The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-31
MONKS COLLARS VBRlEN.
sHlKEs a HIsr IN THE FlOB or
THE DoOR BOARDS PRESLDEEF.

sens nrsuts n sen nave Beep usttiue cen-
tracts FOR Frivste De~chs-O'nFtes Hnves-
tteatea. aHa Father ana Ssn nIake . soeSe
at the last nIeottns sfstronE's Deck DoaF1.
It was the last regular meeting of Mayor
Btrong's Dock Board. When President oBrien
was about 70 declare the board adjourned John
Monks, Jr, n son of Commissioner Monks and
. member Of tho bodybuilding firm Of John
Monks q Son, sprang from the chair he had
been sitting on.
''one moment" no cried. IF the Connie
sioners will allow me. I would like TO say..a
word"
'.BuJ this board ia adjourned, young man."
said Commissions Einstein. cannot lie.
ten to you"
II have but q word to say" persisted Mr..
Monks II understand that Gen. o'Brien has
ordered an investigation into my private buR.
ness. I was 10 told by Mr.. Einstein. Mr..
Greene, the Chief Engineer, and by my father.
Now, I would like TO know why this was done"
And i would like to know what business .
public officer has to NEEDLE with the private
affair of any. man., put IN Monks the elder;
10 my affair, not yours, and he turned again to
~ did aot order Fl invsSstIgstion into yogr
asked the Engineer-in.Chie to report to me the
number Of contracts awarded in recent years to
IOnn MOnKH az son lot WOTK IN 0OCkB nOB
owned BY the city. I had received a number
the Sfiect that COMMISSIONS Monks was using
his official place to boom the business Of your
firm, That was tho extent Of the invesiisa-
You ana this without consulting mel" cried
II felt that it was my duty as a public oflcer
70 lnyostigate these complaints" replied the
than that I have nothing to say" ,,,.
ask YOU YOU one q sUS nsss % s"id Young o; T M. MONKS aaS 80
es %ss y Upon sP tSs pu 81 t fssesd. q 81 i sSis b s%ssdi';
o'Brien. "This board stands adjourned
II have nothing further to say. then" said
young Mr.. Monks. and he withdrew from tho
but I have some more to say 70 you, " roared
the father. turning on Gen. O'Brien f1ercely.
Gen. o'Brien arose from his chair; II was
w Moa aSPf pas shat pea saS i1Ssh!nS e. h snia. of this board
OUT M1 lis M fishs iSp %na. t to sIs f's E. ' label Fs q asS'
and his eyes blnzed with anger.
.h "Yo%% hsys injured Sto ed, d my oh.ractsE!% he
face. II have never received such treatment
PTesident o,Br Iks secretary. MT; Conway.
yised Gen. o'Brien in q whisper to adjourn tho
Inns ooaru btanuS auQourneu, sara tn0
he walked toward his private office.
roared Commissioner Monks, pointing a treIa-
bling finger at the retreating form Of President
O'Brien. The he left the room abruptly.
mont in which he charged Gen. o.Brien with
seeking. to- ruin the reputation for honesty
which no had built up during forty years Of
active business life in New York. He went
on to say that Gen. o'Brien, whom he charac-
terized as q vain man. had sought to rule the
many things without consulting his colleagues.
The Board Of Consulting Engineers was main
tanned. Mr.. Monks said, at an expense Of about
$4,000 q year for no purpose whatever other
than to pander to the vanity of Gen. O'Brien.
II never was invited to a session of that board
nor was Mr.. Einstein or Engineer Greene
concluded Mr.. Monks.
Gen. O'Brien said that owing to complaints
made by contractors, he asked Engineer Greene
to look up the number Of contracts awardcdt to
TO be- done under the supervision Of the Dock
Board with. q view to finding out just what
proportion OF the whole number had been given
to John Monks g. Son. Mr.. Greene reported
that in 1894, which was the year previous to
the appointment of Mr.. Monks as Dock Com
ceived seven contracts: From May /. 1896.
to May /, 1897, they had received eighteen
contracts, and during the months Of May, June,
and July OF this year they got eleven of the
twenty nine private. contracts awarded. Gen.
o'Brien said that the result Of the inyestiga:
not young Mr.. Monks started the row during
the meeting.
Mr.. Monks has stated publicly on several &C.
easions that h. is NO longer q member Of the
from 1t some time before he became a Dock
COmmiS6iOner.