Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-23


Mr. NJ. MT, farnsworth, at bis own request,
pas oeen lurnlshed with copies ol every blll paid
a. X; shsphetu' A. <. shepherd Bros, a. X
shepherd 20, or the NanN Roofing Company
during the past nye years. The aggregate
amount o. Al the business transactions with
NJ; =. y snep il,r OF nny conpany " Wh,sn
ho ny khoWlelKe lnterestei, less lhNn
100000 The actual amount paid the Naux
hoonnB company " sisol3 as Nc, FarnsWorlh
well knew from the blils AMI the schedule OF
@ n ~ ~ whloh hsa oeen , 9ase
figures before him he could not tell the truth
hls oll napiu proung 700 stronE lot nun,
"a ~. ~ M. ~, W, IA
statement anu we truth IN thia case docs not 10
lusuce 70 ~ usual hpility 10 thls une, 49,.
~, III !, ~, Slalns you Eot w Patsht
tntyutn hItet " hao peeh once felecteu py the
FHent p"Se; .,,-., -, -,,.,.
w. ~. 90 n9t hnoW thai am resPohsIoie
ier .ns tup,l,,y,oI tne ehaninet guy hnoW
mat wv Tou o. SsSue1
was hNIuApie patenL Ihls aoilon ol tne Voa,u
Gas revised BY ne Gommis,loner Of Patents
himse,l, .ho csreIui'y looked u over ana astoed
WIN w ~ o S ~, ,,,,, A.. sn.nh..,
" nv Sn ~ ~ ,nat yVu pa'I w. SnophssI, :,
royalty OF 70 % " cents per square loot ahd Is
peI osnI W ~ Nv, P'9'"s y" eNPonS0'
ios pu.u,hsr9 ' On Nc foonuh ..s a., 40,
ny ~ W. no,,h ns nv T r0o, r Nv SetS
nn wy on ~ y, raIoseI s.ets
The Goystnment has never, directly o. indl'
Ss I ~. ~" Ssn an o sncS ~ y" ,n ws o,n
is ~, "a ~. ~ s"so , ~ ~, - ~
i,S S ny ~, -. hs ~ III W -,
ns ~ aonn a, ~. rps os'n NV, ~ ~ NJ ~
Iatrs bn,,dInss .,n. t1o Sssss
,'ns n, ~ ~ y ~ :, ~. ~, 80 -
" n preuesess S ~ ~ oos,, 1nu
sth vos.s, auionut y, money W tsPaIs'
ILL., ~ ~ h,,Itios MI XII.
ns,ant ON ,ro or thscs o,hns b"iISInys vi,bnnt
paying o. receiving any improvisation whnte,er,
StnsT naItnSr, g,tnsea 10 permit IL Iptther Sss
without oompenmuon. I then sold my entire
Interest IN .nst hnl nnotner patent oi slnllar
nature 20 MI ShepheIu los $500 ny paI.neIs
~ much higher nEure. Aiter that the com.
Pany We, ,otmei. submitted thelf proposal %
Judge hlohaIdsonl Acuns Secretary OF tue
treasury, WIN q luu statement OF the lacts
Of the case, Including my prior connection
with IT, Tho Secretary, MtoF iull
examination, authorized me 70 accept the pro.
Cent on The SSiSsi scst Of he labor and nate ES
I,alI we .oIk 70 p0 done unlet me supeIiinten'
dent OF the building on which u was placed.
Lhe g9n,Tact further Required ne ma,eriai % 1e
furnished ~ tIaae rates, when, as you Nel
know, are less than wholesale prices. a royalty
OF ten cents per lupethcial loot was pall on the
root under this arrangemen,i NoOoo worth o.
Work was done when MT. farnsworth called
the attention ~ me secretary 70 tue mater,
ADD anlnadyerted IN the elegant ana Ileno,y
Phtaseology whlch no usually employs IN speak
ing OF myself Inc seG,tsary IeefeuP9sn a..
!hotl,y granted BY The Acting Secretary ., Vas
| NuhdraWn, anu dlrectlnH me 70 give no lurther
| ~
then Immediately lnyes' igated the matter and
became convinced that the contract was tayor.
able one 70 the doyernment and that the patent
was valuable and It's use deslrable ho llreebu
me BY letter 70 renew the contract, reducing,
however, the royalty from ten to hye cents per
foot, 10 which the eompAny agreed; VI these
lacls MT; farn.worlh was iully advised ~.
statement was, therefore, not only untrue, but
as usual yilllplly aud palielogslE 90.
| NJ .Wlat ABOUT lhe chArge that MT, ShephoiI
sspdi material and Workmen rum TINS oi'y &c
oshsI PSiniT ,,.,h, A... ,..o o,,..,.d
from the author, utterly false. The materiali
used are purchased direct from the manu- &c
| turers, and shippcd ny them direct 70 the pulnti
At which tho work e to be done. WoTkmen az
| OF course necessarily sent 10 cities IN when com
petent mechanics cannot De obtained; Ihls
eases BEEN co%pslIsd 70 pay tho fare ' Of SVsfI
stone cutter employed on the building, goo,
portion Of ne public works being erectel y
clues In which there y no demand ioI eerlall
classes Of mechanics, whose services are ihnls
pensable IN certain classes OF bundlngs belnl
erected by ths dOyernment ! may AID how
ever, that tho COMPANY receives no pereentag
whateverOn any lnoldontal expenses, the aetna
wage. and expenses being only pail.
X, Mt. Farnsworth makes statement In r.
gard to taking Oh roofs aud tearing ont gashI
turos that they might 20 sent from "thm sh0
in Washington,
MT, NJ. NO roofs nave been removed save col
! rugated iron roofs put on before tho war, an
habitual liar would not say they are Of an
value As regard gashxtures, they are pul
chased BY me direct rom the Manufacturer
shipped direct from the faetory TO the building
! and BY hrma IN which, 30 Tar as am ADVISED
MT. shepherd has no interest Whatever. IL
utterly ialse that 1 nave purchased MIXTURE
from Mr.. shephcrd and sent them from thl
city.
n h true that thls roohng ls nsod by pr
rs.s PSshsI, NJ Farns~9 a s.ya = nor
MI w., ,,,as p'.an.s mi ~ Innsl ~ y
.,nns ~ SJ ~ 800 H. ShI.h o,iva,a InSi,i
lhshnoe " h.o years. ~ nu'yh p ,i,a.o ',su',
pIoAate. heatet no nusn a,aas y. I'm
a sonSna ~ ms,nriaI s,ttshIs ~ nam
w Wv, V" y. hs,snIisl hn,I,Ings ar ,Ss nhaSaei,
~, p,,y to . on,','a1 ro,. rh a,,,ss ~
Sss r1aa' ~ 49,, n taV "A ~ Snnes ia,
| ~ tne hiesssy sIssna htaan H. a,,,i
saopPe.' n',, 80 RI ,u,, 80 I'D \
: Ioonnhv ~ w ,s ~ "o 1hv lplpn $3.50.
~ ot. ~, NV n,s,.,as ~ 100 80 49, II
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: ~ Sann M sna,. h. had 49, aSs,v M
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