The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-03
BURLAP And SUGAR
PUT IN STATE ROADS
Engineer Brennan Says tho
Commodities Were Paid for
on "GallOn" Basis.
HE TELLS OF FAvORITISN
Barber Asphalt the Recipient
He Declares to Assem-
bly, Committee.
HE TELLS OF FAvORITISN

ALBANY, March 2.-How the state Vavs
for old sugar. brake shoes. bolts. -us
and burlap In barrels OF asphalt a. IS
cents gallon S.3 pounds to a gauorN
was told by William Brennan. n -oa.
engineer of Herk.mer. to-day. when ae
testified before the Sullivan investigating
committee OF the Assembly. Old bar.s,s
without being cleaned, ar. used ~ the
asphalt people, he said. and everything
Is dumped right in the watts oy stat,
highway contractors.
Mr.. Brennan said that he fourd .cgr
inches OF sugar on the bottom OF som.
barrels, all % which went into the Sea.
because It was impossible to separate Il
No one ever asked him Tor Il caupa n
contribution. Mr.. Brennan sad. and lie
never gave one. lie declared that -
never tried to get highway repair cen.
tracts during the last three or four years
because hs Wasn't right politically"
Mr.. Brennan. who has been a road ,r-
E!neer for nine years, urged that thee
he fewer technicslities In the High~t.
Department In order TO get better roads
For tho trunk lines, on which tran, 4,
very heavy, Mr.. Brennan suggested th.,
'S"uo r' bAiN VI pltnuitillt -
Warrenite. with heavy concrete base.
at d cost Of about $4,000 or l9,oVQ D.
mile.
For roads with less traffic he thought
that waterbound macadam at about $500
a mile would stand up we'll. Gravel ROADS
Mr.. Brennan does not approve OF eSccp.
when soil conditions are right for has,
and when the road can be we'll drained
Brick. b.thullth!c or Warren!te rua.y
with concrete base should last MAJ,
years without repairs, M Brennan SAL
lie declared that he knew of one road a
Rome which mas stood for thirteen years
another in Rome for eight years wltHJI;
any repairs. and that both are still IL eI.
cellent condition.
MIR. Brennan declared that contracts
should be let by the Highways Depar;n!er;
In the fall instead Of IN the sprins. as =
the case q: present. II contracts were z
serised IN the fall contractors we.j
nave an Opportunity OF inspecting -
roads to ascertain what the soil cord.
tons were and 10 get other data
a three headed highway commission,
such az was formed under the Huge.
administration and lcSisiated out o! one.
py the Democrats In 1911. Is favored ~
Mr.. brennan. He said that the three
commissioners can keep track OF ,ous,rlc.
ton much better than a single supe;H'
tendent and be more Ia contact VII "a.
WORK.
Mr.. Brennan testified 20 havlns Suhle
a contract from the Newport Constructor
Company In 1919 for Il road about sr,e.
miles long between Newport and Co'Sr1os
IN terk!mer county. The road was tn
lshed in November OF last year, nd o.
though the law sage the Anal ,st.us-e
snail Do prepared within sixty days ". .
Brennan is stin waiting for $500 Mo
Is month and a half overdue.
~ n -.r
INTO So that specifications Tor TIE ga
highway were changed from wategbou0j
macadam TO bituminous macadam Th
asphalt to-. The town boards aloHg ;ae
road pstit!on,d for the change. NJ. B-.r.
nan said, but he did not know who started
the movement.
Mr., Brennan's Arm was prevented from
using b'er!ey asphalt despite the t'r,
that the tests had been pronounced s,,S'
factorily by Highways Department eS
perts He was told that only "unuaturr
asphalt could be laid. Barber .-pna'
Which ne was forced 10 use, cost ''.
cents a gallon more. he said
Mr., Brennan said he had 10; con
planned because his final estimate 49,
held up.
Clark.
AN contractors complain" said y,
over the State"
Another member OF the committee asNei
what the B!erley people did when ho va
prevented from using their asphalt AL
Mr., Brennan replied:
They claimed II was only a campaign
contribution hodup and said they ,o4d
ana would FIX II up. They did not, thoush
Tor heard they came 20 Albany hu, ~
not go TO the Highways Department
Tho committee adjourned urtu Thgcs
day morning when It's counsel, JOHN i
clark and Roger =. Clark will have rus
piIed q preliminary report for subw $50
TO the Legislature on Friday.
before edlournirg Chief Cou--rl T''-
X. Clark called attention 10 the fac, INA,
James w. Osborne. investigator FOR 'i7'
Wynn. has asserted that contractoss ~
700 powerful In the Highways Depar,ia"'.
ana suggested that deputies and otDe. ta
ployees be placed under c.v!l seryi'c ~cs'
latons
do this 20 no cry OF par,saasa.H
can be raised II We SEQ At 10 maNs siY-
IoS recommended satd Mr CIc-k