New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

and continued by Mr.. Mccain. DO you recall
Q.-Who of these two gentlemen did you first sec
When and where? AIR. Himmelwrght first
Q-When? Al can't recall the date; should
say early in March or late in February;
Q.-What did he say to you? Ale SAID tndt
ne had been delegated TO find out from me whether
our company wanted to have our construction
the Buildings Code Commission
MR. MCANN CALLED IN.
Go ahead and state the whole conversation
Al said, Of course. | wanted law so framed
that our construction would be legal and II could
be used in the future. and we were hoping at the
proper time to appear by witnesses or otherwise
before this Commission in our interest lie then
said that plans were being made WIN that
end I'm view. and If were prepared 10 say that
We wanted our material so recognized he wouid
introduce a gentleman who could aid us IN
that matter. | told him that. being IA minority
stockholder could not answer the question per
sonay. but that / would confer with those IN
control. He said he would Ike me to answer as
day thereafter / notified him that had consulted
with and conferred with the other parties; ana
they desired me to find out what was the plan OF
operation what his proposition was 10 lead To-
And thereupon he asked me- to come down to his
Office fixing hour. possibly couple Of hours
later than the time were tAen talking on the
telephone At probably / 80 OF that dSay J. went
Well" he said. II Will introduce you to gentle
wSo c wRo s avn what aD n this is to lead He said the
gentleman was an attorney up in Broadway; To-
He called on the eephonc and in the course OF
fifteen minutes Mccain came into the room. and
was introduced 10 me by Mr.. Himmelwrlght.
Q-Do you recognize Mr.. Mccain here? A
Q-Where was that meeting when you first saw
him? Ain Mr.. Himmelwrights office. In LID
Q.-Who was present? A.-Only Mr. Mccain
Go ahead A-Mr. Mccain came In. and. as
I say. was introduced to him. and after the IN
PRODUCTION and n word two Of general chat, Mr.
Himmoiwright retired Mr. Mccain proceeded 20
state to me that ne the attorney for the RoeD-
lrgs and was planning TO aid their cause before
tho Buildings Code Commission. and would llso
ow MST secmrins law Which You'd recognize CON.
crete systems OF construction. they all being known
In he trade as concrete systems, as against me
terra-cotta systems said Of course 3Sns we were
was then lkely-expected to appear In the In
and possibly the John W rabbi system and he
thought IL would be wise To associate our system
In the lot. II was one OF those recognized among
the three four that were or the dsinct concrete
type. and asked him what general thing was 90
was that the law should be made a graded law as
he explained II. that IL % say that certain sys-
heights Of buildings, other systems might be made
lega in buildings limited 90 one hundred feet n
field Of operation OF the law By en.argng what is
known as ne are limit, %itnn WnS as no sn n9l-
tended 10 do away with wood construction In many
directions lie talked probably fifteen or twenty
! remained the listener and finally said Well
% Mhe d S ins asked S me 70 SRa
thought II would be worth told him | had no
ing 10 me an attorney. and was not putting a
price other mems ability. and finally he said;
the second class namely. that your material
would be legal in buildings M 10 one hundred fee,
IN height and n YOU would be- satisfied with that
sort OF "a law. we would suggest an amount OF
$4,000 as a fee" r. We wanted our material 10 be
legal In ali buildings TO any height the cost would
be greater. but he did not iame an amount. and
then asked me II thought that was a satisfactory
amount. said could not say nt all 1t might be
and 1t might not be: II would All depend on how
prosperous the business might DC under IA" law.
and that was entirely matter Of the future.
ali and he said that the proposition was unless
the law framed IN a satisfactory wav t. Us.
derstood no retainer. although he didn't
that exact language told him ! would have TO
quarters Of an hour probably. ana he said thar II
urgent that our company give an answer 20
Commission was already organized. aud were going
have public hearings ~ day OF two. and he
wanted TO appear there Tor az many clients as he
might have when The time came think that
public hearing held the Monday TUESDAY
following. | do not recall the exact date Was
present AZ the hearing the latter part OF Il
Was told that Nj. Mccain was there an attor.
ney but for whom was not Informed During the
week. and covering the next three or four days.
inquired of how soon | could get communica-
ton with my other associates.
Q-Who asked you7 Al think only talked
with Mr.. Hmmewrght possibly once during the
week with Mr. McCsnn: will not state positively
And said that unfoi tunatey was planning TO go
away the latter part Of the week and was not
sure whether toe principal member ~ our arm
who lives Ia Plttaburg could he here ON Thurs.,AV
| received advlces-on Wednesday | correct that
that Mr. chess. account ~ other business Was
to meet a gentleman here and would be- here ON
FRIDAY and saturday. he came 10 meet Mr.
Goldinr. th" inventor q the expanded metal. and
had other business with him. They were here on
Friday and on my notification TO MIR Himmel-
wright that they we're In town an appointment was
made FOR Friday afternoon ~ about O'Clock as