New-York tribune., 1899-04-11

..r.. y-ous Al don't recall them. no. sir.
Ntfs'rr letters for instance to the Building De-
o~".. of the School Board. You remember
ys''nn. m there don't you? Al don't recall
ter. III for instance TO the Building Depart
the school Board. You remember writing
ren. don't you? Al think our company
up na YOU yourself wrote the letter. as the
Q-seeSS Of the company didn't you? Al don't
secIesnhsr writing letter there.
rsneWrcs know the letter was sent? Al know
Q-ious letter sent petition. sort of sent to
theresomnttee to ask to be allowed to figure
sone HSI't don't mean an ordinary petition. mean
..sS;srs Al don't remember; -. ,
o-LSmember any such letters
d'o9and your brSther ssspar,a5ey of sSGrse
re.av use certain materials in which you
they svSds Any brother7
o.NSS-I don't remember writing.
bayou won't deny that you have? Al won't
ssSSutw u YOU deny it? A.-NO. I won't deny it.
o-s with these matters. Al am coming out
scgsree;; YOU written letters 10 the Building
,Ss1srtment and School BOARD indicating certain
psss they might use on the school cDnstruS C.
ncn ,,rrn Of a petition.
tsos tsosrYo. don't mean in the form Of petition
It met is entirely possible YOU may have done so9
n--NO
dG' And nd Mr.. Snyder we tried to get here but he
Q-sAAinuvnatclv very sick at his home. DID you
s Sun uni that Mr Snyder was sick? NO: sir;
you Mr. TrO:s Snyder yden to Suy or to use or to put
you Construction of schools? Al say ooh
- mlsmember writing any let Letter yo, wanted the School
Q--.-nent 70 take or TO use-steel! Ave
pspsss chance TO figure on some OF the sonooi
hGoPBsft GoaBat steel work. some of it. was e'sen'iai'
A-oh.,I no A-Wire was used in the system.
9-ouiside OF the system? A'-No'
SOME RETURN WAS EXPECTED.
- croker what were you to do for this
Q-M, cororanv IN return for the 5000 worth Of
un.'o ADo whatever ! could for them' l
suppose aoo Al could not do any
0--,,c,,la- 7 did not know much about the
contracting business .,.h ,h.r, have YOU? A
Gu hem once in a while. They have their
on s@ Sn IN the Syndicate Building. .-o, ,o,rt
o-That IS oLs ge'snss ans for heads of departments.
toT Al could not tell you oI1ssctors t4ss with
oafSyTo you ARE are acquainted in that buiidns' don
YOU VA A7Sa Nave already said that you were and n05
o-lSr,y ACQUAINTED with Mr Livingston ,bnv h.sv
Huf-n fact yogg be qio frst Tgt names Of some OF
lived .~,erds Now what was there ~ 'ie ,,o,, and
70, or friendship what was 'e on the one side and
your n.o and Huff and Molineux on me ne two
siss which would leaa 'nem caeh present Of $1,000:
yoSas Sat was there between you! AmIY thoneht we
knew lot Of people u''''''''' .,.r
Q.-Ddnt tney ,tS SS railroads. A.-No. sir. ..o
those Te s,re they never mentioned any %
,isy departments? Al "o"
don IN jnink 5ev % ever speak to you aooTt ,sgough
work in ai'y ,,J oJ d5eeartments? 5T A.No, sir &C
sone US 4 necessary TO speak OF sun citv work
that? A--They did no not expect -
don there anything in the mthg he voSrsef or
or in the acqureo ae valushle to these men; VINO
;yr,a5ded yoer 10 do planning and M See Of
tract business Aw -oIp brother-oder or younger
g. o-nTT? To"? A-He is going on twentY-'n'ee'
lieye He E. two years older than yOu' is he' A
Pretty near M twS done geaTs any particular work since he
&c; ca1ieee? A.~No. sir. -,oo,ea yourselves in
' 'o.|Neiiher OF you have pSSrIi1 pSo sir
any p2TGSuaT 81 srsDGnh SoG have had any g PTs'toal
ex1erience in contract wo'A VI
Nc sir. o.. 70 engineering problems y7si you are sT R
fectly innocent OF them. areh S'"
''''' ' HE PREFERS QUIET JOBS
w., uor,d not hesitate. you would nov .rIuId 1.n,1S
- 40 city work. would YOU A
Just as lief not do IT, oo,,sos q lot Of talk.
9-WRhyvy yvbom? A k|Eyerybody- iBink YOU
o-EverybOddy and Sd,i1 newspaper ~
woud T that what am 1baf nere was led
croker 11sson 1Es because Of the general situation nn
70 esh o ou have not hesitated DIT on 1,o,,
contracts for the Roebing system ~, nnor,nefition
o-Then 1t makes some talk % coTs ns,S a any atten-
Ion ~ + much because are doing eVery'hinS
fair. cannot be criticised ,o men like
o-You have acquantances. youinff inffdi, t reiao
Yourself who have grown up IN Ma 4 vnmr father
;Ions with YOU with whom you ana ana gTer .ys in cor
Nave feen acouaintc' for years, VINO are 49,, III ~
rs,,o1s nere Us sqtnated much as you are. maven
E99l or Dtrbsps they are little older than YOU? :?
Al do not recall any just now in business lKe
ours-not in any business Ike ours 49,. ,,ouo -
o-vhat company is he in? Al don't knoT T-1
so ohn q Kane eo1u1a mar comnany
% 0-1nen Won knew the Sherifs relative, what
n his name-Mr Dunn-What is ms mrs. nlst haine, i
that is IN some contract business? A.-Dont Kno"
o-Bartho;omew isn't It? Al don't know. sir
Mr. Moss-I will not ask any more questions just
The Chairman-We will take recess until 2
o'clock We want all the witnesses to be mere al
Mr o'sullivan-I would like 10 ask one question
Q-This new company that we were talking about
existence. as understand. il has done no business
and no business has been offered to il in any way?
Mr Moss-One moment Mr Croker Is you broth
er n any corporatd.on2 ATNqt that know Of
through With You Do not want to keep eTe yen here
unnecessarily You are going 10 remain In town
Mr. Moss-If there is anything further / will
send YOU a note. that you will rot have any
annoyance do not want anybody 10 be put TO any
Mr. Moss-Io Mr. Bingham present? II Mr. Bing-
lam is present let him answer. I will call Thomas
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