The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-07-21
BULLOCK DEMANDS
pRENOERGAST GIVE
LAND DEAL FACTS
Declares city Had Chance 10
Get Brooklyn Waterfront
Before Reynolds.
TESTIMONY IS CITED.
Comptroller's Statements Be.
fore the Brown Committee
Contradicted by Expert.

William Bullock. Director - the
Bureau u CITY Inauiry, to-day made
= further statement respsctinE w n.
il.ynoids's sal. 90 south Iiro"hi,n
land 10 the oiiy.
Mayor Mitcheis namo Was not
mentioned In the ton pages ~ the
report ~ this bureau" he said. yet
Mr. Mitchell Issues q statonent de-
tending himsslf
The Mayor says. iiuliock's charges
arc bunk. and he Knows them 10 bo
bunkp With full respect to Mr.. Mitch
el as Mayor " thu city, tho state
rnsnt. are sworn statements. More.
over, they az. on ble ~ public doou'
ments Ia the Mayors Law Depart
ment.
Comptroller Prcndorgast nils four
typ.written pages IN an attempt to
Justify his part IN tho city taking
an option a, t,ao on property which
Reynolds had bought at IS cents
and which wns assessed at ~ lilo
cents q square foot
The Comptroller does not answer
tho record. The sworn fae,s remain
unanswered that Mr.. Prsndergast
hired Reynoids's appraiser Rae TO
nsure the price the city should pay
Reynolds Tor iteynolds's South
/ brooklyn property, and that on or
/ about tho tiine Rae was thus em-
ployed by tho city he actually was
appraisins adjoining property Tor
/ Reynolds In condemnation proceed.
ings by tho state to acquire tho
barge canal terminal sito.
There exists testimony, as yet un-
mentioned, OF the Comptroller himself
and OF Charles O'Maiiey, chief Of tho
Real Estate tureau OF tho Depart
ment OF Finance. which calls FOR ex-
PLANTATION by Mr., i'rendergast, Tho
city pays o'Malloy $1,000 \ year to ap-
praise propert,. Comptroller Prendor-
gast has testified he had O'Mallcy re-
wise Rae's appraisal OF Reynolds
South brooklyn property. OMallcy
has testified d,rectly 10 the contrary.
"On Jan. ~ last Comptroller Prem
dergast was u witness before tho
Brown Legislative Committee, lie
then swore as follows on Reynolds q
South Brooklyn deal with the city;
Senator Reynolds came to mo and
snid no was perfectly willing to sol
the property to the city under ar
option at any figure that tho Board
OF Estimate and Apportionment de-
cided was a fair ngure. I had tive
appraisers appraiss this property
Ono was Mr.. Bryan L. Kennedy o
Manhattan and tho other was Mr.
william L. Rae Of Brooklyn An'
, then | had their appraisals reviewed
/. by tho real estate expert Of tn,
Finance Department. Mr., Charles \
O'Mallcy,"
. ION Feb, 10 last o'Msliey was
!, wisncss before the Commissioners o
. Estimate and Appraisal. at one o
, their 100 hearings. 10 decide upon
. final award to Reynolds for hi
t South Brooklyn property. He tho
swore In relation TO this matter a
n follows:
n 80. Did you find out for yoursel
4 or for the Comptroller what the basl
o OF the appraisals wcrer A. ! was no
: requested to do that by the Comp
troller.
20. You made no investisauol
yourself as 10 tho value Of tho proy
erty1 A, l did not
Let Comptroller Prcndergaat es
|; plain these facts; The city had Arr
u knowledge OF the fact It wanted II
D. ciassifcation yard site. Then VIII
!, did the city not obtain the optic
y from the Beard estate At 6S osnts
L foot instead OF letting the land spec
r ulator, REYNOLDS. step IN and obtal
Il, And why did the city, on top
10 that, take the property from Reynolt
u At an option OF ei,s0 a foot. an II
u crease OF 100 per cent?"