The New York herald., 1921-09-27

have perhaps two big sailings, the street
ABSOLUTELY filled with people and with q
low quality of taxicabs- have asked
Traffic b. who is in charge OF that par
ticular territory and have asked him TO
send me an additional man to help the
traffic man out, and at times when the
bootleggers were working. SO that we
couldn't control them. when they would
come In there with boats, have asked
the Marine Department to send up tho
Patrol, or one OF their launches, and
whenever they had been able TO do that,
they have complied with my request.
There are other times when l asked
for men. / remember the Italian AM
basss dor came there, and Ii was antici-
pated. expected that there would be
four or five thousand people in the
street. I called up toe captain OF the
precinct and asked him IL he would not
send down four or five or six men or
seven men, and he did. and came HIM
self. The pier was highly decorated, a
very unusual time down there. ! have
never asked for a man when did not
think 1t was consistent for me TO do so.
and when 1t Is possible. / have never
been refused"
$500 to $1,000 a Day Tor Piers.
Knight. Senator Downing asked whether
II was not n fact thai some steamship
companies owning their piers had not
charged as high as $1,000 day rental
during the war and had the approval OF
the Shipping Board. Mr.. Brown wanted
to know whether Mr.. Downing had any
such figures and the Senator said he
had received letters stating that was
the fact Senator Owning said;
"'The War Department took over some
piers from the Hamburg American Line
and one OF those piers were allocated
to the Cosmopolitan Steamship Com
pany, whose presiden. is now the New
York manager of the Shipping Board,
and this pier was used exclusively for
the accommodation of Shipping Board
ships and the Cosmopolitan Steamship
Company, with the approval of the
Shipping Board, charged $500 a day
per berth.
II am also informed that the New
York Dock Company, owning two miles
OF improved water front ins Brooklyn.
has charged from $500 to $1,000 a
day. Why aren't all The facts brought
out? That is what am objecting TO.
1t can't hurt you to nave all the facts
brought out and the purpose for which
the committee is sitting
I'VE will have all that information
inside OF week." Senator Meyer said
Mr.. Brown said:
Il want to say for Senator Downing's
benefit that there was no intention on
my part to suppress large charges for
dockage or wharfage by those who
owned their piers. WHAT criticised and
intended to bring before the committee
for their consideration as subject OF
criticism was the exit emely low figures
for which the city leased it's piers when,
in fact, service for d,ckage was at an
extremely high rate and as now sug-
gested by you in regard to the charges
for privately owned piers. IL would ap-
pear that the charge made by the city
was still more disprGportionate than
had supposed It was. ] have taken the
position that IL the city made a charge
on It's piers that netted 1t 6 per cent.
as an investment over and above all
other charges and had laws and an adj
ministration which prevented imposi-
ton upon ships. the commerce of this
port would be transacted to-day for less
than one-haf what commerce pays.
That Is my position to-day exactly"
"But you brought ont here in evidence
that the city was not charging enough
for it's PIERS Mr.. Downing said. "The
policy Of the city is that no charges
should be made beyond that which