The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-19

DeniaIs OF All IIiE Reasons for Making
the bridge Ticket Contract.


The scandal over the award OF the contract
| for printing 5O,OO0,OOO bridge tickets becomes
worse and worse the more 1t ia investigated
| The confession of President Howell and Su.
perintendent Martin, who admit that they
| allowed the Hamilton Bank Note COMPANY the
| concern to which they desired to give the con.
| tract, to mako n new bid lower than at frs,
| in order to match the offer OF the Homer Lee
Company. made the matter bad enough, but
now comes denials Of even tho reasons which
Messrs. Howell and Martin give for their ex-
traordinary contract
In giving his reasons on Friday Mr. Howell
said: Tho Hamilton Bank Note Company
has for 1--WE years printed all the tickets used
on tho bridge
Treasurer Kendall OF the New York Bank
Note Company said yesterday that this state
mont by President Howell Is not true. The
company which he represents has had tho con-
tract for printing all the strip tickets In use on
the bridge during tho past year.
President Howell said Of the Hamilton Com
pany: There is special room in their fac-
tory whore the bridge tickets and no others are
Treasurer Kendall said yesterday that he
President Howell snid: The sample tickets
sent us by the Homer Leo and New York Bank
Note Company are entirely different from those
Treasurer Kendall said: we did not submit
any sample tickets, aud don't believe tho
Homer Lee people did. Tho Specifications
Superintendent Martin said OF the Hamilton
Company: ut did ali our work In n separate
room and kept all our plates under lock and
key. 80 that there was no chance of robbery"
In connection with this It should be called to
mind that year or moro ago q boy named
Alfred Driscoll was arrested while peddling
bridge Tickets at aconsiderable discount below
regular rates. An Investigation brought to
fuht . bn In Of tInta hTiI tinlya
had got into circulation which had never passed
through the ticket sellers' HANDS, At that
time an official of the Hamilton Bank Note
Company told reporter and the Interview
which had been stolen were printed In his
company's establishment and that they never
had been delivered to the bridge authorities.
They we're part OF II large number which had
and 1t was supposed they. had been destroyed.
1t would appear. therefore, that the reasons
given Tor the outrageous breach OF propriety
litto TO stand upon. There were no other rea-
sons given EXCEPT those named: That the
Hamilton Company had been doing all the
work for five years tha, The o., other concerns
make u CHANGE" that tho SAMPLES submitted
by the other concerns were different from those
in use: that by Implication the Hamilton
offered better security. against loss by
5 s9ns in M6't Light % the ae ss0 a5 5SH
given? Instead of avoiding change
they made one by awarding the contract for
strip tickets to the Hamilton L )mpany. II that
Howell and Martin send for the New York Bank
Noto people who had the contract for supply
ing strip tickets. and ask them to reduce their
bid to match that Of their lowest compeIitor:
fession OF Howell and Martin the real motives
have not yet been disclosed What are they