New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
,,cry Commissioner Raps
Nayor Mitchell as Foe
of Dual System.
aR. T. PAID NO
HEED TO ORDERS
,roken Strap at Hearing
Is SYMBOL of Many
Woes of Public.

80. ;nns,erisl whether ] stay on
omission or not" said Commits
-, George Y. s. Williams. testify
.,fo-e the legislative investigst'
,onr. t,cc yesterday. 81 know
..tb.ve done my duty. What | ask
=, N is not 10 destroy this law
,.Ats. been so we'll thought out
=, Commissioner was speaking IN
=. % questions as 70 whether ne
,..,,.5 taking the construction work
n the hands Of the commission.
,,r cane 10 the suggestion that y
-. b. turned over to a department
d. Navor Williams became eX-
g,,,r emphatic. Banging the table
IN his FIST. he said;
a. for turning II over to Mayor
v,.s,,. ! think the people would pro-
:, most vigorously against it. He
,bs arch.cncmy Of the whole dual
,-,,,r. lie argued against I, and two
.,rspspers called it steal. A man
....rr on YOUR committee Senator
r,onveln knows what VIC went
a,opgb then. Either the Mayor was
,,ors then or he was right. If he
,,,. night. il would he his duty TO
,,op II as soo7 as he had the power"
Williams Defends Board.
4, for handing the construction 70
IL. Board OF Estimate. the Commits
eor,r said +. would cause great
teal Of delay.
of course" he added. 81 don't want
=, SAY tina, there are not others who
Yvld do this thing as we'll as the
resent commissioners, because there
,,v,r was man whose work could not
!, done by others after little expert
r,s But the BOARD Of Estimate has
I, hsnds full now
There were many situations, the
Witness said, where il was most essen
81 that the same body should have
barge Of the regulation and the con-
srue,ion. places where new work was
rirc on in the vicinity of present OPP
sttior.
Svsrsl times the Commissioner said
trgs that seemed TO give 4 political
isM to his opinions and finally Sens-
,r Lwson was led TO ask him:
You don't think tnsr politics should
have anything TO 90 with Public Ser
zee matters. do YOU"
Williams declared such thing was
ir from his mind. One Of his re-
sarks was in connection with what he
nd he had tried TO do to have new
stations built on the elevated lines in
Brooklyn.
The commission thought ! was try
Nc 10 &c. jobs for deserving Demo
rats and forced me down. he said.
Are there deserving Democrats
down here ." asked Senator Thompson,
nth his quaint Niagara County smile.
"Yes," replied the Commissioner.
iiO smiling, land ! want to say that
have always tried TO get for them
mat they deserved"
Witness Urges Home Rule.
Would you agree" asked Senator
1vson, who seemed TO think that be-
tsuse he came from that borough he
mould do most Of the quizzing of the
Brooklyn Commissioner. that there
'hould be a state law one that is not
hanged every other week that would
nake II obligatory for cars 20 be
Stopped at definite places >"
Being a Democrat and favoring
isne rule was the reply, 81 cannot
~ why the Board of Aldermen cannot
lsss ] the legislation We need along
nat line"
, Va'ehing up this point on home rule,
fhator Thompson. who seems 10 favor
l,uihg the construction sthe hands
y city body, asked the Commissioner
/, 10 view Of his principles along tho
ae'' ne would not favor having q local
.SOy appointed here rather than have
zen sent down from upstate 10 handle
hose matters.
"il'iams explained tina. the men who
'ue IN me commission now were resi-
Ia OIL this city under the law. and ne
10 not see now II was possible to have
N 0sganizstion without a state law.
@osl OF the time on the stand the
.-nnlssioner seemed TO be delivering