East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-11-12

flty OF Utec wagons are uhlt lot selNlCe.
The axles, reach, holsters, .sppkes, Aubs,
&c, are found 10 have been crac scd, aud
the craels flls witbieatler and putty,
and paiuted o,cr where Die fraud was
Ipatent Seyeral of the Wagons were
cohdc,nped N'rbe committed wH report
THAT ashumberoo of the wagons thus re.
crivod by the Quartermaster and his agent
have broken down before the army had
tproceedet- and that all-thc wagons.
will be useless after few weeks service.
! Pie thifdact 81 fraud is. ID the .buld-t
ing of Notifications at st. Louis. On the
18th Of August Colonel Hasscndcubcl, by
jordergof general l'rqpont,I engineered
| aud surveyed theIpbmtslwitllin the limits
of st. Louis for the erection ofcleven Il y
tfofts tndcr Major n 'ssurcriutendcnce
five 5)wcte built directly for the Gov.
eminent, without any intervening con.
tractor THE wages Of the laborers were
soc each day, and the cost of each fotti.
fleation not to exceed 100000 On the
i 25th Of September, when General FIRE.
mont knew that the forts, completed, cost
4 $4,000 eacli, Quartermastcr-Gene Nc
4 Kinstry, per order Of General Fremont,
I made contract with r. H. Beard, Of CAL
4 ifornia, 10 build 6 additional forts for the
/ Government, similar in all respects 20
the 5 constructed by Colonel lIasseng
deubel; agreeing TO pay 40 eedts per
cubic yard for all excavations, 30 cents
per cubic yard for the same dirt eXcava
ted upon the bank Of the font and form
ing the embanktnent; for all npuddled
earth 90 cents per cubic yard; paving
walks with brick or stone floors, or blocl-
houses, &c, 81 per yard; for cisterns, %
cents per cubic gallon of 23l inches,
arched with brick, crown and cemeiit
I lumber for magazines, block HOUSES and
! quarters for officers end troops, sewers,
4 &c, &c, the lumber aud timber 90 be
J measured in the building, Shopper 1000
feet; for fahcnes and breastworks required
on the work, 81 per cubic foot, and for
roofing all the buildings with three.ply
roofs $3.50 per per square Of 100 super
fetal feet. The total costs of thc.six for.
, tifications fgures upward of $500 900,
, upon which Mr.. Beard has received Sl70,-
, 600. An additional payment ofan order
:. for 100000 from General Fremont was
stopped by the Secretary Of War in 1t.
! Louis 3" Ff .r-fI 700 yilElI ~ noiii
The evidence sets forth, that n6tSith.
: standing Beard has received already three
times the original cost Of the works, the
r. laborers arc clamorous at the Govern.
, ment Offices for their pay. The items
: Of the cost Of forts, as proven by other
forts built, aud the evidence of master
{ mechanics, put the figures, viz: Zoe pei
cubic yard for excavations and embark
. mcnts; pn,ldlcd earth SOC, paving, Sc
' 40c; cisteris, Sc, Be; lumber and timber
e S40a50 per | 900 feet; facings and breast
0 works 35ai0c; roofing S2a2 80 and tota
= cost of six Notifications not over s | 600
: The contract for Notifications was drawn
I up per order Of General Fremont The
!, contract is regarded by the committee al
!. irregular and informal except that it pro
:. vides that ono member of Congress shall
r. be Interested the said Contract The
/ contract is in part irregular, for the reas
! on that according 70 the regulations D
. the department, the Quarternraster only
can make contracts Of this Kind 'aii ..
The fourth act Of fraud is the hons,
. rent, first in tho palatal mansion of Mrs
Colonel Brant, cousih of Mrs. Jessie FIRE
!, mont, rented 10 General Fremont fo
headquarters Of Major General his pr
. vate Secretary, and Chief Of staff, at tn,
rate Of $4,000 per annum. Other pala
:, tial mansions III the ncighborhood are
rented at similar rates, and occupied foi
offices Of members Of the staff ' '.'
Large and expcnsiv barracks have
= bceh built III the Immediate Vicinity, a
quarters for the accommodation OF the
Fremont Body Guard, numbering 60t
y men. The barracks will accommodate,
: $500 men. The cost Of these barract
"" and Benton Barracks, capacions enough
y to accommodate 10000 men, will be
: about $3.50, 900, double the amount neces
u sary to erect precisely similar buildings
y In the roofing of these buildings, which
. is upward Of 5000 squares Of 100 snper
= fetal feet, the Committee have discover
!" ed much fraud, The contract provide
' that the roof shall be three-ply, aud put
' on with felt and soaked in hot tar, ant
.' in substantial and durable Manner
The Committee have evidence that the
Superintendent and Architect, y. b. Og
den received draft Of $500 on Genera
i Mckinstry from Clapp & Co, provided
Q he (Ogden) would obtain the Contract fo
IS them at their bid, which was SO so pc
!. square OF 100 superficial feet. A. Mr.
r King, under oath, testifies that he gave
t Ogden draft on McKinstry for 81 ,50(
q for his services in getting him the con
;, tract for SO % per square o TO each o
q these Ogden promised the contract
d The work was awarded to Almen' Thomp
y son at SO so, but whether any bonus wa
9 given does not appear. The COMMITTEE,
9 find that Thompson sold the contract 70,
q an advance Of $4,000 800 900 i''
II tekpHluA Hd iDT igTW ! 3HI. .IoVai IS
ii N luz PREsIDENT, AND, TUE CRTTENpEs
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