The sun., 1895-04-06
FREE PASSES" DEFINED.
INTERPOLATION or NEW JERSEYS
Arbitration hoard.

Charged Mileage Becnuse the Railway
Passes He Travelled en- Were Not Free.
as IIe Gave Consideration for Them by
PrintinE Time Tabies-ssoO 900 n Year
spent for State Printing and Advertis-
hE-Some Queer Items In Kcnnard 81
Compnny's Paint BIi Not Explained.
TRENTON, N j., April 5.-The Senate Investi-
eating Committee devoted six hours today to
an inquiry into the doings OF the old State
Board OF Arbitration and to an effort to dis
cover where certain moneys of Hugh Kinnard
d Co. went. just before adjourning Counsellor
Corbin took up this matter OF extravaganza in
State printing but had not finished 1t when the
committee adjourned until next Friday. The
minute books and papers OF the old Board Of
Arbitration were not accessible to tho commit
tee. Secretary Romaine said he had delivered
them, with desks. chairs, and other property, to
Paterson expressman on Tuesday for ship
ment to the State Comptroller. but they have
not yet reached Trenton. Tho committeeman
smiled at the discovery that moro books needed
by them were not to be had. but the inquiry
went on. and tho developments wero about as
interesting as any yet brought out by the COM
mittee.
Joseph p. McDonnell, tho President of the
old Board of Arbitration, was called n wit
ness. He said he was journalist and publisher
at Paterson, and In reply TO Counsellor Corbin's
questions said that, although tho law required
the Board to make report annually to the Iegis-
lature. none had yet been made; tho report for
last year. he added. was now in the printers
hands. Tho law authorized tho Board
to act in cases where employers and
employees signed an agreement submit
ting their differences for settlement but
Mcdonnell could not remember that in n single
case in two years had such an agreement and
submission been made. Tho Board had acted,
however. in many cases whore ono sido or tho
other had asked it to intervene. The Board was
too busy settling strikes, he said, to make . re-
port tho first year. Subsequently he admitted
that he and other members Of the Board came
to Trenton nearly every Monday night during
the Legislature session, and remained over Tues
day.
Counsellor Corbin read q statement showing
that the Boards expenditure in 1893 amounted
to 81 7.9oO,4B. and in 1894, TO S12,S24.3O, while
direct dire to the state and paid in other accounts:
McDonnells bill for December. 1892, amounted
mileage from Paterson to Trenton and return at
10 cents \ mile. amounting to Sl4 30 for the
trip. Mcdonnell was asked where he found law
Il am not a liar" he replied. nor are the
other members OF the Board liars. We went to
the Governor FOR information, and Gov. Albeit
supreme Court Judges; member, Of the militia.
"
we were good citizens as the Judges"
Do you not know that the Supreme Court
:fLe lay lay judges" mean." replied McDon-
do you mean to say that the lay Judges have
passes. and yet charge mileage" asked Chair
80 / have been informed" replied McDon-
What are we coming TOT" commented Mr..
Mir Mcdonnell explained that he had charged
$40 day salary, his mileage, and actual eI-
penses. Tho fare from Paterson to Trenton and
return but S3.43, but 10 charged Sl4: go
mileage because ho was entitled to do so under
the law.
inquired Chairman Voorhees,
"Not on II Tree pass" answered Mcdonnell.
What do yon, mean by a free pass7 What is
"A free pass is one for which no consideration
has been given, replied MGD9nnel Do who went 5
other matters iOr the railroad companies, under
contract. for which he was TO be paid in trans
Ss Es the saa
quehannn. the Lehrh Valley. and the West
s$%ESs66 ya!!;a9a' s ,er Esssu,.y 1899, xs.
rest was for expenses. including S.5 for tele-
phone expenses. Included were many items
from SEQ TO s59 per day for sHPsnses during
out what the expenses were; Mr.. Mcdonnell
could not remember; lie said he could never 20
people do.
senator Voorhees, wanted to know what the
arbitrRtors were doing in New York so much.
and Mcdonnell said they always went on official
business to see men ad i vas % to sec in
to four cents by Gov. Werts on an opinion OF tho
Attorney General that that was all they were
entitled to. Then Mcdonnell began to charge
mileage from his home AT Lakeview. u suburb
Of Patterson, into Paterson. distance of two
An item of $3.3O for clippings" excited the
committees attention. and Mcdonnell explain
each ea t T
to allow it, and it WAS stricken out. Mcdonnell
that the 81 of the
Of Of the State new. Of labor troubles. The Kew
buy them. as they had no assistant Secretary.
After Gov. Werts refused to allow the item for
Bills to him no more for approval. but took
them direct to Comptroller Heppenheimer. who
MIR. ,Corbn produced one bill in which thirty
two days out Of possible consecutive thirty
hna hs g H fad G sGs
alone in' Paterson doing tho Boards work.
Although Il. had no authority to act for the
hsd been paid tor $s5 out of TIC jos AK ,days =; !;
to to- hi. private business; Mcbqnnell said
ana ans he itSi lost monoy by hi. connecon with ths
Board.I The Board had considered 81 out OF
12o reported strikes, ana many were settled by
letter. telephone. or telegraph. Chairman
Voorhees, mado u computation that the Board
had spent from eighteen to twenty days on each
rrke. md wanted 10 know if that wasn't pretty
expensive. Mcdonnell admitted IL was, but
that IL was well worth tile money.
Counsellor Corbln read from the bills sub
mIttcd by the arbitrators and secretary Romaine
items showing that Arbitrator Robinson had
been paid SO a day for twenty-ono days in
drafting tho report OF the Board; Secretary ko-
maine had charged for forty-One days at the
same price, President Mcdonnell seventeen
days, and Arbitrator, Doyle nineteen days. IA
total of ninety eight days. 1t cost the State
$3.50 for the report which had never been sub
mitted. and besides this there were itcns for ex-
penses in connection with the work The report,
1t was said. would mako between one and
two hundred pages. Then MIR. Corbin found
items in the bills of 1893 for preparing report,
which would increase tho expense to over II
thousand dollars. secretary Romaine told the
committee that. outside of ten or twelve pages
OF original matter. the report consisted of copy
ing from the minutes and testimony taken be-
fore the committee. and he could not under
stand that the services of the three members
were necessary in Its preparation, as he did ,he
copying. Chairman Voorhees, suggested that,a
Typewriter might have been employed at S6O II
month with profit Ito tho State, instead of pay
Ing tile three Arbitrators and their secretary $40
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