The New York herald., 1921-10-11

with him myself In place In Queens
because OF the fact that I heard that he
tried to get one of our men to let him
take contract out Of the office. ] told
him that IL he attempted It In our Office
! would have him arrested. So any sug-
gestion OF MIR. Phillips being friend OF
ours is far and wide from the facts"
Mr. Brown t-en took up the cross
examination. and said:
The, evidence before the committee
shows that In August, 1920, 54-inch
pipe in Queens was costing SGT per
foot. plus excavation laying of the
pipe. concrete fill and all work to com
plete the sewer. $50 to $50 a foot total
S77 to SS7. The report OF the tnvestiga-
tor Is that In January, 1921. 54-inch
pipe complete, including excavating.
laying pipe concrete fill and all, was
S2s per foot I'm Johnstown. Pa, the
freight being more from Anpere. N. j.,
to Johnstown than 1t Is from Ampere to
New York; the difference between the
Johnstown price and the Queens price
being frofi $54 to S64 a foot.
The pipe used IN Queens was heavier
than In the other cities named. the cost
of labor, sand and other products was
moro and the proportion was not far
out OF the way, the Borough President
thought.
PIN Money for Doc Matthews.
In the testimony given by Edward
Fitzpatrick before subcommittee and
reread into the record yesterday the
witness stated regarding the pin money
contract for Doc Matthew'S"
II went into the Borough Hall to
bid on the contract for regulating and
grading Fifteenth avenue and I met
Phillips and Matthews standing together
in the hallway. That was Jack Phillips
and Doc Matthew'S Phillips asked me
IL was going to bid and / said yes.
I had the figures In my pocket My
figure was 48 cents. He told me not
to bid. He said, We want this Job: I:
It Is a little picnic for Doc. This is
Docs party or that he wanted Doc to
get little pin money. I did not bid
l felt II I bid 1t would be thrown out
and walked away"
The contract went to Matthews's
Holding Realty Company, 1t was dis
closed. and witnesses testified that the
cost OF doing the work was $500, but
the amount paid by the city was 1000.
Joseph Sigretto. contractor. who testi-
fled before that he had paid $4,000 to
Phillips. was asked whether he had been
warned by Borough President Connolly
to stay out Of Queens. He was hazy about
It. and statements he was said to have
made before a subcommittee were read
into the record as follows:
Connolly said to me. You get out of
Queens and stay out' and / told him he
could not hurt me. and he said, You get
out or will fan you and fan you good
/ told him he could not harm me, and he
said, I can and I will"
Mr.. Connolly answered that later on
the stand by saying 1t was true and that
the reason for II was because he had
heard Of .bribe being offered.
Phillips was recalled to the stand
few minutes and asked about numerous
small checks found in lis bank account,
but he said they were all little stuff
and he could not explain them. He said
he had sold 100000 worth Of his pipe
in Queens, kept no books and was broke.
He had been thrown out of Borough Hall
by Connolly, the witness said. and had
had nothing to do with the Borough
President for a long time and had no
use for him.,
The hearing win continue this fore
noon.