New-York tribune., 1922-10-21
Expense !
To Aid Flynn
Is 100000
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'sThe cry Of the interests Is no an
ever to the deliberate failure to adopt
any measure Of protection to tbs city
against over si,ooo,ooo Of claims
against II for the negligent operation
IEof these lines II IL no answer to the
insurance gama az practiced.
However that may be. we shall go
straight forward with this inquiry, no
matter who is hit, with the object al
ways In view Of bringing out facts
that will enable this commission to
reconaniend; wny of establishing a
real, safe, legal, non-political system
,sQuiteA right" said Chairman Me-
,Aneny, "thc time is not Of our choos-
ing
I,eindorf. who paid Commissioner
Flynn $4,000 a month for four months,
despite the fact thaht his business did
not warrant such rental, is stout
man Of about thirty-fivc or forty. with
black hair and eyes. He testified that
|I,he put twenty busses on the Concourse
Iline, nine Of them brand new, of the
|aouble-deckeds type. He said he bought
them in st. Louis. He told how he
had offered to turn over to the Police
Department at a certain exigency 2
lot of his trucks for riot service. and
that soon thereafter ne became the
head of the Emergency Motor Truck
Service in the Police Department. He
said that in the month of March, 1921,
he had moved from Harlem to the
Bronx, to 1850 Grand Concourse. be-
tween it'd and 173d streets.
Promoted Bus Line
The iden of a bus service on the Con-
course took possession Of him, and he
promoted the Idea with the Board of
Estimate. He sent bus down to the
City Hall for the Mayor and his friends
to inspect, and the upshot of it WAS
that the city authorized the installation
of the line with Mr.. Leindorf's busses.
He said he bought the busses before
he was at all certain that the city
would install bus line. He finally got
them going on July 3, 1921.
j ~ suppose Sunday was picked out to
avoid an Injunction" suggested Mr..
Shearn. Then this testimony followed;
l.
you started Ion the Sd. Where were
you storing youra buses at the time
syou started In operation? A.--At my
own garage, at 136th Street and Madi-
son Avenue.
Q.--How soon did you make a
change? Automatically
4 Q.--Docs that mean on July 8? A.
sUn the night Of sIuiy 8, on the follow
Ing morning, I ghal secured another
garage for sthe purpose of storing my
busses, for, the treason that the head
room in my own premises was INSULT
cient with the tops OF the busses up.
Deal With Flynn
Q.--And with whom did you make
this arrangement on July to store all
your buses? A.--Conmissioner Will
liam ]. Flynn, at Cromwell Avenue and
10th Street.
Q.--He is the Commissioners of Pub
lie Works of the Bronx? A.--Of the
Borough Of the Bronx.
Q.He owned the garage, did he 2
Ale did, sir, to my knowledge.
Q.-How much did you pay Commits
Assoc.
Chairman McAneny--A mouth?
The Witness Monthly.
Q.-Only s2,5o02 Alt was 10000
square feet, as recall it, of which 7
used actually $4,000, the other being
unsuitable for my purpose.
Q.-How long did you continue to
store your automobiles in the Flynn
garage? A.--Four months.
Q.-And then you requested that you
be let out Of the lease on account of it
from the bus operations? Any own
plant was ready by that time to house
the busses.
Had Paid $4,000 1
Chairman McAneny--How much had
you paid Mr.. Flynn in the meanwhile
Lemdorf-$10,o00.
Judge, ,Shearn read into the record the
following from the President Of the
Borough Of the Bronx:
The Improvement Of the Crane
! boulevard and Concourse is Of specia
interest at this time, in view Of the
| popular proposal of the Commissions
| Of Plant and Structures to initiate 6
bus line which will traverse this thor
soughfare, the, operation OF which Is
however, contingent upon the substan
4 ttal surfacirig of the .roadways and tn,
1 tines.a '
$50 in that manner, and for tina
reason, and in that way and at tina
time, the city spent $6s5,0o0 to enabl
this motor bus line to be rum. OBJ
served Judge Shearn.
! Mr.. Shearn commented on the ap
1Iparent haste. OF the Board of Estimat
lin rushing through the Flynn pawn,
4 and grading project and dwelt on tn
1 fact, as appearing on the record, tina
3 Mayor Hylan was chairman Of the com
mittee on finance and budget when til
( essential steps were taken. Followin,
4 the grading and paving improveme n
! the area around, Flynn's garage be
ffan,e somewhat yof q business center.
l74 Clsfms for Damages
Prior to the exposure Of the Lein
| hdorf-Flynn business, William r. Whit,
Assistant Corporation Counsel, test
5fied that ninety claims for damages re
ceived directly or indirectly from til
!, operation Of the bus lines had ibee
a fled in Manhattan alone. with siyty
six in Brooklyn and nineteen In Rich
: mond.
Mr.. shearn read the law which II
hiblts the operation of buses withou
the owners frst obtaining the permit
{ sion Of the proper authorities, and sai
that for one and half years the bu
operators had not filed any sort I
]. liability bond.
! Edward $. Quinn . brother Of Aide,
5 man William Quinn, secretary Of Al
e world Mutual Casualty Company. o,
o ganized in 1921 described the function
o. the company. The company did n.
!. begin buaiY1egS urfi1 1,s1,, - AT. 80.