The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-15

September >. and s3t5 for work done Ola
the CiilVsr' az the Flushing water works.
I July - FnsdICks repprr. IN which the
Grand Jury acted. stated that while the
work done was supposed to la the re-
building II the Culverts. all that actually
was don. was To give them a coat Of
oein.nt wash.
The specific charge on which Grs-ser
was indicted WAS IN connection with IN"
Jpb IN the Black stump road c,ilVert. for
which PHILLIPS IL charged with collecting
$40 GrrS-sr II charged with auditin z
the fraudulent claim. the voucher for
hlch ~as made ouf To John kTon
According To- Commissioner FnsdiCk p
report hron - an employee Of a tele-
plun" company and didn't know wher"
the culver was Other men IN Whose
names contracts were made wer" plaS
trT"rs, railroad conductors and the like.
. ami they didn't know the location 81 the
work which II was claimed they had done
After Questioning them CommIs-ioner
fs-dlCk reported that 1T ~ clear that a
series Of fraudulent open orders bRSe,l
On torg-dlhIds were issued 10y the Borough
Pre- IGsnt 10 men who acted az dummies
Tor John VI Phillips. and that the work
done MAS practically valueless. and that
-" money paid by the Comptroller =
Office for the work Was diverted by false
addresses and forged indorse ments to
the under sheriff 81 Queens.
According To Commissioner Fosdick.
IL" work Of cleaning up Queens isn .
finished yet and there may he more IN
di,tmentS - follow tie SaId
Ny business IN Queens was not tO
ind indictments. tut TO rsorganILs the
business Of tia. borough 80 that the Cltv
wall get value received for Its money
The indictments found have been nCi-
dental To the work. II - now about
W uar cent concluded and We ar,s now
working on the Bureau Of Highways.
We 10 not expect Co make more reports
involving criminal charges until OCto-
ter
Even II dresser Is not convicted or n
the indictment against him ~ dismissed
u - almost certain that the committees
Oi citizens who have been sicking On the
graft hunters will ask Gov. Hughes TO
remove the Borough President. II Gov.
Hughes should do 80 u will then dcvolvs
upon the five Queens Aldermen Ia elect
dresser sgCCeSsOr. and that's what the
cassidy men were 81 happy about yerter-
day. for Il N no secret at all that hing
Joe wants to come back and u he succeeds
IN doing Il his followers figure that the
lean years will he over
The knOwledg. that there was possibly
two years more ~ Cassidy ahead Of them
mas already stirred the IS>opls Of Queens
20 action. and az long ago as last Apr
the Elmhurst Taxpayers Association
planned in the event % Gres.erss removal
10 i-ttion Gov Hughes 70 name his 'uc-
lessor The associations counsel ad
ylsed that the Governor has the power u
appoint IN such n case and that he can
s,lp@r-ede the Aldermen However
when Berrnel resigned and sailed away
rather than answer the Grand Jurys
questions n was the Aldermen who
elected Gresssr Ia MI out the unexplr-d
term and that's what the Cassidy men
are SURE will happen this time " a vacancy
occurs ~ sure are they of this and ~
hoy"fIl Of Gr.-sser's fall that "A month
az, IN" Cassidvites arranged a meeting
with some onrh'Hire--er men 10 figure
on a division II tn. Spoils. To escape
uOrICe N" conference was held in SUFFOLK
county cassidy was there and Ores
Der vas represented by sheriff Her
t..rf Harvey and John " Phillips
~. Gr.ss-r men tried Tn get Cassidy
q" help their leader To a reelection and he
content with the minor offices in TN" Bor
uugh Presidents gift for the cassidy
camp followers But Ming Joe u - said.
stuck out Tor hts night - the crown and
said he meant ~ have ~ and tn" Gr"sssr