The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
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Interest in the investigation, thougf still running high, was less keen thar at the first gathering This was re flected in the diminished attendance Vague hints were thrown out by At torney Stiles JudSon, and even deftn ite prophecy that there were reVela lions coming that could not be ex piained, but as before, these threaten ed disclosures remain in the back ground.
 Mir McKenna's adherents-and tht gathering last night was plainl! friendly to McKenna, though no out bursts of applause were permitted profess continued confidence in tht outcome On the other hand, Inquis itor Judson, counsel for Denis F. Mua vihill failing after three hours of ef' fort, to develop anything to discredi MT. McKenna. declared in the las minutes of the session that he pro- posed to produce evidence of trregu' larities in the finances of the office that could not be explained away, al had been explained certain Of the transactions gone into last night
 Repeated delays, by reason Of the necessity of sea xrching through piles of vouchers, checks. council proceed ings, and thu like. led Attorney Klein MT. McKenna's counsel, to ask the committee before adjournment, 10 al rect that the 'complainant"-Denis f. Muivihill. and he said he used that term advisedly-prepare specific state ,uents of the general terms in which he attacks McKenna's adninistratio ton.
 Senator .udson violently opposed the proposition, objected to the re1erence 10 his client in the term complain ant, and declared the committee should not burden him with such r~esponsfbiltty any more than 1t should discriminate against any other cltl- zen
 But he Is not here like any other citizen" protested Attorney Klein. Tt may be that any citizen has the r1gnt to come in here and be heard We would Nike to have any person wno has a complaint against the city en- gineer's office to come here with It. But here comes Denis F. Mulvthill, represented by counsel, and makes cer- tain specifications. in terms that are uncertain! We come here unprepared to answer for we know not what IS meant by these general assertions. The committee should direct that this complaint be made specific. And If not. the committee should let Denis F. Nu,vshill take the stand"
 Attorney Judson arguing against the motion of Attorney Klein. remonstrat- ed against the attitude Of MT. Klein towards his client. This is an inves- tiratfon. not a prosecution" said he. Referring to the ready explanation of MT. McKerna's financial transactions that the committee had gone into dur ing the hearing. he said 1t might be that in the cases already considered the engineer was perfectly innocent. sRuit II was unusual, he argued, TOT -the head Of a city department to nave checks drawn in favor of himself to pay off employees of his department.
 Tt may be" he said that he is perfectly innocent in these cases. That -depends upon the view the commit tee takes Of the situation"
 He added that in the course of time he would reach a check or checks that cannot be accounted for
 The committee agreed to take the motion of Mir Klein under consdera- stion. He asked that if favorable con- sideration be given it, the amended charges. specific in nature. be given .fc him in time to come to the next recession with such evidence gearing on them as he may gather. The next session will be held on Wednesday ev- ening, April ,.
 The mooted grade and the sewer con- .strpction in Livingstone Place; the grading of Hawthorne street; the con- -structien of the Seaview avenue sewer; the work and manner of recompense of the multifarious chauffeur-civil engineers of the office last spring; and the manner of payment of three young women employees at various times as stenograp phers formed the material for the investigation of last night. In justice to Mir. McKenna 1t must be stated that nothing was disclosed at the hearing last evening upon which the committee could base anything but favorable action towards the engineer. This was so apparent that such bald statement is not in the nature of a prior judgment Of the merits of the ov-I among those summoned by Denis F. N4vihill As for the finances of the office. 1t was shown that the steno- craphers' salaries in certain instances came out of funds provided for speci- fic purposes. while their work was not confined to the particular province for which this fund Is provided The ~arne was true of the chauffeur'S pay. This on its face is a technical frregu- larity but to those familiar with the workings of the city government the disclosure came as a matter of course.
 The grade of Livingstone Place, a street extending from Noble avenue 10 East Main street. which was dis clissed at the last hearing, was taken lIp at the opening of the resumed hearing Joseph Beckwith was the first witness He built in the street on a grade furnished him by Scofield I& Ford. thinking. he said, that the grade was all right. To make the changes necessary to have his property satisfactorily comply with the grade fixed by City Engineer McKenna, the cost will be about $50.
 Then the fact is,' concluded MT. Klein, you wouldn't have been dam aged If you had followed the grade of the city engineer. You took your char-es?'
 Yes" admitted the witness 'T supposed the grade was all right the
 Mr Beckwith's wife, summoned ap- rarently through error. was first call cd to the stand but replaced by her husband. While he was endeavoring to recall the facts. she ventured forth rom the spectators, and was about to hold a whispered con, >rsation with her spouse Counsel objected. But" said the well-meaning wife. ''he's made a mistake" The committee asked Mrs. Beckwith to allow her hus- hand to tell his own story. which she reluctantly did. Just what was his mistake didn't develop.
 Then came an academic diScu SSion of engineering with Frank B. Jayne, of the staff of Scofield & Ford, as the witness. MT. Jayne supplied the technical data for the investigators, relative to the grade Of the street, ritcf of the sewer and the like, and established the differences between the city engineers layout adopted as the official grade. and that of Scofield & Ford, prepared prior to the acceptance of the official grade MT. Jayne said under examination he believed the Me KeDna grade was bad. as an engineer