The evening world. Newspaper, August 24, 1922, Page 6

6 . AG FAILED BROKERS NAY GET SPECIAL TERN FOR TRAL District Attorney to Appear Before Judge Nott and Urge It Be Done. Assistant A special trial cal month of September tober of indicted Wall Street oper ators, $5 of whom fafled during the ndar during the and most of Ox last several months, is the plan of District Attorney Banton, who te instructed his Chief Assistant, Ren jamin Schreiber in charge of Wall Street investigation, to appear before Judge Nott, in General Sessions fix dates for trial of the brokers. It is the intention of the District Attorney to clear up all of the Wall ndicted Street cases, if possible, before the heavy winter business sets in Most of the failed have listed assets of about 2 brokers who have per cent. of their liabilities, and Mr Panton charges that thix money has beon stolen from customers Among those who will come to trial during September are BE. D. Dier & fdward Fuller, Bruen, Robert ® J, A. Haines, Alexander i Knight & Co., FIRE DESTROYS OLD GRADE SCHOOL AT ROOSEVELT, L. I. Flames Threaten New Struc- ture Adjoining — Painter Discovers Blaze. The old Roosevelt, L. 1 grade school, a two-story frame building which seated about 800 pupils, was burned to the ground shortly before Moon to-day by fire believed to have been caused by painters engaged in redecorating the interior of the strue- THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922, IN AWARDING BIDS FOR CITY HOISTERS oe (Continued from Third Page.) tice Burr dented a motion for an in- unetion pending the settlement of the sult. Justice Burr's grounds for denial were that, according to an affi- davit submitted by Commissioner Whalen, the contract Implied that the use of the Van Worn hoist was intended to mean the kind of hoiat indicated or equal thereto, and that the contract did contain this qualifying clause Mr attorneys hold, over # not the con but Specifieations wh 1} awards of contracts, specifications restricted ts to the Van Dorn, Notice of appeal to the Appellate Division was served on the Corporation Counsel, but ay such & notice does not in prac tice act as a stay, the Board of Pur- on immediately last week awarded mtract. ‘The White Company received an order for 182 motor trucks to cost approximately $588,000 A $201,000 iven at the same time to t i Arrow Company, Wan not for mot trucks, but for Nushers and chassis for rotary brooms. WHITE COMPANY GETS $1,500,000 IN MOTOR TRUCK CONTRACTS, Including this $688,000, the White Company has rece ince 1919, con tracts from the Street Cleaning De. partment for more than $1,500,000 of motor trucks The requ vent inserted in’ the pecifications for the Van Dorn hoist was put in at the instance of Street Cleaning Commissioner Alfred A Tayl “Ind said, “this depart nt aw 00,000 motor truck itract, which was apportioned be tween the White and the Mack com- panies. The White the Van Dorn hoist, and the } the Wood hoist. ‘The White 3 Company received an order for 212° five-ton trucks, and the other company an or- der for 100 two-ton trucks It was distinctly lic holst that we discovered that a me. chanical hoist was better for us. The difficulty that we had with the Wood hydraulic hoist was that it froze in ture. Fire apparatus of Freeport and aldwin fought with that of Roose- velt to save the building. Adjoining the school is the new brick one in Washington Avenue, and for a time this was threatened with destruction. Several houses in the neighborhood also were threatened, but firemen prevented the spread of ithorities of Roosevelt now are faced with a serious problem in providing seats for pupils. Both schools were crowded last term, and it is believed stores will have to t rented for the opening of the {ail session The fire was discovered by one of the painters at 11 o’clock, Throngs attracted by the smoke became so large that firemen and police had dif ficulty an keeping them back. Half an hour after the discovery of the flames the school was a total loss and efforts were directed to saving sur rounding buildings. > BEAT LITTLE DAUGHTER WITH STRAP, IS CHARGE Father’ Angered When She Gave Sweater to Girl. Walter Pankiewlez of N Kinney Street, Newark, N. J., whipped his daughter, Wanda, nine, with a strap #0 severely that the child ts now under medical care, according to charges be- fore acting Pollce Judge Yulll to-day The father was arraigned in court, and Judge Yulll, who had mad aminaton of the child's injy him in $1,000 bail for the Gr ‘The child's mother said that Wan gave away her sweater to another girl, and this angered Pankiewlez. winter, causing delay and other trouble. It was be we Wanted & mechanical hoist we specific the Van Dorn hoist in the specifica- tions, We want all the competition that we can get along the lines of me: chanical hoists.’ In 1920 a $800,000 contract was given to the Pieree-Arrow Company for eighty-seven chassis, which the city equipped with Van Dorn hoists, WAS A “TRICK” BID ON ONE TRUCK AN ENTERING WEDGE? A different version of the matter is given by Mr. Lyon, He said: “Before last winter, when asking for bids on dump trucks the City of New York had always so worded its specifications that any manufacturer of dump equipment was given an op- portunity to bid. ‘The wording usu- ally consisted of the following phrase: ‘A power hoist capable of elevating the body to an angle of 45 degrees.’ It was at this time that White Motors Co, obtained a contract for 212 dump trucks; {t, at the time, being the t bidder, “Last winter bids were asked for LETTUCE & PINEAPPLE SALAD Tender lettuce,asliceof pineapple, bit of cream cheese and a light oil dressing seasoned with LEA&PERRINS SAUCE THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE America’s Foremod Specialists OPPENHEIM.CLLINS &€ Mth Street — New York A Special Offering Friday New Satin Slippers Now in Pronounced Vogue Brocaded Satin in Brown and Black, plain Black Satin, also Kidskin in Grey and Black, and Patent Leather. Unsurpassed Value at 6.75 Also on Sale in Our Brooklyn and Newark Stores from this experience with the hydrau-|+ on one @ump truck to be equipped] guarantee effective operation an with a sanical holat,’ distinguish that we would supply an expert t ing between a mechanteal and an hy-] keep tho hoists in service for a yeur ratte rhis, apparently At the bidding, In July last, 1! the or in trying to con General Motors Company was the | contract was not given to gti Ma bie Van Dorn hoist est bidder, but as it did not meet tie] !ahy companies using our a a? mut dently, th Ivo did not care to come} specifications us to holst requirements |hecause we have been eliminated from out at fir of Purchase , and « supplementary let ter was sent out by the Board of Purchase to all prospective bidders that a mistake had been 1 that bids would be accept either a mechanical or an hyar holst. One bid, I believe, was received, same being put in by the White Motors Co, It was the only bidder and was awarded the contract COMPANY GETS body and hoist for this one truck. This wags estab Nshing a“ precedent to allow the Board of Purchase to continue mak- ing the specifications so that only the Van Dorn hoist could be used. “The next matter to come to our attention were proposala for bida on the part of the Moard of Purchase for mo: than 100 dump trucks for the “1 Street Cleaning Department. In An these specifications the Van Dorn ho} wa ponly speelfied, and thi: con led othe motor truck manu facturers to bid on a holst which they had never used as standard equipment. ‘The only extensive user of the Van Dorn hoist is the White Compar "Mr Wood personally! saw Com missioner Wh n and protested thut the specifications were so word practically to confine all biddin the White Company and to eliminate our hoist. Commissioner Whalen asked for time to look into the mat ter. ri EMPLOYEES OF CITY ARGUE i AGAINST THE WOOD HOIST. allractive “When Mr, Wood returned twe Fre days later he was confronted by a line of department heads and sut ordinates who at the Wood hoist had not given satisfaction Bracelet Pressed for details, they aid that they had experienced tr Ne with the oi] in cold weather. Upon being questioned, they explained that they Had used ‘600-W* oll, which is a heavy-bodied oi! and which will not flow in cold weather, Mr, Wood then called their attention to the fact that the nameplate on the hoist warns the operator to use a very NHght-bodled oi) in the and a hedvy-bodled oil in the s r. However, they admitted that t had never read the Instruction plate. “We told Commissioner Whalen that we would put up a big bond to and distinetly specify Van] its bid was not accepted, Dorn holst. We protested to the Board] LQWEST BIDDER LOSES; WHITE "In this ease New York City bous! 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