The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-07
CROKER'S PARTNER ROLLED
Mr. MEYER BECOMES EXoITRD At
MdzET INQUIRE.

All kinds OF testimony were heard at the SEES
,,o, OF the Mazet Committee held in the room
o,the Board Of Trade and Transportation yes
..rd.y. There WAS testimony from the Park
n.D.rtment. the Board OF Health. the Dock De-
a.,,msnt the Department OF Bridges and the
pniding Department. and. to divsrstfy. an out
b,e,t in two parts by Peter F. Meyer. Richard
c,otsr's business partner and imitator. In the
sour,, Of the testimony light was thrown on
anne unofficial methods OF making money on
Al. mart OF officials out OF such celebrations
=, tho Dewey parade.
To hegiu with DIR. Charles I. Roberts. SAM
Jaw Inspector OF the Health Board testified
,b,, inspectors were instructed to see to IL
,h,t the Dewey celebration stands were pro-
,id.d with closets having sewer connections.
rbis WAS due to a letter from President MUIR
INV n, the Health Board ON the subject. DIR.
pob,rts denied that the Health Boards EN-
n,ovees had left the offices practically deserted
an IN. day Of the Sullivan Chowder for tickets
N (which they paid So each. Then stephen w.
carey was cal cd aud his phi stefan certified that
be was suffering from rheumatic affection
y, the feet and couldn't leave his bed.
7, viev Of the testimony which followed
I, could b. comprehended that Mr.. Carey might
no more com Portable in bed than with the com
ritt.s This testimony came from William J.
Rerr, who had a stand on the northwest cor
,orof siJ'y-seventh street and Central Park.
u;s stand was inspected by shoals OF Build
inc Dcpartrneut inspectors" as he put 1t. and
finally passed by one Of them. stephen ". Carey
Locked after this matter for him. and the in
,pector who told Carey that the stand was all
right was No $40 and was called Dan"
This man. Dan" said the witness. came
around on Friday afternoon and told us to go
ahead, that We were all right. On Saturday at
IL o'clock when the upper half OF the stand
was full OF people whe held tickets and the
best seats were being sold. a policeman and
building inspector came to the rear of the
stand and turned the people out We learned
that the inspector had condemned the last six
rows. We lost $500 on that. l asked the in
,pector why he hadn't done his oondemning on
the day before. AID that the stand had been
formally passed He said he had nothing to
do with what had occurred before. Iran down
to see Mr. Gaber. the builder. and asked him
to brace the stand Gabler smiled and said:
That inspector wants to be staEed. We've
had to settle With our inspectors on the other
stands though they had already passed the
stand But our stand Is built all right. isn't
itaIsaid Certainly. he said. but you give
the inspector t25 and it will be all right
went back. and Carey and went to the inspec-
tor Carey talked to him down behind the
stand The inspector said. 1 can do anything
FOR you YOU II have to sec Dooner.' 'Supsrin-
teniant OF Buildings Carey went after Dooner.
hut couldn't find him In tho account book OF
my partner. Mr. SNYDER, found those entries:
Sept Is. inspector $50. IS; Sept 90. in
spector 100 S25' AiterWard Carey told me
that he had given away $50 seats that he had
to Ak the police with a lot OF seats "
" SSnyder then took the stand and said: Mr.
Carey came to me and said 1 ve got to give this
inspector hvedolar note It's an outrage.
but there's nothing else 10 DO. want you to
see it, The inspector came along and his left
hand touched Mr.. Carey's right hand which
held folded bill When III. inspector had
passed. Mr.. Carey's hand was empty. Next day
Mr.. Carey told me he had to give S25 more to
the inspector and that should enter it on the
books
Mr. Berry resumed the stand and told how
his carpenters. because he hadn't bsen able to
pay them, chased him out OF the stand. He
yelled Police" and two policemen came and es-
corted hun away. They said they had been
sent 70 protect him. from the station house.
and asked il he didn't think their protection
was worth SO They didn't get it. He found
out TINT the catering privilege had been given
TO the captain OF the precinct
Bridge Comm ssioner John l.. Shea handed
10 Mr.. Moss the papers in reference to the pro-
,osaj hr;J,, Iat-.,, uL,..,, I NJ,
iyn ,cross H,nctws,rs IsI,nd NJ NJ. .n,
II Mr Sheas engineer, in hissurveys. was going
ey,s,irg fr,nchisa Mr. Sbso o,id ha hodn',
irs,ructad HE ergin.er wbara 10 a.,.Il;ah ~.
line Of The h,idoa erca,t 70 NM !, IN tbo 49,,
rI,cs II would h. +, hid thire ,,id ~. ,rit
ness TO run on land covsrad hv .ny ,r.,chIsa
The hrido. uuI cost ba cold 49,. sItnnn
ono II would no, do.ian.d In,
traffic ,xccrting aIav,t.d r,J,ro,d troi,,. 80
trolley Iinns NJ Moas ,skad 10 Oh. p,aot
wall. IsIanJ hrides md tbo o,b., hr;.n". =.
Contamination won dn,t nr.yon, ~. .o,r;.i
tiop Of K.nid TRANSIT Mr. she, did,,t thi.L
so
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ID WY" ,ne more important' rapid IRAN
NJ y, '"e D'aeA"e" is'ana oriuEe' asksu
"t. MOSS.
., 'upP's" RAPID transit H. rep'ieo
pr n a''er some 'housht'
Peter +. Meyer got up here and demanded
' ",as az notk department employees no ex-
80, ""''o ''o committee was pul'oihR ths1
"I"Sp' KS our meeting day. SAID ne.
'' W. eau noiu any inee'hk WINE all the