New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11

O.-Only concrete: the concrete spread over the
wire arch through the Roebling system A.ies s;,
Q.-Is that the whole Of 1t? A.-There Is cell
0-And then the wire arch and concrete sPre ssS
o.-You mean concrete that has been mixed d up
with water so TO make IL pliaoleF A.-'oh-
crete: I mean sand and cement and ashes -.
substance e which Is generally used-the components
of those materials? Ayes sir
do business in this city were using just that kind
of a foundation. didn't you? A-No ~.
9WSy di SDD S you BEFORE embarkng this
terprise, and sinking your money In 1t? Al had
p, o.oBnt You have already said that yon did not
expect to have very large amount c OF Si1ek wo Td
be paid for by the sum OF money that you a Mere
made up your mind that the sum you were to ask
your father for was to be your capitalY Ayes.
o.-And as proud spirited young man. you did
not mean to ask for any more than that from your
o." oNAnd it was Of great importance to have that
capital well founded and not res on,6 on om ere
/ knew as long as the Roeblings. were connected
with & would receive fair deal nsop,s had had
trouble about using their own system? A-No
Q.-About using what was practically their own
QNDidnt You know that when You put your oqG
there was In regard 10 freproohng system
trouble but did not know what trouble tney
were having. They were using the system IN New
o.Nwhere were they using your system in New
QWhere? AIn the Bowling Green Se,n Su' Tredi
Th M is the only Place can think of at present
Odd you hear OF any place where II was not
permitted to be used? A-No Much tns,r hid was
$4,000 lower than any other COMPANY they were
Park ROW? A.1No sir
ur IrARNs SOMETHING DAILY.
oAu that transpired before you became a
s,oc,<bolder in this company didn't It? Ayes.
sir. -.
O.-You know now that that was the fact don't
YOU? Al know that now. yes. sir.
O.-When did you first learn that? Al thinK
/ learned it just now.
o-Is this the first you ever heard OF that? A.
o.L1Vi,erv veil. Now you have learned some
thing about your own business In wnGn N geRh nar
father for that on great CONTRACT! S 'n renroo
for ng os0 and fGT although their bid
was s25 900 less than anybody else they WIZ iau'
permitted to carry o% act What do you think
about that? Al haven't thought about II: o.
isn't Ye don't Tu fear iG anyyhns
Q.-You are not afraid now that any any. E sr
oAAre you afraid Of that? A:-Yss; sir afraid,
A.cweren't afraid?
Sssemblyman Fallows-He said fear, ,,o a,sr,.
O~What did YOU mean when you said you 9uI.
fear ANYTHING or were not afraid? What did you
mean By that?. Al meant didn't fear anything
'n opidnt you mean you didn't fear that your
investment was not perfectly saie dc an All Il wanted
TO do? Didn't you mean that? Al meant my my
money M was perfectly safe in the hands OF the
hSeDs if the Roebling company, which is formed
Simply Tor oaibeeres from doing freproohng what
Would become Of your capital! A'-lheie "ou'''
mGch become woudt be much left would thereY
ne value of the stock Of your company Is IN n,e
business and whfh {Gs p pPevened business
the capital is worthless isn't ~ .a1 that your COM
rs1y viii be prevented from doing business 40 :,
Wei it has always done it, don't IA Kn9w he Tny
iojDed the company and doing it now Tho cor-
Q-But he h syed at building where they
prevented? A.-Oh. they are not getting every
'n1ns P 'o because the hreproof system OF
4crete was not considered acceptable by me Az
thortes? Well that don't say II Is not "'oep'""''
by everybody
NONE REJECTED SINCE HE JOINED.
o-yon have had no bids or plans rejected since
vo,, have been In that company, have you! A
Not that 7 know OF ] don't know OF all the bids
o-you don't know OF any that have been re-
iected. do you? A-You mean going up TO the
Building Department?
O-Yes A-No sir.
O-How is it that the work OF your company or
~ the Roeblings was not accepted in important
matters before you went into the company anI
very important They have been accepted IN Just
as important things before we maven zone
o. am not talking about city contracts. am
talking about contracts in general n4d Ro o he
Building Department the purpose OF when ya hea 40
prevent just such terrible fnd eory much Interested in
this matter OF hreproohng because we can s'a"u
man eyye D5 Hoffman-Is that a question. Mr..
MOI STr Moss-I suppose you agree with me?
Mr. Honman~i simply want to keep track OF the
Questions, that Is all os sroorine for the
o MI; and for every one but do say IT as
remark of counsel that selected TINS lne OF exam am,
feit impelied to do because of the particular M
terest in this subject just now or,,or,or,v i'm
me noY; a. there is Impending legislation on
Pbat matter four different bills having been intro
d9eeo H oT much salary do you get secretary Mr.
Croker? ATwentyVeer sadement here that the
shares allotted to Mr.. Hnkley were %; FRANK ~:
GTS aTss O. O. Reebng 5o Frank 4 Briggs 10 and
tbn baIance to Ferdinand w: Roebing. Is that
light? Al think so; don't know exactly the
exact distribution of the stock
srAxED ALL HIS CAPITAL GAYLY.
oNow in this matter. Mr.. Croker. without
.iro these detailed questions too far. isn't 1t
foot that YOU Just put your $1,000 right into TINS
venture relying upon, or having confidence ,hat IL
had been arranged by others In way that II
void he perfectly safe for you? Al just put the
money into the company; that was all.
O.-And the arrangements had all oeen maze by
other people had they not? Al don hho" any
hing about any arrangements 49,. .h.. ,o,,
OoAil the arrangements except tnose ',ia' you
made nv other people? Alright have BEEN but
Soh d You went into this matter, and put your
money into this COMPANY IN s sha' ""A'
And YOU did 1t because your rather thought IL
WIS ali right. didn't you? Ayes. sir:
- And did YOU believe that your father under
s,Cod oil the matters connected with the company
and connected with the business? Al thought he
did ~ he gave mo the money he must have
% Won believe that he had Investigated the mat
ter himself and was satisfied. or he would not have
Know: | think he had investigated It. but could
not tell you that. , -, -, 49, ooo
Q.-Wlll you tell me what became OF 'ne Si,Vo5