The sun., 1889-11-28
QUEER FACTS DREDGED UP.
TEE COLLAPSE or a PIER LEFT OUT
OF THE DOCK RECORDS.


OF THE DOCK RECoRDa
hide for Dredging InvItod Artsr the Work
Had Reen Done without Orders. and
the UnIon Company Wanted Pay for tt
Lumber Rejoeted. Bought and Paid For.
Charles L. Adams Of Wilson, Adams & Co.
told the Commissioners of Accounts yesterday
that he and Henry L. Morris bought property
on the Harlem River at 149th street and pre-
pared to build q pier. Chief Engineer Greene
OF the Dock Department asked them to build a
new kind OF combination pier which he favored.
They agreed. James ID. Leary was employed
as builder. When he saw the plans he pro-
nounced them worthless, and advised crib
bulkhead instead. Mr.. Greene would not hear
to tho change In plans. The Dock Commits
sioners stood by Mr.. Greene. ana tho pier and
bulkhead were accordingly built after Mr..
Greene's plans.
A few months afterward. about last Christ
mas, the pier began to fall to pieces, and in q
short time 1.100 feet Of It was completely gone.
II was originally 1900 feet long, and cost
s45,000. The most expensive part OF the pier
was what tumbled down. and Mr.. Adams
estimated that It would cost between $4,000
and $4,000 to rebuild. Mr.. Greene suggested
that IL was not necessary to mike any new ap-
plication to rebuild the pier. 1t could be built
on the old permit, according to modification
OF the old plan. Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Morris de-
clined to consent to calling the rebuilding q
modification Of the original plans. Thev drew
up q regular application for permission to
build q pier according to tho enclosed plans"
stating that the original pier. built according
to Dock Department plans had tumbled In.
Mr.. Green told them that the application must
be withdrawn.
III you don't withdraw It." said he. I'll stop
your work and advise against giving you per-
mission to rebuild at ALL"
After an appeal to the Commissioners the re-
suit was that the history Of the old pier was
stricken out OF the application. Tho Commits
sioners at the time Of this meeting were
Messrs. Post. sillimsn. and Matthews.
They gave the permission" said Mr.. Adams.
only upon the condition that ell record OF the
original pier be expunged from our applica-
ton
Odd Mr. Greene, at the time you got the permIs,
sion build tho original pier suKGee that any particu
lar con,raetot build y91r pier YES @ n, he recon; ON
their figures and they % were too @ high, -. 80, q, ,,o,
staatS BroA ! X.-You merely mentioned them.
Francis E Moon. chief clerk Of the Dock De-
partment, testified that there 10 nobody In the
department who sees that leases are properly
executed, 1t was his own duty to issue Treas
tenn was for the Surveyor to make acquisitions;
which are endorsed by the Chief Eng tneer and
submitted T, to the Treasurer U an Snq PRESIDENT.
Chief again.
Q.-who Inserts the name Of the Union Dredging
ahow i is you % inssr the name Of the Union Dredg
aST oSF al SFsSE oaE unssF
only very lately that We have.
1t then came out that the Union Dredging
Company had lately done work on the. West
work" Moon called it. and had got payment ali
the same. 1t developed that the Union Dredg-
had got docE s %es
Market two or three months ago. and had gone
on and done great deal more work than there
hurry for orders to cover this overwork. The
Oompissioners thereupon got Plds from q
WORK. not8tRstandna that Il nas was sely a
on HH' 10 summon Morris ( Cummings. H. Dubois,s
Pe biddna ddG n' Was not SRsn Is BIDS
were made that the work upon which the firms
X list strange % that att the % Union Dredging oo@paay
won the competltion. for It generally did win;
Then Treasnrer,s orders were made out and
This story was drawn from Moon after o labo-
rious effort by Mr.. Clark.
oGTS me the name Sf ss TnS
hrmA A:-No CemmiSaioner tod mo. did mot send 20
limo had sent out invitations TO bid for dredging in
Es is FL s The
Sshsr afSs on dredging and that i; why We invited
resolution q the Board to sys
dredging AHYea sir
you sS Z AIYs sss uDo, tn, a,,o
ution of our former contract with the Union Dredging
QYou refer to the contract BY which the city gaiS
he Union @ Company Sls' cupiG yard FOR crib and 30
mean xSeS the =, rate. Of sn: drsdagnE com
tee9 to
wSSS not tS' merely Of the
,AVo been searching for and could not nndf A.-YeL
Clerk Moon said that the great bulk Of lum-
Der was furnished by ,Dexter. Hunter Il Co.;
he Duryea's. Moon nd mitted that the greater
part Of ship load which Dexter Hunter 60.
lad sent recently was condemned by the in
Ipectcrs. and that the rejected material was |
Efterward bought in aud paid for by Treas
lrer's order. the requisition specifying "lum-
)er" only.
nd saying that certain orders must be had at once
,o-%ers there TreasussrS orders for every foot of
he rejected material on that and other occASonA too
SeG lower price
falSS'in %aaS % was PAID on he standard lum
Q=WAs not S2s paid for of the rejected lumbor'
-And vas not more tnan ozo palo tor other portions
~ 9-ls @hia no. ssss ss 80 Mr.. Post,
Mr.. Post-I do not remember the figures
Ito Moop)-Do You think that Dexter. Hunter 4 60.
ost ,enyiSinE on their cargo Of condemned lumber
y9u ,s.I %1eshor the acquisitions named
Q.-1nd Hunter niIsd the order from this rejected
nGteriAlt A.-YeG
Moon remembered the same thing happening
Z the case OF a cargo from tho Hilton Timber
nd Lumber Company.
QIWere not all these PuIchAsss OF condemned ma:
recommendation
so far AZ know they were.
Q-And the demands for the TreRSurer'B orderu were
ways made in great hurry in these cAsea were they
ott A--Ye1 sir.
Q-Did you ever hear Summers tyou know what
can now say that the Hilton and Hunter companies
oud send whateyer they liked to the department and
ave It Gcceptsdi A-ho sir.
The great bulk OF rip rap Is furnished by
rown Il Fleming and James A. Bouker.
o.-How iS the price Of rip rap nIod when Bouksr
hy the Treasurers orders he to furnish It Gtths
Q-is the price died by tho chief euEinser' A.-No.
Q.-The assistant enRineerf A-No
U.-The chief engineers A18iAtAntt A.-No.
Q-Don't know that all the coal is bought OF Ward
OliphAntt A.-WelL they bid for It.