The sun., 1901-12-13
G,S, GREENE Is AFTER APLACE
WANTS MIR. low TO MAKE Rim
DOCK COMMISSIONER.
He l. q Brother Of Gen. Francis v. Greene.
Head Of the Asphalt Trust. and Once
Admitted That While Holding City
Off,ce He Sent Gift of Money to Croker


once He Sent Gift OF Money to Croker
George s. Greene. until recently known
Tor a lifetime as George S. Greene, Jr..
who is being pushed hard for the place OF
Dock Commissioner under Mayor Low.
IA a Republican who, according to his own
confession under OATH has paid money
% Richard Croker for the sGke OF retaining
a lucrative Job under a Tammany Hall
administration. Mr.. Greene attained years
Of discretion long ago. He was born In
1887.
So strenuous has been the work done TO
land him In the seat Of the Dock Commits
aoner In the next administration that It
has been declared by men usually supposed
10 be well informed, that Mr.. Greene has
the place -cinched.' that he cannot be
kept out OF it. It is TO be said. however,
That these statements have not been au-
thoritatively made
Mr.. Greene was for a quarter Of a GEN.
try or thereabouts chief engineer Of the
Dock Department. When Mayor Strong's
Commissioners Of Accounts made an in
yestigation Of the department in 1895,
they put Mr.. Greene on the stand along
others. Commissioner Seth Sprague Terry,
conducting the examination Of the wit
nesses, said 10 Mr.. Greene:
Il show you a check drawn TO tho order
OF Richard Croker by you. and ! ask you
why you drew it2'
Mr.. Greene replied: In the winter Of
1891 and 1892 heard some time after II oc-
CURED that Croker had sent an order to
the Dock Department to put another man
In my place. Commissioner Phelan de-
clined to do this. and Mr.. Croker was angry.
That made Commissioner Phelan uncom-
Portable Time went on and felt grateful
to Mr. Phelan, and wanted TO do something
that would be pleasant to him.
Il said 10 him one day. Mr.. Phelan,
II | should send these fellows 500 or si25.
or something Of that kind, would it make
you any more comfortableT He said il
would then drew a check for Si25 and
CAV. it to Mr. Phelan, and he turned it over
10 Mr.. Cram
Mr. Greene, when he was asked whom
he meant by "those fellows, replied: Some
Of those fellows who were making Mr.
Phelan uncomfortable. Richard Croker
for instance.
A year later drew another check for
Si25 and sent it to Mr.. Croker in the same
way
Mr.. Greene said that the checks came
back with Mr.. Croker's Endorsement on
the back.
Mr.. Croker when interviewed on the
following day on Mr.. Greene's testimony,
said that he turned the checks over TO the
Treasurer Of Tammany Hall as campaign
contributions.
said Mr., Croker, -and il he says he
sent those checks to secure his position
and intended them for ne personally. he
Is not a fit person TO hold the position he
now occupies. and he ought to he sum
nIariy dismissed
As Mr. Greene was not dismissed then,
Mr. Croker had an opportunity when the
Van Wyck administration came into power
TO do as he thought ought to I've done TO
Mr. Greene and Mr. Greene was consequently
very promptly ousted
Al present Mr. Greene has an office at II
Broadway. the hone Of the Asphalt Trust.
otherwise the National Asphalt Company.
Greene. is George s GreeDe's younger
brother.
II Is said about town that the strongest
influence back Of Mr. Greene for TIE post of
Dock Commissioner under Mr.. Low is
Gen Greene, the head OF the trust The
Dock Department has large amount Of
asphal' paving to do Al present most of IL
is feing done by the Uvalde Asphalt Paw
ing Company. which has bean the recipient
Of the present department : favors in the
wav Of work under contracts Of less than
81 OOo each. which therefore. could be
let without public bidding
Were George s. Greene Dock Commits
sioner under Nr. Low, such contracts might
still be let without public or competitive
bidding, and the Uvalde company might
still get them. There would he no law 10
prevent Mr. Greene from giving them
10 the Cvalde company, competitor OF
the trust. and Gen. Francis V. Greene, a.
the head Of the trust, would have no power
over the Dock Depart ment. OF course no
one who has read in The SUS In the last
week OF the delicate methods and di-lnter-
ested public services Of the Asphalt Trust
would for moment suppose that the trust
would apply any pressure 10 ousi the tvalde
company from the department. employ.
One Of the most noticeable Characters
tics - speech Of George =. Greene. who IL a
very afable gentleman. IL the restoration
~ the phrase My brother Frank. Gen.
Greene Gen Francis '. Greene - through
out his conversation.
VI Croker in his interview concerning
~ Greene, before referred to, said further
a. him
when | was chairman of the Finance
Committee ] heard 81 him indirectly He
h at old man, and many bright young
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