National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-14

o. Was your argument on the legal ques-'
tom A. No, SIR; there was no dispute as to
the patent, but there was an important ques-
ton as to which Of all the patents presented
was the best one. My argument related en-
Enthusiastically covering the ground Of the
patent and all the other patents before the
board. It was claimed that this patent had
peculiar virtue In curing wood. do not desire
to detain the committee, but only that the
Senator may understand. They claimed BY
taking the wood when IL was green and apply
ing q very strong pressure upon II they drove
out every particle of sap from the wood, leaV-
ing the wood porous, like sponge; that In the
apertures so caused they threw in prepare
ton Of sulphate of iron, and then threw upon
that by another process, If recollect right,
lime-water; the two coalesced and formed
honeycomb, lined and crystalized with iron. 1t
made the wood absolutely impervious to decay;
and I think-my recollection is-that after
many years use at Chicago It had shown that
IL was absolutely the best wooden pavement.
My own experience with wood pavement at
Cleveland, upon naked wood pavement, was
that unless the wood was cured 1t was abso-
lutely bad.
Q. Your argument was on the question of
the relative merit Of this pavement as compared
with others, and not as to the validity of the
PATENT A. Oh, no, sir; no question Of that
kind arosef
John 8. COOK, RECALLED.
By the Chairman; Q. Give our reporter
copy of 1t so far as it pertains to any Of these
payments. There are some things in il did
not explain the other day, that do not touch
this matter at all My transit account, show
ing disposition Of s97 900, is as follows: "May
20, Colonel p" meaning Colonel Parsons,
''s5, 900; July p, bills payable, 81, oOO." No
Richard c. Parsons, ssio,OOo." ''July I2, W.
C. b." meaning W. Colvin Brown, 1910 900.
By Mr. Christy: @. Does that show the date
of those TRANSACTIONS A. 1t shows 1t as it was
represented to me.
o. Now, let US see the check stubi A. That
check stub shows the payment of the So, 500
some time in August, i'll remember right; that
is, the 81, 500 check.
The Chairman. Here Is q check, Mr.. Christy,
of the $500 testified to; that is one Of the
So, 900 notes.
The Witness Yes, sir; that is the only one
that was paid in Washington that have any
knowledge of. 1t is check dated "July q,
1879, payable to cash for 81 800, signed De-
Golyer & Mcclellan" That check was drawn
by Mr.. DeGolyer himself. My check-stub
shows no explanation of It more than to say,
"bills payable. C. H." meaning Chicago
account, "July "a, 1872" thought it was In
August, but 1t is in July.
O. This is only the checki A. That is all
there is shown in this account, sir.
Q. Do your books show any other matter
connected with these "bills payable" those
hottest A. No. sir; none whatever.
Q. Have you got files or papers sent to you
that will throw any light upon this subjectl
A. Nothing whatever. / have an account
from Chicago that covers the same thing |
have read to the committee. i can find 1t
there some place, but 1t Is transcript of what
is in my Journal and what 1 have read.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Would not that furnish
us with the dates of these several paymentsl
A. Nothing more than / have read. have
read the date as given by that statement.
Q. Nothing, then, appearing from your check
book showing these payments of cash to the
several parties; there is nothing there now
showing any other payment except the matter
of 81, 500l A. That Is all, sir. The SIS 900
was paid by the Chicago Office, and merely
broughtson TO my book by journal entries.
Q. Who instructed you to make those en-
tries in that imperfect form as to the persons
who received these several paymentsa A. No
one, sir. In the commencement of this bust
ness there were certain payments made in
Chicago. When the Washington office here
was started, and the business commenced here,
1t was thought advisable to enter 1t on the
Washington books. An account was sent me
from Chicago of allpayments made there, and
all is as shown here. l have seen the Chicago
DOCKS, anu the statement LQAL i QAVc U1dut u
o transcript of their books.
@. So that these entries as to the persons
who received payments were upon the Original
books that you inspected, in the same form
A. Yes, sir.
Q. That is that they were simply initials o.
personsi A. That was all, sir.
Q. Was any explanation made to you of thii
unusual way of entering payment A. No, sir
none at all. was told that we had an account
al nf al r1nn
and entered It on my books accordingly.
@. When did you first learn who the persons
were, in fact who were represented by these
various initial letters and titlesl A. do not
know. It must have been very shortly after
ward.
Q. And from whomi A. From Mr.. DeGol,
! yer, presume.
@. Were Instructions ever given to you tc
make o statement of the names In fuln A
None whatever. did it, and got 1t down in
my books in that way from the specification:
that were furnished to me, and never made
any change In them, but seeing the initials, re
calls the names that were sfterward used il
conversation as the names Of parties to whom
it was paid, and the initials correspond will
the names also, as have since learned.
Q. Was any application made to you during
your connection with the business of the hous'
in Washington for the payment of those notes
A. None 20 me. / received the notice of note
being here, but not being in funds never paiG
them.
Q. When did you receive that noticed A. NJ,
impression is it was from the First Eationa
Bank of Washington, notes that had been sen
from Chicago.
Q. Then your first knowledge of the note
was that they were here In the First National
and had been sent from Chicagol A. No, sil
knew from hesrsay and from Mr.. DeGolye
and Mr.. Mcclellan all along, that the note
were out and outstanding and were to be me
from proceeds of the work here.
Q. During these transactions did you NEE
Colonel Kirtland2 A. have met him man
times.
o. Did you converse with him on the subjeC
of those hottest / do not think ever did.
4 Q. Did you know that he had any interest !
those hottest A. cannot say that knew.
had an impression that he had.
Q. From whom did you derive that impres
sioni a. really cannot say. It was In severs
conversations. / DO not know. 1t might hav
been from Mr.. Chittenden, and 1t might hay
been from Mr.. Mcclellan and from Mr.. DE-
Golyer. 1 really do not know.
Q. Might 1t not have been from Colonel XIII
! land himselfl A. No, sir; think not. d
not think It was from Colonel Kirkland himself
Q. Were you spoken to by any other than tn
! persons you have named In regard to thoS
hottest A. Not in regard to the notes; no, sir.
Q. In regard to any matters connected wit
thesei A. BY Mr.. Gassaway once. presun
Il was in August, 1872.
@. On whose behalf did he speak TO you7
On behalf of the estate of w. s. Huntington
Mr.. Harrington. would suggest to II
chairman that Mr.. Gassawsy Is not only in II
city, but he Is present,
Mr.. Christy. would like TO ascertai
whether q demand was made upon him by II
administrator of William 8. Huntington fC
the payment of those notes, or any part
them. -.
The Witness. None whatever. Mr.. Hunting
ton nor mis- estate, as understood II, neVt
had any interest In the notes.
O. What was the claim made by Mr. Gassl
wayi A. Well, that Is something really q
not remember now. he claimed that som'
body or some one promised Mr.. Hunfingto
$4,000, If remember right.
Mr.. Thurman. Oh, well, that Is going It'll
stood that the estate u ~s s q Tnntins
ton had no interest in It.
Inc Witness. Not In the notes.
. Mr.. Christy. Have we the. privilege of show
ing that there was demand made by NJ
, Gassaway, as administrator of the estate
William s. Huntington, upon him for the pa,
ment of portion Of those hottest
Mr.. Thurman. Yes, If he made any demand
Mr.. Harrington. he has just sworn that b
: never made any.
BY Mr.. Christy: Q. Do understand YOU
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