New-York tribune., 1919-02-10
Officials Enter Into sCena.
mems Agreement on S,l
way Contractors Claim,
p. 5. Board Is Not Toll
Discovery Made in TEST
mony of Head of u. S.R.|
atty and Improvement fa|

e~ >i"iAAo; hiHountilr 4,
$13,000,0Q0 and still increasiny =.
disclosed yesterday. 1t was alludsa !,
IN the typewriter minutes of the te,,;
mony and correspondence concer,
the damage claim of the United Stat
Realty and Improvement Compapv
Laurence Mcclure, president of a.
company, in his testimony before a
cials representing Controller Cr,.
twice refers to an understanding an,
agreement" reached at confen.s
held on September 13 last, in the q,
poration Counsel's Office, attended j,
Corporation Counsel Burr, Assist,,.
Corporation Counsel Collins, Depu,
Controller Louis H. Hahlo and the :,
tcrneys and officers Of various suhp,
contracting companies. The existe,
OF this agreement came as comn,,
surprise to the Public Service Con,
sioners.
3'This is the first intimation h,v;
had of any understanding and ann.
ment' arrived at between the co..
tractors and city officials" said Con.
missioner Travis II. Whitney lw,
night when his attention was called /,
it. "The Public Service COMMISSIONS,
we're not Informed about anv suchi m.
derstanding and agreement | assuu,
that the basis of it must be reaectsl
il the settlement reached by Controls
Craig with the IntercontInental ca.
struction Corporation and the Deg1,
Contracting Company"
Two Claims Adjusted
1t will be recalled that in the Sc
justment of the claims of these tn
companies, each of which was h.
slightly more than S1,00O,O0O, the Ca
troller paid 1928, 900 to one and sSss.
900 TO the other That was in Dtceu
Der. The payments were made wthui
consultation with the Public Serie
Commission.
Commissioner Whitney attacked III
Controller for handling these settle
ments with secrecy. Judge Rsnson
counsel for the commission, said st The
time that if the Intercontinental ssla
had been taken into court the compl
would not have recovered anything
The United States Realty and IN
provement Company has the subFIa
contract known as Routes and v
Section 2. in Broadway between IvEg-
sixth and Thirty ighth Streets ~
contract price is S2,657 .00450. @N
cember | last the work was 9Sl p
cent done. President McGuire Of Y
company. in a letter to the ContnhI
referred to in The Tribune last Es.l
said his company had lost sSswes
on this contract. He turned IN csfl
age claim for S975.S5288. Mr.. MtOaal
was examined on October !, 1913 WI
reference to his claim by 0ss'Fl
Jacobs. of the Controllers office
bert II. Hadlock. formerly IN u
Finance Department, appeared as e0''I
sci for Mr.. Mcclure.
..
Hearings on the claims were held
October /. 2, 3, d, 7 and 8, with no ~
resentative of the Public Service W
mission present. Then the commSis
accidentally heard Of the hearing II
soon as that happened one OF the W.
troller's staff called UP the commisl
and apologized for not letting the elF
neers of the commission know so0u.
saying it was an "oversight. o0uss
for the commission ATTENDED tne ~
hearing. D.,
At the hearing on October fiel
dent Mcclure asked to have cis
prepared statement Incorporates ~
record, and this was done. ne ps';;
the statement referring TO tne W,
standing and agreement between
contractors and the city oificialS 10
part, as follows: ss
al asked the Corporation Counss,
also Mr.. Hahlo if | understood c0li'..
that the city would adoDt tins Pr
ure (referring to his understahons
what the Public Service Comln.s,s, .ss,,.
and the Board Of Estimate ana nfs, Il,
tionment were willing to agree w ~ -,
if the contractors accepted pa.
ment on their claims. or accepssi
full certain items of the claims; ""s',
it would in any way leopaiq,1I Rs|
claims as might remain unselIisLu. ~. NJ.
the Corporation Counsel and 'ne i
utv Controller gave assurances luz i.ms,
civ would not call upon OF w
from the contractors d re!eas. ..s osl
claim as consideration tot sas
ment on account of sucn Claims
city was disposed to allow
In Accordance Therewila j
"Itis in accordance with the ~
going understanding and aglsssl
that the United States Reai'! .s
provement Company IS pres.nhs,li, nhsli,e|
claim to the city, relying, as Il 1s.tijrs| vs.i
it can, on all the city's represenss,d I'D 4
carving into effect, in purpose .asrs s
tent. the understanding and agssu
that was reached at the confefea.s
at the Corporation CounseFs o''s'
tember Is, 1918" ~, do;nr 4
Holbrook. Cabot & Rollins, os,ss sstsss
section in Seventh Avenue s,rss
Thirtv-eighth and Fifty-hlrnstt : ~ ssss ass
whose contract called for 90 '1s,s ssrs..
have filed with the Controller ''
claim for S3,S43.SS3.s'. .his csl
The outstanding feature OF W sat orsl
pany's claim is that they say say s' betvsI
| count of a delay of six weeks: seaei
. July %. 1915, and September 'o,,,rsI ?, 4
, ing. in the holding up of the H. se. b
livery of award of their OF SooSllo6 4
sustained loss of above ss;oVv,tto ;sto Il
this delay threw their woss tsr ls and Il
, period Of high prices Tor lanva laos;sing 4
/ terials. The items coihp'''
claim follow:
Loss OF profit on work requlreu
to be done. which would hase
: been realized but for tns
!, wrongful acts. and failures & 70
ac.. above referred to. otner
than wilful gross. overeS'iiha sssst{
ton of quantities. ,ais al
Interest from December g. A'i0' $i,F'1|
!, ON said profit ~, "A
Loss due TO overestimato" ''' sbsih
the Commissionl .'..s .,,o,e d
Interest from December ). lsi'' isAe1
on gaid losa. 49, 1900,
Reasonable value Of WORK uvns | ~
. ,,.l,,eh no uaynacnt HAS tfA<