Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-02
AN INVESTIGATION.
LContinled from Folrn. Pnae.

MT. Dyson can tell you OctJeT ABOUT
that"
Mr.. DayidSon-Who had charge Of
that material?
Mr. Darrah-Mr. Seeley. | was sim
ply Superintendent OF the works, not of
the material. \ resolution had been
adopted by the Board, and served on me
by the Secretary. and also posted up in
the boiler room. forbidding me to sell
more than five bushels OF coke or five
gallons Of tar was also forbidden TO
endorse any bills. All power was taken
from me. and was simply Superintcnd-
ent Of the running of the works. All
items Of cash taken in by me on small
amounts of stuff. were entered on the
books.
In reply to question aS to who
looked after the running Of the works,
the witness said it was Mr.. Secley. Mr..
JepSon had charge of the financial mat
tcrs at the Office, and Mr.. Sccley looked
after the works. The labor employed
at the works was generally hired on the
recommendation Of Mr.. Sccley. He
spent a great deal of his time there.
In relation To about 1000 feet Of pipe
got about Nov. ,. 1856, the witness said
Mr.. Sceley would come around and give
an order for pipe. and he would hear
nothing more about it until notified
by the Secretary that il was at the
depot or wharf. Witness would take an
invoice OF it, and if Mr.. Scelcy got any
OF il he would make a memorandum OF
il. The majority Of the pipe on this
particular bill never came To the works.
II was taken. right from the depot or the
wharf 10 Seclcy's shop. sometimes
Seelcy would order the goods himself,
and ! would know nothing about il till
got the invoice. Seeley. somehow,
would always get the bills. remember
once big lot Of pipe came. and he
asked me To go around 10 the wharf
with him as his pipe was all mixed up
with the city order He asked me To
allow him to Use the dray 10 haul his
pipe ON, and also for man.
complied with the request, but aS he
was pointing out the pipes from the bill,
asked him: Why, Scclcy. how does it
come all your pipe is in this billY He
said: Why Sam, I'm just cucherng the
Board out OF the freight ISaid, We'll.
suppose you know what you're doing.
Some of the small pipe. = inch. &c,
we never use at the works. Some Of
the bills for pipe were marked %. H.
by Mr.. Seclcy.'
The chair here sat down ON Mr.. Da-
wilson. who had been intcrrupting Mr..
Caldwell right along, and said the inter-
ruptionS would have to cease. Mr..
Davidson protested hotly. saying he had
a right To- ask whatever questions he
chose. at any time. while the chair
said he wanted TO expedite matters.
and hc held that when a witness was in
charge of any one. hc should not be in
tcrruptcd. After Mr.. Davidson had
threatened to withdraw from the com
mittcc. and appealed TO know whether
the committee was going 10 submit TO
being muZZlcd by the Chair, Mr.. llarrcll
Withdrew his ruling.
The witness then continued his cXpla-
nations Of the items replying To Mr..
Caldwell : questions.
ON February n. lSs7, bill OF pipe
came of 3i3 feet ! inches Of s-nch
pipe. or il 200 feet went To- the works
and the rest TO Scclcy. OF 397 feet :
inches Of I '-iuch pipe. 2i6 feet went to
Secley and l5l feet : inches to the
works. OF gjG feet inches OF l-inch
pipe. 23g feet If inches went
to Mr.. Seclcy and 7lG feet inches
To the works. OF 1850 feet of 3-inch
pipe. 1.2lG feet inches went To Mr..
Sccley and 333 feet inches to the
works.
Where were the goods obtained by
Mr.. Scclcy? A.-At the works.
O.-That bill is marked 'duplicate.
How did that come? A.-Whcn the in
voice came looked at it. and asked for
the bill. | would find the orders had
been enlarged or doublcd.and Scclcy got
the biggest part of the bill or nearly all
of it. When the bill went back 10 the
Secretary. would tell him Seclcy got
part of the goods. was never
present at every meeting when these
bills were ordered paid. waSdcbared
from being there, except on special
business.
Q.-And when they would get through
that special business? A.-Sccley would
say. "You can retire" and would re-
tire gently. and stay out.
On MAY 10th, 1857, Scclcy got 1850
feet of pipe Of various Sizf mp to two
inches. 1t was hauled dirNtly from the
depot to Mr.. Sceley'S place. or the
J., ,-inch pipe. which We never used, there
were I. 500 feet . inches ordered. and he
got 7i3 feet q inches. or the 9.-inch
pipe. another size We never used. there
were ordered l.l45 feet 10 inches and
Scclcy got 40 feet inches. or the -
inch pipe SSl feet Q inches was ordered
and Seelcy got 32l feet inches.
Of the 3. inch pipe. 639 feet inches
was ordered and he got 80 feet. Or
the l-inch pipe 37S feet inches was or
dcrcd and Scclcy got lj2 feet OF the
IL Inch pipe 34f feet ! inch was or
dcrcd and Scelcy got 90 feet inch. or
the ~ inch pipe, gS feet ; inches was
ordered and he made cleau sweep of
it-got il all. OF the 2-inch pipe 331
feet , inches was ordered and he got 90
feet of il. There were 81 pigs Of lead
i'm that order and Scclcy got it. | re-
member it was u wet day when ii came.
He said his stuff had got mixed up with
the city stuff. II was hauled right
10 his place. checked of the
bills. and charged Scclcy with what
he got. i'm my memorandum book. Some
Of the . and z. inch pipe is still at the
workS-f0r We never use ii. know
nothing Of orders for such pipe. The
inch is about all gone. Secley came
To the works. aud told him hc might
order a small lot Of small sizes, to keep
M an assortment. He ordered more for
himself than hc did for the works. All
we used the small pipe for was TO cN-
tend a jet. or something Of that sort,
occasionally.
"On July -. lSs7. another bill Of
goods came OF l.2l9 feet inches Of
a.-inch pipe the works got $40 feet 3
inches and Sceley 379 feet 4 inches; Of
l.O35 feet inch of l-inch pipe, Sceley
cot ABS feet and the works the rest;
of 5l5 feet 10 inches Of IL l4-inch
nine. the works got 2jS feet
and Scelcy 30 feet 10 inches:
of 5a6 feet & inches Of iz-inch pipe, the
works got 300 feet and Sccley 2l1 feet Il
inches: OF 4l3 feet of pinch pipe. Seeley
cot 1866 feet and the works pa feet; OF
i49 feet Of a--inch pipe and 3i2 feet OF
i.-inch pipe, Seeley got il all. don
believe there has been 100 fcctof ii-inch
and a--inch pipe used at the works IN
the last year. The bill of William 4.
price Il Co.. Of TTJtsburg, Of July -.
IsS7.is recorded o. X. by Mr.. Seeley and
Secretary He'll think. ] told Mr..
He'll Mr.. Seclcy got more than half the
stuf. II was hauled right from the
depot by Mr.. Seclcy.
"On July % and -. 1857, took a