The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-21
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cir.
o. Have you any interest IN the New YORK
Contracting and Trucking Company A.
None whatever.
Did you ever get any money from that
company A No, cir.
o j. any stock IN thst company held TOT
you? A No. cir
BY Senator ,irady-Is II not fact that 10
1911. ~ the regular Democratic organization
you we're the same ~ any ether executive
member
q The wltness-The same a. any other
member for my DISTRICT.
Bv MIR. hughes Did Mr. StlIlman ever carry
p D1 shares n the Consolidated Jas CON
paty stock for YOU. Mr.. MURPHY A. No.
Dir. -.
.. Or for any one repr ~ entinE you' A. NOV
that ! know e.. ,..-,,.,,
U Nouucver heard Of any suon uAusa'''O"
L. Not Tint I know Of
U Not within the last year and . HAIR
A. Eot that I know Of.
Nv Mr. Nlatbevson-Mr. Murphy. did you
ever buy or sell any other stocks except con Con
Eolidnted Gas Company sVooh' - w
yes, sir. plenty Of them.
After Mr. Murphy left the stand he SAID
that his meeting with Mr. stllman and Mr.
Rogers had been Of purely social nature
and that Il had nothing whatever TO 90 WIN
lighting contracts or any other ioTtn o'
business.
Alderman Carney pro we'd TO be one OF tne
readiest and most interesting OF the VIZ
nesses that have testified az the nNestl-
CATION. He never paused for an instant
before answering the questions fired az
him. After a wrangle over the mortgages
amounting TO nearly 500 900, which the com
pany had given at various times 70 flss
Doerr 4 Carroll for horses-his oounsei
objected TO this inquiry, but Carney insisted
on answerin g-hs testified that be mad ms
Rotiated with Chief Engineer Bradley o.
the gas company for the contracts' ne nao
met Vice President Addioks once, Uut al
thu b,Isinsss was done with Mr., Braaby'
The Astoria contract was secured on tne
basis Of the price of labor plus 10 per cent
sHas your company any agreement "lIn
Charles F. Murphy ASKED Mr. Hughes
sNot two cents worth, was the answer
DO YOU bold any stoo for any ono elss
Il don't hold any stock at all.
sDoes Mrs. Gafney?' GShe y the treas
urer Of the company.
mot az much as a postage stamp All
the stock she has is her own and it was
bought with her money
Questioned by Mr.. Hendricks, Mr. Carney
said that the company had never paid any
dyidends and whatever profit Il made was
mt hack into the plant. He testified that
on at least three Of tho Eae jobs The % mpany
had lost MONEY and that no tntuenoe was
used 10 get the contracts outside Of bis bust
ness ability TO get work. .-...,,
John J. Murphy testified that be held no
stock for any one else, and that his brother
was neither directly nor indirectly inter-
est al I'm the CORPORATION. At this point hr.
Hendrick. Gahneys lawyer, said that the
oampany would not have the slightest
objection 70 ha wing the committee look at
the stock books and satisfy themselves on
this point.
Commissioner Oakley was on the stand
ell the morning. and his testimony was
listened TO with close attention by Charles
f. Murphy. He gave the history OF the
negotiations that led up to the signing OF
the city lighting contracts In 1904 and
denied strenuously that there had been
any secrecy in the matter. asserting that
he had told at least three reporters OF his
action the day he signed the contracts.
He had not consulted the Mayor OF any
other ofhcial before making the agreement
with the lighting companies. He con-
sldered that when be broke the lighting
deadlock by securing a reduction In Man
haitian and The Bronx he had done some
thing that would be a source OF congratu-
lation instead Of condemnation.
you couldn't have kept the signing Of
these contracts a secret without being In
collusion with somebody in the Comp
troller's ONCE, could you1' asked Senator
Grady.
Il could not ! sent the oontracos % Mr..
Grout within twenty-four hours Of signing
them
And you thought you had done WY
creditable thing7'
Il think 90 yet
Frank J. Goodwin Mr.. Osldey's deputy,
testified that he knew in a general way
about the contracts and the concessions,
but no one had told him the details. He
bad not consulted With Charles +. Murphy
or J. Sergeant Cram or any other member
of the dominant iparty about the matter
bSfore the contracts were executed. he
had never mentioned the matter 20 a living
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