The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-29
EDRNACEVILLE IRON co. JOB,
u,rB ODELL'S REWARD FOR THE
HARTMAN ENGINEER.
.,nder Of Dollar Rock where the Attorney.
General Knew There Was No Rock
n, All Promoted by tho Governor
and then Nominated by the Chairman.


and then Nominated by the Chairman.
Governor Chairman odell didn't come
n town Yesterday. He remained at New =
,urp and he didn't issue pronunciamento,
nersonal or official, in explanation OF the
declaration
For the first time In It's history OF the Empire
state has Governor whose personal integ-
,ty rests under widespread suspicion. He
has surrounded himself by high officials and
advisers. under whose malign influence the
n,bIic revenues of the State are largely d.
vercd TO private proht.
Governor Chairman Odell In his Fridays
challenge to Attorney General Cunneen
said;
MIR. Cnnneen. by virtue Of is ofioeis mem-
her of the most OF the important boards OF
the State.
He ia u member OF the Canal Board, a trus-
Zee Of the various boards which control the
charitable institutions. and. moreover. al
most every contract which has been entered
into By the state Government has been sub
pLtted to him. Never since he has been ex-
crcsing these functions has he ever intimated
that there was any semblance OF fraud or
Irregularty in any Of the transactions OF
any one OF the State boards. Of the greater
number OF which he is a member.
Mr. Cunneen in his reply to the Governor
Chairman says: Il can scarcely believe
that the Governor made this statement,
because it is not the fact"
Mr.. Cunneen, who, it should be remem-
bered, is the chief law officer OF the State
adds;
Il am member OF the canal board, and
very soon after entering upon the duties
,f3S cd al af hn al
snce OF an item claimed by the Furnace
vile Iron Company, for excavating rock
for 1883 on q contract for canal work
under the $4,000. 900 appropriation OF 1895.
! did this because Of the following facts:
THE claim had been audited by the
preceding State canal board. which dis
allowed this item. The claimant applied for
Q rehearing, which had been granted. On
the rehearing it appeared that before the
contract was made the State engineers
made an investigation and failed to dis
cover rock; that, therefore, no provision
was made for excavating rock, either in
the estimate, specifications or contract for
the work; that for over six months the ex-
cavation was classified by the engineer In
charge as earth; that two OF the engineers
employed by the State Zone Henry A. Van
Alstyne, the present State Engineer and
candidate for election) left the State service
and became employees OF the contractor
on the work; that afterward the contractors
secured a modification Of their contract
by which the State agreed to pay a dollar
yard for excavating rock; that there
was then a reclassi6cation made by the
engineer and a part Of that which had
previously been classified as earth was
classified as rock, and the increased COM
pensation resulting from this classification
amounted to said sum Of S1s.81s.
Il was very familiar with the section Of
the canal where the work was done. /
knew there was no rock there. I caused
the attendance before the Canal Board OF
twelve witnesses who had been employed
by the contractors on the work and each
OF whom testified that there was no rock
excavated. Notwithstanding these facts,
my. Republican associates on the Canal
Board ali voted to allow the item, and I
alone voted against 1t.
Last spring GovernorsChairman Odell
appointed Van Alstyne to be State En-
gineer and Surveyor In place OF Edward A.
Bond, resigned, and two weeks ago at
Saratoga Governor-C Chairman Odell nomi-
mated Van Alstyne to be State Engineer
and Surveyor.
On Jan. II, 1904, THE SUN told that the
Funaceville Iron Company was inoorpo-
rated on March 10. 1880. with principal
office in Ontar 10. Wayne county. II was
formed with capital Of SOC. 900 for the pur-
pose OF manufacturing pig iron and to
mine ore.
As shown by the records Of the Secre-
- 1AQ -
corporation were Edward 81. Hartman
Of New York city. Isaac s. Averill Of Roch-
ester and William H. Averill OF Ogdens-
burg. On Oct. 49, 1882. the corporation
filed with the Secretary Of State a GER
tihcate increasing it's capital to $4,000.
This certificate showed that the only stock
holders Of the company were Edward
H. Hartman, W. N. Hartman, Julia p.
Parrott and William II. Averill. The Ger
tifcate says that the stockholders' meeting
was held in Mr.. Harriman's New York
city Office, at II Wall street. and that Ed
ward H. Hartman held proxies Of the
stock Of Julia P. PARROT and w. II. Averill.
Edward b. Hartman was the chairman
Of the meeting and W. N. Hartman score
tary, and they were the only stockholders
who attended the meeting. The oertih-
cate says that the debts OF the corpora
ton at that time amounted to S1is,5Oo.
The only other certificate then on file In
the Secretary Of States Office concerning
this corporation, aside from annual re-
ports, was one dated Feb. II. 1883, which
says that the number OF trustees Of the
corporation had been increased from three
to FIVE, and that Lucius X. Wilmerding and
Martin W. Cook had been elected as the
additional trustees. The Furnaceville Iron
Company has headquarters in Rochester,
at room 735 in the Powers Building. The
last report of the affairs of the company
then available is dated Aug. 80. 1902. This
shows that Edward H. Hartman Is the
president and treasurer Of the corporation,
W. W, Webb Of Rochester, secretary, and
that they, with William A. Averill and
Edward H. PARROT, were the directors OF
the corporation Mr.. Parrot was vice
president and manager, but died q short
time ago. Mr.. Averil is a member OF the
Wholesale grocery firm OF George c. Buell.
Co. OF Rochester. Groceries seem to
he a fad OF Gov. Odell and his personal
friends.
Van Alstyne was in the employ Of the
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