Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-28
Asphalt Deals
 in New York
BARBER COMPANY ALLEGED TO
 HAVE MONOPOLY.
HENNEssY IS INVOLVED
Graft investigator Alleged to Have Been Party to the Discrimination Against Other Manufacturers.

Albany, N. r., Nov. 27.-The charges filed against State Highway Commis- sionert John N. Carlisle by the War ner-Quinlan Asphalt company and his answer thereto were made public to- night by Governor Glynn.
 CarliSle's accuSers averred. he dis crimfnated against them in laying specifications for asphalt to be used on state highways in order to favor the Barber Asphalt Paving company held secret meetings with agents of the company for the purpose of conspiring against other asphalt manufacturers. wasted thousands of dollars in eIn- ployfng incompetent engineers as road experts and has thrown the highway department into a state of chaos.
 Hennessy Involved.
 The commissioners reply was gen. eral denial .oS the accusations They were inspired, he said, by chagrined manufacturers who had failed In an effort to foist on his departTnent just as good'' asphalt for that designated in the specifications
 The name of John A Hennessy, for merly a special investigator In the highway department, appeared unex- pectedly in the formal charges. To him was attributed the sending of telegram to highway contractors last July notifying them that they must use Barber asphalt. This telegram was alleged to have followed a meeting in Cooperstown between Governor Su1- ger, Carlisle George Mcclure, an agent for the Barber company ana others. Communication was had by telephone from CoopeFstoWn with Hennessy in the highway department here it was alleged. and the sending of the tele-. gram followed. The message is said to have been signed Roy K Fuller by Hennessy Fuller is secretary to the highway department and he-~ pre- vioUsly has denied ever having sent the message.
 Case for Grand Jury, Says Hennessy.
 Allegation further was made that two days afteK Hennessy was appoint ed on June IS. 1913, he was called into conference with James K. Mcclure, an agent for a stockholder in the Bar Der company, Carlisle and others ard informed that only Barber asphalt would meet state highway specifca- tions.
 Both Hennessv and Sulzer, continued the charges. received money from the McGuires, some of which, if not the entire amount thereof was furnished by the Barber Asphalt Paving com pany' When Hennessy was apprised tonight of his alleged connection with the asphalt deals, he said the accusa- ton ought to be investigated imme- diately by a grand jury.
 Engineers Paid $50 3 Day.
 Members of Carlisle's board of ad- visory engineers, Harold Parker, George c. Diehl and William De Hurt burn Washington. also were accused of participating in asphalt confer ences with the McGuires and Carlisle In this connection it was further said that Washington was given his posi- ton by Governor SulZer on the rec ommendation of Mcclure and DiehI and Parker were recommended by two contractors interested in state high way work. Parker was alleged to be a stockholder in the Tfassam Com pressed Concrete Paving company, to which the state has paid royalties for the use of 9 paving process.
 These engineers received $50 a day and expenses for their services from last May until recentlv\ Parker and Diehl resigned last week. it being said their work was finished
 Knew Barred Asphalt Was Good.
 Additional articles against Carlisle in the sixth general divisions of the charges alege: When he barred the Warner-2uinlan product he knew it passed the tests of his department with a higher percentage than any other asphalt. Inquiries he made when he assumed office proved the asphalt was good and for a time he permitted the use of it.