The times., 1899-04-22

hesitation Himmelwright said that he had.
After rejecting again he said John A.
Dooner, of the building department. had
told him to see Con Daily. Mr.. Dooner was
called in and Himmelwright identified him.
After admitting this much. Himmelwright
shut UP as close n clam Tedously, Mr..
Moss drew forth some of the details. Mr.
Himmelwright said that he had not gone
to see Con DAILY, as directed by Mr. Dooner,
because he had decided that Daily could not
help him. He said Dooner did not tell him
what DAILY would do.
Mr.. Himmelwright was most difficult
witness to handle. He refused to say what
attorneys had represented his firm before
the building department. Then Mr.. Moss
asked why il was necessary TO have every
application which his company sent to the
building department represented by an at
torney. Private matter" the witness re-
piled. He was directed to answer all the
questions. but refused. He also refused TO
answer whether or not his firm had paid
81 0C0 to the attorney each time the build
ing department approved plans which took
in the Roebling freproofing system He
| refused to say who the attorney was
HimmcIwrigLt Explains.
When Mr.. Himmelwright was excused hs
said he wanted TO make talk. He drew a
folded paper from his pocket and proceeded
| to say that through the questions asked by
Mr.. Moss on the first day of the investi-
CATION his company had been placed in a
| false light. He said that it had been
charged that his company had received
| special privileges on account of Mr.. Gro
ker's connection with it. He read the con-
| tract for Grammar School No. 10, erected
| in November, 1896, in which the-Roebling
system was specified. He said he wanted
TO- 81, f,,x IT,
objected unless the witness would answer
] all the questions that bad been put TO him.
i Mr.. Himmelwright said he would like 10
\ hear the questions again. but Mr. Moss
| said he would have them repeated to him
| some other day. Chairman MaZet ruled
out the contract, but Mr.. Himmelwright
proceeded to argue the matter. Mr.. Moss
! and Mr.. MaZet ordered him from the stand.
but Himmelwright went on until the SER
| geant-at-arms led him away.
| School Commissioner George Livingstone
was called to the stand and Mr.. Moss asked
him IL he knew why in the specifications
| for public school buildings the requirement
| of the terra Gotta freproof roofing system
was stricken out. Mr.. Livingstone said
| he supposed it was because the Roebling
system was better. He did not know, he
said. that the specification allowing the al
tentative of terra Gotta had been restored
| because OF the 1OrclDle protests OF walk
ing Delegate Donnelly. who was related tc
an officer OF the building department and
| interested in the terra Gotta system.
| John ]. Donnelly. of Bricklayers' Union
No. Z, testified that in behalf OF his unior
he had protested against the terra cotts
| specifications being stricken out of tbs
public school plans. Mr.. Donnelly sait
that John A. Dooner, Deputy Building
| Commissioner, was his brother -in-law, ant
he always supposed MIR. Dooner was {
dead lover of the terra Gotta system
| That system was restored to the specif.
cations after his protest.
| Henry Eberliner, assistant secretary o.
the Maryland Whisky Company, was caliet
and remained on the stand less than
minute. He said that all the stock of hi!
company was held by Jacob Rosenthal. o
. Baltimore, julius Dreyfus, OF New York
| and the Stewart estate
Deputy Building Commissioner John a
Dooner was called to the stand, but hi
examination was postponed until tomorrow
| The committee adjourned soon after
o'clock until 1890 tomorrow morning.