New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

JOHN c. WAITE ALLEGES INCORRECT
CLASSIFICATION OF MATERIAL"
LEAVE or ABSENCE GIVEN HIN BECAUSE HE
REFUSED TO SAY EARTH WAS ROCK.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE GIVEN HIN BECAUSE HE
REFUSED TO SAY EARTH WAS ROCK
icy rriroE.rm 20 rur rEmrSEl
Albany May 1O.-The evidence given by J"hh
G Wait an assistant engineer. before the canal
Commission yesterday. that he received nm In
deenite leave OF absence after resisting classi-
ecat,on Of earth" az rock" In a canal contract
st syracuse attracted the attention ~ state
Engineer Adams to-day. and he sent over woFi
10 tho Commission AZ the Capitol that II" would
willingly give cyid-nc" about his serious mat
ter and also hoped that the resident engineer
q. Svracus. Mr. Norris would be summoned
In reply to Mr.. Adams the Commission aald II
would gladly hear him. and also Mr.. Norris
Mr. Wait produced n letter which he had writ
ten To state Engineer Adams in which he said
Now. Mr. Adams, IN v.ew Of your letter 20 me
as an oelrer OF lie sat. ana Of your department.
and as PT.eseI e2 Y Hr NorT. ar" or hi M s
ciafcs w!n say thai T. X p4f' evident =" ~"
MAJ your r.s, l., br ,,e.oss Of the rontra.tor
~ contract 40 3 ana that he has motive IN ct
tiny riI O, me as assistant engineer. IN" ipi"W-
ime are a few Of the many reasons i"r TINS con-
cuson: .,... ., 49,, v.no,o,,,
g sS an Ok h rmoy Of " r 'e ny oas
Of the contractors OF contract NJ. d. IS "a brother
coarse VIII sad Gon,Ia9',L. Gaining IA fa''''r
Tb,yi ~, Instructions ,rc most favorable 10 he
contractors whether according io 'h" sp' ifch'lors
and rules or otherai'e In ne I7' monthly rsil-
rneft at s. - which So. without doubt moro than
the actual cost -
reaT T.' nay, been mail 20 rr' NJ Morn 70
sisssify a., any yo ~ 9nf " esm are fork low a
can De properly classified aiter hey are p awaited
and burieI IN r spon-hanh faN 10 seq tn ma
a~,cr % those you inspected when you "efr h~'.
frozen clay, with gravel and stone .ntormiH,d Mr.,
Morris tod you a. that umo tn"' n "aa f"ry hare;
material. that ncfore It w. rom iA'y nac .r,ri
was utterly untrue: the! nave n"t'r uscd zen no.!
twelve horses. They have poughed even Win soino
frost IL II with $50 spans u a''"s h.'ch"d 70
your 'deciaicn that ,hia material was 10: ro.k
70 Mr Morris lie Mr Norris ha- sine" expressed
himself rs not being satisfied with your DECISION,
and that the claf-iiicatiun might h" 'hang"i |
Hrmlv and truly believe. NJ. Adams. that Il viii 20
"ontrao. and 20 replace me with man who is not
endowed with true spirit 81 honesty ana upright
n.brr esp,cln'ly when ne may know the fate Of
hs predecessor who dared to incur the displeasurc
% the resident engineer
State Engineer Adams. after he had received
this letter and had talked with Mr. Wait. dld
not persist I'm asking his resignation but did
grant him "a leave Of absence" Since then Mr..
Wait has no. been In The employ OF the State.
David Lee the eng aeer who took Mr. Yates
place. testified TINT ne classified excavated ma
neer regardless Of what he thought about H.
ASHES USED INSTEAD or GRAVEL
Some important evidence given Yesterday
before tho Canal Commission. Robert NJ Walsh
an Inspector. testified that willie he was
inspecting Contract No. 2. OF Mcdonald & Sayrc
tust outside the limits OF Syracuse. ashes
we're used ~ nlirg for slope wall despite the
fact that gravel the material named TO be
u.ed in he contract. II told the contract
org q" n. said chat they must us- gravel Instead
~ o.hes They told 20 shut up or | would lose.
my lob" Moreover. concrete used az a foun-
dn,ion FOR -lOio wall when stone WAS required
He signed blank reports work n month In adj
vance OF It's completion. Sand was used also which
wa. OF bad quality. lie made several complaints
IN regard 70 violations OF the specifications In the
contracts to the State officials In Albany and
finally was dismissed. At present he II in The
states employ another piece Of canal work
near Lockport
John e. Wait first the eligible list OF
the Civil Service Commissions list OF engineers
He surveyed a portion OF the Oswego Canal and
was OF the opinion that the work OF surveying
could have been done NJ less expense and more
EFFECTIVELY # Il had been executed In the sprin.
instead Of IN the winter. There wGs extra work at
Syracuse which had cost the State above 81. CO.
II was the filing IN Of some land Il site for a
State shop. Ashes had been used illing FOR n
slope wall despite his protest that the contract
required gravel. Resident Engineer Morris had
ordered him to permit the use OF the ashes. Two
miles Of slope wall were Lined with these cinders