New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-22

n the IeSisiature on ba,ia ing rnatters' A-Yes.
was tina, S A w on the OH repToo
ing question in the city OF New-fork Inserting a sba
%osds n sns seans e
o.-Concreas arches, yessand the,purpose Of that
0-Whaf was its purposef A-rhere are other
Q~Roebling and othersg. Ayes. sir. There is
the Columbian system Ba Sys was snq let IN the
other systems. wasn't it? A-Yes; sir; -, ,uo
system or to supplement the tie system? A.-Not
to supplement u. but to give them chance to
O.~Who had that bill? Al bele~eit was intro
duced by Senator sullivan
YOU oppose tSat bss %Dsmply because took
for II MSd e tse Ms 5ne nsdS
to the detriment of our organization ..,.,
QYou had conversations ana consultation, u, ag WIN
protest SSus tr against that br Al didn't go albany
S.-simply sent protest? "A written protest
o-You had consilta,ions with your organization ian
0s oA SSu with wit Mr. Dooner didn't you? A.No.
'o-How did you know he,was a dead lover Of the
tile system? A.-Because L heard him 'advocat-
3~Because you, heard him advocating 1t? A
o-pid he know, the protest. was made against
'1 e" OH Understood that' AYes sir consent,
$50 IT with his knowledge and consent!
Ayes, sir q, ,o.o
Q.-And your protest was successfui'"as II ho''
Q.NGp TO date Tina is all
UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS.
Mr.. o'sulvan-Jusu question May be per-
mitted question?
The Chairman-Whau is the question?
Mr.. O'sullivan-As l understand Mr.. Donnelly's
position, he is a member OF the BiacKiayers ohioh'
and very naturally would - H.,
The Chairman-I do noe think 1t is necessary Tor
Mr.. o'sulltvan-I thought you asked me to state
The chsirman-Yes but you, are not stating the
Mr. osunvan-I wouldsliket to ask that; as the the
. has tfs ss I'd ask s that Sim whether
or isn't the interest fbT do Sr;c to make
s'e cas si'a and .st ira! Or'klayers do
not make the oonerete consrrsctlo NJ Tim.
The Witness-I want to correct that 1t is not
fact at the time that &c of T
with the mason builders that union brickayers
about Il IS it simply curt is thesnumber of men
TO what It would ON hollow the ro ..oJo line. q
.s better for the brckiayers lay the hollow brick
and terra-cotta than i. the nle-tha' Is more 'e-
Mr.. Moss-That leads to, another question. You
say you have made an agreement with the mason
'S o@By which whenever. they use the concrete
system, they >are TO put tH1ckiayers''o WORK A
o-The concreting consists IL placing upon nt the
mixed together.
SHOVEL WORK DONE WNHeTROWELS
Mr. 'sullivan-And sand.
O-And sand. A, sort of moetar, isn't 1t. looks
Nike mortar? A--Something like It,
GA mortar and cement which is to be spread
and put into this naesh. A-Wire netting.
O-Wire netting exactly A br1cklayer never
uses a shovel does he? A.-No, sir.
Ole wouldn't a shovel? A.-No. sir
Q-Always a. trowel. doesn't he? Ayes.
o-And, these bricklayers wills thus spread upon
the wire mesh with a trozvel? A.-They do their
o@And that is all done- With the trowe? A
O-Wouldn't II be done much quicker with
shovel? Ayes sir, by all means.
o-Buf the bricklayer wouldn't use a shovel
He uses a trowel. and therefore IL takes him a
good while longer to do given amount OF work
than II would man with % shovel? A-Consider-
ably. 49, -
builders 10 the bricklayers In the question of con-
crete laying? Al don't believe the contracts
make them come under that The contracts come
direct from the architects Office That is all speci-
fed In the speci fcations the Roeblng. Columbian
or METROPOLITAN or any other system shall be used
OF course he doesn't receive any remuneration as
/ understand. from any of these systems being
used In a building , 1890 ,,,
Dwell. If your mason. or rather your brick
LAYER with his trowel, not allowed 10 work
upon the concrete. you would all go out! Ave
might In certain cases. go 49,, ,
Mr. OSullivan-,rhis deals with thet labor union.
do not think it is pertinent at all u
Mr. Moss-ThatAwil do. Mr.. Donneny.