New-York tribune., 1921-10-01


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terdav az bavine bea, forca~.. nd
NOT lis @igna-rre sa,,t,oi uo;,,e+a;T 10
another renTesanta nr .bis s''',r 5r
renudjated lis signat,,ras -, t,ro oti,ar. -,
documonts rbich had hoon o' w w 80 T'''ea 'r
the Police Dcnartment
The purpose Of all this" evn,ainea
Mr.. Wailstein in renlv fo onastion
by Senator Downing. az 10 ehow bv
the testimony of Witnesses that hid.
which appear on record in files of tIe
Police Department as having been snb-
mitted By the firm of which these Wit
ncsses are officers are IN fact false
and fictitious, and that no such bids
We're ever subwitted.'
In connection with the evasion Of
the charter providing for public let
ting Of contracts for amounts in ex-
cess of $1,000, McDernoott said. 81
found it was the practice IN get nro-
posals> from two or three individpaIs
and award them an order for slightly
less tnan $1,000, which covered only
part OF the work, and then issue later
on another order to complete the
same. He SAID the two orders, being
Tor the same work, would be in excess
OIL tne - 900 Under this system tele-
phone bids were received and most Of
the printing contracts were given to
the firm of Oberley g. Newell.
Other witnesses testified that thew
had received contracts FOR PRINTING for
the Police Department. altnough thev
did not do the work but had r. dono
bv the Oberlav e NeweIl cnnco,.n
BEFORE Mr. Rrown hee.an bia s,,,,,-
mary details snrroundinr the r,rcboso
OF the car which Cnmmiss sionar iT fn-
RIGHT SAID Dr Iob, A Itn,.,; .,-...
police commissionar had er;,'on ,,' n9i",g -,
the use Of were s,,hn,;t+ed -, avn n,.;
donco M 'e Tbe cav mere suomi'oSa poI, IN evl-
inp cosrjng "a e29 a. for H. .'4,, eoGi
mont and tax an1 ,,os bar,ht ~.
Tarr;es On Ma,'ch t9,9 9'ufd. Oy ~,
,yooi,s f+a, w. hod 1'.' '"l0' "Dou' Ohrec
c;o1 Ioart,, ~ Icy; ~" mage d spe-
thn o,,dor' nl, ,lr'l1'"lg III giving
dorco ~ rIouri4" - VI" Ohe eVi-
p l, = 80 i"u 'ne monogfam'
Tnr;obt;s r"e 1''.v'"ls OF Oommlss,oner
,-',- - -. ""'''c pi"oeu on Vne machihe.
'''''e'''en' oS hrown
NJ Browns statement reads in part:
ml'n 20 say to-day that among the
we have a cost Of nrivate nier ,''9 nolic;no mion
in 1910 If sg1 61o hno ,vb;H r.. ~, p0n,.las l;as
budgat for fhat o,o'VV0 Wn'G .aI '"S poifos
the entire civ was c,l,, con cc5 900
"Now | vish 70 no;nt ont =; ro,at;,
to this +hat i cost +n,co as nol,cI' f,'
private cynensc in noiic;nc tho niers
as If costs fo do tho nolico ,,ort for
the nrotoction of Hfn and nrono,,t,r
among 5000 600 naonle And w;sb
to cali attention to The feet that fh;s
cost O, vatchinr on the niers amounts
to apDroyjmatelv four times tho oross
rentals received bv the cjtv from ali
the piers If owns.
"Now. the evidence also scoms IN mo
to carry a stronr inforence tbat this
cost of nol;cino Tho n;nre ic VIZ ne.o
part due to h;sher npi;.e aJ,'i,i -, "a, 10.
tion. For instance. take the casa Of
Vachris. Vachris had the nolicing Of
the piers for the Italian connanics for
some wears, and he found il imnossihJo
to maintain order unless he could have
his watchmen made patrolmen. sDecial
patrolmen. This was denied and re-
fused by the Police Department. and,
through Inspector Henry. Adam Cross,
a former captain of police. was nut in
charge, and his men were immediately
made special patrolmen.
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:, NOW, lnere IS otner eVldehcc 'hal
1ne COSY OF pollclng the PIERS as they
are now poHccd, is due TO hlgher po-
nee nee aominls'ratlon. For instance,