New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-23
includes machinery fixtures tools. &C.; TIRE inyepto,y
mentioned in the bill Of zae Was taken hy narta ahn

includes machinery fixtures tools &C.. TIRE Inventory
mentioned in the bill Of sale was taken by parties Ohio
sen Dys Mr.. Farley and myself WIN. l.. Cobb, Of Inc
firm OF Hoe Co., and Mr.. Charles kuowltcn who va,
previously connected with tie factory; Lad been oon
dueting tho business Of the factory mp 70 that time
DO not know what mas become Of the book called sched
ule y.
[Geo. W. Farley called 10 prove the lose Of S,bed
ule B. at time Of the fire.
Witness continued: This book produced Is COP, 81
the original inventory Schedule h. II was witt. ~,
my son, and / believe l called OF the items rom
Schedule b. know it TO be correct; the roaeh.nery
mentioned In the inventory In the factory ~ A..
TINE sold it, was present good portion oi the ims
the inventory was taken think the total amoa,-hs
whoe-was sold for something like 500 COZ or for
s9l 600; that included all that was paid; there wee
debts and different things to be paid to assist tho ep
pTasers IN making the inventory they had the final
bills and access 10 the books and eve ,ihiag.
there must have been four hundred lest q
shaiting aitogether-iour lengths two louuhs
we're purchased from the StOyor Machine COMPANY,
Carpenter Plass made one length and par 81 on.
other, and l think the rest was made In thc laeor
The bills for the shating exhibited TO The pprs.
ers; there pueys and anchors that were Included
in the bill of shafiing. Tie stocking machine, il tho
st0cking-room WIS made in the factory. II S.oyes
offered 10 make some OF it, First applied 70 Slower 70
make portion OF the machinery and think he IA Le
would make It FOR Sl100 aud nave 1t completed m f,s
weeks; at the end OF that time called and BE- sa mo-,
commenced IL week or two after he said he sd gyen
| IL 20 in Newark; looked lt il and did nj lie
H. he then said 1t would 5000; / told mn tb,
differed from what he said beieIe he then IIo.,ed o
do 1t and charge by days woFAi concluded y sele 4,
myself.
your Judgment A. think itwss fully worth What I
sold il for any how; this was special arm and T..
Qured speciul machinery; wes not able 70 eet IN,
there never wss machinery made 10 nal. . similar
stock TO that before.
Q. Do you understand different thing by tols 4.
gun factory from tools IN gun shopi A. Ce. ariy:
" have tools in factory for making mGChbsrg. und
have gun tools too. VIC got 10 or G lates ~ s'oyeI;
there additions put upon the lsihes af.cf TIE,
purchased. which would make difcreEcc in thcs
value; think that machueTy was put into ha lGvoa.
tory at the prices that paid StOyer; Ibage udoul,
about IT, the eight bills produced from the Sis,a Ma
chine Company were paid without tie deduction ~ p.s
cent these bills were sent with the machinery he re-
epts taken in book; milling machines se lnoss
on which the parts c.; out % the share r-0gred
they Of different prices, some small ones 0 sons
index machines ~ high as $50 and higher lbc rgces
Mr. Slower gave did not include cartng s.uIug up.
but only the price Of the article in his shop; I'D
bay any spnGled drills from Mr. Stoyer e1eeV. oci he
anvis were not bought If him; think pa.G 81 "
FOR the cast iron ana 10 or Ia cents for Tie "olgs
iron.
o. Do YOU know what it cost 10 put up ard -st Tho
COULTER shaiting for the % maeh1es put do@l ere
A. am satisfied It cost more than Is charged, Nicf
believe is 4OO the acl.Ieiy was IN goa tpih1ioh
when | sold II Oh December ltb2; anything % Wls
in better condition than waen bought H. ior ses rA'
ming machinery for while Il takes lees pos"r 10 di.,9
IT, and II does not heat up 50 qaeki tAms it use -
the factory it was worth somewhat more Than 'ep sN
ON that account and u worth s)mcNAsi n"fe On
account Of the Increase In pIlce. ,, 80.
o. DO YOU know tie condition OF III OF me lh'n "a
desfrnctioni A. Not positively; was not b I've ic-
tory for three or months before Il vas tll uli
he machinery seemed then 10 be in abcat % 80 cor
dtion as when sold Il; Know 1t was IN S''' q'.s
/ finn, all new machinery, which certainly ,'.l "a
have been run any but what would improve ~ ION . =
tine was lest in there; wien Was IN thet' az
observed everything going OH systemaleaj ana ..
good order; Mr. StOyer was not ~ the .eeF-' y
80 I 90 ncr think nc was there more than l'1fa
,imes,. he might have been there twenty tim...
| q. How much did Slower examine tue % ne'
when he came theref A. re tsed " "~A
can't tell now much he examined II. ~ 3d.. 10
AZ this POINT the Court adjourned TO ~ o'''i ~
morrow,