San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-07
BEFORE THE COURT.
Harris Expert Figures Exhonerate
Yoakum.
ON THE STAND TODAY
his EVIDENCE.
Macnamara's Granite Mountain
and Branch Road To it-His
Figures on the stone CON
tract $4,000 Lower
than Yoakum's

Yesterday at three o'clock the in
vestigstion was resumed. After the
opening Mr.. Denman announced to
the court that Mr.. Harris had made
the calculation asked for by the court.
The paper was handed to the at,
torneys for Mcnamara, and who
after reading it, handed it to the
court to be filed. The report of Mr..
Harris is considered correct. 1t puts
| Mr.. Yoakum's contract In most
favorable light, by showing that the
contract, il carried out would be of
| immense value to the road. The
court, by the request of Mr.. Denman,
| adjourned until this morning. Mr..
Denman stated that his witnesses,
Messrs. Swepson, Mynders and Lott,
were in consultation and would not
| be ready for the stand until tomorrow.
No objection was offered by the op.
posing attorneys.
The report and calculations of Mr..
Harris are given in full as follows:
Hon. r. Fleming, City:
DEAR SIR: return herewith your
questions propounded to me in writ
ing of this date. also enclose you a
statement which 1 have prepared in
| more convenient aud ineligible
form for the courts information.
In this connection I wish to say
that In accordance with my under
standing of your instructions, as de
livered from the bench, only the first
two ques tions should be replied TO-,
as none of the rest of them comes
within the bounds of the contract.
have. however, made you an answer
| in figures to all OF them and you will
observe they each show a profit.
furthermore wish to call your atten-
] ton to what presume is an error In
the fourth question. Thinking that
| your intention was to nave the
question read: "What would
| be the profit or loss to the company
| on rate not exceeding one
| dollar and ten cents (Sl.10)
| per ton from Muldoon to Galveston
| by way of Wallis, allowing so cents
Il per tOu W tHc SOlOtduo " OduVd
| Fe railway and the remainder to the
san Antonio IL Arkansas Pass rail-
| way? / could not figure the ques
| ton. except In 40 far as 1t relates to
the Sau A. t 10 & Arkansas Pass rail
| way, because L have made no figure
as to the cost of running n train on
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe rail.
| wav.
Hoping my answers will me,t with
| your approval, most respectfully,
JOHN q. HARRIS.
The calculations are as follows:
First-Bssed on an estimate OF cost
| per train mile OF 65 27.l00 cent?, GOV.
ering % 600 cars stone, or S33 trains,
twenty tons 10 the car, what would be
the profit or loss TO the ompapy at a
rate OF 20. cents per ton OF 2 900 pounds
! from MuldOou to Wallis?
Answer - g 1877 20 profit.
Second-Whst will be the profit or
loss to the company at q rate of 75
cents per ton of 1000 pounds from
Muldoon to Houston?
AusweT-S204. I28 As profit.
Third-What will no Inc profit or
| loss to the company at p rate not ex.
ceedipg 81 10 per ton of 1900 pounds,
| from Muldoon to- Galveston. allowing
| 20 cents 10 the San Antonio 4
| Arkansas Pass and 40 cents to the
| Cult, Colorado & Santa Fe railway?
Answer S227 527 20 profit
| Fourth-What will be the profit or
loss to the company on rate not ex-
/ ceeding 81 10 per ton from Muldoon 10
| Galveston allowing so cents per ton
| to the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe and
The remainder to, the san Antonio d
| Arkansas Pass?
Answer S27 ,607 20 profit.
Fifth-Whst will be the profit or
loss to the company at rate not ex-
ceeding 81 10 per ton from MuIdoon 10
Galveston via Houston, allowing 45
cents per ton to the International d
| Great Northern or the Santa Fe, ana
the remainder to the San Antonio &
Arkansas Pass?
Answer-Sl54, 14S.4S profit.
THIS M1RNISG.
Session began very promptly at o
o'clock and Mr.. Yoakum was put
upon the stand.
Mr.. Newton, manager Of the West
ern Union telegraph office, this
city, refused 10 answer the
courts' subpoena TO bring in certain
kilograms asked for, rs the subpoena
did not specify dates of telePraIns.
There telegrsms, il ~ understood, are
now i'm the New York Office, 20 he
checked. This is rule OF the tele-
graph ser"jce.
Mr.. Yosklm first testified as to be-
ing a cu-receiyer of the 3. A.