Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-05
MUNICIPAL.
Called Meeting of the General
Council.
IoFRIoIAL REPoRr.l

Continuation of testimony in the case Of
City Weigher E Barinds. suspended by the
Mayor.l
EXAMINATION OF K. BARISDs.
Q. Mr.. Barinds. please state whether or not
you are the City Inspector.
A. am.
o. Please state whether or not, since your
appointment and confirmation TO your pres
ent position, YOU have attended to all Of the
business coming to your attention and col
lected the fees Tor the city; l mean under the
League administration.
A. have, sir.
o. Please state whether or not you did any
thing directly or indirectly to divert from the
said office any Of the business that would ma
turally come.
A. have not, sir.
Objected to-.
0. Please state whether or not all of the
city scales for weighing produce of any kind
have had competent persons there ready TO
do any business that might come up TO be
done.
o. Please state to whom the scales at the
foot of Beal street belong. and If you have any
control over them in any way whatever.
A. They belong to my son, Il: j. Barinds,
and / have no control of them whatever.
Q. State whether or not the city ofMemphis,
by its Mayor. has ever made any proposition
or attempt TO have anv scales erected at er
near the elevator, and if it had. have you
person there to attend to any business for the
city, and are you still ready to do so2
A. No sir; it has not attempted or made
any proposition TO have any scales erected
there. No. 2-Ce.tainly, have been and am
ready at any time to do SO.
Q. Please state If, before you were suspend-
ed, you had any knowledge Of any written
orders for weighing given by merchants on
the City Inspector being hlled By any other
A No sir; had no knowledge Of such; all
written orders coming to my notice were filled
by me or my assistants the same a. verpal
orders; and, also. anything brought 10 De
weighed without orders.
o. If any such thing had been brought to
your knowledge by the Mayor. or any one
else, would you have taken immediate steps
TO correct the error2
A. Certainly, of course.
Q. Do you know Of your. own knowledge to
whom the grounds upon which the Beal street
scales are situated belong,?
A. have learned since my suspension that
it belongs to the city; previous to that time /
heard a conversation between Ad. Storm and
other officers of the Elevator Company that
they intended to run raised platform across
the street, from which | inferred that It be,
longed TO the Elevator Company, or It had
some right or claim to il; but Of this had no
personal knowledge neither one way nor the
o. Is it not fact that since you have held
the Office u mean under Johnson also) has 1t
not been entIrelY QlscItIlOuLlg Will Aub HUI
chants whether they would have their produce
weighed on city scales or nou
A. 1t was discretionary, and Is yet.
0. At the time you sold the scales were they
not your own individual property, and had
the city. {. your knowledge, any claim to
A. II was my own individual property; the
city had no claim to it to my knowledge what
ever.
holl rocfffon that
occupy Il mean under the League admins
tration). and did you then think you would
get the position again?
A. Yes. ! sold the scales before was nom
mated by Mr.. League. had assurance posi-
lively from Mr. League that would not be
as City Inspector, and then sold
the scales.
CONSTRAINED.
Q. Mr.. E. Barinds, when we're the scales put
at the foot Of Zeal street, tthose now in con-
A. About eighteen months ago and soon af-
ter the elevator was competed:
Q. Did you not apply to the city for permits
sion to put those scales there, and for your
use as City Inspector!
Q. When did you cease to use them as City
A. / ceased to use them the latter part of
Q. Had you ceased to be City Inspector when
gUu ellEENA NcAAAh AAN eNhAlet
A. No, sir.
Q. Was there not more Of the city weighing
done on those scales than on the balance Of
the scales during the past two yearsf
A. No, sir.
Q. Was there not more weighing of merehan-
disc done on those scales than any other one
scales belonging to the city?
"A. No. sir.
Q. Did you give the Mayor or the. city, any
notice Of your intention TO stop using those
scales and sell them to some one elseI
A. did not.
o. Did you sell them to any one holding a
public Office? If so. 70 whom, and whag
A. / sold them t. my son, and he held no
public Office then or at the time Of the sale.
q. Did you know Of his intention to apply
for his appointment a..
A. No, sir; there was no vacancy for tne
ONCE Of County Inspector.
Q. Is your son, Z. j. Barinds, 70 whom you
sold the scales, County Inspector
A. He is now; has been appointea " the
County Court.
o. How long has he been using the scales
down there, collecting, ETC.. to your knoWl-
A. About the beginning Of February.
o. Did you give any notice 70 the city OF MS
scales that way when you discovered
the factf
A. have not.