Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-12
PLEASANT'S LAST CHANGE
MIR. RAYNOR DELAYS THE RE
LECTION UNTIL TO-DAY.

Hill and His Contracts Again Under tI q
MicrOscOpe-Big Profits Reaped on
the Public Building at Philadelphia-
Other Interesting Incidents at the Ma
tiOnal Capital.
WASHINGTON. June 11.-Based on tho
dispatch from Washington, printed in
the Sunday Telegram, four or five dis
patches were received to-day at the Treas
ury Department in behalf of Collector
Pleasant. They all attempted to show
that Collector Peasants bond was good
one. Mr.. Wilson tried to supplement
these kilograms by his personal assur-
ance. Both failed to convince Solicitor
haynor, but they had some effect. Instead
Oh deciding to reject Collector Pleasant's
DOnu MI. RaynOr decided to withhold final
actlon until tomorrow. Said Judge Raw
nor nor 10 me to-day: 81 delayed action on
Ihe DOnd until tomorrow by request NV
mind is, however, already made up. /
VIII report against the acceptance of
Pleasant's bond.'
Inc committee appointed by Secretary
FOlger to investigate the charges against
supervising Architect Hill, held another
session to-day. Mr.. Coleman read charges
ana specifications which set forth
fraud and extravaganza in con-
nection with the purchase and
dressing of stone for the public buildings
OF the United States. Mr. StinemetZ. the
expert, then took the stand and resumed
his statement relative to the cost of the
granite used in the construction of the
public building at Philadelphia. The
witness stated that since the last meeting
OF the commission, he had made compu-
tations of twenty courses upon the third,
fourth and attic stories of the
building, and had calculated upon
each stone. The excess paid by the GOV
ernment, upon the basis of the quarry
dimensions, for the third story of the
Chestnut street front of the building was
$ll,5OO; the opposite part being Identical
With 1t the total for the two would be
S59,OOO. The witness said that he had not
computed the other fronts, but would con-
tlnue his calculations for each front and
Tor each floor, so as to give the aggregate
excess for the entire building. At this
point Homer Campbell, a stone cutter,
was sworn. The witness had
worked at his trade upon public
buildings at New York, Boston
ana Philadelphia. He was employed
upon the public buildings at Philadelphia,
during the month of August, 1881, and
from memoranda which he made at the
time, stated that he cut 10 feet inches of
stone in thirty days, and was paid at the
rate of SO % per day. He
was employed ten days upon
one stone, which measured
6 feet inches by feet 10 inches. Mr..
Stinemetz was then recalled, and testi-
fed that for the other stone described by
Campbell the government paid to con-
tractors 1912, while they paid Campbell
but S32, net profit to them of $239. Stone
cutter Campbell was paid by them
for his entire work $102, while
they charged the government and received
under their contract with Mr. Hill $S47,
the net profit to them on work Of this
man-Of $745. Mr.. Coleman stated that he
could not go farther upon this branch of
the case until Mr.. Stinemetz had conclud-
ed his computations, and the committee
thereupon adjourned.
Mrs. Mary Jane Stinde, of Louisiana, has
brought suit here against District Com
missioner West for alleged fraudulent
conversion to his own use of 100000 in
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicks-
burg Railroad bonds intrusted to him by
her for negotiation or exchange into Texas
Pacific bonds. The court has granted
temporary restraining order