New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-31
MORE OF SNAITH'S. METHODS.
INVESTIGATING CEILING CONTRACTS
-, ,,rons WE'RE AocomMoDATED-A

,orrp AcyroRs WERE ACCoMAoDAIED-A
snn,nurr.y LETTER FROM TENNESSEE,
Assemble Ceiling INVESTIGATING ooni .n.,s1
"a long executive session In TINS Guy co. :,
atsrnoon at the eGlce Of Clarence A. eo"~, i'm
~ counsel for the committee. somo i~e,Ss
nortaut testimony was brought OUT ~ 80 p ana +.
,a.,on N Frederic Wolf Of the nrm oi s. % 90
,,s ,atnod and mosaic glass dealers al NO. oo
~ ,''s~-i.r place II was this firm tnat suPpsoS
~ .nntractor John snalth, with the gas .p go
=. .,a,red according 10 the contract WIN .'o
az 80. soot Mfr. Wolf was asked to bring is ''OAS
~ ,v,h ~ him whom y appeared ms an. nc
dLd On examination II was iou.u -.
tbe original order which snaith gave ~, ,n on
sn -s tSo Assambv Chamber had been chareeu W on
ior JUG re- order No $685. The entire account
Zoe hore exceut the price per foot Of tho giass %
~ the bill Here corner OF the page na
go torr ont so that it could not be told irOil 'n
- -. ~, snatb had really paid for inc gas.
T,,rther along however, on page NO. Iol, asoornt
ador1 M ola and No 1o14, was the same ~, 49,
hut here it was filed out and ShasgeI " which his
.actnr AZ 90 per foot the prioo VIZ" ,s
.o,,on, with the Ceiling Commission csned ior'
Tocred 10 this entry was discount ior oon''nis
--ttoh wolf said was 80 per cent. He was put
r,rorob a severe examination py 1ohn "a ~ Snelly
~ othar attorney for the commlt,ee, anu 10 -,
admitted after considerable hesitanon' uA' se ~
~ sI1v cold TO snath for 50 foot. On MarVh 40
was i0aH' ssI,h h,d written to him to SEND
lnyffo
nO" 'o,.~ .or ,be glass at 60 foot He was asked
" .t, los common thing TO do, and no sald th@s
=. ara q N accommodate the contractor Inns Voc
"' - that ,be firm had of accommodating contrast
- He brought with him also iettor TH'0H Ae
IA reoeIyed from Arthur II. Rowe, tne Schi"Oo'
S.s left the State, as did his employer ona', S,roo
,ho Investigation began. Rowe wro.e run u' 80
the o. ot Nteunbis but his letter was dated
hesseo 1ron,csseo. He started IN in anectionatey
Stt, GDear boys and SAID Ln%
5000 ~ Get considerable work IN leuiesS'c'
IN, oSonoss wee that he would have churcn ana
AnS IN few DAYS and thought no would use
glass such as the Wolf firm made. ,.-.,,u,,r TIA,
81 see that fellow Sinclair has peen 'eseiy,ne no
went to the theatre with him "hA' NC, DuF
then, guess he's all right were Two Oh
,ences referring 70 tho dealer who furnished eh@'
NTH the napier mache panels for tho ceihns'
Tatoct,yes have been searching high and low ior
soI,h Int rs yet he cannot BIO found. he was
,houvbt to be IN Albany last Thursday night ou' ol
cont search failed TO discover any trace 81 him. II
is now thought that he has gone to tennessee 1nu
that Rowe is with him. ~, -,
Tho other witness called was George D. Weeu' VI
Plattsburg son Of Smith n. Weed. Young "eeo was
a member Of the Assembly last year and was on the
ceiling commission ..
he brought HIS bank books and private accounts
with him. but they did not shed any light on the NAV
ter Like the other members Of the committee no
thought that the interests Of tho State were thoroughly
protected with Andrews az The head OF ,ne had
sion and he did not think that the commlssoh h~A
ANYTHING more 10 do than TO sign the contrast .
The testimony OF the gub-eommittee. wniea to,n,s
sent on secret mission through the staee 70 IoIVS
any "leads7 that II might hnd was tnrnea gvoL 70
the lawyers. II docs not oonisn any Oh ING tor
denco which The World published as coming nom
Speaker Coles home ut watkins. In faet mr. PIC
Master said that no such testimony had oeen taAoh
and the stories were untrue. .
The committee did not decide on any further eGnrse
OF action AsSemblymen Aspinall hcCann ana busn
were NOT prescnt and IL was decided 10 walt unut
there was fun meeting Of the committee before any
thing further was done. . =. 60 -.
Wednesday at which both Mr.. Seward and Mr. BOWers
win be present and future action Will then DO con-
Eidered