New-York tribune., 1920-11-13
sills and otheA work, to be of terra

sills and othet@ work, to be Of terra
Gotta.
at is too late to make this apply to
Public Schools and 81, of the, Bronx.
Neither, because of legal complicatl,onss'
may it be applied to Public School ~,
of Brooklyn. The plans and spec'nca-
tions, however, may be AMENDED LOT
Public Schools 90 and 1S2, BROOKLYN
and for all other work"
"And that is what was done asheo
Mr.. Untermyer of Snyder. :,
eyes, SIR, that was what was ooue,
replied Snyder
an this conn ction," Mr.. Untermyer
said. "Hettrick had written to the
Navor on March 12 and complained
that terra Gotta was being nsed on
school 81. and that the Mayor should
stand firmly by his position. DO you
know anything abolt hat
"No,' replied Snyder.
Cut Stone Authorized
In letter dated subsequent to
February 8. which Mr. Untermyer in
troduced into the testimony, written ~
Mr. SNYDER TO Mr. Somers, occurs the
following paragraph: -,
After talking over the matter with
Mr.. Wilsey, he authorized me on the
23d OF January to use cut stone on
new buildings. as Indicated in my re-
mort. copy Of which | enclose mere
WITH 81.
Here Mr.. Tntermyer proceeded with
the examination as follows:
"Will you tell me why 1t IS, If 1t had
boon already decided to use cut stone
instead Of terra Gotta That the May "
on February shoul have written both
to Mr.. Wisey and Mr. Somers. urging
that cut stone be used instead OF terra
Gotta ?"
Il cannot answer that question.
have no knowledge'
"At any rate, you did not take olds
on that basis until when ~
'The first bids on the basis of terra
Gotta for the upper portion and lime
stone for the lower portion was on
Public School 90. in Brooklyn, bids for
which were opened on March Is, 1919.
They were advertised ten days prevl-
Gus to that
$50 that when the Mayor wrote to
Mr. Somers and to Mr.. Wilsey on Feb
ruary s, 19l9-thi5 letter with respect
to cut stone. which we had in evidence
yesterday-thc bids had not yet been
advertised? ?"
81 don't know what letter you had
in evidence'
Three other letters. dated February
II, January II and January %. were
introduced, all on the subject OF terra
Gotta and limestone, in discussion
among the educational authorities.
Snyder here asserted that terra Gotta
had been used in conjunction with
limestone for years and said the prac-
tice to-day was the same as that be-
fore the war. When he was asked if he
recalled any specific cases where terri
Gotta was used on the first and second
floors ne said that he could not.
1t was az this point that the Mayor
tr,el desperately to have his letter
from Snyder read into the record. with
the ensuing objections OF counsel ana
resultant tumUlt.
Chairman Lockwood finally ruled
thot letters written during an investi-
cation were not admissible
one of the questions tive Mayor asked
the witness via Nh. Untcrmyer was
now long before the bids were adver-
tised were the plans decided upon. M
Snyder replied sometimes three OF
four months in advance.
Zaranho Again on Stand
1t developed further from the testi-
mony, according to MIR. Untermyer, that
of the forty-siX schools appropriated
for under the 1918 and 1919 appropr.-
atoms the specifications Of about We
could not be changed to limestone be-
cause the contracts had already beer
let. The remainder will be amenable
according to the testimony, to the new
limestone specifications
William Laranko was again on the
stand at his own suggestion. He want
ed to go on record that his men had
nothing to do with the Wall Street
bomb plot, that they never use dyna
mite in the course Of their work and
that they are all on housewrecklng
jobs before the eXcavators and other
workers on foundations begin the usa