National Republican., 1883-07-31
ELEVATOR ADVERTISING.
The Hll investigation lngsniously DwoA =
Day 10 he Business
Interesting spats between Counsel and
Ruiings ny ths Chisf Jastice.

out Of fuel Even Mt Coleman. counsel for
the whole world Al large. begins b. show a
disposition to lot NJ.
Tho only apparent object Of The ovamina.
zion Of witnesses yesterday, and che Incl
dental production Of documents. was 30
advertise the relative merits Of two rival
elevator concerns of Chicago. The strong
points OF tho two machines were adroitly
brought out for transmission o. the news
papers Il the country, through the agoncy Of
the associated press. and the advertisements
will be universally published this morning. At
the usual rates these nuticus would cost Che
Hale aud Crane companies many thou
dollars. Yesterday was a field day iur the
elevator concerns
Mr.. Chief Justice Now and bis cilIclgts on
the committee grew decidedly rrstiyg a. the
examination progressed and H. purpose do
veloped. They didn't altogether like che
idea Of turning themselves iuto an ndvcrt.s-
ing medium for two business houses. but thuy
were ia a measure powcrlcss o. protect them
selves or the government aud they ht came
the reluctant Prey Of skiilful advertisers
The proceedings began. a. usual, with
demand from Mr. Counsel -f1r.tho-Wh Whole
World Coleman upon tho chief justice Cor
lead pencil. There being no appropriation
for the purchase OF lead pencils, Mr toloman
insisted, with mock catncstncgs, that this was
another evidence that the government was
throwing obstacles la the way of the inycsti.
gators.
Mr.. Hill was thon recalled by Mr.. Coleman
and questioned In regard 10 contracts fur clio.
vators. He said hc bad invited competition
by circular letter. Five elevators were TO-
moved from the appraisers stores iu New
York, because they were worn out aud rn.
placed with new ones. The superintendent
of the building, MIR. jackson, reported that
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lied upon that report lie mado no personal
inspection OF tho old elevators. llo invited
proposals for replacing these elevators from
another firm besides that Of Halo q Go. lie
concurred in the report of tho committee Of
experts to whom bids for elevators for tho
Chicago custom house had been referred with.
out having made any special personal insp,c-
tiOn of the different elevators.
Mr.. Hill was examined az longth as to the
construction of different elevators aud as to
the alleged superiority OF the Hale x Co. ma
chimes. He considered that the Hale * TO.
elevator had merits not possessed by othcr
elevators.
MIR. Tottcn objected TO the examination ~
irrelevant and Mr.. Coleman said no desired
to test the knowledge Of tho witucs
in regard TO elevators, TO show
that he had approved the report
of the committee Of experts without
knowing anything about the merits OF the
information and observation on the slbjcct
was that the Hale elevator was tho best, and
that was the reason IL was adopted for general
use.
Mr.. Coleman said he proposed TO show that
the witness had frauduicntly given Hale ~
Co. the contract for the e,evators for the
Chicago building, and that he had acted in
dependently of the specifications
Sections from the report OF experts alluded
to were read, praising the Hale elevator with
the fulsomeness of liver pad testimonial
and then II cOunter-irritaut WAS applied In the
form of letters and kilograms from the Crane
concern to the secretary of the treasury,
dated soon after it was learned that the eX-
perts had reported in favor of the Hale con-
cern. BY these letters it was shown that the
Crane machine was inCOmparably superior to
the Hale machine, aud that it should have
been adopted instead of the Hale machine.
In this correspondence Mr.. x. L. Crane ples-
ident Of the Crane company complained that
his concern had been illegally and wrong.
fully cheated out of the work.
Mr.. Coleman also submitted n report made
by Mr.. Hill on the same subject, in which he
argued against receiving u second set of bids
for this work on tho ground that great haste
in putting in the elevators was necessary.
Mr.. Hill said that tho elevators were used
in the Chicago building in hosting material
some time before the building was completed
He admitted that il turned out that there was
sufficient time to have readvGrtised for bids
without delaying the work on the building
Mr.. Coleman requested TO be furnished with
a copy Of the plans for putting the heating
apparatus in tho Chicago building upon which
bids were invited.
Some question arose as to whether the
plans that were placed at the disposal of the
prosecution were the original plans, or copies,
and this put the counsel for the whole world
on the keen scent OF a great crime. He was
suddenly consumed with teverish anxiety to
know the precise location of the two $3.50
copies and the original n, 500 set of plans fur
nished by Mr.. Hayward. One of Mr.. Defend
ant Hills clerks testified at great length and
much Darticularity that he didn't know any
thing about it. Mr.. Defendant Hill testified
that he couldn't enlighten the counsel for the
whole world so fully as he desired without
making further inquiry.
The counsel for the whole world grew more
confirmed in his belief that he was on the
track of crime, as the inquiry about the
whereabouts of these plans proceeded, and
he waXed tigerish.
The counsel for Hill (Totten) put in OBJ
lection here and there, but the counsel for
the whole world asked him furiously what
right he had to take up the time of the com
mittee with interruptions, and who he repre-
sented any way? "Do you," he inquired,
shaking an italic finger at Counselor rotten,
represent Mr.. HILL or do you represent
everybody who have been stealing from the
government through his oiiiceW
Mr.. Counsellor Totten mildly retorted that
he did not represent a man who had swindled
the government in cutting granite, and then
swore to it on the witness stand.
: '@SShe counsel for the whole world said that
the counsel for Mr., Hill and some contractors
had clients who We're ready to do very tall
swearing when, it was necessary for them to
do so, and wound up with the remark, "And
don't know what you would do if any of
them were to leave the room for minute"
Mr. X. L. Crane was put on the stand. He
told with minuteness how he had been
cheated out of the elevator contract for the
Chicago custom house, praised his own ma
chimes and abused the Hall machines with
great skill and frequency. lIo was inter
rupted many times, and the opposing counsel
snapped and snarled vicously over him. All
that was needed to make fully equipped
variety show was n wind -brokon "Umpa"
and beeiy-loggcd song and dance artist in
soiled tights and decolette cOrsage
Toward the close of one of their playful
tilts Mr.. Counsellor Totten exclaimed despair
ingly: "When Coleman gets his mouth going
there is no shutting him up"
"That you may as well accept as n settled
fact" said the counsel for the whole world,
and he didn't say word for full minute.
Mr.. Chief Justice New ruled against the
counsel for the whole world on the admssi-
bility of certain testimony, and then turning
to his associates he asked, Am / right"
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