
carefully examined, and n9uy w ws printed. snath
ne qs e Sept This contract in his house. ana tna'
II was signed there by SnliV an s1rore that he
,,cned The contract either at his own or sna LUZ
Tfn amount of his account with sulvan wd ish @ao5
"a and Of this amount he was crediteu WIN 18th
yfs He again denied having any p nec0' The ad
onYnment Of the afternoon session, GhaT hoos had
sh said that the changing OF snaiths DOORS ma
W. neyS uoht on the entire matter ana nen croa@ou
gwsncions that did not exist before H.. hot, NJ
xyr sullivan produced his MEMORANDUM Sooe "a, d
A. trhts session. and showed in IL the recoiu on ms
catance from snaith Of the Job on the staircase o
scpst which was the date Of the ietVer UT oon
tract already mentioned A.. ,ra,I ,rno,vn rom
John Brown of Brown Bros the weil,nano Nv ,sbt
His testimony was unimportant