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time and i,d MT ,ae .,,v mo-. n. she. I'm
ala not aoree IN I've him snv r.ors 'pAe'1
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prSi,c WorTs n sYfand tba,s So. a. ~,
ths rigbt 70 Continue yanr cont,sot. dS =.
succeed IN cssling that for vonS IL dtS
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Jenkins honobt The interest Of M n.cso,ve,
INV dacessa9 nsrtnar NJ Jant,ns - ,o..si,
%, Mr. Crittenden' To come here 10 WaaStnr
Ton ~ see Mr. Shenberd IN know a. ~ na,,id
not induce him stiiI IN Ia ma cSror nd 5nisb
up the balance of our award. Amer coming
hare be came back 70 ChJca 10 ~ 49, II
that he conjd not ge. Mr shsnbs-% 80 orrss
tn anvthing ~ the hind at nreesnt
@ a. o5 sir what the committee dss,rs
tn know Il what Mr.. Chi.tanden did n, Won IN
relation To these contracts amer Won had Maid
him se7 oO0, A. Thst h ali he Ala ;nst a. +
have told YOU. He cot the contr,ct~he ont
the award for ms. and Game here 10 Washi5g.
ton two or three times to. intercede with M
Shepherd and the Board of Public Work. wi tb
refsrence TO GETTING the bslsncs of ,ie a,x.rd
for had underwood that M Sbenhs-J bs Il
said that he would not let us do any more worl,
here; that our pavement did mot suit the peo-
Die. and he aid not like Il. We Instructed Mr.
Cbittenden TO saw to Mr.. Shepherd that if he
would let MS 90 on and finish m tbe amount M
timber that we had on hand that s e 5id not
care whether we got the balance OF. our award
or not: but he did not do IL. MT. Sbepberd aid
not promise him any more. or did not fell him
that he would rive him apy more. unless he
might by some other process or by some other
kind OF pavement. :. =
By Mr., Bass: O, You did, however, get the
extension in the fail of 1879, or the right 70 Law
down what wood you hadl A. No, sir; there
is a large amount of that lumber here yet. !
understand. / think, they laid down So, 200
Yards more; but not In the name of DeGoiyer
& Mcclellan. It was in the name of another
firm Our firm changed names after the death
of Mr.. DeGolyer.
o. Then, II I understand Won, Mr.. Chitten-
den received this s97 900 from you and never
did ANYTHING but obtain a contract for YOU, ex-
cepting to make two trips afterward to WASH
ington. He was TO have no part or psrticipa-
ton In the actual work of laying the pave
ment: and these were MONEYS that YOU paid
him for these seryicesl A. Yes, sir; 1t was
money that he demanded of US for these SER
vices
o. VIII you have the kindness to tell the
committee who Mr. Chittenden Isl A. Mr..
Chittenden is q gentleman in Chicago, who has
an office, and very beautiful one. If you go
In there you viii find him sitting at his desk,
looking more like the lord mayor of London, II
you have ever seen him, than any other man
could describe to you IN this country. 1 am
told that he is engaged in the business of patent
rights Of some kind, and connected with fire
box here that they are using on railroads, &c.
Aside from that do not know any other bust
ness that he is engaged in.
Q. How long has be lived in Chicagoi A.
do not know, sir -- -.....
Q. How long have you known himi A.
twelve yerrs.
O. How long has your firm been engaged in
the business Of laying down wooden psyements'
a. we nave oeen :. s"1 ous 1ae, fSso Us
p srou.sd e ,o th os I'm Of issi = We
Had fror hot "a
laid e extent S.1 T. Chicago ,,S
much wooden.block pavement IN to ISIS
nearly I as mncbNas any other Arm in The
JTr;o2 -
o. So that Mr. Cbittsndsn knew that Won
were enoaged IN the businessl A Yes. sir: he
ala. and he kne.s that we vere extensiyelv an
gsged IN n
q Wbsre have vou laid nsveuents bes,dss
in CbicagoI A. have laid Movements in Co.
Innobus Ohio That was some ave- or six
vesrs a1o have laid navements IN several
citjes-5n MiIwsnkee IN Chicaoo-and have
been ccnnected WITH Il with other narties who
Io;J ~ Wo bsya laid a lorge amonnt of n
down IN Cbicaro-nrobsb Iy sixty or seventy
miles of nsvemsnt
q f " p ~ no:.ib,s 70 find On. souotb,no
r,ore sbort NJ Cbittendeni A We'll. air I
a Nv H,,ii;na 10 Give COR anv ornation that "a
IN NV nower
n H&ove vo, had snv neoot;s,,ons with hin,
s,nSc he cs,1e On 70 Wssbinston with rssarence
70 This Contract or anv division af nrofitsl A,
Not . hi of n -
~ Ho,, h.or % NJ Chittendcn .. .,,,
.,rSc ,r;sh -Sso-oDoo 70 outstanding notes, and
rasTo ,ra,,;rioa IF him os whom he trans
fctred the notes! A. have asked Mr.. Chit
tenden 70 ask the parties who held those notes
to be as lenient as possible, and not to press us
'S 10 INV ouni upsSy w bahS bueiu up,
ana De mas taken s4 active part on one occasion
In reference to 700 Of It that was In the
Cook County National Bank. He seemed to
take an active part to have Il arranged go that
Ye would not be put in bankruptcy, as the
banker had threatened to do very Strongly.
Q. Is that the time of which youspeak, when
you took up the notes and gave some Judgment
notes in the Holmes easel A. Yes, sir: that
is the time, and think Colonel Rutland was 10
Chicago at that time. will say further that
have talked with Mr.. Chittenden with regard to
the parties who might have an interest in these
no one of the members of the Board of Public
Works, or connected with 1t, knew anything of
them, or had ANYTHING to do with them, He
has told me so.
@. Well now, Mr. Mcclellan, Il must be per
fectly evident to you from your own statement,
as 1t certainly is to everybody who has heard
you, that you must have understood when you
gave Mr.. Chittenden that S97 900 that II was
10 be paid directly or indirectly; or some por-
ton OF It at least, in an improper way to secure
that contract A. never did, sir. He de-
mauded It OF US. -.
Q. Well, sir, men do not do business in that
way; paying sec, 900 of solvent notes upon a
pretence that it is TO pay the national debt in
an honest way, without they 90 little further
and make the person TO whom they deliver the
paper tell the particular place in which the
paper Is to be used. Now, have you never
asked Mr.. Chittenden, from curiosity, If for
nothing else, where he expected TO place these
promissorY hottest A. have just told you that
have.
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