New-York tribune., 1908-02-20

asphalt and caused the original pavement, par iaid -
at needless and wasteful cost to the city o. S'
AS TO GRANITE BLOCK METHODS.
That Hafeu. Bruckner. Geiszler Brigss ana ana
Thompson did during the year 1905 knoNinsiy an Az
that ne public assd and le wfses pasefnsnt
CURED the removal of the grahee & bsfween Pros
pect avenue ana Southern Boulevard. end the re
and that because Of the false certiheae SO 40
the city needessly and wastefqily eatsf of +be
Boston Road mentioned Upon the facts beTt
E pavls ylss Wiiiian x Cunningham and Ernest Hall
taxpayers of the city, have special kno"leo@7 ~
That Haffen. Bruckner, Geiszler, Briggs anu
during the ag g2act end 70
ripped up street after street in the borough an
and buestone ie @ cnTbing thereGpon be earted TED
away to open lot. ana new pateIilv1st g The
new curbing substituted therefor, among 'lIe
highways so needessly and wastefuily @ Torn up ae o.
great expense to the city were antb OF 13Sth
Southern Boulevard between VII. d so1Ifh
of I3Sth street. 14ith street between ip5r ospert
Rider avenues Boston Road a,d ISeth street
between Third and Morris avenues. t2rices and
Thompson caused and permitted to be saeTeedd sS ad
public auction between January 81: 5I FOR The
sum of 81 S16 75 when the blocks were IN d S5een
and serviceable condition and GoutG of Rider ave
nue. between East 135th street and ha5f haI5f-d and
MOTIFS AVENUES, ana upon East 1S3d street be-
tween Third and Webster avenues, anu anu {Ia East
1S6rh street between Cypress avenue anu -
River These streets were repaved Win a - -
granite & block * PaTeen5 sn5 eptdber 60 1905 and
had the blocks sacrifced at public auGciR4n 10 noTId
have saved the city an amount exceeding SzS'000
ANOTHER PAVING CONTRACT.
That Haffen Bruckner Briggs and II. IhomPsGo nt, 3o
permitted numerous contractors mtA paving ma
aerial, dagstones and curoing Ta snecifed IN
their respective contracts. The partlc49l1ai al his
stances where the city has oeen ueAI AIaH''O "
In the regulating grading and paving st Of GEaa4 stfeei
and Mosholu ParkWay; on OF OF agsto5es torn up
and Eighth avenues Manhattan, were delVereu es ao
used and charged up to the clLy as ne" i-'
y In I the reguIating grading and paving Of Bp5g
S7ae sende of re q linear feet OF hand nag
stones, tOurn up and removed d LIoI and charged
up TO the city new fagstones py the coii'''~'
IL, the regulating, grading and paving OF Cla2 a.
avenue between Park and Webster ft f second
hand Eas5tI5eS {1n ufanbattan were delivered
anu 5 % cFarged m against the city as new
fiagstones by the contractors. Lesson q % has
T6sttve inforation ana personal knowledge OF liie
offences stated in these S-hargeS - Commissioner of
Pubjc Works who succeeded Bruckner teIsLt1l5 eIrto5
het@een Nav J. 1884, and May l. 1865 large qeg qtLe
ties Of granite and trap 52eA Belonging 70
c![p4 a b fai[en and Converted the OF moi
reCeiying any compensation. and thar they narF 9
directed and permitted other large qua auaii'e - in6 Il
Efd,-aFe firms ana corporations. in violation o.
Section 15a Of 5ne S'fy Nv 'sbeSifc instance on
Febr1ary g 1906. the deponents say s S9S aEen
Of rap & Foc6 b speeI between Brook avenue and
Ton % pr Norris Branch RAILWAY. and disposed OF
~ Tennis W Moran without pubic tehdG!s ,ar o.rr9
asked, required by Section l90' oI 'iis '''S
WASTE OF MATERIAL CHARGED
II is alleged that number of vacant lois on me ne
and 1sSrh street were for months prior 70 bI ~
drau,ing up OF this petition piled high VT Win z 5nop
and hundreds Of linear feet OF ] and ser
ioaahIa conatton which Haffen, Bruckner. 71 eel71E
80 m from streets in the Borough Of The BrGn1
and stored there, instead Of having the salq Lr oh
Waiting the Iaylsh e' re he used in the paving and
repavfne of streets IN the borough - l.,ro an
That FIaffen Briggs and Charles q ed
SItvEeer7 Nav 7 1s04 and May /, 1905 many con
tractors for the construction OF se~ f mon their
peectfv Contracts beyond the time limit specihed
in their contracts with the city without ~ 10 IS s
let in the manner provided by law IN COZ Gos eses
Of engineering and inspection on the SAD ]
rents and the interest upon the cosL ~ re loss
been largely and unawfully increased, 70 sitE t @
and damage Of the property owners assessed 20 ps
II Isrt for the construction of such sewers AnnoIls
the most fagrant Instances Of delays beyond the
Tine limit snecified in the contracts are: - -,
Tha contract for the Broadway outlet from uIs
Cffy lire 10 Riverdale avenue, otherwise Known d
ecuted December l3 1888 and th9ug9 ics tre IN a
limit stipulated II the .yLll 9ya Trorx
Terrace sewer between 5th and 18th streetSo t4e
Tim7son Place sever e fE%n ;e es sever between
T5Tr1si1e avenue and East 163d street
That Haffen. RruCkner. Briggs, Gelszer ana
T6oTnDsoa- during the period between January /
1902 and December 81 l$o0 qId kIoNLiStE ~ ,iar
George e' c McNabh, Thomas F. Moore, and other
S1pI2IyS reteive from the city during that period
large amounts of money for salaries, wages anu
EIeIlIr@lSsIE @ E+I ;tsa1ch Mark when as
matter OF fact. the employees named were at al
Tines during the period mentioned engaged in reg
ulating grading and paving hishWays rs ana ] IN @ T6e
lawfully chargeable and assessed upon proPer1gg
that such wrongful payments of money during the
period mentioned amounted to at least F-oV'Voo'
MAP LONG DELAYED, A CHARGE.
That Haffen, Briggs and Frederick Grefenberg,
January J. 1852 and May / 1902 We're guilty OF
wrons1ulIy altering and wa5tetuy delaEElnss. Els
otfciaI duties. the preparation of an official map
or plan Of lHe Boro1sI& & q s+ me i of b 4 Bronx
River the pTeparatiomn N OF whish i is auhorZed and
@ le OF me FroIR t fver was prepared by Louis =
Fisse ana was adopted as the official map or plan
of such territory by the Board Of Public Improve
P9nS Pre5deTt 0t L6gs Lg F Haen was member of this
board and voted to have the Rsse map officially
aG0Dred The charge that instead of completing
this map. the accused borough officials have in
CCrnpetentIy altered and wrongfuly delayed its
nrenaration at cost to the city Of at least S5olG0
illegally paid in salaries, wages and expenses
+ i'm connection with the work upon the said
! plan The deponeuts say that Louis A. Risse,
William A Cameron. Albert Z. Davis, Charles ".
StaITghtou and Frederick 3. De Berard have
special knowledge and information concerning
the facts In this case.
! That Louis (. Hafen at various times during the
vear 1906 appointed seventy persons to posi-
lions in the employ Of the city at annual salaries
aggregating $1,000 Notwithstanding that he
personally aware that every office OF the borough
administration oVermanned with unnecessary
/ and useless employees. In this connection the de