The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

or heart, But says Mr.. Stanton, nv
dear friend Mr.. LlnBford can keep M
the road far cheaper than Mr.. +. How
slilY no bAlts Mr., Lunsford'B hook for
the superlntendency OF this road. MI.
LunSford's council has helped Mr.. 4.
wonderfully In thIa case, and see how
Mr. s. shove bis gratitude,
| Let us see how oheaply Mr.. Lunstorl
managed the road. BY his own state.
menls he received &, 7II 0j; for Mr., BE.
dllloh'a Indebtedness h0 maid S24O6 81,
Tor masonry $3,63S 81, and turned over
to MIR. Fertel SS,16367 In money and
materials. He (LnnSlord) had posses !.
sion OF the road for three wYeafH and
niue months. Now behold one Of ME-,
LupaIord's wonders. Out OF S. TAI 60 BY
bis own showing, he has paid nearly
tlO, COO for no other purposes than these
three above described. This leaves him
y thousand dollars less than, hls re-
ceipts: besides leaving not a dollar for
repairs, not q dollar for dil6hlng or
Keeping up the road during those years
This torn. Should you look at these
figures carefully, Mr.. Stanton, you Will
hnu that you have left your friend with
larRerload than he can carry safely
through this case, l ask the boards
attention TO lheae figures, TO see II
am not correct, and because I
\ Wish them 10 notice this most
glazing OF all Mr.. 9tanton's mlsrep-
TesehtaLlons lp this case, The receipts
Of the road may be larger since Mr..
Fertel came In. = 80, too, have the price
OF Materials greatly advanced; or ara
much more difficult 10 obtain, ,The
price OF breaking stone Is greater; the
wages OF laborers have also materially
Increased. So, too, every year makes
II more difficult 10 secure good lime
So far as the testimony OF Mr., LunsS
ford Ia concerned, I have but 10 Sav
this: ThRHhe, L. is an tnveterate enemy
Of Mr.. Fsrrel's and has been ever since
Mt. E.'s appointment. His dislike 10
possible during this hearing. This must
have been noticed by this Board and
submit 10 you sirs, how far his credl.
bllEy Is 10 be questioned. Now, In re-.
llatlnn to Mr.. FerTePs snbcontracllng,
re was proven TO YOU by jas. No
KOown and Henry HeEvy, that several
parties had been asked 10 haul for Mr..
Hervy. TheIr charges were Consid-
erabiy more than Mr.. HefVy was able
TO pay In order 10 make anything hom
his contract. Mr.. Hervy theu got Mr..
+. 10 do his hauling al q, reduced price.
This custom Of suocuntractinR on this
road Is immemorial orrather Il has ex :
listed ever since the completion, OF the
road. The imnRterlal losses which the
road has suffered for fllty years by al
IlowIng the SaperintendentB to do the
hauling upon 1t, the facilities for de.
lection II he should over charge for his
labors explodes all apprehenslons Of
public Injury on that question in that
quarter. Besides the prosecution utterly
failed to show o aingle. instance Ia which
Mr.. Il. has made uni Ist or excessive al.
lowances for his hire. To tho contrary
Mr.. Krumme sWears that he could make
nothing on Mr., Eerrel'S prices for haul.
ing, or at "liy cents for the short and
sixty cents for tho long haul"
sincerely trust It may never be the
misfortune OF Gov. 8. to fall into the
hands OF 1.-TWO masters" His orgaui-
cation would scarcely survive this
calamity, II seemed that he had less
charity 10 spare In this branch Of his
case than on any other. His sympathy
was subordlnated 10 bHssr virtues Ia
arguing this point upon trial, To him
no crime appeared more monstrous,
and he felt Ii 10 be his imperative duty
to make this Board see through his
goggles. But enough OF this. II Mr..
Jacob Hornbrook Is TO be belIeved-and
no breath Of suspicion Is raised against
bis re- testimony-Mr. Lunsford did,
through his son, do some sub-contract.
Ing. And In my estimation he Is none
the worse for although he Is for denying
1t. 1t is true, also, that this cause has
acquired some considerable noloriety,
and 1t cannot be attributed to the fault
OF Mr., Stanton and his friends III has
not reached the North Pole. ConVlc-
ton was hopeless upon the facts, so ex-
posure OF Mr.. Ferret Through the news.
papers and other mediums were ac-
Cepted as a substitute by the proseca-
ton. So lar az the receipts and ex.
pendItureso Of Gtr. +. are concerned,
shall simply say that he has followed
the line OF duty prescribed by hIs pre-
deCessors in tho Keeping OF his nc.
counts, except Mr.. Lunstori, whom no
one could follow. 1t may be erroneous,
but u long established custom ex-
tennAtes the error.
the correctness or incorreCtness of Mr..
Stanton's statements In respect 10 Mr..
F.'S accounts. leave this matter for
my colleague. l shall give buta pass
ing notice to Mr.. S. % statement about
the q miles OF stone broken In two
years. These statements are Of course
made from his former plan OF meas.
urement which will be found by the
testimony OF MIR. Smith to be incorrect.
| should advise our friend on the other
side 10 cultivate q more intimate &C /.
qualntauCe With bis mathematics. All
these matters relating to The accounts
OF Mr.. +. and the bidding or letting,
In accordance with an agreement with
Mr.. Hubbard leave with him. How
ever, cannot overlook the fragrant
misStatement Of Mr.. Roth's testimony
by Mr.. s. Having carefully prepared
notes OF all the evidence on the hearing,
and having taken special care In noting
the testimony OF Mi. Roth, feel justi-
fed In saying that az 1t 10 presented In
Gov. SIS Argument, 1t Is badly mis-
represented. Gquote his (Roth's) testl.
Inony: "Mr. Ferrel sent word that he
wished to see me. Never talked with
Mr.. +. before proposals, Mr.. +. never
said anything 10 me about bidding,
Hervy and ! talked about taking q
contract together-but gave 1t up,
thinking | could make more BY
days work." Is there q word here
pefsuading Mr.. r. not 10 bid?
shal. only say this Respecting the
"bids" and shall quote the tesIlmo ny
OF Mr.. krulnme 10 saying It. "Some
OF the seGIions Mr.. Hervey got at 81 rs,
he Mr.. X. would not agree 10 furnish
stone upon for 50 20 per perch" He
also stated "thst very little could be
made In any OF Mr.. Hervey's contracts
at the prices allowed by Mr.. Ferrel."
Mr.. Stanton also seems greatly exer-
cIsed over Mr.. Ferrel turning O penny
by means OF the boys he has employed
on the road. In this instance, az
throughout the whole case, Mr.. Stan
toms desperateness Is shown. His own
prejudiCed opinions, and tho weight OF
his character is staked for tho truth Of
his assertions. Now there is no evidence
10 show that Mr.. Fay worked per
month for Mr., Ferrel and drew pay
per day. But there Ia evidence Of Mr.,
Everrodes doing this. 1t il true too
but requires some explanation, Mr.,
Ferret hired Mr.. L. Tor six months
ostensibly for himself, but really for
the road. II was extremely difficult 10
get laborers as Mr.. Thomas Hornbrook
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