The evening world., 1894-06-21
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DOCKMASTERS.

SAID Mr. Con.
No partIality was shown by the po
lissmen 70 any parti,euiiarI lar. trucks tn
they could to help the. Company out
The policeman on the Albany boat docl
was usually detailed there for the season
one on your dock?"
erssI don't know. ..L
WELL dop't You know that policemen
are very anxious to be detailed there?
"Not any more than any other docks
so far as I know"
This finished Mr.. Earle's testimony
. no guestinns James D'Olyer was called
y as the next witness. ~
,i, MIR. D'Olyer said he was private sec
!. the White Star line. He said the Com;
y pany had police officers on each one of
i their piers. Those policemen were MEM
i bers OF the Steamboat squad.
They also stayed late hours when re-
quested TO 90 so. to watch for incoming
steamers. to protect steerage passen-
gers and to be on hand for early sail
HAre these men paid for this work."
- Yes. sir; they are paid every week.
e rne on man BIER 9s psssF y Sesss ss,s 'O and the
Mso .Ths msa sas tes's os pier SiiS'i IS oNe and
I on pier 49, Bradshaw.
that the $40 weekly had been raid regu-
lafly for the last ten years. This was was
, the freight pier.
- Get Money. but No Dinners.
h. These payments were entered in the
book as extra watchmen," and the
money was paid by Dock Superintendent
think the police officers ever got passes
from the Company. nor did they ever get
dinners aboard the ship. All the work
they were paid for was for something
done
lar duties as policeman.
"As a matter of fact. you pay these
men because they are policemen and
=. - =, ....Yes. that is about IT."
. . Robert p. Reilly, superintendent OF the
Spanish Transatlantic Steamship line. at
said that Policeman William Connolly. of
the steamboat squad, was employed for
extra Ky sis Company TO wben G9K 9ns tb
steamers came in and went out.
Connolly, he said. had to attend to the
all oss he Ta s sogn sxra to Per op' the
Spanish line. The officer on duty was
paid rs cents a day and allowed to get
his meals on the steamers when he re- |
nalned on duty during the noon or din
uer hour.
There was no officer on duty at the
Spanish line PIer I'll three Years agt agG
around to Capt. Schmittberger and got
u man detailed. He was needed at the
pier to preserve order among truckmen.
You used to be a policeman yourself.
Mr., Reilly?.",
Yes sir"
mo questions" said Judge Ransom
McLaren, who said he had charge of
the shipping department OF Carter
Macy s. Co. who hal no docks but 6nt
SSsrs n sRs tRs sa Sn dstre hs east and North
Mr.. McLaren said his company paid
policemen to look out. for ships con
aligned to them, In loading and unload
Ing. This took. from ten TO fifteen days,
and It was customary to pay $40 for each
ship TO thu police officer In charge OF
the dock. Sometimes less was paid. but
no more II everything was satisfactory.
~ ~; '.A other OmciaIs Paid.
-Do yon pay anything in the way of
assessments to any ofticials?" asked Mr..
The witness did not want to answer
this. 5yt Mr.. Goff insisted. and Mr.; Nc
LAren tsaid that nothing was paid to
ITO, any other oflclals-those of the
Dock Department, for lnstance?"
Objection was made by ek-Judge Ran.
being Investigated. but the question was
,wsi yss; the Sompany Coz pays s = some; ne;
protested that he ought not to be com ,
pelled TO give Information regarding the
business OF his Company,
|
70 pay blackman for every vessel you
'docA In this port"" asked Mr. Gof.
mo: not one cent for blackmall. only
Tor expenses, which we regard as nee
'"Weil. II you object to the word black
mail. i will ask II you don't have to
for every ship that comes into port?"
Mr.. Con then asked to whom this
money. was paid. and there was a long
twrangle between the counsel and the
Committee as to admssibility OF this
1t was finally admitted on the ground
that II such exactions were made. 1t
was an indication of dereliction OF duty
on the part of the police.
We'll; now, whom do you pay first?"
1--WE never pay anything at all till
TIE: vessels cargo is thoroughly dis
: well, whom do you pay. them"
"Is Il necessary for me to answer
this?'' asked the witness. appealing to
the Committee.
Dockmaster and Customs Inspectors
"Yon win have to answer, said Sen
stos Q'Connor. who was VAS presiding. Chair
fN''Well, we pay the dockmaster $2o for
each ship"
(. eyes. the Custom House inspectors get
80 apiece for eacn steamer. There are
usually two. and that makes $40"
is that all
pepses for special reasons. We have
TINTED States oficers?" inquired
Senator O'Connor.
yes SIR
2 .-Does the captain have to pay any,
thing for getting the vessel out into the
stream or for quarantine charges?"
"No, sir not that l know. The cap
tain Is not authorized to make any such
payments"
= The witness said that. in his opinion,
all shippers in this city were obliged to
make the same payments, in order to
have their vessels promptly unloaded or
loaded.
lyon believe It necessary to pay these
ofiioials In order to carry on your bust
ness?"
II think 1t desirable to do SO, and other
shippers generally hold the same opinion
The next witness was an old German
named Fred Studer, who said that his
wife, Annie, had kept a boarding house
and furnished-room house for seven
years at 293 Elizabeth street.
,HWere there any disreputable women
fying in your house?" asked Mr.. Moss
YES SIR"
who arrested your"
"oficers Sloan and Sullivan, Of the