The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-07
The Troubles in the Gas Department.
MORE dB0UT TIE CARTS.
The Investigation Closed.

The cas- Investigation was again resume,
| on saturday morning at the lower Gas Work
| Ivy Mayor Kelley and the Council Committee
OH Rctrcnchmcnt and Reform. There wa:
but little developed hcyoud that which ha:
alrcad been published. The most interesting
testimony is published below.
THE LATE clEEK'S TESTIMONY.
| Mr.. George Bell. the lalc clerk at the lowe.
| Works. WIS the first witness on the stand
| He stated Tint in August he was clerk. and
| had been filling that position since JANUARY
| -. 1866: that in the absence of tho Sllpcri,l-
! tcndcnt and foreman nc had discharged tho
| duties OF those officers. and was discharged
| 10y the Committee OH Light on The 3lst OF
| August. 1872. On the same evening of his
! discharge. he received Il note from Mr.
Knowles, superintendent, rs follows:
RICHMOND, August 81, 1872.
"W. George BcN: request and desire
| you 10 continue a> agent or clerk 10 receive
and weigh all the coal received at The Gas
! Works. etc. until otherwise ordered by inc
or the City Council through the Supcrin,
| trndrnt. JonS III. KNOWLES,
superintendent
Mr. Kelley: How long did YOU remain,
Mr. Fell. after you received this note from
| MIR. knowles?
Mr. Bell: Until the 10Th September.
| Mr.. Kelley: What was your conpcnSa-
! ton:
Mr. Bell: Until l>t October. 1866. re-
| crvcd 500 per day. Ai that time my pay
was Increased 10 S,3 per day. making some
months go and others Sl3. When Mr..
| knowIc> took charge he Increased my pay TO
Sl0o per month. which ! have been rcceiv-
| iu~ since. This incrc;lS" was i'll the month
Of May. 1870.
Mr. Kelley: When did you begin keeping
carts aud horses here:
MIR Bel think il WAS in October, 1857.
| The superintendent. Mr.. Campbell. advcr-
li>rd in the daily papers to receive proposals
Ia haul coke. ! put III Il bid. and my bid
was accepted. II being the lowest. Mr.. Ca
vcdo was here then. and rNthcr than 10 throw
him ont We mad" IN arrangement together.
don't think We ever increased our carts; we
hld no mnlr than two. This advertisement
VA. tor imulin- 10 citizens who wished to
buy tn" cukr from the Gas Works.
| Mr.. krilrv: When did YOU get more:
Nir. F..ll don't rccolcct, but | dissolved
partner ship with Mr.. Cuvcdo about Il year
ig", and hr kept his and kept mine. [
bad illl uln. then. When | increased mine
| il WAS ~ three. when work wa, commenced
on the tank. lat | did not have three regular
c1it- The tutt number oi days for cart
hr, made Nv uF>rli Hlid Others was IS Sl"iloWs:
| tdam>. 2,"A lir;l. !1G: taycdo, 1SG5: Walsh.
90: biunnail. H!--luial, SIii days. | kept
the iinr If The cIri> hrcall>" was here every
dav. | understood AIr. lIud%don yesterday
10 say tlIat when iny rtrt> stopped work lee
,cnt thrm huinr. | knew the time Of the
cart, because ihry were reported to M"
Mr. krllrv: When yuu commenced this
bu-;ur>, did voIl Iir>t know what YOU were
,rrin.s 10 -,t i:
ir n,.H. 5'o. sir. told Mr. Knowles
wl,a, wanted for Them. and hr fixed the
n,i,.. I,,;ornia,ud | I1d ro consultation
wjrh t,vcdn ur Adams.
Nr. Krilry: Have yo, ever hired vour
carts ON, >ini,. t!,Yt tiip, at Il rrr day:
Nj. r.U. Nr,. sir. hir,i them "a Mr..
All,rr; Niair to h.r,l coal and | had two
n,,I,.s ia ,hrp When tl,ry v.,.rp ~ work
h.,,. anil, ONO hnr,,, rn,,II work - theiu |
n.iIl t,.r. .,..,.. ,I,., I nm lir;uo ni,, tv.o.
l.,.., ,,.,,,n,, ,,,I .,n .rrt,in,r :,h,,,t 80 >,
| rrr day. and ! will ~gy MS; tiilt a,u POW
H,,, ;,r I'm. drivers ,,,,It :, : week ,.> tl.u
vl,t ,.;t Ih. driver, vi,rn L,rrI ;)on
I'm. ,,orlt nm ,hn t,,l.
Nr IN f,r,i,nr ,.u,,1 tr,, ho l,1 ,,,,
,.,,,, I,,,i,, ,,,,, ,,i;I, - ,,.,,. ,,,,,, ,L,
.'l>, "oH n''' ""''' ~ "I'h "l"t' r',,;''' ;'',
"''N ""' ~ hu'N VI wv "''''; i"''''',
W. '''' ''''''> '''''' '''' '''''S
r"" S"AE&SA'LTs
before they @"i 10 IL" lotion: that the
largest n'nIinr ct I'"i>"s "r nui"s thHt h"
iIad ever had li''rr was I'VE. tnc 81 these
WAS riding h"r>" amt the other i"ur were
WORK horses. The largest nutii'rr hriunS-
| lng to others, aii hold. Hft~ ailJi!t twelve.