New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22

The Dragon Cement Comany.
The Asens American Cement Company.
The Knickerbocker Cement Company.
ANY other such business arrange
ments.?" Whitman asked, as he had asked
before after Mcclure had named each
company.
"No-that is-what do you mean-such
business arrangements?" Mcguire re-
sponded
ANY business arrangements connected
I'm any way with your business with the
contractors working for the State Of New
York or based upon any connection or
supposed connection or influence you have
or might have with the state admnistra-
tion or with any political party Whit
man explained. apparently trying TO make
up a question on the spur Of the moment
that would embrace all Of McGuire's pc
culiar activities.
DO you mean in connection with the
bonding business OF Mcclure 4 Co, In
corporated?" Mcclure asked.
Yes: or with any OF your activities
either in your firm, personally, or IN part
nership with your brother, James X. Nc
CURE"
We'll, on our bonding business" Nc
CURE said slowly. we have a-a-uh-s
CO. partnership arrangement"
with whom Whitman demanded.
"With-well we have an arrangement
that we have no competition on certain
specified lines OF business with-with-
Charles r. Murphy Jr"
I'd like 10 explain that. Mr.. Whitman.
Id like to explain that" Mcclure added.
while the spectators who crowded the
little courtroom sat up in establishment
Certainly. Mr.. Mcclure. 10 right
ahead" Whitman responded.
We'll said the other day on the stand
here that we. Mcclure & Co. Incorporat-
ed. had written most Of the bonds on the
highway and canal contracts. and ! want
10 correct that We've written about p
per cent OF the highway and canal bonds
should have said that g. we've written
them in partnership with Mr.. Murphy
You see. we were coming down here to
open a New York office; we thought we
ought 10 have an Office In New York. but
then we got into communication with Mr..
Murphy-he's been writing bonds for a
number Of years-and we figured IL would
be better to 20 into a co-partnership
80 we did that. II embraced all the
business on contracts for canals, high
ways, subways and the aqueduct. You
see. IL used 10 be that the Fidelity and
Deposit Company OF Maryland did near
~ ali the highway contract bonding bust
ness under contract they had, but we
figured We could do better In co-part-
nershlp."
Both the District Attorney and Judge
McAdoo wanted Mcclure TO go further
and explain his explanation. but Mcclure
could only add that while the Fidelity and
Deposit Company Of Maryland had had a
large share OF the business previously.
under the new arrangements, and with
the co-partncrship between his own hrm
and that of Charles f. Murphy. jr., their
combination was able 10 get about one
quarter Of the business. He added later
that under the ARRANGEMENT Mr.. Murphy
got 30 per cent OF the agency commissions
on ALI the business with state or con-
tractors working for the state on high
WAYS and canals, and that Mr.. Murphy
split his commissions on city work on
subways or the aqueduct with them.
Whitman developed Slowly the story OF
how Mcclure and his brother, James X,
I'm a conference with the Warner-Quinlan
firm. had practically offered that concern
the opportunity OF getting In on state
highway work, provided the firm would
contribute s., 900 TO the Democratic State
Committee, and. i'm addition, would pay
the McGuires one cent gallon on all
asphalt and asphalt oil sold to state or
contractors.