New-York tribune., 1908-08-06
RIG CONTRACT HELD UP
MONOPOLY CHARGE MADE.
DsRau in Laying Water Pipe from
ToIeu Stream to AmityUille, l.. L.

s.- Was issued yesterday by Justice Goff
.-o-,n,issioner O'Brien Of the Department OF
-. ~ spnulv, Gas and Electricity and Conuoler
We. - show cause Friday why they should not
.s.-sined from awarding the contract for IuF-
. -. and ley1ng the T2-inch pipe for water from
ns-i-e c--ss-a 70 Auaityville Long Island. ana
Vs. -,,-,nq for il The lowest bidder in the com
IT, - as the T A Gillespie company which
pelar ~oa The next lowest bid was that OF
o y Cooner-Ev -Evans-Bryson company, Sse.eoz-
'.e -r,ss r5eIIv. q taxpayer. living at No eS west
y 80, and owning property in Brooklyn oo-
81 - ,-5er through Waite & Foster. Mr.
o. o. ss formerly secretary Of the Park Board
y q, IS secretary TO Mayors Grant and Gllroy-
81 .se-ted that the specifications sent to pros
Lf55s-s were favorable TO certain lock
- s.vla Of Joint for piping, made only oy the
"a - Pine Company It is asserted that this
h.-vss OUTPUT Of lockbar pipe is controlled ny
- r.1lespie company. which thus mas a rnonopois
= = -. lockbsr and could make its bid the lowest
ar shut out al others
,- tsoHv deposes that the lockhar patent was
- bv NIeehan Ferguson, who granted the
- .,5 exclusive license for its manufacture 10
- cs-neE5e Steel Company which transferred tne
80 - The 7 A Gillespie company. whicn In
'isL- -ss---a5 the rights 10 the East Jersey Pipe
Company 49,, ono
- - lockbsrs vas put in does not prove that
- g ,o- = monopoly, as he charges the BIDS
The request ana N CoAiaSAoH wiz
- s.t5 = A Gillespie company 10 give color 10
-.-,,s+,-ton in the submission Of bids
g .o,-s the bid Of the company. being less taan
=. = o-bA- bi56ers shows that the t A cii-
- ,-,-anz obtained figures and prices upon
- 7oo,bsr uipe which enabled IL 10 make nlo
- lover for this style Of pipe
zT-,r,s-, = Cooper. president OF the Cooper
- r,s,- rar7panv has made affidavit in
- :. sezs he had 70 obtain prices from the
r-t,,se,fA ,7rnosny or lockbar pipe The type
-.asss = the contract by the Water Conmis-
- - ss,-s zorld cost SIS 90 & foot. and TO lay
=. ,s-. . ro+sl cost Of so - foot. or s13Soto
= = MS cor1pany's present bid He says the
-. -o-,-znv hid averaged sl9 90 on lockhar.
- szs--s mat This difference must be through the
--ooo,- He saws he sought prices on lockbar
- - manufacturers and was informed that
= =. -s.-b- n make II vas held by the Giles
:. .rs F7zs- Jersey companies He says his COM
- * fur1v able 10 execute the contract, that
- r.ns * even more durable and stronger than
=. io-l,sr and that the Gillespie company on the
.,s - nine his company bid on bid s145ooo more.
F-ank z vandevort. who says he has been IN
che business ~ purchasing and selling iron and
se.l for t9entv-three years. says in an affidavit
thar he knows that 7. H Gillespie is vice-presi-
se-+ n rae T 4 Gillespie company and president
ot ths East Jersey Pipe Company He says he be-
rsres they cooperate 70 establish monopoly
A. the tine the bids were opened Commissioner
rrBdsa was shown an anonymous letter in which
r. vas charged that the lockbar- specifications re-
s-r4ctsd competition and that two firms had re-
fused "a BID but he said that was not true and
that AZ least two firms had bid on lockbar-