Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-30

ia to extend this contract, and avoid i'm nd
ing atoapis. snoala you conclude 20 90 II send
4 such disposition j. made of all questions which
| may now embarass action as that they never
| eau arise sgsin,-or the contract shall not be
extended. Very truly yours,
Governor Shepherd replied to this letter as
sHEPHERD To oHIrTESDgN.
Boa. Ct Public Works, DIS rict o. ColI mJiI.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1918.
George r.. C.. te1t'n, Esq, Chicc 70:
Dear Sir: am in receipt this morning OF yonr
etter o. the 18th irslaDt. Although marked
confidential" fipd til 1t 1t really pertain To
matters affecting the Board of Public Works,
against which you inform me McCleilaud &
jenkins have deteTmip - Irstitute lie ,al pro-
| ceCding:. This Intent on on the.r part con-
tes' somewhat torpr-es me; to-, cons derinS
the m1rrer in which t"e- performed Their
work tie board were moe to'erlrS than per.
haps WAS consistent with a due regard - duty
II, how ever, che suit il to be enter ed n nst us
We shan most willing to have the case
brought be ore the courts, aud there July ami
- - '''u' aiGx. R 4. ssePHERp.
Governor Shepherd also read the follow in 2
iett9r, which he received from Hon. @ h. Far
wei, and b (Shepherd's) reply 'hereso:
FAkwKLL To sHEPHERD.
CHICAGO, September ?, 1873.
My Dear S;r MI. Mcclellan, OF the firm o"
DeGollyer 81 Mcclellan, has called upon IN
ard sequestei me To go ID Washington ID s. :
paving 200 900 yards OF iropiZed (SamueIs pro-
cess) paving. His complaint is that be W ) re-
quirtd t. pay fifty cents per yard for this award;
chat he has paid So COO In money ard given his
notss for the balance (about SCI, OO0), and tina;
SAID notes are due aud collection is pressed.
hr. q. desires that the work De awarded him
under the award, s. that he can pay these notes,
or that the notes be return,1 TO him. AIR. e.
does not c. n that either you or any mem ber
o, the boz new anything about these note>
o y 600 in mo ICY; but he does sly that he
IN in adr fba
rate OF fifty cents per yard fO- every yard OF
paw ng awarded his firm. 1t seems to me Mr
C.'s l5quest is just ore give him the work
agreed upon or return him his notes., and
write YOU this note that justice may be done
him, feeling confident that II it in your power
hat it will be done. L would see you in person
r; ne tnan write y0u had the time to spare.
EIrrS truly, e. b. FARwELL.
SHEPHERD TO FARwELL.
WAsHINGToN, ID. G., September s. 1873.
Hon, @. u. FCi iyslE, Chicago, M.
My Dear Sir: have your letter of the 2l in
slant relative - certain statements NJ ide by
Mr.. Mcclellan, of tue firm of DeGolyer & NC
Cleilan, IN re gard to the. coDtraCs for parIuy
in tbs city, in which you state that they made
certain pay Tenss to outside parties To secure
the work.
or this matter the bolrd knows nothing and
CT axe no cOeGizance. Had they known that
uch jobbt y was going on no contract would
have been awarded ,be-e parties. As It is, +" e
work which was done by them was OF such a l
nj riOr nature, the material and process o.
treating 70 unsatisfactory, that the board could
n do o. herwise than stop the work. Ii is 90
use for tbem to whine on account Of such stop
page, as We have been very lenient aud dor Il
the utmost in our power TO hel0 then. Term
esily hope that thee pSrties, trey have me 'e
a1y payp'en's to ut"de jobJeys, viii cover
it bv pais as would Lire to see this ca OF
C tie b ought to ius. &C. Rest 7ur that
anything ran do Tor yOuIseif or I.ieI de-, con
sisteTt'y 1t W Ill be my plessOre to perform, but
lkrow you would rot ask me 10 do an, ~ =
tta' )uld not do cOpecier' ;Orsly as a pubic
0rflCeF. Yours, truly.
ALyx. II. SHEPHERD,
Vice President Board OF Public WORKS.
COW SHEPHERD ON KIRTLAND.
Witness Tesuming:-I will state now that |
known otbing OF KItisrd or Rev. CslviJ Brown
will state fun Their, that hearing vel le,eusly
that my partner wv. q. MoOre) was acqu' n6cd
with kiItiend, questioned HIN about il. H &;
said he krew Kirkland, and that Htrt'apd hss,
nede him certain pro misses / said 70 Moore:
why didn't you tel me he had M lde you
Offers" He said: 81 didn't think shor'd te'
you" then had q conversation with NJ, 1re
and he told Inc what be Lad testified 70 the
other right. 1 said "You have rot acsed in
kood faith with me; you have placed me in an
embSTrP sing Ositon, and our rela,lons mus,
'e:se." tod BIN that, though pliprul - ne
our business relations must cease; they have
&C lscd, by dissolution CT the p9rtnerS1ip here
fo.ore ex's ing, tbs morning.
By Mr.. Stewart:-I never but once had con
vers Itlon before with Col. NJ ore on con, ract-
he lid to me once, what are you going TO g.
with Cbittenden's contract; | Sd d, that is -
matter Ior the board 70 dc 'srRine; he S, Oke t.
me wit out any apparent purpose, prd took
TO notice oft.
BY Mr.. HubtelI:-I said to Moore when
feard be krew Krtlard: BILLY Trey say you
know Kir tie nd >; he said yes, he OH Ger il
ScOtt's eco during tte war; 1 said you didn't
AXE ary money from MIN; he said TO; ne slid
kirtlard I'd offered him Pc L Of the notes but
hat he had declined - Rave anything to 20
With them; be said Kirkland " going to pat
the proCc DIS OF the not 3 to his Greet in Ne "
York; but he had never touched tue money; the
DTst 'rtimatioD ever had that D oney W. 9 ed
by ChIttenden ives the note or Dooli.5le - Gov.
Cooke; l bad no melrs then OF following the
matter up; Cbittey den WIS rot here and |
fhougt the mater would be lally ventilated
~ the courts.
BY M. Allison @. Did DeGolyer and
Mcclellan ever represent - you tn at they hal
paid large SIMS OF money to get q contract? A.
| Tfey rever did; 1 did not, 10 help me G od
| from any source know that they had paid any
money TO get the contract; l have never seer
| Mr.. Calvin. Brown; have never seen A. b
| ntland TO my knowledge; was in my 3 Ore
| every day IN 1872; never saw Mr.. kutlsnd or
| MI. Brown there; L have seen Chittenden iu
my store several times; my Office is in the Gee
ond tory OF my store; Col. Moore is in the
l lover tfflce; Moore was not in my private OH "a
| orce month, unless sent Tor him: one day
| was going up TO my private ONCE, when Col
moore hailed me and said: "Aleck, L5ittendeu
| Is mere; are you going to give him )ntrAct?''
SAID: :. bave nothing 10 do with 1t; 1t is a
| matter for the board to deter mine; the case il
| now before the board, and arguments have
| been mede concerning it,"
l y. You had no -ntims ton from any source
| that Moore was interested in this contrac.? A.
| No, sir; not from any source; ii bad had.
1 would have put my foot On it very quick; the
| MT time L heard that Moore knew Kirkland
| was the morning after ChitteBden gave hts t. 3
| tImony before this compittce; l mad TO ide 4
| there was any plan betwee these parties; Mr..
| Moore was my life long irend and he was the
| lat man In the world thought would tolerate
| proposition from Kirkland on account of his
| relations TO me, and my relations to the public
=. Mr.. Harrington stated that Kirkland had
| been seen by Geo. Alfred Townsend? A. Yes
| sI; and L at once put q watch after him to
| bring him If possible before this com mittee;
knew the committee wantSd him, and kne "
| that wanted him.
| By Mr.. Wilson You say you wanted Mr.
kItlsnd. Do you know your counsel had a
| private interview with him? A. Yes, r.
4 y. Why did you not take steps 70 lummon
| him? A. Because 1t was given to me cor T.
| dence, and L couldn't break my word; gave
| strong hint; my counsel II transmitted the ,oWl-
| edge TO me under pledge Of confidence, and
| as man OF honor could not break the pl: 1ge
| =. When did you drst ascertain ycur cour 81
| bad an inter view with Kirkland? A. On the
| evening Col. Moore testified before the com,
rttee in secret sc: SION; the Information Wa
| gwen TO me In the club ouse.
THE NAN THAT LOOKED LIKE KIRKLAND.
L J0hn X. French, eWOrn.-Am sergeant at