The sun., 1901-10-13
$1,000 A DAY OF DIRT CRAFT.
CONTRACTOR MGIRR TNCOvERS
THE TtwvaNY DTRT TRt ST.
Dock Commissioner Murph,'s broiher In
o. win Alderman GaHne, Mcs'irr
Q~i,s Tsmman, says Ds~s Board
u tn the Gang Piunhftt's Geld Wine.

VNtts VomWant -sats WV s~'~
Is On the Gang -Piunkitt's Geld Mine.
v J McSiirr q contractor. whose home 10
NJ e25 West Twenty fourth street. and who
employs about n hundred men. called at
The Republican County Headquarters yes
terday and announced that although he
had been supporter of Tammany Hall
oil his life, he had decided this wear TO
eupport Low Mr. Mctiirr raid that his
reason for doing this was that through
IN" aid Of Tammany a dirt trust had becn
able Co secure all 81 the dumping privileges.
and that independent contractors were no
longer able TO carry on their business.
Mr. McGirr's father was q contractor
for many years engaged in the excavsting
Of c.llars and the hauling 81 cellar dirt
He died Ia 1891 and his -on succeeded.
In describing his business dealings with
Tsmmany. which threw a strong light oh
the manner in which the Squire'- game
keeper do their work. Mr. McOirr said
that for twelve years hlr hrm had leased
from the city a dock at the foot of West
Sixtsenih street. on one side OF which were
inoored scows to receive cellar dirt. and on
the other scows to receive manure. Then
he said
on May l. isos. .ublet portion Of the
dumping some dirt for one year the end
Of The Year | notified Brown \ ilemins l
needed the dock myself and would take pos
session at the expiration of ia. sub-leasc
Beginning May I, 800, used Oh, dump et.
actly 1ne week Then the DOCK DepAr tm-nt
notified me 70 stop dunlpiuE
You viii hav. 10 put IN an Application for
a permit, said p"eAmHst.t kennedy, .Stins
! I'M Immedis ,siy applied Tor a permit re.
ceived no answer, but Immediately attsrwsrd
Chief Engineer Benson Of the Dock Depart.
ment recommended that the sixteenth street
dock be closed M. The resolution adopted
by the Dock BOARD IN recommending that
Was needed az IN. Charles street dump. North
river aud Recommended that u hs sent there
The resolution el>n -aid that improvements
we're 10 be made al the siNu anth street dump
81 once
Mr. Mc,irr says that the privilege Of the
Charles street dump has been given To
Seuator George W Plunkitt, chairman
OF Tsmmany's Election Officers Committee,
for o. 500 and that nothing was known
by him tMcChrrl about any bids He
says lie IL SURE senator Plunkitt got the
privilege without competition He SAYS IL
II worth $4,000 and would net siOOCO Ia
any contractor who pad that much for II.
Then he SAYS
North River. vas closed. though | PAID rent
Jane, ia e GaSaey. Preside9i Of the New YORK
2h'h'Sa SSiSh coasel%sn a John Murphy SI.T eTTo,hsr
OF Dock Cnmmis.loner Murphy. Il Treasurer
e and ss"d 'sl S2 rs2, The sss soSs SSGs 70
% % driys 'sT ne out out, You siii hav. to pull the
Gsgg.y said Then It viii be torn down
Last NAY they did tear 4 down The Dock
Depsrtpent people said 'ha, they needed
bas been spent Tor improvements o. this day
Immediately after closing my dock az Si,-
the privilege Of a dump at Sorth River be
tween kighteepth aud Niu.teehth streets
70 III: so-ealled Dirt ITast They closed
10 drive me out of business aud opened an
other dock tao short blocks aNay from my
dock
Up to May, lsss. tho price charged the
contractors for dumping was 20 cents load
A. the time they closed my dock, the price
diferenoe Of more tasn N.cco a dAy over
and above the regular price paid by the CON
rivef front Who get. this 81 $50 q day which
has been paid in every day since 1890?
M McGirr says that hs thinks that the
whole scheme was simply plan % drive
him cut Of business. and 10 turn over his
statement he says
The total graft since the pri-e Wa. raised
amounts TO t7so,oco Who got ~ | know
who got II ! know it weuI into the pockets
Of the higher up- Tammany .eadrr-
In 1900 McGirr wrote 10 Squire Croker
telling Of the injustice done. and asking
for his assistance. n. received no reply
Then he went To the Dock Department
Peter Y Meyer. Dock Commissioner. and
the SQuire's real estAi" partner. Dock
Commissioner Murphy Dock Commissioner
Cram and ex-Sherf Dunn were pro-en,
Mc(hrr asked to s-e MIR Murphy He
says Murphy introduced him to Mr Cram
and that Mr. Cram seemed % know Who
he was, Mcthrr continues
Oh. YES. McGirr. said cram Your
friend MI croker has gun" 20 England You
v III have 10 go over there and see hun Ne
cannot do any ythihg for you. And then the
whole crowd laughed uotsteruusly they
thought Il Fo"d auk- on me. but know they
are getting TN, grau of 900 a day
The general conclusions which Mr.
McCiirr, who j. a praciica! business man,
reaches, are theee
| say the outage that have been tstt upon
business men in New York bv the present
sans IN control Of lammany Hall are beyond /
Not alone IN work like mine |
bat IN business Of every kind that has to do !
with the Dock Depart meut. The New York Con /
tracing aud Trucking Company with Alder !
man Gafnsy President aud the Dock Com /
mission-r's brother, Jack Murphy. Treasurer. |
T. the only concern that can do business at 7
present
! know that the contractors outside OF tha |
Dirt Trust are asninst Iammany ilall !
n thia campaign Co a man know this Dirt |
Trust IL organized within small IawWany /
Hall Coterie They have done everything !
possible 20 drive me and every business man !
In nv hne 81 business To the wall They can ]
do nothing further against mo | am Tor 7
rang and VIII he. night and dar. until the /