New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-16

~ t,s.sfv an m the companys occupancy OF fiea
No. Al lnev1 North River, but on saying y" WAS
~ns no NJ Cisrl, remarked that the books OF
the department show that this pier nav Wtrn Rail
10 thu Delaware, Lackawanna anu hv the Dock
load Company ut $4,000 year ~ ,he Anchor
Board, and he expects to prove Una. se the nee
Line Company paid $4,000 year i0r 'De '''
oi William VII ] Reilly. doclmastcr Of District No D.
extending from Pier No. ~ to West EleVen.n, a.n
North River, said that up to montn u Mo Se
he had had an assistant, VINO Wa An order had
acme from the Dock Board ordering thab me
sssisfant;s services be dispensed with Mr. heiiiy
said that his collections S San acSoUpt '0 He
brother of County Clerk Edward f. heliiy, anu
nromised to bring all his books On Monday LOT
Charles S. Thompson, the son Of Dockmasse ter
Thompson. whose testimony has been before ALLUDED
TO WAS upon the stand for most OF the afternoon
session He was aoie 70 gave on 1 Dstrot No.
md swore that to his knowledge ms
father kept bank account anywnlere,
The cash part Of the business seemed TO nave
been attended to exclusively by the bondsman.
Mr. Stark Mr.. Clark sought in vain 10 gess
tangible answers regarding sums the wines anu
his father collected at different piers. Wa
had no memory, he said for facts or figures nc
could remember facts pretty well. ne sa ., oo of
after ten days he could recoliect ne'ar {, ~
what occurred in dock matters: whe,ae damaged
state will be permitted to continue IN inc onS By
of the Dock Board remains to be seen Vn = ; iea
No he said there were ve 1efr and the West
ern Transportation Company, but ne cO mt com.
saw whether or not the city received any 0'A-
WSst iS Do YOU consider the right worth
1t NAV be worth considerable; and ~ may This Gs
worth moi so muchn was the sullen reply l,,'
W. fair sample of most of Thompson's answers
The sum paid by the NewYork Seh'rai I @mu
Hudson River Company for t1e ifne SO could not
mver Tbs bis fstber was able 20 collect only about
81 500 year from the now Pier NO. aq no non
although it is larger and better one a,org lower
s s,,t ~ was deplorable Any 'longshoreman
Who had been three months in the county oOS,u
give him points 1t was ohIy two Sro hours with
Mr. Clark and Commissioners Hoahan pel.ln9S t hin
with questions that the witness reihenoeIeu 49, -;
noci commissioner Matthews had sent lor hiln
~ o.H doT .he fore and had told him that he must
hiring in his fathers resignation as Som'
When he brought il in Friday morhihs p So,nd
missioner Cram had Sm assistant
IL was unexpected he sad and he had tnan IKE
NJ Cram heartily. The witness lhsisItu una
ha had not received any written appoln.hi,oaaV
ae ,-at and had not been sworn IN. lie eXPec,eu,
boIeyer to enter upon the work OF coneS SI
wharfage and assigning vessels 70 oooN' oA ANVIL
day u.,., altar the adjournment
soid tbot the Commissioners Of Accounts hau III
formation that young thompson hau oV VA haen
lorly Amounted ana SWOlu III uiAN obor
nrdered by the Dock Commissioners TO take on"i &c
of his fathers district. =, Dad ,r-,s olso
VI Srec;oI meeting of the Dock Board was aIso
hold yesterday President Post was absent havink
enc m Fortress Monroe for a week. Ooinh .,
si6ner Matthews and Mr.. Cram were DOM ea.as
onnoved nv the statements attributed 10 the scre-
1nry of the Board Gogverneur hemole: IA n,n
animation before the Commissioners OF aooot .o 70
and they asked him if the reports OF MS s1aT to
nnnts were true Mr. Kemble said that ne
thourht they were substantially correct. io %"o
noucb ove rcome and his nervous system was proSt
down nv tho examine ton. and he sald thac nc uIu
not know what he had SAID his atCen u -
called to the inaccuracy OF many OF V; ;,ern ed
ments which he admitted. lie was tneh InioI M
that be was discharged from his Office as secre-
tary of the Board forthHlth; ..uu,, % +o,,e
Mr. Matthews said that he was sorry 10 a an
,hiS action as he knew that Mr.. Kemble was an
honest and sincere man. lie was appointed a year
ago on the recommendation OF Mayor ltW
M, Kemble belongs to the old New-iork FANNY oi
Kembles He is a member Of the Old Uuaru anu
noseessed Mt one time considerable FORTUNE:
Toc; Board also accepted the reslgnatonS o. DoVn
matters Penderpast and Thompson DocKihaSSH1er
Ponrt was SUSPENDED during investigation Inc
emnloves of the Dock Board say that TINS lnVeSu-
oation is Tammany assault on the ~ eparI9,he w /,
that charges are being trumned up agalns' OonhN
Democracy men and Republicans. while the lam
many men are being pos ed over, nj.
G. s Greene. IT., engneer-ln-chlel ol 'Ec Loo.
Department writes to The tribune a. ioiIo "
7 hog leave 10 say that the testimony OF MI
Kemble before the Commissioners of Accounts
reported in the papers, so far as it refers 70 me
detrimentaly is entirely untrue ana wluhou,
foundation as will appear upon lnvesugaIion'