Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-06
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still 1t would be better to nay public
opinion with us. etc.
"On December Q / met Lane and Mdrt.
land at the new firebouse then In process
OF erection. They seemed interested,
Murtland particularly, and wished for
further acquaintance. 1t was ON this
date. also, that l had another talo with
Palmer. I told him l wanted him to
assure me that IL this was going through
then I would be willing to put up my
money. but, if otherwise, l would not. l
said | did not want to get the worst of
1t, as had others before me.
Say Kuehnle Handled Deals"
Palmer said he would be personally
responsible and would see that l got n
square deal. He thought | might, after
all, nave to consider Kuehnle, as the
councilman had been In the habit OF al
lowing Kuehnle to handle such deals and
paying them Individually"
Day by day from this point Harris"
goes into a detailed description of his
efforts here, leading up to December
10, when he first decoyed Phoebus into
a room at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York city. where the initial ~distagraph
record of Phoebus's talk was taken. Two
stenographers and a photograph were in
the room adjoining the one occupied by
Harris and Phoebus, and good records
were obtained.
CounciImen Asked $500.
ut was at this time" continues Har-
ris, that Phoebus said he was ready
co ta ahaod mifb fba nroiart and Y,t.a-
pared to pay the councilmen their price
for passing the ordinance. He did pot
mince matters. He suggested hat we
Lane and MurtIand come to New
York at once, as they were his pals
and l could talk as plainly to them as
/ had to him. Phoebus could not reach
them by telephone, however, so this
arrangement temporarily fell through.
On December q | returned to Atlantic
City, and on the 26th, five days later,
[ had a long talk with Phoebus at the
bar of the Marlborough Blenheim, where
/ was stopping. Kuehnle had been con-
victed, and this fact seemed to please
Phoebus immensely, who insisted tina
keeps Kuehnle u of the divvy, as he
take the chance Two days
afterward, Palmer, at my suggestion,
made calls on the various spa
in town. 1t was my desire, of course.
to encourage them to write the new
project up in a hattering way. Palmer
didn't make much Roadway, however,
although he put a picture of the pro-
posed new walk up in his office and
away many of the postal cards
of the scene.
ON January . Phoebus called on
me at the Waldorf-Astorla. and another
d~ictagraph record was excellently made.
This conversation bore on the financing
of The councilmen who would have to
be seen.
on January 4 | also met him In my
room, and along with Lane and another
dictagraph record was made. In this
conversation the question of paying the
couneilmen was again fully discussed
and the amount to be paid to each was
by Phoebus as being 5000.
purlng these conversations Phoebus
also brought up the subject of prepar.
the ordinance and suggested that 7
submit the project to the boardwalk
committee as soon as possible. We
likewise talked over tile proposition of
having the city appropriate 81, 500, 900 and
In addition give me $50. 900 for my plans
and drawings, besides Z per cent. for SUI
pervision. Phoebus said that Mr.. Woot-
the city solicitor, would go in with
us, but not to press him too hard.
Calls on City Solicitor.
"On January 10 / met Phoebus and
at the %latter's office. and the ques-
ton again arose us to the ACCESSIBILITY
of taking in Mr.. Wootton and allowing
him to attend to the preparation of the
ordinance. 1t was argued that Wootton
could advise me as TO the financial con.
dition of the city. and whether it would
be possible for the city to appropriate
the amount we wanted, 81 .5O0, 900. 1t was
remarked, casually, that Lane was a little
nervous about his trip to New York, as
he was afraid Bell, the hotel man. had
said, the boys were getting a little anx-
ious to know something about me-
"On January II | called at the office
of Mr.. Wootton, and he was willing TO
along the lines suggested by
Phoebus the day before. He said the
of the city was bad nj the
time and he thought there WINS
only about $780, 600 available. He was n
afraid that the $50, 600 for the plans
was n little too strong, but that the 7
per cent. for supervision was all right
and could he made to stick.
'On January 10 | met Phoebus at the
Boutwell, and he explained that the ordi-
nance probably could be introduced the
second Monday in February and might be
through in three readings on two
council nights. On January % met
Phoebus at the Ilseworth Cafe. Mavor
Bacharach was also visiting with us for
a time in the cafe. Phoebus said the
rouncilmen were all highly pleased with
the project and that he would have no
difficulty in lining them up when | was
ready. He said that he had told Car.
today for the first time of the
frame-up and George is with u.s. as he
IT.
From this time until February 8 the
report deals with details of the fnyesti.
which were necessary to record.
Dut not particularly interesting. The
statement then continues:
"Phoebus said he had seen Mr.. Woot-
on frequently and that Wootton was
highly pleased the way things were
going and did not think that We were
n the least suspected of trying to put