The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-11
QUEENS TIN MACS And CARTS
MN " no % ORkiD WIN THTH
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on ihr Job Money >hrSri tn Have
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tator anu Niinr.. ~ sp q oniI,'in rni..

charges Il n-gl,.t aud mcump''t.ncN
against Boruggh rr--Id"nf dresser "t
p,l..,'n- the. LAWYERS Tor ~" la naN-r- sand
that they N.uld probably Present the
rest 1T their rlIG .p,. ~ TIA" -''--lunS To
h.. held NJ. ny md uu IIr~dav ~
next week n - ,.Nt.,'rt"d thar dresser =
d.f.nC" wal ur, ItN q dozen -''--'''--
At the alt,rr,,"n -r--Inn yesterday
from hi- -.ai Iw.u~ IN" ~p", taiors
former nd..r ~h.-ir John VI Phillips
called Joseph Burns Who was on ia"
witness stand = har Rurn> was On" ot
the furrmen 10 tL" Highway DEPARTMENT
lie was Land oN and faded tn ~"cIr" re-
insiat.m-ut II" .itrihuI'd hls heIng
laid III 10 ~" tt,i hlt 10" refused 10 put
up 81 initiation i"' and loIn tn" tre-noak
CiuO Tie -,tId that ~ -ShrrIh hero-rt
y Harvey and Thomas H. Todd, CASHIER
in the Sewer Department, CalI-ed hIm q"
he out 81 hi lob.
There's Phillips now -ard the witness.
pointing Ia tie first row ~ spectators.
III. told me tnat Todd Was Tia. man who
had ms. laid ~
You're a l.ar'- shout-d Phillips spring
ing 10 h'~ feet.
Your. another re- Irn"d Burns
Stop, Stop demanded Commissioned
Ordway The men said no more and the
examination went On
IN. morning session WAS made inter
cstins by tbs. -tin nor" ana carts that
we're brought III bv tue testimony IT
various witnesses
Felix = glucI ~ q Isabella glaCe.
Astoria. sewing macnm" agent and
former president 81 the Italian A marIcan
DsmOC ratl" association, testified that ne
drew more han So from the CIty Tor
horse and cart which he n.Ner owned
He said that III auU-Nsr to n REQ lest he
went To the nom. pt James BURNS IN
Astoria " mere ne met lax COMMISSIONS
John Halleran Nuu said ha wanted has
support IN the forthcoming primaries and
told him that lac WAS dealing with a
gentleman. and veil TX YOU up he
witness said h. va- tot that h" would
~ placed on IN" Iayruiis and when he
ask ed AZ what ne was told " WIS none
% his business Then IA. was told he could
have "A horse and cart He protested b.
had no money wtth which 10 buy the hons.
and cart when We testified either Burns
or Nalsran said ~ HIM.
We'll You'll get a TN hors" and cart
Wei furnish one for YOU
shortly following this hs received notice
70 go I" the rnrInraIon yard III Long
Island city and get his pay. and he drew
In all bet w"en So and SO hetoT" hIs outfit
was laid IN II" spent all this money
tra.icr under rhs belief that he would
later b" appointed AN assistant fore
man. and when the JoU tailed To material
i've h. w.. Ia $50 both former sheriff
Harvey aud Commissioner hall"ran. but
he never got the promised sob. In 1898
he went to he Borough HAIL to 1893 about
q job and "A place - "a corporation IN
spector was promised hun For thre"
months h" received So month from
james p HICKS. then Superintendent Of
Highways. hat u -topi"d when Hicks
resigned HE position ~" then went
to see President dresser. NghD aid he had
never been appointed and that HICKS
must have paid him out OF hi- own pocket
Anton Novotny of ~ Crescent street
testified that a man named MG 'aTthv
or Murphy. whom he had known m New
York for twenty v"aT-, came io his house
one nigh, and told him Of an unnamed
contractor who had a lot Of horses and
carts and ~ business Was duh on. ci
the outfits would hr placed at work with
the city aud IN" witness would get the
money n" received thre" weeks pay.
when n. vas informed that a. business
had picked zap the contractor wante,i
his ou,ht N"votny- pay was dis
continued
Charles SCHNEIDER. n wears old. an Old
time hotel k""p"r VINO hal -" IA the
Department al PubhC BuIliug- and
Office. told about being laid OF after
refusing to contribute t0 the Gre-~er
campaign fund
tieOrget ~ttg@' ~ $50 NtsInwav avenue,
head OF an association hearing ms name.
testified that he received two weeks pay
n "A laboTsr buj rendered no services
He had been designated laborer but
refused 10 take the Job. expecting 20
be transferred la the Typographical /
bureau He never got the transfer aud
never went Ia WORK
Thomas Il. LoughlIn. If Of I27 Fifth
street testified to drawing about s7j
from the city for bogus horse and cart
He said that h,. was u member OF the
Greenoak club anh that former Under |
sheriff John VI Phillips was the first
% speak about putting an outfit to work |
for him. H.. received the notification /
Of the appointment of his hor-- and cart .
through TN. maIl-.
Did you think this was TN horse and
cart?' inquired Commissioner Ordway.
We'll. never owned a hor--and cart,
replied the witness.
Did you render any service whatso-
ever for the city inquired Lawyer /
for-n Of taxpayers counsel
No returned tn" witness
In answer to questions by Mr. N.llen !
Of Gre--ers counsel on Cro---e mamma !
ton Loughin -ard he never Jaw the
horse and cart which. 10 was alleged. had
been put 10 work N h'- nam" and he did I
not think that any on" ever furnished .
the outfit
In giving IN" testimony concerning
the general bad oJndItrO Of the roads .
IN Queens Stephen VI. Van Allen of -
MON Hall street, Jamaica. testified that .
he had wag.red among his friends a new
hat To any on. who would point out 10 (
him "A gang Of lively" men supposed 10 .
be at work on the city highways wh-r. .
more than two ~er" working az any /
ON. time. H- laid h" never found any 7
one acquainted with affairs ~ Queens !
who was willing 20 take up ~" wager
Al the afternoon session tdOiph A
Matthew'S. builder ~ 100 Forest avenue,
Ridgew God testified "a calling ia. aiten-
ton - President Gre-rar To alleged graft /
ing IN sewer p"rntr-. " hen. he SAID Gr.sser
asked him not {" bring in ia. mann. ~ /
Joseph Nelson. then chief clerk IN the .
sewer department. h" was using /,
Nelson III collecting campaign funds
In addition to giving III" testimony /
thai brought "n IN" Ill, wVh Phillips /
about IN" Gr".noak club Burn. also gave
TESTIMONY intended 10 cOrrobOrate
PaRlui"aS statement which invOlI ed :
Conmi--ioner HHll"Tan IA m" TIN hpTs.
and cart scandal ~" testified that al .
Com missioner Hall.r1n'- request he
broug ht PaghIIca to hun and later also /
hrOu Hht toegrovs y hO rpCsiy el his morse