The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-15

Public Service Commission, has failed
and neglected to disallow the alleged
and improper items. payments. credits.
c~ompensations and concessions afore-
said. although In and by contract No. 3
n by law Ia empowered. authorized
and required to do 80. and has also
failed and neglected to a X n steps
to annui or rescind the p~urported de-
termination dated October ~. 1913"
The complaint quotes literally from
IN. contract between the InterborouGh
and the city. One Of the parts Of the
contract included In the complaint r.
Article 20. which provides that mo pay
ment. credit, compensation or concessions
whatsoever shall be determined to I've
part Of the costs Of construction or equip
ment' unless the marlborough files with
the Public Service Commission a dupli-
cate voucher or credit slip for Il.
OnIy aaSS.SOS Involved.
In chief Engineer Craven's approval
Of the prior determination" account re-
ferred TO In the complaint. he stated that
the PETERBOROUGH submitted a list of
vouchers for engineering and superir-
tendtnce." &c. totalling i2s.4Ob.Ol.
which was distributed over cost OF con-
struction among several lines. and also
submitted evidences Of legal expenses
and administrative charges which. after
eliminating the expenses OF publicity
campaign. aggregated Slss.000. also dis
tributed under cost Of construction" The
total Of these two amounts. 1927. 405.Ol.
was mentioned by the PETERBOROUGH yes
terday AS the only prior determination"
allowances included under the dual con-
tract and affected by the c!ty's equity
suit.
Corporation Counsel Hardy said last
night that the suit should re ach trial In
the Supreme Court IN May. the city
ha wing preference on the court calen-
dar. Mr.. Hardy emphasized the fact
that the city was never In "A position 10
fie obj. ctions to the prior determine
tion" allowances because Of the lack OF
vouchers and the c~oncealment Of the
Items allowed and disallowed. Originally
the PETERBOROUGH put In a claim for more
than 81, 800. 900 for precontract expenses.
but this was cut down by Mr.. Craven to
$3.50. 900. In which amount. the Thompson
committee ard the city contend. were
the Shonts. Rogers n Gaynor
There were other developments yes
tcrday growing out OF the Thompson
committees activities besides the city's
equity suit. Principal among these was
the revelation OF Il financial dkagree-
men, be,ween Senator Thompson and
the committees s~tenographer. Miss Viz
ginia Il. Valva. The two had an arsu-
ment about Miss Vaiva's bill In the Mu-
nicipal Building on Monday. senator
Thompson said the bill amounted 20
$1,000. and was too high. put Meier
S~teinbrink. Miss vaiva's attorney. said
yes,erday I. was i2.?37.s5 for the period
between September IL. 1915. and March
4. 1915. The senator may have 10
subpoena the record.
says she Was Threatened.
Miss valva said yesterday that the
Senator had made n nasty threat the
day before in the presence OF witnesses.
She declared that she had practically
financed the committees work since
september. bu. did not propose 10 Jet
Senator Thompson take advantage even
II she Was a woman. II tx understood
that Miss va!ya's attorney 81 Senator
Thompson the latter could have tbs
record when he made plain his position
In regard TO the stenographer's bill
The mixup will probably be settled to-
morrow. when Senator Thompson re.
turns from Albany. The bill was made
out according to folio rate. at IS cents
LVT ttil lOIiuc OF lVV WoTus edc!l.
Travis II. Whitney. secretary Of the
Public Service Commission. answered
yesterday the additional charge which
Senator Thompson made against him In
| Albany on Monday night. when he al.
legged that Mr.. Whitney was instrumental!
In allowing the Brooklyn Rapid TraIrsl,
Company TO increase the valuation OF
property acquired near the Brighton
Beach race track from $4,000 TO $50.
900. and charge the difference TO con.
struction.
In October. 1914" said Secretar,
Whitney. "the II. Il. r. asked the com.
mission for permission to enter into a
contrast for the ~rclo.atiol Of six ele,
waited tracks e a the Brighton Bex0l
race track. The proportion they asked
authority to charge to construction ac,
count through the transfer Of proper'!
by the Relocation: was Nic.0 . Tn,
commission TOOK 40 act Ion for sia
months. but last May allowed the -. u
T. TO charge $4,000 to construction &C
count.
shows a2S,OOO saving.
The b. X. 7. refused to accept tn,
commissions ruling and threatened con
d. mnation proceedings. I~ Roy r
Hardness. Of counsel N the commission
with Mr., Turner and myself. conSlltes
engineers II real estate dealers ant
learned that " condemnation proceeding.
were brought the result would likely b,
that 800 600 would be allowed. ".
compromised with the company for SIS.
900. which instead OF costing the cit,
$4,000. as Senator Thompson asserts
actually resulted In a saving to the cit!
of $4,000"
Col, Timothy s. Williams served no
tice yesterday Of his intention to motif.
the public Of m inaccuracies" that tn,
Thompson committee may give out IL
coinertion with the u. r. T. in announc
Ing that his company had employees
Pr.ce, W~aterhOuse d Co.. certified publ
accountants, to xami all records an,
accounts Of the company as to matter
rclative I othe dual contracts. abou
which the committee desires Information