The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-12
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CITY complains 81 nh"i~'r''' AH"""''S
Hod.ups a HoEeo "' =" 800
bridge oh"'"'
TN, Nazet Committee hH6 Intended ~ co eI-
,..,,volv into ,he mater Of ci:y oontra,ta I'VE
,srd,y 6n, the failure OF sarors! hoacs o. Dc
.r,n,nts 10 comply Sith the dsmsods 1r thair
,nhpoeuas. :asd- II i'm 2ossihie'o bring out me
.i,L ., ovIdence that Nr MnHes ~As PARTICULAR
en-, tious to get upoa The reco d
yram \. uater. supervisor OF ire ciU
Es.ori, was auest"aed Apon' s"e 'oo'r"''e ~.
h, she Board Of OF. Record for stationery, and
aid thu all contracts. with Few s1o~pH"us.
v.r. publicly ~ ior. He admitted that enc
concern was supplying Ill ot she stationery. ana
,hs, Martin Is. Brown NCo. were d"'hx "Imos'
do, the printing, bat said that they had got
their contrac according TO law. He had 'e"n
,cld to bring list % all tao contracts let blythe
Board without ruNI' p'"h'hk' pu' na'. "c huo
been unable TO do 90 in tho short time given to
him
Clark DocNerty ~ tho Fire Department.
Deputy Commissioner Gibson Of tho Street
Cleaning Department. and Commissioners
Dalton Of the Water Supply Department.
offered the saro excuses for NOT producirs
statements called for by Mr.. Moss. aud were
excused ur''l they could set ;h"tn really.
HenryS K"atry. Commissioner OF :he De-
partnent Of Public buildings. Lighting end
Supplies. testified that he supplied tyrcTritcrs
10 the @ Is DEPARTMENTS and mad honore9 n
re,Uisition FOR ~i1te"n, at $40 apiece. from
Register fromme. When MIR Moss exprossod
surprise At the price. the witness sam mat N"
ypewrt"rs w"r" very large and for Use IN
printing IN books. Mr. Moss asked the Com
missioner II ne had given the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company the right to build
electric 'nh1uYts alongside its tracks. He said
thai he had
=. How many l think it was 36 on
each side. tut can t be sure.
. Don't you think that when you allowed
MS YOU gave away valuable tranchisep A.
NotntaU. Those ducts ar" under or alongside
ofthe tracks and no on- but the railroad peo-
pie could Use TINS ground anyway. The space
might A well be used Tor ducts as Tor anything
else.
Mr. Ke'rney said that IL the Metropolitan
people lad asked for permission to build a
thousand du'ts 1t would never have occurred
phin t. refuse" II" couldn't see any reason
why they shouldn't build as many ducts as
they wanted to. Mr. MOSS asked him II he
knew that tho railroad people meant to
sell their surplus power and wanted the ducts
todstrilute il to customers. He replied that
he didn't 'eev" that this was true. but that II
It was he thought it could be stopped by law.
although h" couldn't be sure OF it, He issued
permits for seventy ducts to the Third avenue
railroad company. he said. and would give
them the right to build more II they wanted
them.
DO YOU know that large number OF wires
have been laid in these streets already" asked
Mr. Moss; "A great many more than is neces-
sary TO operate the roads,
Il have no way OF telling what wires have
been placed In the streets nave no rights in
the matter OF wires at all. The rule on that
point has never been approved by the Munich
pa Assembly and it has left me helpless. Any
man can string wirrs anywhere he likes. and l
am power!e's I" stop him. IL go and cut down
wires mSselt or cause IL 10 be done am liable
70 arrest for trespass | have had mon arres.-
ed 'or string'hg wires without permits and
they nave o"en promptly discharged in the po-
lice courts me rnl" speak OF. which covers
THIS matter mas been before the Municipal As
seiholy lor a year ana nan. out has never got
out OF committee have made inquiry nfrcr
inquiry ABOUT H. but have been invariably told
'h"' ''ero never quorum Oh tne committee
pr'seIt VINE" III" RUE comes up'
"f nal ~ ooun" remember the name OF
any tnehoef OF the committee which is holding
-. ''''' $50 ef
p'" W '',e mayor sa'u that the latter had no
more 'n"uence WIN the municipal Assembly
Wsn any one else
l might add. said the witness. that the
NY mas not concurred IN my contract for
"tn,.ns. elther'
v isn't the city paying for the gas 1t Is
wang a NO
"'' ever pay A. don't know.
1' us'nE eas all the tlme isn't itY
hr. e' 0u' II mas no authority 10 pay the
WINS,
AN1' '''eFal Witnesses nad been examined
w w'HPF ria"erS' II. L. fokeoy was called.
ltes'uent OF 'he oValdc Asphalt Com
- - ""'V" az commissioner Murphy OF the
~ Dopa',.leh' autn't'eo, enjoys monopoly
'ue "phatlng contracted for by his depart
men
hs company at Pier Inst luna o,ra,dv
needed repairing He said that his company
49,. 'ne L'tho-' arbon Company. OF
uo' texas ana was using the same pro-
O. Isn't it fact that - Ono .or,ro v.rd. =,
.spn"' a'o IN Troy by your company a few
s.,l'.p w. nan'o o" 'aken up and replaced by
s :" n' asphalt? A. We verlaid any asphalt
~ i.p' We sold the rock to the city of Troy
ana there was some trouble. but it was due to
m.,hIv V, mat m" Troy people didn't have tho