New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Estimate on Hospital Oil
Burning Plant Raised
From S47.5OO to $62.-
500, Probers Are Told
NcNalauses Named
On ''Divvy Sheet
Didn't McManus DoCood
Job?' Alderman Said to
Have Asked After Get
ting Bonds for Project

Evidence lalQ DeIOrS lNc meyer IN
vestigating committee yesterday
showed several Tammany leaders in
volved in an alleged scheme to divide
up SIS, 1000 which had been tackled on
to a proposed city contract as nee
essary graft that had to be paid
out in order to put the proposition
over.
The graft" was to be obtained
through the placing Of an oil burn
ing heating system in the Kings
County Hospital by the Oil Burning
Installation Company at a cost to
the city of 1900. The engineer
for the company had figured the esti-
mated price at SAT, 500, but he was
ordered to boost the figure to S62,5O0,
because, he says, he was told that
former Senator McManus and his
brother Alderman McManus would
have to be considered and few
others" and that the price would
have to be made high enough CSC
that all could get something out
Of it,
"Diyyy Sheet" in Evidence
When the engineer, DR.. Gustav A.
New, objected, he received rough
sheet Ct paper, he says, from the al
isged schemers upon which had been
listed tire names OF those who were to
participate in the division OF the spoils
and the amount for each. This docu-
Nsat was placed in evidence and re-
frrred to by Leonard ". Wallstein.
ne associate counsel OF the committee
as the "divvy sheet
according to this interesting docu-
ment, NC p we're to receive $4,000.
iAls, the engineer testified meant the
former Senator Thomas J. McManus
aac MS brother, Alderman Charles A.
NcNanus. "B'' was to receive $4,000.
ms was the name Of "some Tammany
hal man whose name DR.. New did
not remember st. s. & L. Co." or
T. L. 4 t. Co S3.000," which Dr.. New
said he had been told referred to "some
o. Charles + Murphy's gang" "K''
was 70 get 5000, but the witness said
re could not idert;fv the nerso,, 70
ierred to here .Murn. s360 . WAX
he said referred To Cher Enc neeT
Murphy, Of The Kings County Hospital.
st 81 .500.n which Dr.. New said re-
ferred TO . man BY the name Of Stalev
who represented the Texas Oil Com
rany.
Dr. New said that this paper had
neen handed round in the presence of
former Senator McManus and finally
given to the witness by Edward A.
Pierce, member Of the installation
COMPANY. in the latter's office q dav or
rsDlv - ~ - " ..i.S seA' as
the price had 70 be made 50 high
NcNIaDus CaIlod for po,ds
r.. r,-.-.,..,-
nristi,r ~ a.-I IN - ing Ior an appro-
rree. - apse'@. leFel~e pohds 70
;rosnced las'-ro l.,Se ~ 1ie pIoJecI vas m
b. aieer,1ar 80 7, 'i.eil
record s,o1.s - - -, ~ ~ - :le ne
vas ag.lov,~as hc.h ~ a., spp- D pplia''oil
} dr. .,, - '" D"eAu VI
M A--r~.. |,.H eNe DIara "a, OF estimate
,.o~ - - " ncn an oppGsl
New go ,i..,.l s..'aolle - removed Dr'
= ~ ,.'an 'ec.La"uS came up
-sas.i-,.r IL O.'Se Vl tht 4'ldernanlc
r@-~r
- 80 -. Dos,o, -, "nat 90 you tnlnh
,b.r,. -. -, ''0-.' ~ oaes, o., Ion YOU
re- '..1y 80. ,.r q sooo loD
ies- -. .'''.rscl' however, mas not yet
"a .'S spseo.'e 'e.''i0rs are now
- De s'toIe tne flrc Department
,, v.,, es ior consid Iteration. Leonard
" a'asein, who developed the cvi-
80, SAID that the city has narrowly
: ~ very substantial sum Of money
1. mas j. McManus IL more pop
I k1o"n a. Tire McMauus. With
10 os',her' TIE Alderman. he is d
- DeM5crat.c power IN the 9TH
=. sentsi iional disclosures followed
20 ''s.'on.ng of Bird S. Golfer, Com
.ea 80 Ass.stant Commissioner OF
'.e vs.. fare. Edward a. Pierce
| 4fo- ~ the Terminal Engineering
Paay, which later became the OH
| *,..HI irst-lat.on Company, and
1'.-t iNfolYed ia the project.
| .Hta.ttee aiso heard state
l %f,aIr 4. King concerning
| saf7esr3nce of two checks
| '-"r $500 wsicn previous wit