Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-03-07
10; VOLUME f. 5, NUMBER 49, 49,

most gross mistake; and showed great in.
Lcompetency or i'm morality In this esiitna.
ton, And suppose that this WAS done.
bit from any motive. TO, CONCEAL the fact that
the; previous contractor had been oyerpAid
for the work done. by him. y All the sec
lions. save one onmy division, were more
or less under estimated. The exception
was Mr.. Armstrong; work, which, / think
was section 3D., This was LET out AZ
having 1000 yards of excavation, when in
truth there was not but about half that
quantity. ,,.,,,,f g~.r2
In reference toithe Construction ofbridge
abutments on. the Summit, Bridge there
was also a great deal Of blunderIng. The
first bill of timber for the a6utment was
handed to the contractor by The Chief En-.
gineer himself. The contractor got the
timber accordingly. Aboul two months
Afterwards got another bill Of timber for
the same work, with orders to countermand
the bill. The timber, according TO the
second bill was got and delivered. Both
bills Of timber bad to be paid for. In re-
1 ceiving instructions in relation 10 the re-
ceipt of this timber, was furnished with
a plan of the abutmenls for this bridge.
when I soon discovered by the plan The
timber procured for the. South abntInent.
according to the second bill oftimber, ~o'd
not answer. In fact the entire plan for
| the abutment Of the bridge. was wrong
and Insufficient. and showing total alb.
sence Of q knowledge Of the commohest
rules Of engineering. ''- y "'4.''' "
have - -
belief that Mr.. Cooling was guilty Of ia.
voritism to particular contractors, and in.
/ justice to others, by admitting measure.
nents TO be made upon different principles,
whereby. certain quantities were included
in the one case, and excluded in The other,
making a great difference in'the estimates
of contractors, under precisely similar cir
cumstances. These matters were official.
y made known to him, but the errors were
not Corrected. believe have informed
! the Governor Of The state of these and
other acts, by two different communica-
lions, which are probably now In his pus-
session. g 49,, 80. $500, I....i.
was an assistant Engineer for sixteen
months, and during that time Mr., Cooling
never came but once along the works
This is very unusual withC Chief Engineers,
who ought TO visit the whole work at least
once each month. | consider Mr.. Goodiug
both negligent and incompetent as an
Engineer, and unfit for the station. he ,oc.
cupies, both morally and professionally.
-. .r..r nj 7.l JOHN VAN HORN.
Sworn to and subscribed this 9th Dec u
10 A. d. 1S47-H. L. RucKER, J, p
This is to certify that I have been q
contractor on the Illinois and Micigan Ca.
nal since AID: 1898. - IS And
| do not hesitate in saying that there has
been faroritetsm, relationship. and party
issue, taken into consideration, by Mr..
Gooding, and think influenced him much
in awarding work on the Canal. | know
of one instance, where work by bid, should
have been awarded to John Lonergan.
which was awarded to myself; his bid
being one cent under mine, per cubic yard.
which made difference in the price of
abou, four hun 3red dollars. Mr.. Lonergan.
| is, good contractor and was responsible
to complete the work if it had been awar.
ded 10 him. ELHANAN GAY.
Sworn aud subscribed to before me .l
| this the 23d day of Nov. A. d. ~,
,1s47-RIcHARD HOBBS. Up. } -
STATE OF ILLINOIS, A7a.aI .4as.
Cook County, f",.i,.'.,,ti ,-s,s.lt.
JOSHUA RucKER makeih oath that he
was employed in the Canal Office at Lock-.
port as a clerk, from November, A. D.,
1887, until March, A. D. 1913, and resi-
ded at Lockport until the month of July,A.,
d. 1916. lrecol!ecI hearing two indlyid.,
uals say. in the fall of 1889 that they had
got job from or through tie influence of.
Gpoding, Chief Engineer, and Talcott.
Assistant Engineer. on the Canal, 10 con.
sideration Of having supported the Canal
ticket for the gislature, during that year.
These men said they had bet n p ised
the job. if they would support the Canal
ticket that they had supported that ticket,
and had had their. job. ,a.s., 49,. -,.a.,.'...
These. men, believe, were paid foe
this job Out of the contingent fund. This
job was for digging ditch along the Ca
mai, above -Lockport. recolleet at the
time hearing many persons say both be-
fore and alter this ditch was dug, that the
ditch was not, of any advantage, and that
the expenditure therefor was a useless
waste of, money. The compensation ter
this job amounted. ! believe. 10 few hun.
dred dollars. I understood and believed
that this job was given these men as
bride for their, votes and influence, as they
or one of them, stated to me
This one said he had voted
I be canal ticket. but that he had been well
paid for it by the job. alluded to. :, ,a.,s,.,,a
JOSHUA FUCKER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me att
Chicago, this 19lh Nov. AID. 1887.