Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-12

Jay. | addressed letter 10 him recurring hin
10 send on 2Ooe feet OF the stone contracted for
TO be delivered at the Navy Yard : and TO hf
subjected to the inspsctaiion OF The Navy Yard
and another letter 10 Com. Barron, the Com
mandant Of the Yard, enclosing n copy Of The
contract 10 Inn. On the 18th OF August there.
after, Scranton delivered The 2O00leei Of coping
stone al Taylor's whsrf, (Which was rented by
the u. States as landing place 10 the Navy
Yard, TO Jeiirles Wilkinson, who had beeen
called upon by the Commodore himself to in
spect ~, and 10 receive IL II il were found 10
he according to the contract. The said
Wilkinson accordingly took the slone as IL whs
handed out OF the vessel and inspected aud
measured it piece hy piece, and, ascerlained
that II wes according 10 the conirao', Ga copy
OF which had been put into his hands By Com.
| Barron himselL) recstped il aud theraupon
reported what he had done In the proper off Get
| Al The same time, the carriers Of lhe laad took
| The sione rs il was received inta their carts.
| aud varied II round 10 the wall for which il
was intended but uegsctlng, IT seems. the
directions Of W iiklnson 10 take iilont az ain by
hand, aud choosing rather 10 shoot IT out OF
their cart, 10 saye tine and trouble, they broke
aud otherwise damaged good deal nf it. yer,
badly III the act. Aher his, as the stone uas
rIoW inspected aud rsceircI, paid the freight OF
! A. by Seranion's order, III kellum, the skipper
! OF the craft which brought it., amounting 10
sol, az so much on account, tor which took
his receipt Scranton himself afterwards PIE
scented me his account IN duplcatel IN which
he charged thr - 81 quantity of stone drlty-
! cred. 2OUO 'eet a % ecu 5, (the price hxedby
the CONTRACT amounting - 80, aud asked
me ioi the money. Il was DnI right, OF course,
that SD 1uld pay il bat having none III hnnd
at the time applicable 10 tho case, aud being
yet nnwIngto keep him waInng here. far
from his home, and al daily expense, nntill
could receive the sum from Washington, sub
TONED 10 each OF his duplicate accounts. Il prop
| ef receipt for the $500, as received from me
aud suggested To him hai the Bank oil the
United STATES here would probabl, advance
h'm The money upon his executing these IL
ceip's and leaving the papers IN then hands
10 aid him in this, and at the same time Ia
guard the Bank against advancing the whole
| Snni me noned In The receipts, pari which
had already paid. Che @6l for tue trGiehi) |
endorsed upon caCn OF th"m a mtmoTdndun
that S439 only Che hance Of tho GjOU) was
due and which would pay as soon as re-
ceived II from the u parmeni. Scranton
went accordingly 10 the Bank, where the Cash.
Ter readiiy paid him the J l39, upon his signing
the duplicate receipts for $50, which had
rras,ns my namr from one of the receipts
/" shcw rIal the Bank had pad the money aud
leaving the other TO stand as il was TO serve a
a voucher for.me. linus Tar at least all WAS
PLAN aud straight Some weeks afterwards,
huweyrr WAS informed that the Commodore
had Ia len onl with the one, aud appolnled
surveyors to examine II, VINO had condemned
Il as unht for the purpose iOr winch II had been
bought, and that Ia had theTeupon sent IL back
to the wharf 10 be returned TO the cashier, OF
to me. Still il wasnOi III! fact returned 10
her of us but remained on the whsri renieh
by the Government and for my pnrt rs II
had been o &c inspected, aud received and
paid for, aud moreover hrC'SFa by tho CegloFs
\ as all eAay etated. Determined 10 have nothing
10 do with il. lalhough may add, that II II
had been sent oyer to me IN proper manner
| | would willingly have disposed oil II for the
benefit of the u. States, aud could readily have
! sold, il, | believe, broken as II was, for more
thao II had COST Some time afterwards,
aga ain the Cashier presented The claim for the
stone TO my successor in the Navy Agency
here, who, very properly, declined paying n
thout the approval If the commanding OIL
Ger of the ward. Ii was sent over 10 The com
manding officer accordingly for ms approval;
buI was returned without II. la ihh state OF
things, being about 10 go up 20 Washington IN
Oatoher following, the cashier banded me the
papers with request thai | would urge the
claim and obtain the money for hun. On my
arrival in the city accordingly, wrote letter
70 the Board of Commissioners OF the Navy
under whom had made The contract iof the
stone, dated Nov d 1929 enclosing the pspels
to hem, aud reque- ting hem TO approve the
claim II they found il correct, asthe command
ant Of The yard hal refused TO do so. Two days
afterwards received the papers back from ihr
Board, with their approval otihe account III
these words - II appearing that the stone
contained IN the annexed blIl was inspected,
aud received by order of Com. Barron, no
reason can be discovered WAY 1t onsht 10 to
have been paid for. ii being obvious that II the
stone in quality had not been according TO
the provisions specified in the contract, that
Com Bansn would not have permitted ii to
bave been received Signed Jno. Rodgers
dated Navy Comrs Office, Nov. Z, 1929.
Furnished wih this, ihrn enclosed The pa
pers 10 the President, informing him again,
that the Commodore bad refused 10 approve
the account which the Board had thus certified /;
and requesting hun TO dispose of il as he might
think proper. The president bereupon retsffed
the papers 10 the Secretary, who made his 70
port unon hem, under date OF the 10Th Jan.
1880. ~ which he states: II appears from
the examination of the documents presented,
Not Scranton deiiUertd III: stone dsrecabigto or
der amounting 10 500 and from ms receipts
thai he has bern pGjd" He says also, " it does
not appear that Nj, King has received any
credit IN the setIement OF mis- account with the
Fourth Autior for this sum"
a few claims alluded 10 by numbers (lld)to
Jls)have been suspended en- account oidgiiclen-
cies in evidence some o. winch may, ultimate
" be passedto Mr.KIng's credit Here W. have
at last (eW claims (jast three that ARE not
rejected, and some OF which (prohably The
sg,qlleai) ns4y ultimately be allowed. The
first of these, | see, is for sum OF S45i winch
paip Henry Singleton 10y order OF one OF
the Commissioners OF the Navy on account Of
the building of the Ship House al the Navy
Yard, according TO the contract which ha d
made with him, under the instruction OF the
BOARD. The other two are for the small sums
of 50 ~ and $40 so paid Cary SeIden Tor
bread &c. for tns Navy, the accounts for
which. observe, are receiptsd by WIN. Loyal
b;s o0prI here but which, IL seems, may be