The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-10
ENGINEER FARyrM SUSPENDED.
Friction In and Gossip About tn" "rons
Branch Of sewer Department.

thicf Engineer of Sewers Henry " rafnhn,
OF N" Borough Of the Bronx has b'en snN-
pended for n~ubordination by Deputy 'om-
missioner Of Sewers Thomas D. Byrn's" MI
thrnum has been connected with IN" D"phr'-
in"nt Of Sewers for eleven years ana mas had
'harg" of several large pieces of work' ~"
was pIt ont of office for "A short hme III 'So'
when John Royce became thie' Engineer OF
sewers. Mr. Rogg" got out in Nov'mper' IS'N.
To assume charge Of a sewer pipe company
known nS tho Ptt-burg clay company ana
flrnlm VA, r'nppointad To his old place
Deputy Commissioners Byrnes SAID to n SIN
reporter Yesterday that b" had suspended fhr-
mum BECAUSE the latter refused TO listen 10 sug-
gH~iionS and seemed 10 be- lmbued WIN the ld"a
that h" was the only man in the department.
Matters cainc 10 such n pass between the TWO
officials SON" months ago that Farnim or
d"r"d one Of his clerks to lock the door between
his and the Commissioners office and gave in
strnctionS that il should remain locked Dep
MY commissioner Byrnes had II opened. he says.
whrrrlpon Farnum demanded, Who's run
nnlhG the Engineers department, You or II
ms was the beginning of the trouble. Byrnes
says,
The Deputy Commissioner adds that lately
Farnlm wouldn't pay attention to any Of his
S,lisr'Nu0n>, The matter with nm. saln Mr.,
bAlV'N, u llltI ~ IL fItillhN anu llllh nv hupNN
It all. When asked what the specific charge
was lnon which Frrnum had beef. suspended.
y" sad IL Was inslIbordinatlon., He also said
that Mr.. Flrnum did not get along very well
with III" men under him.
Contractors who d. work for ~" Sewer
Department said that n" sewer-pire man
ufic'nrrrS could tell something more about
tarnu,n : suspension, ono Of these manhfac-
tIr"r~ said We have been able to DO hardly
amy business since Rogge's company started.
som" OF the facts about this concern came out
NJ he MaIrt Commute" invest igation. Richard
Croker and some OF his trends are interested
IN the company, | know that Mr.. Mctann
n nephnw of MIR. Croker. has a large block Of
stock. The result i that the pipes of other
companies are rejected by the engineers and
iaN"ritiSm i shown ~ the RoEge Company,
Hlthollgh It's pip" as was shown al the Mnzet
hearing is Il patented article. which il IN violation
~ tn" city Charter. RyrneS and rarnum are
iigur"h"Ids in the Department and while they
lniglt want to help some Of their friends per-
hauS they dare not.
y few weeks ago Farnurn went TO mn open
Ing IN The lironN where about forty pieces of
sewer pIpe had been delivered. The con-
traitor tne"" sHv~ that Farnum came up and
before he was within twenty t"ei Of tho pipes
waved his hands and said I reject IL all! ]
reject i ALL without having inspected the
llipe Tn" pipe was not from Rogge's concern.
The contractor went to the manufacturer and
told HIM Of farnum'" action The manu-
%tacturor then went Ia Deputy commissioner
BNrne~ and made n vigorous protest. BvrneS
EXPRESSED great surprise Farnnln was taken
TO task and * sald 10 have told the Deputy
commissioner that he was running the cnci-
nerr'S donartWent 10 suit himself. This and
a few NOR" incidents are the real causes Of his
SUSPENSION,
Mr., Farnum said Yesterday afternoon NJ his
home, 32i Fast lj0th street, that he had de-
mandcd a hearing before Commissioner Of
Sewers James Kane. At that hearing" he
added, Il will have something to say, but not
until then "