Chllvers snld. They brought the books
of the firm with them to the Criminal
Courts Building, and Mr. Chllvers said
he obtained a list of piers they had
leased from the city and tiien subleased !
with big profit
A number of cases were disclosed. It j
vas said by Mr. Chilvers, where the |
*?rm obtained $250 a day for pieti i
they leased from the city for $100 a j
day. They paid $21.56 a day for one <
i:id<* of a small city pier and subleased |
?t for $150 a day. according to Mr. i
Chilvers. Other specific cases cited by '
::lm were of a pier subleased by the i
'lrrn for $75 a day, for which they
paid the city $9.73 a day; another leased
fcr $17.75 and subleased by the con-,
tractors for $90. In on instance Mr.
Chilvers said the records showed the
firm paid the city $S a day for 100
square feet of pier space which they
r< nted to an outsider at the rate of
$35 daily.
The records of the firm seemed to
d'Scloee. so Mr. Chllvers said, that it
controlled the pier leases both on the
Brooklyn and Manhattan water fronts.
Mr. Chllvers obtained from the prop
erty clerk of the Police Department a
list of bonds stolen here durlnir the
ast year which totalled between $800,
noo and $1,000,000. He secured the
names of the bond houses from which
1.1,e thefts were made and a list of the
.ollce officers to whom rewards were |
'.aid for the recovery bf the stolen se
curities. Twenty Stock Kxchange J
Ijouses are included In those which j
have suffered losses.
