The sun., 1890-05-17

tracts @ for for the STRIP, and package tickets The
but Il thought S that the price Of the pssfass
d'ts Snd toG him M what Mr. 0 Van kearen eur % bad
said and added Sd that ,tads II .Sn, WAS the S
prices OF 24Hcents; He replied that he stated
that the price OF the strip tickets & vas y cents
FOR the package tickets was "a 4 cents,,and
that the CONTRACT was awarded to the Hamilton
with 1t. as the contract was decided by the FL
II shall send u COPY OF this interview to Mr..
Martin. The Hamilton prices, aa above given,
are laid TO be the lowest tenders have no
MIR. Homer j ee Of the Homer Lee Bank Note
Company submitted bids upon April IA as fol-
lows: For package tickets or steel plate pnEes
for tho same class. steeloGrarh in two colors.
10 cents and fraction, per thousand; for steel
sand, the total amount being more than $4,000.
=. Mr.. Lee said: =" sent my secretary over to
hs o him 'S%s Dy hsd Sd ssG @ Ga whon G
decidlng the awards, until April l6; ON that
the Finance Committee. but he could not or
would not give the names OF the Finance Com
mittee. Between that time and May IL all We
could get out of Martin were inquiries as TO
our facilities and promises to come over and
Hse'Ss Wss 9q5 fMhe'M Mr. Marlin @ NAY The dontssS @
awarded six or seven days ago When
Martin dsf rsusod to sag and Would e
say to whom the contract was awarded My
VIII the names Of the successful bidders
Marlin replied. NJ; nothing will appear IS, as
business. he thought, When asked why opr
check 1Sd iat not ba eeen M
Upon the young mans return he found q letter
hero enclosing the check. as follows
BkookLIS, May ls, 1890.
EnSSssd an1 GnsGk
Chief superintendent Brooklyn Bridge.
This" continued Mr.. Lee, is all the notice
the contract. or why, 1t was not awarded to u.s."
=, Manager Vreela1d of the American Bank
President Clendenin Eckert Of tho Interna-
EcHert H % He said In reiatIon to The eompettion com
that he twice s saw tr9stee about the matter Of
In S and dns Scf was
< reporter called at tie office OF the Hamilton
Bank Bank Note Company Yesterday. ts day and asked
and replied that he could not tell as the award
toward tho safe another man Jam asked the name
OF the visitor When told II was reporter he
sa%s Sc H SD isS M tho 70
the reporter he continued, The contract is in
that safe and IT Eill stay there II the Presi-
exoco. said lsst night hat Il '9f1 he knew but
enS as S 4e
fashion. AT recent meeting, OF the trustees.
member. ,b the bids were re- opened he % personally
handling them There were about half dozen
bidders. and he did not pay particular atten,
over over to to the President Of the, Board to award
the contract to the lowest bidder. Who got the
was not aware the contract had yet been let.
The COMPTROLLER was asked II it was custom
mouthed about its contract affairs. and he re-
piled that he was not aware that 1t was,
although some things were very Queerly carried
y The defeat oi the advertising Job is made the
aubject OF general PUBLIC congratuation in
Ras hmse ' the Eaas SessrdaS
when President Howell chooses the word
'preyariGate, to describe his assertion on We'd
nsdy That he s WTd az eses g
the dictionary for an offence which very few
TSss or bad en%sh s s to and
Of the subject to the counsel for his decision .
day. and. secondly. because W Wednesday would
be ss ms ns to
him from his base and penetrate him
with the WlOleSOu6 l0bE Ol III lHuIClLuenL lOT
an abuse Of public trust. The next Legislature
will doubtless be appealed at the outset to do
what II, was inopport9nely appealed at the
ing bridge administration. and in nlace Of 1t
and progressive men. conscious OF public opin:
ion, alert to high conception Of public and
personal honor and In sympathy with the best
sentiment OF these two cities. which are now
previously misrepresented In the official
Board"
!" Why should this man." the Times asks. "a
church member. the ex- Mayor OF q great city,
wealthy. full OF years and OF honors. descend
to such pitifully small acts OF deception? ?
What gain does he propose to seek by such
means? 2"
The Standard Union says Tho result is O
triumph for public decency. The shameless
trafflckers are defeated, and a lesson taught
soon forget"
Mr. Marin made himself invisible last night.
AS soon as reporters began to call at the Office
OF the Hamilton Bank Note Company de-
spatch was received at the office Of the bridge
trustees in reference to the matter. The con-
tents of the despatch were transmitted to Mr..
Martin at his home. l94 Berkeley place, over
the telephone. and after that time all who |
called there to talk with Mr.. Martin were told
'D At a al late hour Mr.. Martin was reached by
telephone. He asked what was wanted. and
When told answered that he Guessed It would
keep until morning." Mr.. Martin then with |
drew from the telephone.
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