Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-06
THE WATER wORAs QUESTION.


The other Side, as Given by Mayor
Branner.
Mr.. Mike J. Condor, with myself,
on Tuesday, about IL o'clock, went TO
see Mr.. McDonough, the water
works contractor, aud l asked Mr..
McDonough for his statement about
the water works bond. and the follow
ing is the statement made by Mr..
McDonougb to me, In Mr.. Condon's
presence: .......
II was present at the Informal
meeting, held at MFR. McKinney's pri-
vste residence, and state that the
water works bond was In my possess
sion and never left my possession,
and that Messis, Kern, Staub and
Branner never saw or read the
bond at that meeting or any
other meeting, nor did they ever have
the bond ,,at that meeting, or any other
meeting in their hands; and that
Commissioners Mckinney never read,
saw, or had the bond at that meeting
or any other meeting and the first
and only time Mr.. Mckinney ever
saw or had the bond was about one
week before threw up my contract
and then he come to my office and
asked me to let him zee It so as
to get the name Of one of the securi-
ties, so he could write and see whether
the security was good or not. If l had
been asked for the bond at that meet.
ing l would cheerfully have given 1t
up to the Commissioners. but they
only asked for the names of the secu-
rites, so that they might investigate
their solvency, and l gave them the
names, and before the Commissions
came to the conclusion that the bond
was good and they would accept it, L
came to the conclusion that the cons
tract was not good thing, and when
the Commissioners wanted the bond
wanted it,"
Ii. 3. BRANNER.
l hereby certify that the above state
ment was made by Mr.. McDonough
to Mr.. H. b. Branner In my presence,
on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, 1880, about IL
o'clock. ..s..g
MI. CoNDoN.
alec asked Mr.. Sam. Mckinney,
on Tuesday morning last, about ii
O'Clock, in front OF the Peoples Bank,
In Mr.. Mike j. Condon's presence, II
he saw or read the bond, at the In
formal meeting held at his private
residence, and he answered, IT did
not : but saw 1t before the informal
meeting of the Commissioners when
Mr.. McDonough handed 1t to me.
/ gave it back to him and told him to
present 1t formally to the meeting"
l also asked MIR. Mckinney IL he saw
me have that bond at ths informal
meeting, and he said: "I did moi;
because the footboard OF my bed was
80 high that / could not see the
tablet II. B. BRANNER.
YVES present when the above con-
versation took place In front OF the
Peoples Bank, and certify that the
above is the exact conversation that
nassed between Mr.. Mckinney and
Mr.. Branner. M. J. CONDOR.
In the Tribune of yesterday morn
ing, in Messrs. Mckinney and others
card, there is great deal said
about the contract. 1st. About
Mr.. Mckinney and Col. Terry
coming out to my house
at A o'clock in the morning to see
about an error In the contract, and
also about Mr.. McDonough calling on
him (Mr. Mckinney, at his house, be-
fore the Board met, aud submitting 10
him copy of the contract, the con-
tract being signed In duplicate, Mr..
McDonough keeping one and Mr..
Mckinney keeping the other; also ut
the meeting Of the Board the copy OF
the contract held by Mr.. McDonough
was passed around the hands Of all
the Board, &c. z8
All this | do not deny about the
contract for some of the statements
know to be true; but the contract and
the bond are quite different things;
In closing, / will say lin the most
friendly sptriD, from all the lights be,
fore me, L think the above.named
parties have got the contract and bond
slightly mixed. H. B. BRANNER.
N. B.-Since writing the above,
have been reliably informed by q
friend of my own, and Capt. John M.
Brooks, that be Capt. Brooks) says
that his name was signed to the bot
tom OF the card headed Water
Works. in Wednesdays Tribune,
without his knowledge or consent.