New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

sway he went. on other occasions he USED 70 &C cs
SS,enf' sad mean &c ecoas yo1 ~ title have
es5nef 1bd anq he e ever PS tell You his title
shipY A-Never: never been able to ma 0''"
know that his friends
TORE HIS OFFICE DOWN
A. oNsver mind about that A-Wel on e aho'ney n any
occas sion when he could not get rid OF me ~ ~ .nrs r
way tore my little priyasds S1S SSe that oce and
hang up clothes In and hoIEh, wsae saa haS oc
make me sssSrs sS but y y t@e there lead for
which they built strong ieao ns nouF9 reperted IT,
soe beo mors vs sSd the esWs which thought were good
had 3ssn ss es%s sSsn %c SousS
sufficient and very good to nd hs s0. occurred during
b tsst9Ts ne were er NV assistant foreman CHANGED
for another, the night Waterman was ,snssd ensnsso
was sas completely surrounded with other than those
OF my own choosing: vs Than they
set Sasps to Work1i think without making much at
tempt to discover the theft. - ,n.ds IN dis
cover the thieves9 A-No. They made G charges srses
against fought those s chargeS m xste ahu hem ne out
say that in order 10 give you the volume OF
and when Sa 9S %nsss sS shapS h Rs
as they had made up their minds to ds'hagge ihs sed
Of course s C s and ss %'
back pay look upon It as forced vaeS''o asd ONE for
Four ms Years ar 'e and very good time OF the year
and enjoying myself the very yS03,a4 9sst BSt sa am
underpaid at the present time 60 ,s drained?
Q-i see you caused the yards 10 DC oia'ne''
o-They had never been drained bef0re' A.
where the water accumulated? Ayes.
oHThe fences had been used for posters ana
OTHER disngurementsS M % %S A-Yes.
PUT THINGS IN GOOD SHAPE
ovor had The corporation yards bright and
c,ean? A'-Yes; dxed them up: buildings, repaired
Q-And the different articles tney haa 0ee''
Vns Pe0uha PeopIe used TO say that 1t looked like
navy yardY A.-some one used the expression that
1t looked ke Ss an an od Army officer put that in
shape As an old Army officer would be expeed,eq nd
came home and was asked to take the position u,sI
had been oId an tas Ud poson IN the
pu CITY 'ney pepartment came from no district came
from no politician in any Tsy shape So Sf Was
asked fG0 If wsaG ~oSd "G take the position said didGt
mink could SsP 1grd i to- va, TAy s'id day 's said
couldn't take that Finally they raised It a little
more, but l never got anything like what ought
o.|what reason was given on d the lst Of ySnu Soue
AIRY for taking $1,000 on your salary A'->o"e
Jus it. and that is all you hnGw ssSry aDSri %
he so and so, and hereafter your title VIII De
~ o'"@Yes. @HS s. Al protested against it o,,u
o-fhe cut Of 5000 went along with the clip
ring Of the colonel from your name? Ayes
% o.@Did You certify from time 70 time as the
foreman of the yar9 s ise r amount 'na' was 0Oe
o.EFor the purpose of making up the payroll?
Q.1And you have been able TO make some COM
parsons but not many? Ayes. sir
JOSEPH HANLEY'S WAGES.
o.-Now L ask you to look at your memorandum
for the weeks ending February and February 5,
and say what you certified TO have been earned
by one Joseph Hanley, who, ! think suceeeoeo
you as the foreman OF the yard? Ayes, SIT ne
was made assistant foreman, but took charge l
think when ! came away perhaps not openly Out
he virtually did. and since then believe ne mas
been discharged
Ono he has been transferred 10 another de-
nar,-oent? A.-Transferred or something. Trans
ferred from another department; he got away from
the pipe yard. ] find in my memorandum pooA i
"Was Fanloy paid week ending FEBRUARY l. low
sS IS or morc?" and found out from what COM
parsors have been able to make
O-Tbat isn't the question Al beg your par
don.
Mr. Moss-Is Mr. Daltons representative here
yet?
No response.
Mr. Moss-Was the subpoena servedE
one of Mr. Moss's assistants replied that IL was
Mr. Moss-I called on Mr.. Dalton to produce the
original memorandum
O-Now. from any memoranda you nave ca"
Won state what you certified to the Department as
having been Gained by Mr.. Hanley for the week
ending February !? A.-Thirteen dollars and sew
enty-hve cents.
oAnd what did you certify the Department as
having been earned by Mr.. Hanley for the week
ending February s? A.-Fourteen dollars and sew
enty-hve cents.
o.-You made this certhcation from your knowl-
edge and because It your duty as the head OF
that yard? Ayes
o-Now these rolls that have been produced
from the Department, and also from the Con-
,rouer,s office show I read the item Week end
ing February l. $780, Joseph Hanley, No. 5oi West
Thirty -fourth-st, assistant foreman, eight days
work.; that is in one week. Is 1t? A-fes, Sir
O-"Eight DAYS at 81 50, So and j. Hanley's
receipt This was the paper that was identified
by Mr. Mckay. Now, what we're Mr. Hanley's
duties there? Ale intended to take Mr.
Hofman's place. the assistant foreman, who was
attending 10 the books but have great difficulty
10 get In there mornings or 10 get him 10 do any
thing.
o-Is there any way in which he could do more
than one DAVIS work in a day? A.-Oh, there were
ways, of course.
O.-Was there any way in which he was doing
that? A-No. sir told him / would not allow
work to be done except in working hours, from
to s. He did it some, but that was previous TO
this.
o-Tbat was previous to this? A.-Yes sir. and
j stopped that
o-Did you write to Mr.. Mckay concerning Mr.
Hanley frequently? Ayes. sir
o.-And what were the nature of those commune
cations? A.--That l couldn't get him TO attend
TO his work Either 10 Mr.. Mckay or Mr.. Dalton,
forget which, or Mr.. Birdsall one OF the three.
NO GOOD REASON FOR THE RISE.
Q.-And this payment of $50 for which you had
certified $l3 Is IS without any reason az far as you
know? Ayes. sir.
Q.-What is the amount you certified the next
week the week ending February s? lA.-Fourteen
dollars and sixty-nne cents, was IT. Fourteen
dollars and sixty-nne cents.
OIL find this entry on the payroll for the week
ending February s.: Joseph Hanley, No. sol West
Thirty-fourth-st assistant foreman. eight days
work al 81 80. $2O." receipt signed by j. Hanley.
was there any foundation for increasing that
mans pay over your return7 A.-No. sir.
Q-Was anything asked Of you about it7 A.