Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-28
Carlisle Kept
 a Pie Book"
HAD RECORD OF ALL PATRONAGE
 PARcELED OUT.
ON STATE ROADS WORK
One $3,ooo Job Said to Have Cost S1o,ooo-contractors Permitted to Use Inferior Grade of Material.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 27.-A pie book In which Highway Commissioner John N. Carlisle is said to have kept a rec ord of positions which he. parceled out to various political leaders is greatly desired by James w. Osborne. for use Tn his graft inquiry. The first intima- lton to the existence of the book came today at the inquiry when Theron Akin, 8 former congressman spoke of It. Akin said that last summer he went to Mr. Carlisle to appeal for the transfer of John B. Wright, an assist ant highway engineer, and during the conversation the commissioner produc- ed the book and pointed out to Akin just how much patronage he had ob- lalned. Incidentally. Wright was not transferred.
 Other witnesses today told MT. Os- borne additional facts concerning the approval of SIS repair contracts by the Bensel-Peck-Reel highway commis- sion.
 Transferred for Not Approving Work.
 John B. Wright, who now is commits sioner of public works of Amsterdam, opened the way for the story of the pie book" He said he had refused to approve the work of Contractors Peter V. Baird of Montgomery county and John E. Consaulus of Troy, and as result had been transferred to po- sition 300 miles from his home. He had appealed to c. Gordon Reel, then superintendent of highways, but was informed that the transfer had been brought about by politicians and con- tractors
 Wright also told of a supplemental agreement which he said Consaulus brought about by which one of the lat ter's contracts was increased from which was in Montgomery county, macadam was called for in the specifi- cations, but brick was substituted, he asserted. He told of another contract in Montgomery county on which the Hollington company had been permit material and to charge a, higher price for it than for material originally specified.
 Akin Relates Hs Experience.
 Wright declared that in his effort to be transferred back to Amsterdam he had appealed to MT. Akin. The for mer congressman told of visits to for mer Governor Sulzer and MT. Reel. and said MT Sulzer told him to take the the witness declared. first said Wright's transfer was due to MT. Gardner and then later denied this.
 Akin subsequently, visited Commis- sioner Carlisle in Wright's behalf. He said the commissioner then produced his little book.
 '"The commissioner told me I was pretty well taken care of" said MT Akin. He probably referred to the fact that man named McCann had been given a job in the highway de- partment in order to get him out of the race for postmastership of St Johnsville. Later he said that Mike Coleman and a man named Doyle had been given positions at the request of the Montgomery county association. Doyle he said, Twas credited to ex- Senator Gardner and Coleman to Su- preme Court Justice Henry V. Borst."
 $3,ooo Job Cost S1o,oo0.
 Did you understand that to mean political patronage?" asked Commis- sioner Osborne.
 'T did.'' MT Akin said.
 Akin also testified that 2,000 feet of road in his county had been built by the Mohonk Contracting company, in which Baird was interested, at a cost of s10.0O0.
 T could have built a better road with a couple of men and a baby car riage for ss,o0O," said MT. Akin.