New-York tribune., 1898-10-30

Quick as lightning Mr. Woodruff turned TO the
sergeant Of Park Police and said
Send TWO mounted policemen to that crossing
and see whether these rollers are there
This was done. and. according % the statement
OF Mr. Woodrufr's friends no rollers were FOUND.
James Cody in his affidavit refers to the failure
award him the contract for Gienmore-ave ana
the failure TO award him the contract for hlling
in Pcnnsylvania-ave from New Lots 10 the Bay
His bid was Is cents a cubic yard. while the next
lowest was that Of Thomas +. Bvrnes. at 81 cents.
Cody swears that Byrnes offered HIM 5000 to with
draw his bid but that he righteousy refused 10
withdraw for less than $4,000. lie said that MI
Woodruff asked him II he had seen Alderman
Clark and he had replied that Alderman Clark
not Commissioner or Parks. Codys amdaNt
closes : follows
II asked Mr.. Woodruff why would not get the
contract. and again he sd | did not have the
horses | said i have You lar. said
Commissioner Woodruff. ] said. You are no gen
tleman' lie said: As FAR as being a gentleman.
am as much OF gentleman as you are tell you
YOU are not going TO get that contract II you
brought the Surety Company OF No. 100 Broadway.
and brought us all the money that's In the bank
lie replied again that had not any horses. and
said III YOU say that TO me again III part your
hair the side
This same James Cody. It may be remembered is
a member Of the firm that received the contract
for the first section Of the Shore Driveway. on De-
,nd% that contract is si fresh in III" public
memory The members OF the Commission. from
President T. x Kennedy down. were men OF unim-
peachab,e character The contract adard.i
10 Cody Brothers at their bid Of $ll2%D. aud they
bound themselves TO finish the work by September
! 1897 Engineer Sweezey obliged 10 discharge
the superintendent Cody Brothers put In cnarge ~
the work on account OF incompetency. one day
Richard Cody had such quarrel with some OF his
workmen that the police had To be called
preserve order. IL Is true that there was some
DELAY because OF the failure OF the city to remove
4 water pipe. but the testimony OF the experts
all TO the effect that Cody Brothers acted II
paralyzed by large a contract
When September came around the work. insteaf
of being finished. hardly begun The
plclon was held at the time that the Democrats
through Cody Brothers. were playing for time. SO
that this hiRh-proced contract should be finished
by "A Commission OF their own should they
In the municipal election. Cody Brothers became
20 hopeless that they assigned their contract 20
BROTHERS hung around tn, work ard finally the
Shore Road Commission. in disgust. ordered Cody
Brothers and Fru stop the work and the Com
mission with the work at the Of
the con'racto~s and bondsman.
The statement is made that Commissioner Wood
ruff gave contracts aggregating $685. i95 90 to NJ J.
Dady. who Is now chairman OF the Republican
Campaign Committee.
Mr. Dady said yesterday that he would make
statement in reply to the affdavlts to-day
The Brooklyn Democratic organ yesterday put
charged the administration OF Commissioner Wood
run with fraud" There rumors Yesterday
that an action for criminal libel might result from
this and OF the Lieutenant Governors
friends Of the opinion that he sought ~ make
II n personal QaAttAks