The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 25, 1907, Page 1

One Cent 12 PAGES HAS TRAIL OF GRAFT YET REACHED SEATTLE BIG INCREASE IN PRICES OF ~ PAVING SUGGESTS QUESTION Other Cities Councilmen and City Officials Have Been Bribed and Prices Have Soar- ed Skywards— Independent Companies In Charge of Former Employes of Trust Used In An Effort To Make Public Believe Competition Exists. 4 : “q Dovdalt paving is a prolific source of graft Seattle is left to the eity council. The council, by vote, | ‘Yo this true of Seattle? specifies what material shall be used Paving companies have been proven to be the source of It ia in this stage of contract work that graft is most ing compan heen Pp en to be the source ¢ easily and surely effected and graft in other cities ; 3 Will they be proven so in Seattle? POWER OF BOARD OF WORKS. wing companics have bribed members of city couneils With the material specified, an honest board of public works has the choice of two courses; to accept the lowest bid contracts. SP TMG they done so in Seattle? submitted or to reject extortionate bids and hold up pubhe Have y . : improvements. Refusal to award contracts to extortionate 4 tatives of asphalt paving companies have been bidders indicates honesty in the board of public works Hated to legislatures and city councils Where is the graft in Seattle? Some property owners are urging the necessity of going Have any deen elected in Seattle? head hth i ntatives of paving ¢ nice. ally prop- | See with the street improvements in the Queen Anne district Beret yor t stag te 4 i cape by + Ys ma Are any of them secret representatives of the Barber my geners « influence, are employed in many cities to further | asphalt Company! {he interests of the companies Have any of them been promised rebates on their paving Are there any so employed in Seattle? aaecemments in case they use their influence to have the con 5 SECRET REBATES. tract awarded to the Barber company and the work pushed? NEWPAPERS SUBSIDIZED etaaieagprmee DEARY ~ 1'28 - WHERE WAVE Bo You KNOW, a rebates on assessments for paving are paid by pav- > “af j 7 . ; Newspapers are not openly bribed to fight the battles of UST ---BLEN sm . emmpanies to prominent property owners whose influence Pp nt) s 4, WN. ¥e-8a= / SAW SIRS, “THs the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, They are subsidized on you @f4N QOwn-To ea : : WUSBANO COMIN bb necessary to their ends a thoroughly business basis. The newspaper or employe is first ovr oF A ad 4 ORVUG STORE UAre any rebates paid in Seattle? ‘‘eonvineed’’ that asphalt pavement is the best for the people é Newspapers sometimes serve the ends of the paving com- | Then the suggestion is made that the Barber Asphalt Paving | THE OTHER in retarn for a certain percentage on the contract price | Company is willing to do same advertising contracts secured by the companies through the aid of ut the Barber Asphalt Paving Company does not desire editorial intluensr to advertise in any manner that will be recognized by the any newspaper in Seattle in the pay of the asphalt pav- | publis. It desires to have its matter appear as coming from the | ine? | newspaper itself, So the proposition ia made to the newspaper | y asphalt companies are affitiated with their parent jon the contingent basia. | , the Barber Asphalt Paving Company | “You go akead and fight for agphalt and we will give you is trne in Seattle? | a percentage on the grows contract price af all the paving con questions are asked in connection with fhe paving | tracts awarded our company in @ period of years,”” is the gist | im the Queen Anne paving district where property | of the proposition made to the newspaper manager epics are Objecting to the ayrard of the contract for paving MEANS DO To HIM fhe streets to the Barber Asphalt Paving Company because the bid submitted by that company ix largely in excess of the And, if the newspaper propri: vw employe seeepts this * estimate of cost compiled by the city engineer business proposition, he is committed to the Bar Asphalt P LICE R DE RE CHES Company and is directly interested in seeing it sec all pos . HOW MUCH 18 DUE TO GRAFT? sible contracts at the best possible prices , 0 A " A Tnereane in the cost of materials and labor is assigned by What newspaper in Seattle, if any, is ure — , the Leo teal as the cause of the advance in cost of | owners of the Queen Anne paving district to insist on the award street pa of the contract and the completion of the work How much of the increase is due to graft! The Barber Asphalt Paving Company has « practical mon How moeh is due to the lack of legitimate competition? opoly of the asphalt paving material in this section of the A traibof graft has been blazed across the country by the | country. Beside the South American product, it controls the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, through its field repre- | Aleatraz deposits of California and the Wosach deposits of eit a eid Giemes i Smatie hes yet a Goi Lamping. Tuesday night, by Patrol- tamping’s® arraignment in court Utah It ts not known whether Col Lamp- ‘ ‘or exceeding th te man Rush for exceeding the @uto- ine intends to fight the case or Cires of bribery of city councils have been exposed. They “GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT.’ mobile #: i limit, has been follow bot Yatrolman Rush Insists that 4 indicate systematic corruption and bribery. They were accom B . - mr ‘ th q y t ow of competition } necessary © satiaty we pee pitied on the precentage basis wherever possible. A certain | - pp : Br pty te wea Bere A; 4 ed up with several other arrests on Co. Lamping was driving at least of the contract price of street improvement has pie © secompisa ag . gent BS OG 2 similar charges 25 miles an hour, whereas the lat- 4 rought in play. It is an easy matter to nize an independ Now that the police have eetten ter vigorously denies going faster fiven to officials who are instrumental in awarding work shalt company in eharge of a former empl well started the crusade against than six to dompany. The higher the contract price, the * # favored mapa Th _ : =the : Barber company. If the prejudice against the asphalt trast ng chauffeurs will Ve puns Ever since the accident on First : e evil is eradicated av. and Battery st, in whieb Q@iter the proceeds of the officials i is strong among the people, the independent company can be w ‘ : c ; ; % 4 - " , ABSHINOTON, Apr Sea wterday the police arrested J. little Fred Rooney wae tn- HOW THEY WORK IT. allowed to aystematieally underbid the high bids of the trust | tie, st. Louis and Boyer, RC. Kamph and A. H. jured. The police have been - Sometimes the work is simple and cheap. A ¢ity attorney | and then split the profits which are r consarily large under this | made form yplic nes for running their autos fastér vigilant on the lookout for offend- orpe . tio r system of cdmpetition. To vary the program, the ndependent | hener of ¢ 7 the law allows. Others ar- era. The accident aroused the po- rporate in the specifications for paving |») t und that competition has |? an national convention rested within the past few days lice to the fact that it was abso- are’ E. R. Potten, L. W. Paxson, lutely necessary to stop fast driv m that « certain material must be used in which | company may refuse to bid on the gre contract falls to the company which has a monopoly | fore prices too low and the, trust be le ft temporarily alone in C. B. Williams, Frank M. Stetson, ing. Patroimen are continually on material, In that case, it is sometimes unnecessary to | the fic id H. C. Calving L. D. Lewis, W. C. | theewateh and absolutely no excep: If they are honest Has this occurred in Seattle? MeCulle H. J. Durkin, P. A. tions are made as to the class of » enls Biakliey and J. M. Davis offenders arrested Money with members of the council & not suspect jobbery in the specifications, and award In a member of the local independent company, the Midietract. But, if they are dishonest, they oppose the im- | competitor of the trust, « former employe of the ex - Pfement until they are given a share of the graft phalt Paving Company? ; aeeiere Tetenvaph, Servien) 4 the trail of graft reached Seattle! A grand jury could readily find the answer to « there aaah ag ea «gh, AP meets ed designation of the material used in street paving in questions Verons § northern Italy The “ — peop the vielnity are in a par wideopen town of Alaska, closed MANHUNTERS ARE © 22:: BLUFF ACCIDENT byear-old dang p> Cun-| the young miner, that anyone has : ntry ate sived> te an etfert to com] Wan tet Wale Re bay aaa CHICAGO, Ap A month Ricki, bas elud dared to dety the deputy's mandate Poy his nightly bed haw been the tangled SUCCESSOR TO ed from the 8 ‘andal arouted by his ' t of the swamp country visit to the cl easurer's office wich will, upon bis return from Se bter w be neeasona cold a , : Yee searly two days, during ing that any of Fevi's countrymen (Scripps Telegraph Service.) athe won ts trict (Sevtgge Felegragh Service) trol the team, made a sudden turn ’ Gili time he has been without helping him to escape either by weer CORK, “Apri whe 6 ? ’ < etme day, the tet MORRISVILLE, Vt.. April 25. whieh buried the Nebraskan from Se einse ¢ aft supplying him with food or by «iv sone * Hehted b moun ‘ oo. Then | William J. Bryan was thrown from | Si# seat Into the midst of a crowd Fe fied ora place to « - “, Sey will be prosecuted ; . , waiting to bid him farewell ing him mo Pv e a e ok nd ) s) € hie arriage in a runaway today Peri, the Black Diaw miner and {t is not believed, in view of the ; us M ae ang a A / cS Half a do men caught the 4] ilies wih bavi sited the | vemral intonatty of gesting egainat Pe papa ay ote e bande Shape Bh while being driven to the ratiway man who made an address “sg - ter are a * . 2 tation r catching his breath Bryan t Fevt has therefore bad nothing f 0 his trai " West of Ravensda underbrush Deputy Sheriff Mat Starw of if Fevi ia mot captured ip the Charles Duke, whom he accused of Bherift Hi r t join Hodges in the hunt. The t on 0 te the plan is for Starwich to lead a (Seripps Telesraph Service.) f the King ail, at a salary ; 5 preser « juired posse from Ravensdale, while KANSAS CITY, } Ap 25 oft $90 5 mont . yet A new superintendent of sche MITCHELL is ft Beattie in a ng up for Hodges with bis men will descent (Star Speetal Service.) It Is snowing In Ka lowa and, known w s melly h ed for George n : fil in the « . ; » the swamp from the Black wean a 2 ar Nebraska today and fe freezing as niment going t EB JUNEAU, Alaska, April 2 The . tt 5 tmer t b Deputy Sheritt tated this I nd side far down as the Texas panhandle Speaktr appointment *, who is a ; Morning that + “ : oh Fevi, brother of the fugi-| !!4 ts on in Alaska; 1s on tight and ‘ in. thie part < i ; fan Fevi dow t he in con-| tive, has been placed under arres. | will remain tir WILL FARM HANSON a and f last two years has had Vineed that ¢ pe » although It is not believed tnat b Th nit oy & a « at Van As (Seripps Telegraph Service.) the woods ha thing with the ae h . ) ' Rot the place of CHICAGO. April 5. —John If the thec t weve The imp ed man declares bis era r inje 7 “ H. who handed In ygitohell is better today and his co the experier k other is oxy and affects an ap-| Alaska and hand 4 - ‘ the school board “ « f oa dition is regarded ag T4 & terrible pare Hingneéss to assist in run-| in their ree K , pe P bas iss " warn- ning ing Fevi down Fairbanks been th keep . Hunteworth'’s resignation result-| He spent a fairly restfu rap oe <== =