The sun., 1899-08-03
10 the Uvoldo Company had enjoyed s7255e


l3 the Uvadc Company had enjoyed s72.55e
a, And this Is the business done by concern
and bs II WeS NJ so say yoY DO not
Ing o r M"s ERS nndsr yG% the sun did
&Yr 81 .aa tG mr. SqsSGsr %"rpSy % them ,hsy do soo1
work and don't charge too much"
AN 1NTERLuDE on A POPULAR BuNco GAME.
cdI Frederick HAL Of lSt Waysrsy place test-
Schroeder. a saloon ketrer,o 10 East East Forty F%ss
=" Ss Srrc street Mr. I'M Md.s
hanHeI M Gyer M for "sa'SkcspinR without, inter.
s ns 6a1E fr no hs S c "@ .1ycs get
nnination. but was told that he hadn't passed.
seen Schroeder and Croker talk together in
MyihiSGC,s yii 1n,s, for fifteen minutes. in the Murray
.""This shows sanction by the Organization OF
thiT kinH iTaG3idn Of EleGai2s" saa Mr. Mofs -
but MIR Moss declined TO withdraw it.
MORE DOCK DEPARTMENT FAvoRtTEs.
s tmnt Hn HITphy THs c and tes
that Edward r Carroll % brother h r. Of Of J%G iohn +
Carroll was formerly allied with. Carroll had
The witness said that he knew Of only one
W %Ss the htl,T atln1 C"mnnny;, This firm n.y. wanted
Of q concern called Cqndse 4 smith. He was
satisfied, he said. that no ono could sell him
Il 60, 50 he didn't bother looking any further.
N0rct MI Moss los shovel that from on Mnrche, 1873, to
chased ;S45'is6 worth Of cement from Mr.
kanr's firm at, 81 barrel. All OF this money
was spent without advertising for bids After
for bids. with the result that. It got ali the ce,
ment, it wanted at Sl,o+. sl."5 and $l..si u
I'm March you stopped the Kane monopoly"
SAID Mr. M9ss. Do you remember that II was
in March that this committee was sent down
here
Mr.. Murphy.
Commissioner Murphy testified that con-
given to NanEhtqn / Go Daniel ]; MsMahonn.
;hoY"A d from no The records that since Jan l.
partment without omen bidding. Commissioner
tracts for um ber and piles. too. and the records
showed that contracts ranging from, Sl,oOOto
the M pfsF
tion OF the favor bestowed on Naughton Il
ssy s ycheasy TIGs read
figures, showing that another concern much
X hs SSw Sc
many Senator. Maurice Featherson. is Presi-
John P. Kane produced record showing
1sa "'s t% 1ny fau 1891 49, 81 isS fS% a
well as treasurers orders.
Mr. Moss senddoaEored TO y, get some inside
sioner Of Highways William y. shannon. who
shannon was, adamant. however. and was
finally excused.
Dr S Joseph Menning OF Is adison street
admitted that he. was ambitious to be poles
surgeon. and that he had tried to get Patrick
Asked If $4,000 had been mentioned to him a.
the price Of the appointment. he said that it
had not. and that money had never been men
toned to him.
HOW TAMMANY DowNED cR1MMINs IN THIRD
AVENUE.
Commissioner Of Highways JamesP p Keat-
T5rG sy
the streets for the 9f pndnEE IN syT
Of President Elias and Edward Lauterhach.
He denied, positively that the permit had been
was applied for. lie knew now. he said. that
Naughton * Co. had the contract to reconstruct
the roal. but he didn't know it when he issued
Isaac 4. Hopper a contractor, testified that
he had done great deal OF work for the Third
Avenue Railroad Comgany and had tried hard
to get this contrart s, oo Hr & estmateI that ths
it for nernentage Of the cost ) per cent, on
aao1 AMI 10 per fsnt .tbon On mI,era b He didnt
HTf r 10 fs ew eS ays hs ths Exec
tive Committee firm got it.
ELIAS DENIES THAT CROKER ORDERED IT.
President Elias OF the Third Avenue Railroad
Company testified that Mr.. Hopper. Mr.. T. f..
Crmmins and Naughton 4 Co had all offered
to do the work at the same price
Mr.. Hopper had had little experience in
railroad building" said the. witness, while
Naughton 4 Go. had Just finished the Eighth
avenue. piece Of work that ! had watched
and was much pleased with With their tools
| and sheds still along Eighth avenue and their
| gangs of men all ready. they were prepared to
| Just move across town and begin work. while
| Mr. Crimmins and Mr.. Hopper couldn't pos
| sbly begin for some time"
Wasn't an arrangement made with Mr..
| Crimmins by which he was to get the contract.
| providing he obtained permit from the Com
| missioner OF Highways. framed in a certain
| wav2" asked Mr. Moss
NO. sir" replied the witness.
Mr. Elias said that he was member OF the
| Democratic club. but not member OF Tam
many Hail He had made three visits TO the
club. he said. and on one occasion had talked
| with Richard Croker about the state Of affairs
| on Amsterdam avenue. He had asked MIR,
Croker to do what he could to straiGhten
I am informed said Mr.. Moss. that in
conversation you had with Mr.. Croker he said
| motive power on your road. Who are you GO
| ing TO give the job to?' You are reported to
| hnve replied that you expected to give it to the
man who ALWAYS did hig lobs for YOU. Then.
AZ, tod. Mr., Croker said: Give i to to Dan
MIr,Mahon9 it'll please the organization Is
1T i, not" said the witness. 1T is abso-
The committee adjourned until this morn
| Ing at lD:;O o'clock.