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Si 2) THE EVENING WvKLD, TURSDAY, DEGEMBER 7, 1920. \ named Lanipan’ } aa | W asiington, 1. | « adjudged in Q. How were you received? A.) énough to catch me. SUIY CONTRACT BS. =.= ne ot With bricks Q. Had served any Ww inesses? W SE 2 AG 14 and 18 | au | Contracting 1 n¢ n 5 A. They did T didn't get to nina ff | " Jaand trom ite own banks in Long | n wan very bad Pam Q. Did they hit you? A. No. |when the others told whet [ wag | -HAD 0 BEAR (), Ah Ie — aud seiling it In New York alive, They didn't throw ‘em | TM 5 Bro H ERS i ines tion with members of L t | | 32np STREET ~ BROADWAY ~-33r» STREET NEW YORK CITY | Christmas Piano Club SAVE $100 Miy sand trust | | Mr Untermyer aiso got from Mr. | (Continued rom First Page.) Molwughlin a list of the prices a | which contractors who took jobs [the cost-plus busls were obliged t Bhowed that the Cohen Cut Stone Co. | charge for labor furnished. tn con Bid $11,245. Opposite this entry was | nection with the later testimony of as TO Whe initialed note in shorthand char- | c. tor George Gilfeather, it was Soters, $600 for us.” There werg lower there were thene differ- | Bits. One of tiem 8 for $10,405 we H this had been raised to $12,403, When| Common laborers: Unien scale $5 EALECT EVAPORATED MILK Hettrick bad finisied changing “he| and $6 a day, contractors charge to will keep in your ice box for sev- Bide tho Cohen concern Kot the job! builders $9 a day; blasters’ union eral days after the can js opened. from the olty at $11,045 of “mx-| scale $45 a week, contractors charge in money. $72 a week; hoisting engineers’ union You can make delicious wholesome & Q “New York Cul Stone Jov 2709.) gcale $45, contractors charge $66; / soups, sauces, custards and puddings | 4 “for Public School No. 43, southwest | peckmen'’s union scale $6 and $7, con with Sealect and it makes your coffee \ corner 126th Street and Brown |¢ractors charge $10; blacksmiths’ Btieet, Architect, C. B. J. Snyder,|union scale, $7, contractors charge, | and cereals taste delicious. Oct. 7, 1919, limestone. There were} including forge and fuel, $11; black- | Sealect is pure, rich milk from which five bids there, Eisenberg. were there | gmitha’ helpers’ union scale $7, con: about half the natural water has been not, besides the accommodation old | tractors charge $7 evaporated. j . that Hettriok put in? A Yes sir | My, Giifeather denied he had ey . M k Y O D d t Q. Now, let us see what he did, [ot any work through the favoritis When you open the can and put the | a e 0) ul v wi iC u 64 Ul 0 ht he boosted the figure of $2,583 to [or Robert 1. Brindell or tha. he liad | | water back you have milk as good $4,283, didn't 'he- A. Yes, sir. ever pald graft to Brindell, He de- | A @. And the figure of $767.50 | i444 perer that he had ever con- | aa pure as the day it came from ‘he boosted to what? A. $4980. | ited with the other two bidders o1 the cow. + @. The figure $3.987 he boosted | in. New York City snow contract to,how much? A. $5.150. Lefore putting in his figure of 89 cen‘s Q@. And the figure $3,996 he | cunic yard, He declared empli ey Lat old pie Aue cally that snow had not been 5 t ir igure * $4405 to how much? A. $4, @. Then he put in thi Modation bid? A. Yes, sir. @ For what amount? A. $,260. Q. What was the purpose of _ always putting in the accommo- dation figure at the biggest @mount to the Board of Educa- tion, was it in order to make them believe the other figures were comparatively higher? A. Yes, sir, | think so. Q. The result of this manipu- - lation of these bids was to give that job to whom, to which mem- ber? A. To member No. 19. Sous. % Fi inake them move to Canadu or Mex- ng At $4,283, wasn't it? A. Yes, tco,” saté Or, Untormyer Xe Intenmyer asked thet Peter @ And he had offered to do it sia Ti Gavaes at for how much? A. $2,583. Jers, of Port Q. Look at this sheet, “Public u Mobool No. 100." That is on heating And ventilating? A. Yea. Q, You notice that there are six Bidders there? Just state their mames? A. Gillis & Geohegan, Dan- siel J. Rice, Philtp @ Paul, Wildam J. - Olvany, E Rutzler Company, Wells | and Newton Company. HOW THE BOOSTS RAN ON scHOOL BiDs. =J=.--, OPPENHEIM, CLLINS & “fire ove, what waa their own coat ae | {| FULTON STREET—BROOKLYN _ FromtheRegular Marked Price of Any Player Piano Any Upright Piano Any Grand Piano y price is clearly marked—the regular, fair, low prices for which the Gimbe! piano salons are noted. And you deduct $100! Instead of a feature sale of one make or another—a Christmas Club Sale of every single piano, player piano and grand piano in our stock. Not a few dollars off. as some stage a sale. But a full one hundred dollar saving no matter what price instrument you buy. Think what that means to your Christ- mas purse—then add the fact that you have two whole years to pay. erly removed from the city's stre for seven years and that at his price he could do the work and do it well and nobody could do it for leas. Mr, Untermyer announced at the afternoon session that there had been @ sudden exodus from the city of sand contractors.’ So many of them | had gone to Atlantic City, he said, that the town looked like a sand- | man’s convention. Some of the minsa- i} ing men were ignoring subpoenas, duly served, he said. “it wo had the proper co-operation of the Federal authorities, or even a Congressional Committee, we would coom- aerate Wo gn a ee efit me and Geonge Galles Gallegher, send en all Grands 88 - Note New Player | + they gave it to Hettriok? A. $73,334. P i " Y Fr A Q@ And what was the figure at H { Gite ter eon" entmac “| Wednesday—Unusually Surpri:s weno pe re . Q, That was about nearly 20 per ebnt, a» it stood. A. Yes, | aa nea Fashionable High Cost Fur Trimmed Wraps } ’ eo The next, Daniel J. Rice, what Low As $425 H ing Reductions in de his figure? A. $74,166 Popular priced pianos and players—rightly i ets, what was hie estimate? priced to begin with—brought by this extra- Q. And the next one, Philip & Wi re ordinary reduction to prices we believe to be ‘ oasdpehgl that? A. Aesom- For omen and Misses the very lowest in town. Wonderful grand Q. And what was the amount pianos—player grands and reproducing grands | q ef that so-called accommodation | ——pianos and players of the very finest makes. | Every one marked at its regular price—and you deduct $100. Py | estimate? A. $95,670. @ And what was the amount at which the estimate was or- dered put in by Hettrick to the eity? A. $101,500.82. Q What was the next man, Olvany—what was the cost for him? A. $78,960. ' Q. What was his estimate to Hottriok? A. $94,681, what price was it ity, directed by Het- trick? A. $102,000, | Showing two models of an exceptional assort- ment of superb styled Wraps, measuring to the highest slandard of tailoring and fabric. Deduct $100 luct on all Players Two Whole Years To | Bt i These Gimbel | . Features Buy your piano now—have it for Christmas— with-no heavy drain on your purse right at holiday time! Gimbels terms of two whole ars to pay make that possible. The terms also include a 10-year guarantee of every in- | { strument, a bench to match every player—a | stool with every piano—and the privilege of charging up to $50 worth of music rolls to your player account. Also—if you have an old piano you wish to sell—you can subtract a fair allowance from the price of the new one, ste Model at left Model at right 48.00 78.00 Value 85.00 Value 110.00 Q. The next man? A. F. Rutsler * & Co, Q. What im his cont? A, $76,848, Q. At what price did he put it In i to the city? A. $101,440 Q. Wells & Newton Company, what Was their estimated com? A. $71,048, Q. At what price 4i4 he ask them fo put it in to the olty? A, $101,080. Q, Hettrick made tham the lowest Widders, didn't he; and that was on @ Job, wiich Gillis & Geoghesan had offered tw do for $93,7707 A. That in right. > Q fo that iittie affair cost tie city on that contrace nearly $#,000, didn't 72 A. That is the difference: yen, air, 1 forgot the milk. in the | soooanut There other note | at the end of it, Read that, A. “City of New Yerk appropriated $105,000 to cover this work,” Maven Cyt ow Yor Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Wraps svyYomen Ss ang misses oats and Wraps At 48.00: Bolivias, Velours, Camel's Hair, Tinseltone, Silvertone; plain and fur-trimmed At 78.00:, Finest Bolivia and Veldyne, trinymed withsuperlor Australian Opossum, Mole, Nutria to cever thie work, and that is the reason \ that these bids of $92,000 and Deduct $100 on all Pianos A collecion of ( oats and Wraps that will appeal to every woman v There are Coats for ° . . : r zl ere’? celeed,wsan'’s it? street and drean wear; there are Wrapa Jor ajternoon, alreet and evening wear, in the ton This Coupon Brings You All Information invades $1, Ghat lo nogtna>n: son's beat known fabrics; plain tailored or trimmed with fura of every desired kind. ‘ ee awe Denied “N IF YOU CAN'T CALL, MAIL THE COUPON Rage ger alflbahe 28.00 » 395.00 Music Salons Open Evenings Till 9 P.M. Musie Salons will be mates? A. Seven, Q. Four of the seven were btind e- 1 t ore ot? eat tne spit pid eth tg Coats and Dolmans in all the popular fabrics, trimmed with superior furs; ) 38 00 Ward's Ieland had seven competing also smart plain tailored models. Silk lined and interlined. Special value ( estimates and only three non-compet + ing extimates? A, You. Q. Take this “Third Card;" there GIMBEL BROTHERS MUSIC 33rd Street and Broadwa: LONS N.Y City send me open every evening until Superb Wraps and Coats of Broadcloth and Tinseltone, trimmed with) 68 00 © o'clock, After 6:30 Mole and Raccoon. Silk lined and warmly interlined. Special value { om are only three of them that put in ylease use 34rd St. En > “Third Cards,” were there not? A. bp Us er, é “Phe Third Card” 1 think meant the Wraps of rare distinction developed in the finest Bolivia and trimmed ) trance, newr Broadway. lp eS i Fret qutborising the bi to go in. with Nutria, Australian Opossum and Mole. Silk lined and warmly > 98.00 i ¥ ie itiaaivat, tea, Gobtsamery Prose interlined. Special value) MUSIC SALONS-—Eighth Floor . , Lees Brookuin, Lung Island d 4 New Jersau Customers Direst to Giunbels via Tubes and Sub, tion Mr, Untermyer drew j . that @