The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-04
QtEENSS GREENOAk CLUB.
Commissioner Orrfway Hears somethlnr
About u In the dresser Trial

James F Burns. bookkeepsr Of
Astoria and reputed owner Of a horse
and cart which did valiant work on the
pay rolls If Queens just previous to the
cleo, ion Of last year. gave ze-t Ia the
hearing Yesterday Of the taxrayerS
charges against President Lawrence
dresser Of that borough before Com
missioner samuel r. ordway in the
recess Burns took rhe hoor and demanded
that the individual who impersonated
him or the payroll he arrested.
L never owned horse and carr IN my
life. he said. and ! object to having
my name handed around a. the owner
OF a fake ou, fit
AT m. morning and sfte.noon sessions
a number Of foremen Employed on the
Highway Depart ment in old Long Island
City testified TO names that had been
added 20 their daily tmesheets after
they made them up and handed them
over ~ Ward Foreman Frank n Burke
Among rh. foremen who testified that
nanes had hean added 10 their time
sheets without authority were Thomas
Hacks,i of iI2 Second street Nicholas
Schwartz Of ISL Fifteenth avenue Henry
Hamilton street. all of Long Island Civ
blessings testimony stepped out 81 the
ordinary when in answer TO quest ions
hv Commissioner Drdway he declared
he hadn't cont rIb,itsd 10 uamnaIgns
for several wears. and following the last
elect ION. when he went to~ee Super,nten
dent of Highways Patrick r. Ieahy
about being LAID of witness declared
Ieahy said - him
You 60 see Joe Cassidy You didn
help us and there is no reason why We
should help Won
Following his reinstatement. he said
he was transferred 70 Far Rockaway
and in August 81 this year he was laid
of again
Why xer. YOU laid Of this last timeT"
questioned Commissioner Ordway
Because | wouldn't Join the Greanoak
Club replied the witness
There has bcan considerable talk about
this Greenoak Club. SAID commissioner
Ordway and want 10 ind ont Just wha,
there - IN u
diced motto" he had received from the
Graanoak Club asking him 70 join. which
he sad had hesn sent 10 all borough
employees He SAID hose who joined were
nor laid Of and thts" who refused were.
He also said the club vas controlled 10y
Sh.rin Thcunas VI Quinn. former Under
Sheriff John VI Phillips. and the name ~
former sheriff Herbert Harvey vas
also brought INTO tn" evIdenC" Grcsser
was not Il neI, ber Of tn" clIb Witness
also said that Phillips who he declared
actually controlled IN. ~lun. was tho
recognized Democrat" leader IN Long
Is and CIV. and he undars' nod that any
one who Joined IN" club would n" taken
care OF
Several 80 tn" foromen who have bean
~ III" oitE employ for number n yoa-s
testified rrar during the former Cassidy
administration tr"y handed their con.
LrIbut,on- 10 Matthew ! Goldncr. Who was
mon Superintendent II sew ers
Herman Rin9c. ch!"f clerk IN tho De-
partnent Il Hish~sys spent several
hours on the vI'neSs stand looking up in
has letter copy book the rtlticat- Of em-
ploynent gwen to men Who Il Is alleged
serc The. prpprI"torS ~ TN horses and
carts By way - proving tho charG"
thar m" numh.- % horses and carts we're
greatly increased on the highways II.
OV"a.~ around PRIMARY and election tIrres
~ ats. "r to "a grIcsi'on by Charles Pope
Caldo I'll Couusr, for the Taxpayers v no
hrrIght charge. Rim :" said thar in July ~
,aI-' yrlr here w"r. iji horses and carts on
rh. hiCha ays. in August. lSs, IN S.ptem-
h..r N" number u!"Ipei Ia is0 and 'hen
- l.e. and finally reached cnj n short time
l"for. election Following election tho
number = .,s r"dIc.'i ~ 1873 and finally
dropped down 10 81 IN December