New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-13
PART II.
PAGES II TO IL.
MR. ODONOHUE EXPLAINS.
THE CHAMBERLAIN TALKS ABOUT THE
DOCK BOARD DISCLOSURES.
,,ryvs OF PRESIDENT o'BRIEN-MAYOR STRONG
rAvORs 4 THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
THE DOCK DEPARTMENT.

rAvoRs 4 THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
THE DOCK DEPARTMENT.
The Dock Commissioners did not keep their usual
office hours yesterday. it Good Friday IL
C expected that a number Of changes in the per
sonnet of the employees of the department WI" De
made on Monday civil Service rules VIII De strIct
~ appl!ed in the selection Of new employees. Ihere
,.l he no "laborers' hereafter assigned to clerical
d,,, in order to get around civil Service rules
General O Brien, the president of the DOCK Board
said yesterday, in speaking of the exposures re-
eard.ng the lease of Pier (olD No. 40 on the Nofth
River: .
The clam to the ownership of part of Per no
a. by the New-Jersey Company is absurd nae;
claim Of having purchase IRON "n on fhe bk
bs.d between Piers Nos. 40 and H. they have erect
rder watrr il is therefore owned 10y the city. and
the records show no issuance OF any ptrnhII' IOa
issucd il is rcvocahe at the pleasure OF the DOCK
Board The subletiing was dlscoFtred ny Nto VA .w
advertised Tor sale The sale win occur on Mon,
day next In asking what the NorwiSn Linz n, n,S
Tay" 6av i the Ncw-Jorsey steamboat Con>pany
SgS 5o6 While the city received only $2O@O l then
SSSkSd M the records OF the Dock board proceed
ines and found that The lease mad neen or':Ind ~,
sssS.eneo Harvey T. Harrington. for ten years, at
SiCo,o with a covenant of renewal In lsS5 II MAS
NAMED during the period covered by the lease.
II is expected the discovery OF the condition OF
affairs relating to the lease of Pier NO. - VIII
lead to researches which will disclose other cases
of ..middemen" in the letting of pier and ouIk-
head leases VINO nave pioh''u d' ''e 'NP'
the city ,...
In 1893 the Dock Commissioners had the condition
~ affairs IL, regard 10 Pier No 40 made plain 10
them II they had not known it before. Al a lnte'
inc Of The board held April ID. 1898 the president OF
Inc Norwich Line appeared ana aSkeu Ioi H.
newaL at the pleasure OF the podrH az ,ao C oae
rentai the city was then receiving. namely, $500.
He was Informed that there were seNsrt app,l-
eSniS b iCr c eTS II Was cvident that the Nor
wich Line wished 20 escape paying the iareG rental
t 2% e" the ess6r no had prcng at me
pRbcb could be made by securing leases OF PIERS
az orcupants who mieht be expected TO listen to
tbeir demands to save the trouble and loss OF
pI IosHn6 j. O;Donohue. who has been Cham
beraa Of this lily sinGe January Throw w 9s
ap PLEASED yesterday with the way in which
his name has been mixed up IN t M, eNl Hs
Y SsT OF T4 mama BY Presdent oETen the
new Dock Board on THURSDAY Inc Tnaoert ram
0t.siorer O'Rrien's conclusion that the city had
los So" - 1;i S' No. 20 (old, North River Since
ssIboaya been Chamberlain said Mr. 0Donohue' II
tdye s-overed that the city instead Of benz de-
ffrauici a. many people have represented comes
nearer getting 100 cents on ,he Uoel@i f p' NV W.
property than have ever been apie 10 seb sol my
self in business Mi has m ;bs ms lie
;s Undoubtedly a fair-minded. WeII-hedH'Hs maj"
hu, he is mistaken. a.. ,s.-o 80 1.-Two ,to-
"a close- INVESTIGATION OF tne ItdSt u, pa,
o he %ew-Jersey Steamboat COMPANY before ne
10 ,hii;sbed his charges would have shown MN MS
pror This company. Of which am a director,
~ w iaase5 from the city Pier (old) No. ~ al
yss-I renta! OF $1,000 and il has leased from the
i,;a,r::,ar5 estate the adjoining bulkhead AZ
80 If as 900 a wear The Norwich ana New
Wy Transformation Company leased from, our
omnanv the pier and the bulNhead, paying there
sO- a. annual rental OF $3Nc00. our company,
!2t on e,es for the pier Just what 4 pays the
c,v 81 90 a year | cannot see no" the cliy ma
IoS ANYTHING by the transaction. MI. - I5rlen
se.ms ~ proceed on the theory that the rena! lot
;Ls bulkhead adjoining ought 10 20 70 'ht Cilg
ns,ssd OF the actual owners, a palpabe b'NhdeI
on his part I'll ,t. tho %oo
YarssI Steamboat Company WJuii take iN'h actlon
ss would demonstrate that Il had mace no pIoHt
Hhateyer hv sublettiug the pier. IL SAID also that
he COMPANY had surveyors at work. al meant
10 ouesion the u'le Of tn" city 10 li"T 40 90
Mayor strong said yesterday that ne W"Icrfel
N express no opinion ycf as to Inc mttho1S
which rad been pursued bY preceding d4mlhlStra-
lions In the Dock Department. or az 10 the
sienifcance Of the discoveries which hdd been
made public. He added: -,
81 am however. pleased with the acnon or the
Dock Commissioners whom L appointed In enter
Inc r-ornpflv uuOn an investigation or tnclr df-
nar,renf want 20 the same course puTSGeI
IN every DEPARTMENT. A new head OF d"pdrtHent
or new set Of Commissioners should 20 10 Wofk
al once and investigate its CONDITION without
waiting for outside help. This should be under,
stood as ths duty which new Commissioners shouIh
take hold of Immediately on their appointment
! am not Informed respecting the intentions OF me
Dock Commissioners or as TO what further ,dctoh
they intend 10 take but ] shall certainly en-
courage them In making thorough ana compete
Investigation OF the department.