The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-07
M'kENNA UNSCATHED
DURING THIRD SESSION
OF PROBE INTO OFFICE
CONTINUED from Page g.

MINI ABOUT the MOrehOuSH street sew
er- DeForest said his firm bid on it,
for q construction of $40 feet. But
Toole & Sunderlin built it.
You don't know anything about
this sewer?" asked Mr.. Klein.
No sir DeForest was excused.
1fiss Mullins, the present steno-
grapher at the city engineers orrIce,
The crowded hall was hushed when
hudson impressively asked the witness
, II II wasn't a fact that the city en-
zineer hadn't paid her for two months.
She said il was true.
And You haven't been able to get
it" Il haven't received it,
When did You go to work. Jan.
s.
Klein soon dispelled the doubt about
this transaction.
Cross examined, the witness said 1t
was understood when she went to
work in the office that there was no
money left of his appropriation. and
that she must wait until the cash be-
came available to get her pay.
But this, gentlemen said Judson
10 the committee. lis introduced to
show a violation Of the city Ordi-
nances. the contracting of q bill by
a city official for which no money is
appropriated
Howell Benham, 4 chauffeur. was
ono: much use in condemning McKenna
fo~ appropriating the city car to his
own use He didn't know where his
,sSecks came from. He got s12 a week
He never used the machine outside of
business hours. 1t was true he had
taken Mr. Mckenna's brother out one
night, but that was in a locOInObile
owned by Mr.. Locke of the Locke
steel Belt Co. not the Simplex car
owned by the city. and he took the
car back to the Miller Garage where
q IN ho
locke let them take ii out. But that
was after business hours and entirely
apart from his duties in the city en-
gineer's office.
John II. keenan,. special policeman,
detailed to duty in Polls theatre tes-
street was changed by the city engi-
neer. and that he wasn't able to get
a grade when he wanted it. About
. year or a year and a half before
ne built. last September Mr.. McKen-
ma and Mr.. BiltZ located grade stakes
Keenan, was ready to build. He asked
for a grade The city engineers men
located stakes and couple of days
later McKenna pulled them up.
Klein then read from the Common
Council proceedings a vote of that
in Harmony street, giving Henry l..
Blacknian and other petitioners leave
to withdraw their petition.
Keenan, confessed he didn't know
anything about this phase of the mat
ter He supposed the grade was es-
tablished when the stakes We're plac-
ed there. Alderman Lavery, chairman
of the committee, asked how he knew
they were grade stakes, and keenan,
said he came to that conclusion be-
cause some were marked "cut" and
others, ''fll''. Senator Paddock, also
A. -
natural grade of the street was not
such that 1t would be costly to estab-
iish q uniform grade. keenan, said
that was true.
John Callahan employed in the city
engineers office, identified certain
checks. He didn't know where his
money came from, but he did general
work. sometimes in connection with
the block map work, sometimes in the
location of lamps. Callahan appear
ed to be uncommunicative. Judson
asked him if he hadn't held converse
ton with Mr.. Mulvihill.
Has Mulvihill been deceiving you
AGAIN." interjected Klein.
You're treading on dangerous
ground" retorted Judson in an irrit- !
able mood.
Didn't you tell Mr.. Mulvihill some
thing about carrying dishes?" mo
sir" replied Callahan.
Later he said that" took place |
when he wasn't working in the office, |
He wasn't employed steadily.
"Judson then wanted to know to |
what particular transaction the wit
ness referred to by that
Callahan wasn't willing to enlighten |
him.
but you told Mr. MuIvihill about |
it?" NO sir
He didn't say that. Mulvihil ask
ed him. He didn't tell him. said |
Klein.
Callahan said he didn't know what |
was in the dishes. But the mystery |
OF the dishes or what they contained
wasn't further pursued.
At this juncture. Judson asked the |
committee to take official crgnizance |
OF the finances of the city engineers |
ONCE as to appropria lions, reading |
from figures presented him by the city |
clerk.
But before the committee passed |
this phase of the hearing, Klein call |
ed their attention to the fact that a |
deficiency of SO, 500 in 1908 to which |
tudson had pointed. was occasioned |
in the regime of the late Major Starr |
n city engineer.
John Heaphy the Iiverynan was not |
on hand. He had been summoned, |
but notified the committee during the |
evening that 1t might be impossible |
for him to attend. I. T. Banks, liv- |
STEnan, SAID IN response TO
questions that ne held a bill for
s26. 50 against the office, covering a |
period from last August to date. It |
was mostly for surveys.
Klein asked him If he knew what |
the Surveys were used for. He didn't |
know personally. 1t was his custom |
to deliver the surrey at the city hall |
In the morning and then the men en- |
ployed at the office would bring them |
back at night, one of them returning |
the rig to his stables.
Nobody was present to speak for the |
Miller Motor Car Co. Edward A. |
Connors spoke for the Aston Garage. |
He said he didn't know very much /
about the finances of the garage.
Judson showed him a check for
tso.e3 for storage. He thought it
was from June to October.
Klein asked him to look carefully !
at the check, to see whether his eye |
sight wasn't better than Judson's. He /
read again and said the check was
for storage, etc. which he said |
might mean repairs. gasoline, sup
plies and half dozen other things.
There was another check for s24. He
said the car was stored for IS per |
the cheapest rate.
John F. Brady, of the Board of |
testified that he installed |
a shower bath and a sink at the city
hall at cost of s71.13. This was in
June 1910. He got his pay Jan. IL,
1911 = He understood the sink was for
washing blueprints
William G. McKenna brother Of the |
city engineer, testified he receives
.