New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-20
SEEKS TO GET MCALL IN SINKING FUND BOARD TO
WATCH PIER LEASES.
Fgc Members DeHUe Board of aldermen Tammany4n
Appeal to Courts
MURPHY. BADLY. SCARED.
Orders Tammang Men to Put Nc
Call at Head of Finance Committee.


the witness stand the question. Where did you
Get it" Charles F. Murphy and his associates
ordered the Tammany aldermen at the meeting
IF the board yesterday to protect the rotten
leases granted by the Murphy Dock Board under
the van Wyck administration to the Murphys
and Gaffneys. The Tammany men secured con-
-rol Of the Board OF Aldermen and voted in
favor Of electing John T. Mccall chairman OF
-be France Committee in place Of Herbert Par
sons. who for fifteen months has acceptably
served as chairman of that committee
The Craftsmanship Of the Finance Committee
carries with it. under the charter, membership
q the Sinking Fund Commission. That COM
mission has the leasing of all the piers and
dprorIng board privileges. The Sinking Fund
42oar5 has backed up Commissioner Hawkes. in
--zfng TO cancel some of these old Tammany
Dock Board leases and permits Charles F.
nrr,rphv ran the old Dock Board pretty much IS
he liked. Four days before the old Dock Board
went out Of Office Charles F Murphy and his
fellow commissioners J. Sergeant Cram and
Peter F. Meyer Richard Croker's business part
nor Al that time leased to John J. Murphy and
I Gaffney supposed to be dummy for
Alderman James E. Gafney. Of Murphy's dis
tr;c0 the exceedingly valuable pier and dump
ing board at Ninety-sixth-st- and North River
for thirty years. The lease is divided into three
terms as follows:
Tfrst years SS'e0
Second years, Sas9 S1s9
Third years. --------.-' o'Soo
The Commissioners Of Accounts put inspectors
on these piers and found that for three success
sive days they yielded net income TO the lessees
Of about 5000 day. It is estimated that the
city lost S5O00OO on this lease.
John ]. Murphy and E L Gafney also have
p lease of the pier at Seventy-ninth-st- and
North River, almost equally productive
MURPHY CAN WATCH THE BOARD
c,orDoration Counsel Rives has begun &C
-ion on the grounds of conspiracy and fIf-ud,
70 cancel the lease of the West Twenty-nlnth-st-
lo,,lkbead. to Joseph Egan, which was awarded
under much the same conditions as surrounded
the award Of the Murphy-Gafney leases with
Jobn T. Mccall IN the Sinking Fund in the place
Of Herbert Parsons, Murphy will be able TO keep
tab m what is going on and will be in strateg-
r. uosition TO mandamus the Sinking FuIo
Board and prevent it from transacting busi-
ness
After evading questions concerning his rela-
-sors with Joseph Egan, Thomas c O'sSCllivan
Yesterday made his official appearance as coun-
sci to Joseph Egan. and asked for copy OF the
con7nlaint published in The Tribune on May q.
,Fr c1-sullivan is counsel for Charles F. Muir
,,fz-. John J. Murphy and E L Ganney-
II Murphy and his friends can get MCCAll
,nto the Sinking Fund Commission. Tade up
,oxz of Mayor Low. Controller Grout. City
Chamberlain Gould. President Fornes ana Al
6err7an Parsons. they viii stand a good chance
- ,ostnon,ng action on the validity of the
,,,,ee,3onat,le old Dock Board leases until Tam
man comes back 90 power Thomas G oSuili-
van is slated 70 be the next Corporation Couh-
SCI if Tammany wins next fall
The Murphyites are getting scared Ihlhes
are not going right with them Devery viii hold
forth tomorrow night and will make MS GIIacA
on rbe old Dock Board leases the feature OF DIS
epeech The testing Of the Egan lease VIII Or1ns
- The stand ali of the cid Dock Commissioners
,5 .i-L51ii1 George W Plunkitt John T. Carroll and
others. ..-.o- 7 7 Cafp-
nev7' Alderman James T. OaAhes "0S
last night by Tribune reporter
ET CAFFNEY STILL A MYSTERY
..v-bo fsEL Gaffney?" repeated the alderman
with q HAND smile. What do you want to kno"
for7 7-bst,s something for Commissioner Hawkes.
n find ont e I Gaffney is close frlehu Oh
mine. and when the time comes he VIII s'and
the daylight all right. Mr.. Hawkes. thlnAs ne 10
going To burst those leases Of the New oi n
Contracting and Trucking Company Ihose
leases viii stand the test of the courts
Alderman Parsons is going to fight for :eten-
ZION Of the Craftsmanship Of the Finance Colii-
rnittee. ...oo
rv the president OF the board said he Iasl
,,ipllt Il am q charter officer, ana is 7I0l
- t,el;e,,a that after serving as chairman OF
+te coror1ittee and as member or the SlIlh.Is s
Fund Commission for the last fourteen VI tba ~
y-irapce Committee can result in my ftiIlo al
from the craftsmanship I shall ngnt the -; t;-. =.
] think it viii be hard for the otAieI 1s -
get IN. I already am IN