New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
American Surety Company. who became Brunson Co.'S


o-Are these all the things you ala In rea1oh 70 se.
ting tho eontraeti Ayes. SIR Inc ar'eenrn' win
Mr. Ryan was that should be paid so'ooo TOT au my
services during the pending Of the contract 70 con
duc,ed twenty or thirty small suits and attended 70 the
raising oil liens In the Controllers onfee' ETC.
ouays you got any bills which you rendered for your
servicesf A.-No. sir have not fenae'ea '"S "''''
yet, but will do 30. , .,,
Awaiting exeept the records Of the suits In ms books
Most Of the suits, he explained, were in district
courts. But he had no vouchers 10 sho" VIM ms
other services were True, tne 1o''l pay inenes os
81 p 900 but Mr.. Ryan gave him s4,o 300 to lend TO
Mr. Kelly the contractor for the eatthlng OF Ncw-
ave, and the witness himself gcI s-oVy i'm ~ ioc Ie
obtained from Mr.. Ryan from time TO tme. nc
had no interest with Kelly, and when nc got tnc
loan for him from Mr.. Ryan he dld !, IN lrsh1y U
way He was still the attorney oil bruntoh " ~
in some matters From his office OF Puohc Au-
minjstratJr he received salary oi s4.VVU lhe
raymcnts OF money by him to the hrm OF l'run.ph %
& Co shown on the books were payments OF the
money he had borrowed, and he had iiilea up
contract and prepared guarantee heiorc ne ihue a
the agreement that he was to receive so,Vou p9S i
he was asked TO do that, and ne presumsd ,nV "a M M
payment for that work would DC inciuo'u ia '"'
S., ,000
o-who IS NJ. ]. Morrissoni Ale is my brother
o-Dld yoa rct him appointed the bookkeeper Of Brun'
ton & Co. Ayes sir.
Mr.. Beckman gave Mr.. Morrison r. fur fuTthSr Sr
opportunity Of explaining M mairoFs Groce about Voting
for for Jobn Brnnton e Co in the award of the
contracts, and he repeated his statcmeht, , anurS
the disposition of the 81 1000. AT MI l"eItl.a %
reuuest il was put on record that MI MorcIs.oi m
was voluntary witness, and had not peen
subpoenaed
TESTIMONY OF A DISMISSED ENGINEER
Edward Wegmann. divisional engineer, tcs'l-
fed about the case in which part OF the Aaucuuc'
work was estimated twice over Tor thc oehei'
of the contractors, and in order TO compchSa'.
them for their expenditures in removing psno"
left in excavation He swore that the estimn,c
was Incorrect; that it involved hctisio1S ;,st us
ouantity.s and that while he thought ~ lpst 70
rrsy the contractors their claim. ne u'u ,.I,w mv'
ihiul, 4 ,lIrI have been made IN sue" M"s,
M Wecmann had refused to make the estlma.e
in that misleading manner until tnc en,er ',rttcn
encer Benjamin Church gave ,hnt m ii was Of
resolution Of the Commssoners. ~ re uio ,,,nrd nui
inouire into that. but took Mr.. Churcns worn worn
for It, The extra allowance cosy ec
t,,,n ~ some already given by Engineer watkins
and Mr. Lovett. O'Brien & Clarl!'s counsel. tired
in vain to shake it on gb 0f - p'
William j. Best, the expert accon'',inV M ~
nv the committcc was sworn. and handed IN nus
report on the tranSaclons tSo Sa a"ncduct @ COMMITS
s;on and the cost of construction OF the Aqueduct
up to and including April 30, 1883. -, ao..;,s
1t is document Of great eng,n, nma, os tre'
mnndons amount OF labor. Some OF the most
striking features of it are given elsewhere.
SEVERAL WITNESSES RECALLED
Tho committee reassembied at :25. Chief En-
,inno, church was nut on the stand simply to put
:, evidence n statement which he desired to bc
talon as an answer to the statement filed by Mr
Best. tan. ,..,o
mistakes
o-Don,t YOU admit that It mistake to get up
Watklnss voucher in that way7 A-That was not ms
take; 1t may have been mistake as 10 FORM 'h''
question for lawyers TO settle =,
The statement which Mr.. Church filed was in tho
shane Of a long letter which had been publshed
in The Evening Post" dated July 30 Alr.
Church entered general denial OF all aspersi4Ns p
which had come out in evidence cohGgc1sd Luz ,,' a
discharge of the duties Of his Office. lie had al
WAYS done his best He regarded Mr "at!uhs as
a thoroughly competent man ~. .,,ro
Mr.. Watkins was recalled, ana su n .nao s1on m,oro
he was in charge no order had ever Deen gwen
To the contractors 10 excavatc beyond tnc iines
shown on the drawings In response 10 Questions
Mr. Watkins gave some technical evidence con-
cerning the character OF maSGly rs -
Mr.. Best was then recalled. In answer TO cues
tions from Mr. Boardman he said that his staIe-
ments were strictly correct. lie put IN eVldehce
an answer to Mr. Church in the shape of an open
letter to that gentleman. . H., ooo;,,od
John c. Rogers said that he had a, receiVru aS,0Ns
orders to make the extra excavations on oecIohs
a and r. but the extra compensation received
for it didn't defray the expense. lie had ~ enc
instance to wait six days to get etd"c thn tiwa U
Section A from Mr.. Watkins. UP 10 thc tlnic
he made the excavations he had not seen Inc Ilc
plans but had looked into Section " WILL Will wa to
Of the samc size, and thus ne VII Wiz Inny that
he tnnnel according TO the directions given nm
bv Mr. Watkins did not have the proper M gralc; ,,,
Wr Wotjons insisted on his kt,pinG inc track up
t,So feet He understood that that meant
that the rock should be kept up TWO ieo''
PLENTY OF TECHNICAL EVIDENCE
Mr. Rorers's evidence embraced much technlcal
information which nobody appeared TO underS'ahu
mot even the lawyers Things again assumed
an asnect of general interest when Mr. Nlcoii
asked him IL he had ever heard that MT MOTIFS
son had tried to sell an interest in Brun'oh )
contract A., o,hor ovcning he
haJ had a talk with Joseph Flynn, better known
as the brother Of Maurice b. fiynh 3VsTpm eo1u
him that il was notorious lact tlaS y
had tried TO sell quarter interest IN oections d
and IA. , . all :, 4,
Odd he tell you for whom nc was Trying 10 sci ~
Mo- don't think thst he knew himself
Mr. Bosrdman-who did Joseph Flynn say toa MIN
,,s, Ale didn't say he heard 1t from anybody IL was
a general rumor. .--,.. ,...
Mr. Ncoll-I thought he said 1t was notorious fact
Mr. Boardman-we, notorious fact and general rumor
are close relations
''N AN AMUSING WITNESS.
ceorqe I Wilson, young man with light
mustache and an air that indicated large self
ostecm- was the next witness He winked sig
ri6cantlv TO a friend in the courtroom after
ba had been sworn and in the light Of his tcsti
mony that wink might be construed u as mean, ni,
ing they won't make much out OF nI %e. ,ronS nH'
He said that he was the supply agent for Rogers
STANLEY & Co. lie knew Richard !, MORRISON cn IN
and had seen him frequently AT tne oIllcc OF
Rrunton & Co He had supposed that he was
the counsel for the firm. He didn't lSnow that
he had ever lried any cases except IN the DISTRICT
| Court ,,,
h,a an interest in contract or In procuring
g., II don't know as I ever did. have heard that
MorrIsson had no interest in the contract at all he''
| that from John Brunton
Q-Are you a nephew OF Judge epehcer' A. ""'
| by marriage. .-,., r.,,.,o, :,
o-How did you happen to get place with brun'on q
| 90 Al don't know 1 obliged to answer that