The sun., 1918-11-16

lice chief had been accomplished in
Isss through the removal by Van wyck
OF the two Republican Police Commits
sloners. Hamilton and Phillips, and the
SUBSTITUTION Of Hess, Republican, for
one OF them. the fourth place being
iett vacant. The three Commissioner
removed Chief John McCullagh and nut
VI DeVery, who remarked before the
Mazet committee that he had been ac-
cuSed OF everything except Of being of
post. WI
The Mazet committee revealed a con-
splracy among the so-called ice trust
ana the dock and other city depart
nents to create monopoly in the sale
VI ice IN New York by denying pier
space TO competitors of the trust
In an inquiry before Justice William
D. Gaynor In 1900 Mayor Van wyck ad-
nitted that with check for $50. 600
ana three promlssory notes he had
bought for S250,00O 5000 shares Of ice
.rust stock of which the par value was
S1VV'OOO. The notes were made out TO
1narIes w. Morse. head of the trust
me Mayor testified that he still owned
zee stock whose market value was about
,Soo'ooO, and on II was drawing dIyi-
dends OF $4,000 a year.
Hichard Croker and several OF his
oronies we're other large holders of ice
securities. 1t was brought out in the
investigation that John f. Carroll.
1rokers lieutenant. had talked with Van
Wyck about Ice and that Van wyck had
'haue a trip to the ice fields OF Maino
and had vetoed bill, which. his on
ponents charged would have given other
ice compa MES dock facilities here and
OF ice. "'Ie
MOST or the other events of the Van
WICK administration that aroused the
Guy were the acts OF Tammany subordi-
mates IN Office, for which he was held re-
sponslble Corporation Counsel John +.
"halen drew and approved a contrar,
presented 10 the BoarA of Improvements
IN 1888 giving the Ramapo Water Com
psny the privilege OF supplying the city
win 100000 worth OF water a tear
for forty years. A Republican, Ieeisla :
ture, Theodore Roosevelt then being
Governor. nipped this scheme by reyok-
ing the company's special privileges.
for year and a half the beginning
-oI New York subways- was DELAYED he
cause Mayor Van Wyck insisted that the
cost would take the city past its consti-
tut'onal debt limit A special commits
sion appointed by the Appellate Division
OF the Supreme Court reported that there
was a margin Of $4,000, 600. and in 1900
croker stopped the opposition and sub
way planning was begun.
Defiant OF Public Sentiment.
The Mayor when he thought he was
right did not hesitate to run counter 10
public opinion He was much criticised
IN isOl Tor his refusal to place the City
Han flag at half mast when Queen Vic
toria died. He said the flag had not
been lowered when other foreign rulers
died and he did not wish to set a prece-
dent
The Ramapo and ice trust affairs
were the principal causes OF the with
drawal of public support from the con-
solidated city's first Mayor. Tanmany
did not try to renomlnate him hut as
Van Wyck felt that he had been greatly
misunderstood and wronged he sought
an opportunity for vindication. Croker
who was in England at the time. gave IL
to him in the form OF a nomination for
Justice OF the Supreme Court Low AMI
fusion swept Tammany out or power and
among the badly defeated was Van
Wyck.
The former Mayor turned his atten-
ton 40 the stock market and by shrewd
operation piled Up fortune. In 1904 1t
was said that he had cleaned up s75o, 900
IN year, mostly by selling United
States Steel short. Upon his return
from a European visit In 1908 his faith
full friends OF the National Democratic
Club gave a memorable dinner in his
honor. A track was laid on the table
and along II ran tiny motor car, MAX
Ing stops at spots representing the towns
Van Wyck had visited. The diner In
front OF each OF these spots rose and
gave a humorous account OF the distin-
guished travellers doings.