The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-04-16
TOO MUCH FURNITURE
Great Quanti.yFo Penna. Cap
itOI Found in Philadelphia.
ALL EOUGET PER FOOT"
Aarbor naster'e Office In Quaker City
and Two State Tugboats damned
Win Costly Furnishings - Located
Ey Commissions Experts.

Win Costly Furnishings - Located
Gy Commissions Experts.
Philadelphia. April -. Furniture
made specifically for the state capitol
by John II Sanderson and charged for
On tho per loot air plan at $3.50
per cubic foot. was never sent TO llar
usburs Much OF IL. say experts ia the
employ OF The capitol investigating
commission adorns the office Of the
harbor master in the BOurse Building.
More is tucked away on the NJ. $.
Quay and on the s. W Pennypacker,
state tusboats used in the Philadelphia
harbOr.
Ia the harbOr masters Office are:
one mahogany desk. exactly similar
10 those furnished heads OF depart
ments in the capitol at Harrisburg.
one mahogany desk, a duplicate Of
those used by state clerks
One combination mahogany clothes
three and umbrella stand, such as are
IN the executive Offices OF the capi.
tol.
one leather lounge.
Two clothes trees Of the regulation
Sanderson capitol pattern.
Two umbrella tubs.
One dozen mahogany chairs, leather
seats.
Two pair plush curtains. satin lin
ings
All these things are crowded into
the two tiny rooms which constitute
the harbor masters Office. on the third
floor OF the Bourse There is not space
Tor the lounge and two OF the clothes
trees and an umbrella stand in the
Offices. and il was necessary TO shove
them into a small closet where their
beauty IS lost on the dusty air.
The furniture in this office was all
supplied by John IT, Sanderson." said
Samuel Mcdonald. Harbor Master Pol
locks assistant The furniture was re-
ceived on December -, 1904. l don't
know If II was first shipped to Harris
burg and then sent back here. or il
Sanderson supplied the articles direct
from his Philadelphia factory"
A dozen chairs in the offices places
standing room at a premium. A move
in any direction brings the shins
against a chair There Is not much
more in the place outside of the San
derson furniture. Harbor Master Pol
lock declared the furnishings were
much too ornate for his Office.
The furniture was here when ar
rived July :. last year said Mr. Pol
lock. Il don't know anything about
It or where the stuff came from.
don't know ii the report is correct or
not"
The discovery that capitol furniture
was used for other purposes was made
when experts came to Philadelphia TO
look over the harbOr masters Offices
and the state tugs. According to the
auditors. 10 schedule can be found
showing that furniture was bought for
either the Office or the boats. They
charge that Sanderson supplied so
much furniture that the capitol could
not hold it all, and a quantity was de-
liyered to the state Offices in Philadel-
phia.
The inventory as made by James
Cameron, OF the Audit Company of
New York. does not correspond with
the amount of supplies recorded as fur
nished by Sanderson and the Pennsyl-
vania Construction company II Is the
belief OF the probers. therefore, that
when the rooms in the capitol became
encumbered with $3.50 clothes trees
and SlO5 umbrella tubs, Sanderson quit
sending his furniture to Harrisburg
and instead delivered 1t to the boats
which. under the administration OF
Sam" Maloney as harbor master, were
the private yachts Of politicians. One
thing is sure. Great quantities OF the
trimmings" paid for by the state are
not In the capitol at present
Members OF the commission declare
the harbor masters Bourse Office Is
crowded with useless, if costly, ma
hogany furniture OF the same putty
composition which is to be found in
the capitol