New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-17


orhsw many chains cast of tho cssyst bridget A.
thinlk II was in the GeiglhDrhood Of BOO Feet .
T. d As Aesr "a yoa can sco;locts 4. Yes, sif. - =
SP o % '
CARA. ia is ~ ' o. is7sI A. into tho stss
Didn't Won take consraeti, A. did Afterwards.
Didn't you before you terminated your employment
@ Do yoa know tho date a your contract A. No;
cant say that do my Impression Is 1ia' " WIS '" "'p
O That may havo been, bu. yos havcn't yet told me
when ysu ceassd the canal ~ an ensfnecrI
!. |, either IL August 1871 or iS72 my nnpf'SS''A"
O. II was in Angn.t Of one OF those wears that you 1hi
A. Yes. SIR Was several m'"L4s Oh ITO ''"'' 's''''
O. Aro ycu able to teal when you want OFT A. cant
tell the precise time when went Oh aHain ,,
@ Have you the means anywhere to toAf A. co"'u'
Q: Who suooeets.d you A. afr. Barnes. H..
you located tho hard pan below the rocki A. appears
They are your own notes. aren't they sud made az
O. Won located hsrdran 90 the same place that yor
locned rock and ~ lower level than where you i0ce"
O. You =. there was an erasure there fpointins 70
psttion " the notes III fleldbooA {, 1924 a. No.
O. DO yox notice there that naiiu made with
different pencil RON what the baIaae" Sa' H'ado' a.
q Please look at It carefuy' A. 7 have looked AZ il
g. DO YOU swear yos are unshc 20 It'll now from look
ins at # carefully that II WIS done with different
pencil A. Judgment hat il Wa n made a. tue
yom to , r. best Of my nowisss belief
Vow be es1s i seS have yoq MT RA 1o
this do you to say this Is sot A. iaer'
a9a1 Te pS Ssen ss psI 4 eoaidn. teal you
q. Don't you know how It h soedf A. 90 n9.
q, You did III A. couldn't say whether aia IL OF
O. what is TIC assumption A. The book 7 80 -,
g. 10 yoy suppose nm bofy Nse has done that' n
q Then yoa presume yoa DID "a A. might not Aave
a. n nobody else did It. WHO did It bat youf A. "
looks AS though it was changed .., Va
O. 1t has the appearance Vi poihs enaueeu' a. ''''
@ And, Of cor,rse yor ntcr mat you changed r. y j.
looks as changed2 A. III IL u changed az all
looks n il I did it, . a
O. Then ans"or-t0 Mt yol tDiaa IL has Vec cnoo5o"'
A. IL looks 40.
A FALSE MEASUREMENT Lax.
BY MI. Magone-Did you intend 90 put thai down
trny when you put IL theiei A. I did
O. Havo you any 10 beieve now that 1t Is ie
A. think it's false
O. 1t ia put there deliberately A. Yes, Sir for the
monthly estimate
O. IL plrpcrts to be a measurement and ycrw oath
now /, that according to your present recollection IL
falss: You said it was u lci A. didn't mean to say
that
O. You mieaa II is false, cr lie. o. what A. mean
an orror
O. Now caa yoa swear that that is not an errors A.
can't swear tho; that is not can't swear that
looks as n it were eresed are moi also lie
O. Right here can both I've true both the entries
be trweI A. Made different times were they not
g. sh asn n ns' ra s NoteHardan comecS at
station plus 80 Above bottom ay.r era; a., s' sara
book, and under your own en"y' III voui own haiu-
wfitingl A. Difesent date ,u .. ..,oa adm. "a
to Station is plus SO; ave. diagram -eyen WIN me
r.a & be- rsi eoudn say as 70 that
O. If they the same ground they locate tue puce
the sane! \. wan 10 tate TO yoi-- ,
O. Answer the question ad eaa both O. these recTdS
be iruel A. sisoull judge mol, nr..u
lt aG y be. aeet "a taf black cannot Hs to white
A. might have made an esrf; one or the other Is a'i
O. one mast be aud tie other is On error; is that
what yori TO sayi a. Yes, SIR. ,., 40.
O. They arc botd in so'u handwi'tis' arc enes not
O. AID both made by you tho discharge Of your dutg
@ which is tie tr,io one OF these' A. cou'snt tex
Do you know at what da;c you made the last entry
O. Can yc,l get ii pretty nearly a; Ic0ulfnf
O. Vas aat not made about DecesnOer. 1874 A 1
o. It was made IN 1875, Al think not; think
a sni now speaking a. tie es,apre II not nsdo
somewhere lr The neighbcThood OF last Decaioer' a /
o. You SEE there the next entry omitteii A Yes,
O. 40 bacl, there and You will that shows that r'at
Il ON tho Utica work, audsreccdca II IN that booAf A
Yes, SIR ,..,,.
O. Il would natural to make it before you made this
. AND assuming tint thai side Of the book was msse
frs could tho fact have escaped your knowledge that
there yas rock their than yo had estimated Tor
and Wasn't II DuisOn som body else md called
your aftc,t:on to il that you made tho examination
\. ! cgu's swear 10 that.
O. viii you swear it was male tlse boxe De1AsoSl
tlht youf y. ! think so.
[4.ost!oa repcatodi. A. I cncnot swear
TESTIMONY OF WINFIELD S. LASHER.
WALL.
q. Have yo.I made careful soundings between
cray stree Bridge and the kiiu the becue side Of
the canal to ascci tain whether is eah rock foanda
tiOn A. nave.
c. CIrc'ulyl \. Yes, Sir.
o At Gha: distance apart j yOa make the soOndnes
in examination! a About POO feet.
O. state whother yOu found euy roc& A. didn't nni
auy at 81.
O. Nonc wfiatevcrl \. No. siC
O. How did you sodnal \. oaAsoyed two OF tisee
i.sOras with 3h0vels and picks
O Willie tho water was 0ut Of the cann A. Yes, Sir
o. You caused il to DO dug and stood 10y and saw II
doacl \. ies, sir.
O And Know from actaai exanin ,ton that there was
no rock points, and every 200 feet you made this tes
A. Yes. Sir
o. At what distance is it'll A. distance Of aoout
1000 feet
Q. And you made the tests often as you sta;ef A.
Yes. Sir.
O And did It carefHllyt A. | surervtsed overything.
o. TO what depth did you dig. A From two 20 tnrce
feet: m avery case below the foundation " tho agoin
inc wall. .,, NJ
@ In no single instance did you find roc'i' A. No,
Sir.
Did me your pits near r t 'SsGn o. the wall
A. Struck rShi down so IA 10 S"e ihe iouhuat'S -.
q St1e the chara ter 81 that will ~ 10 the kind o.
Stone OF Witch it Is composed A. 1t IS composed OF
quarry stone from feet 10 feet long. and yary.ng
from shol,ld think inches 10 In dee think IsJoa
I1y Il wGuld average nboat = inches.
a. In slzct A. mean in thickness; the thickness x