New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11

o.-when did YOU leave college? A.--Last June:
Odd you adopt any special course' A-No.
Q...Have you studied in any particular iine-med-
ic d Nr5 A;nN0 sir A-No sir
Q-Do you know ANYTHING practically about en-
eoNAbout the strain on cables? A.--No. sir.
Q:-And the weight of walls and strength OF foun-
o~Do you know anything. did you know any.
thing: practically about the responsibilities tnst
Brooklyn Bridge? Ayes, l knew they had big
responsibilities.
HE KNOWS THING OR TWO.
Q-Do you know anything practically about fire.
proof construction? A-weil. know little |
know a little bit. considering have only been IN
the business two three months.
Q.-You have been studying II during that time.
have you? A-Oh, WELL don't say l have been
studying 1t; have been looking 1t up and reading
up on II.
Q.-But when you went into that line OF business
you had interest particularly in hreproof con-
struction as m art science? A.-No, sir.
O-Are there not other things that are more In
teresting to you than hreproof construction; other
| classes OF business? A.-No. sir; nothing else; l
hsdn thought Of ANYTHING &, nss No
| ] simply wanted TO go in good company-that Is
all1that had good name :,,, ,hor, tina, comnanv
before you spoke to your father? A-Nobody al an.
were you when the thou Eosb rsr
| pany? A-Well. couldn't tell you just where |
o-Yes and in what particular place in New
| York City? A.-oh. don't remember; II might
| have been up at the Democratic Club when spoke
Q-Well, weren't you there? Al couldn't say.
o~weli is it your impression that you were
| there? Ayes | might possibly have mentioned
II up there might have mentioned 1t along Fifth
| o-what were you doing when you first thought
o-Who were you with? A-wnh my father
when ] spoke TO him about Il.
WHO COULD HAVE SUGGESTED 1T?
Q-what had you been talking with your father
| about that made you think OF the Roebling COM
! pany just at that minute? Al had been taking
about business, about going into business.
| Q.-You hadn't thought about the Roeolng com
| pany then. had you? A.-No. SIR.
| Q-Nobody had mentioned il TO you? Al knew
| OF the company
| Q.-You had heard OF the company. OF course but
you hadn't had any serious thought OF going mt, ntt
had had y ycSf' A-So. sir. O'' '''N'
| Q..You say you were talking about business a
the time. What business were you talking about
Attacking about the idea OF going into business
Ahd wha OF Oh snY kds OF
cussed between you and your father besides IN,
business that was discussed. because he wanted
and there? A.-No sir; not then and there:
Qwe he asked you 70 choose for yourself II. an
ba a come %n seriously into your mind? A~Yes sir
| $50 you want US TO understand that right thei
and there you pumped 1t out that you wanted L
| 20 into the Roebling company? A.-No sir.
Q-How did you do it? Al simply mentioned
the Roebng company had heard 1t was goo
| TO 20 into that company, II could.
| Ole knew what the Roebng company wa
the minute you spoke of IT, didn't he? Al thh
he did yes. ,
tho Roebling company he had no objections to II
had he? A.-Well. he didn't say one way or tn
O-Didn't he mention the Roebllng company a
| all in that conversation? Ale mentioned
when I spoke to him about It, He mentioned II /
answer to me. :,
o.-Exactiy You had not talked to anybody els
| about the Roebling company. had you? A.-Oh
might have talked at home about 1t.
| O-And what Roebng company was II that yo
wanted to go in? Was 1t the original company