New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-07
THE DOCK BOARD IN DANGER'
TAMNANy,s OPPORTUNITY TO REoRGANlZE
IT.
WANTING ANOTHER HALE MibNioN
WHICH TO CONTINUE WORK ON

WANTING ANOTHER HALE Mlbhi"N Win
WHICH TO CONTINUE WORK ON
THE WATER FRONT.
d yesterday that Mayor Grant Is
, =. take some important and Immediate
,ro relating TO the Dock Board and Its entire re-
ri,ottop The Mayor himself, when approached
rnon the subject declined TO say what his purposes
were Init n we'll known citizen who mas gwen care
nI ttartion 10 the evidence which has been presented
70 the Commissioners of Accounts, expressed himself as
follows: -.
At have IL from excellent authority that there Is
10 be no delay in acting upon this Migrant case.
cornoration Counsel Clark has presented testimony
oroncb IN remove the Dock Commissioners dozen
times over and it behOoves the Mayor to let no nmc
mass without action his part. and, II am not
mislnfolmed there viii be muse all arounu the boaiu
in a very few days. Mr.. Cram seems 10 nave re-
ceiyed tip' and he has already announced sensible
purpose to resign. If the other TWO commissioners
post and Matthew'S do not follow suit the Mayor has
plenty Of evidence on when 10 uc'ah" '"'i roio' d"
by the Governor
Comoration Counsel Clark refused to say yesterday
that energetic plans regarding the Dock Board were
not in progress.
More evidence of the way the Dock Board does
business cropped out in settlement yesterday maze
by Controller Myers. Property at twenty fourth ana
twenty fifth sts North River belonging to william
NJ Kingsand and Others had been taken possession OF
nv tbe city through the Dock Board against the own
ers, protests After some Improvements had been
made the owners brought suit, and on July obtained
Judgment against the city Of $143.656 o., with IN
forest and costs Altogether IL amounted TO over
800 900 The Controller compromised the case yes
teray by agreeing to pay $170,S56 90, which he re-
cards a. a saving to the city Of about $4,000.
An executive meeting of the Dock Department was
held vesterIay al which decided TO apply to the
BOARD of Estimate for 100000 to continue work on
the waterfront.
The trial Of william L. smyth, who Is charged with
giving false testimony at the dock investigation was
resumed before Justice Hogan at the Tom0s POlce
Court YESTERDAY The first witness was DOCK COmmiS
soner Post He identified the papers which show that
Tbomas o. Brien was the lessee of Pier NO NOfII
uiver The testimony of eX-Civl Justice william H.
nnIiY sbnwed that The famous Thomas OBrlen, the
lessee of the pier Is not myth. Mr. hcIiy salu ,ha
he had known OBnen for hVe years. anu u'''i'
him as follows: -, ., ~, s,.,,,ra
He is about forty years old. small OF stature
has hroUn mustache. dark hair and light gray ewes
lie fought in the Rebellion and was severely wOundfd
He is a man of intelligence and good charao'er' III
s In the patent medicine business"
The witness declined 10 give O'Brien's address OF
place OF business. He Is my client" san inc en-
Justice and have reasons for refusing 10 eL "heI'
Mr. Kelly further testified that O'Brien had been h
client for five years and that he had seen MIN lh
week OBrlen had signed the lease for the dock II
the witnesses Office. . -. o,,,,
The ex-Justice said that he would give O'Brlen
address If the Court wished him to do So 6t Jusuc'
Hogan said that he need not do The trial was ad
| turned until Tuesday next