The Portland daily press., 1899-08-12
MAzET BOARD ADJoURNs.
wiz Begin Sessions Again septem-
her IL.

New York, August 1.-THE Mazet leg
isIative Investigating committee today
adjourned until September -. Attorney
Frank Moss will spend the next four
weeks preparing statement of the work
Of the COMMITTEES anh framing reports
of improvements or supposed improve
ments In matters pertaining to municipal
Legislation, which Will be presented to
the next legislature. Assemblyman
Hoffman, the Democratic member sof
the committee In attendance, objected to
the adjournment, but he was out voted
4 to 1, by the Republican members.
f.Ths session today was not productive
of Sensational results. Superintendent
Butler, who is in charge of the city rec
ords, was called to the stand for the
purpose OF showing. If possible, that
contrasts for the city printing were let
out through favoritisn, but the witness
was firm and convincing In his assertions.
that all contracts were let out to bids. .
Commissioners Henry s. Kearney of
the department. Of buildings, lighting
and supplies. testified that his depart
ment had furnished sixteen typewriting
machines for the registers office. They
cost $1I5 apiece and were all of one make.
The department. had not advertised for
bids for the machines. They were fur
nished ON requisition, Register Broms
having asked TOR machines of q special
make.
MIR. Kearney said he had given permits
sion to the Metropolitan Railroad and
Third Avenue company to run electrical
ducts along their tracks.
"In granting permission to the Metro.
polltan and the Third Avenue Railroad
company 60 put in electrical ducts did
you not consider that you were giving
away valuable franohisesp" asked Mr..
Moss
"No, because those corporations are tax
payers and the city gains BY whatever
Improvements they make"
"If you have given the company per-
mission to lay more ducts than they re-
quire, you as custodian of these matters
are bound to remove them. Is that not
sof"
eff unlawfuIIy ussd, yes."
PatroIman Edward r. Nealy, until rec
entity empIoyt In clerical capacity ut
po ice headquarters and confidential aid
to Chief Devery, was asked II he knew
Frank Farrell. the reputed proprietor of
pool rooms in West s9th street and on the
Bowery. he said he knew Farrell but did
not know that he was the owner Of pool
rooms. He had never neen In pool
ro1m with Chief Devery
m llnlr 49, fhexV To- d.
Asphalt Paving company. which is doing
a large amount of work for the city de-
partments, was the first witness of the
afternoon session.
isn't it fact, the witness was asked,
that twelve thousand yards of asphalt
laid in the city of Troy was taken up and
relaid theres"
"I don't know, but 1 heard there had
been some trouble about the asphalt there.
1t was because they had no machinery
to mix 1t properly. Politicians got hold
OF the Contract and they did not know
what they were doing. 1t was unfortu-
nate that they had anything to do with
my asphalt"
Elias Lneci said no wanted to start o
fruit stand under the hridgs and saw
Superintendent Kennedy and a politician
named Joseph Hayes about the matter.
Hayes, according to witness. said he
would fix it for $3.50. witness said he
paid 500 to Hayes and soon aftsrw ards
gave him check for $500 In Kennedy's
presence. He was told he could have the
stand AS long as Tammany was in power.
| Lucci said he spent $500 to build the stand
and for fruit anu flowers for three
months. Then he came around one
morning and found that mis- stand had
been carted away. He was told that his
written permit was a forgery and he had
been unable to gst any satisfaction.
| At the conclusion OF this testimony the
committee adjourned until September
t2th.
Mr.. Moss Is at work on statement of
the work of the committee but said he
would not have it completed for soma
| time.