New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-02

city received anything on its own in
vestmeut.
evil you therefore please obtain an
official transcript Of the minutes OF the
Thompson committee and cause a study
thereof 20 be made, with a view 10 de-
termining whether any improper
charges have i'm fact been made TO the
construction account, and whether there
is a basis for contestIng sucn charges
IN the interests Of the city
Senator Thompson received letter
from George ". Young. who returned
Monday from Palm Beach, 20 TESTIFY
before the Thompson committee, That
he had again left town.
Senator Thompson read the Young let
ter into tn, record. u stated how he had
called on the Senator at the Bltmore
Monday only 70 learn he was in Al
bany, and again on Tuesday. with the
same result Then Mr.. Young wrote
that he would leave town Wednesday
and would telephone when he returned.
He implied that his reason was be
cause he had learned the committee
had been granted a lease Of life and
that it could now wait. Mr.. Young Is
in i'll health.
Mr.. Young also said in his letter
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that Senator Thompson had given out
an interview saying he Young had
telephoned to j. =. Morgan asking him
not 70 sail TO Europe.
Il never saw anything like that"
said Senator Thompson, but # Mr,
Young reads the papers | hope he VIII
read that !. to-day. said this commit
tee would like 20 have him testify the
first minute we can get him
Here Frank Moss, counsel TO the
committee, broke in and said:
yesterday Mr.. Colby telephoned me
and said Mr.. Young had come here to
testify and asked me when | wanted
Kim. ! said to-day at Il o'clock. Mr.
Colby said he would have him here.
Mr.. Colby telephonCd me again few
minutes ago and said he was surprised
Mr.. Young was not here. !. was then
Z o'clock cambridge Colby is coun-
sci for Mr.. Young.
Senator Thompson said he felt sure
that if Mr.. Young knew he was wanted
urgently he would have been present.
Then he added
From what ! saw OF Mr.. Young I'm
sure he is pretty good fellow and
viii get here
All the items in the "Force Account"
were not revealed at the request OF
lanes l.. Ouackenbush. the INTERIOR
borough's counsel. He pointed out that
settlements had been made with about
sixty per cent OF the property owners,
who alleged damage TO property By the
improvements. and that l,o4 cases
were still pending.
"If the attorneys find out what We
have paid in some cases" said Mr..
Ouackenbush. "they will increase prob
ably the amounts of damage claimed by
their clients
In this account it was learned that
robert +. Simon. real estate expert,
employed in Henry Morgenthau's Office,
rs paid $4,000 a year by the Inter-
borough for his work. Il was explained
that he supervises all real estate
appraisals mad by other appraisers
carried in this account.
Acceleration Causes Debate.
One item Of $40. paid 10 "The Harlem
Magazine" for write-up Of two pages
end one hundred copies Of the period
cal. was objected to by the Public Ser
vice Commission, as was shown by
letter.
This charge is not q proper charge
20 cost Of construction said the let
tel. Favorable comment for notices
not strictly advertising is q species Of
acceleration not approved by this Com
mission"
Here Mr.. Quackenbush interrupted 10
say that his definition of acceleration
was entirely different Said he in eX-
PLANTATION:
"Mv definition Of acceleration is: III
railroad wanted something and got
up a meeting, and some distinguished
citizen Of the neighborhood got up and
made n red-hot speech for the rail