New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
So. 102,574 Already Spent and
Revelations of Waste Crush
Suffers Hope of Economy.
COST OF LABOR SCARED
Was $1,094 to Every 500 for
Material Under Hoefer, Says
Hennessey-Tammany's
Hand Is Seen.
by Telegraph TO The Tribun,

Albany, March s.-The repairs to the
State Capitol will cost N.lOl,ol0 more than
anybody had calculated up to the time of
taking testimony on the repair contracts
by Governor Suffers committee of in
quiry week ago. John A. Hennessey.
the Governors executive auditor, gave out
figures to-day showing this startling dis
crepancy in the estimates
According to the testimony before the
committee. 81. 90. 90 had been spent on the
Capitol work and 100000 more was need
ed. Mr.. lIennessey finds that the agGre-
gate Of money already paid out and still
to be paid out on work under contract is
s.. l12,5H. and that sl,l0o.Vo more is re-
Quired. In other words. il had been sup
POSED that the total cost of Capitol repairs
would amount to s. 2co.oJo whereas il will
actually be g. 209.51i
Instead of having 10 appropriate 1909
000 additional for the work, the Legs
laturc will be called on this year To ap-
propriate $2.c2.57i Governor Sulzer had
economies in the state departments
through tn, efforts Of his committee of
inquiry The million is more than wiped
out by the discovery made to-day.
How is IL this discrepancy had not
been discovered before" Mr. Hennessey
was asked.
THE state architects Office had no sys-
tenn OF bookkeeping and the contracts
were let in a haphazard way he re-
piled
The Legislature 50 far has appropriated
81 ,63OcO for Capitol repairs. and AS S-'lo-'-
"a either has been spent or provided for
by contract there is a deficit OF more
than $4,000.
The executive auditor also gave out hg-
ures To show the enormous waste that
was allowed To 90 on under state Archi-
tect Herman ". lloefer who was forced
to resign last week by Governor Sulzer.
lie said that II the practices under Hoe
fer were continued 10 would cost 500"
10 rewirc the unchanged parts oil the
Capitbl. d contract which should only cost
,i6O D The work II far from COMPLETION,
hut already has cost S19,0D This contract
is being done 10y the Tucker Eiecticai
Construction Company. of New York.
Under Franklin B Ware, cN-statc
architect. Nj Hcnnessey said, SiN was
spent in labor for every 500 OF material.
The cost of the labor since iloefer be
came state architect. according 10 the
figures of the auditor. increased more
than five times, the figures being N'oei Tor
! labor to every 500 for material
Before Hoefer took office said MT
Uennessey. "the work Of checking up was
done by the superintendent Of construc-
! tion and a corps of inspectors. lioeioI
took the superintendent Of construction
from this work, and later tho inspectors
against the protest of everybody then
connected with the work. He then let q
man who was on the Tucker company
ravro,l do the checking for the rewriting
work"
Tho increase IN the cost of labor A.
COMPARED to material used. VI has been
explaIned. was brought about by the idc'
mat whenever certain New York Tam
many Leaders wanted 10 secure WORK lo'
any of their constituents the latter wou!d
! he sent TO Albany and put on The 'api
fol payroll. whether they did any WORK o'
ma, Mr. Uennessey Is now trying to md
out from union officials the status oil
| some of the alleged masons and electrical
uorkers sent to Albany under those CIR
| curustauCcg.