Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-13

Or. Leigh and Mr.. Hill were present, but t
neither objected nor insinuated that it was t
campaign expenses for the i
Big Four In 1889 some dirt was taken ]
rom Mr.. Atwater's lot. I was present
when there was a conversation in reference {
to placing a catch basin on State street {
near Elm street, but did not hear any con-
at that time about primaries, as
has been stated by Mr.. Hill. Mr.. Hill met
the committee on streets of the board by
and Mr.. Kelly, who was also
present, pointed out to them the proposed
location as proposed by Mr.. Hill.
The next day another change was
made, I presume by Mr.. Hill, but I
do not think with the sanction of either
the board or the committee. This change
consisted in the placing of new catch ba-
sin on the street some twenty-five or thir-
ty feet above. Mr.. Warren was president
of the State street road at this time, but
do not know that he agreed to pay the ex-
pense if the basin was put in as suggested
by Mr.. Hill to the committee. 1 don't
think have ever heard any complaint |
from citizens in reference to their treat |
ment or lack of courtesy on the part of |
Mr.. Waldron. No one ever made COM |
plant to me against Mr.. Waldron. have |
heard complaints on the street, but none |
have ever been made to me. I recollect |
Mr.. Brennan gave me as an excuse TOR
staying in the Office instead of being about
his work outside that it was because he
had to wait SO long for Mr.. Waldron to
return from dinner"
Judge Stoddard then took the witness in
hand and in cross examination he said:
'sNo citizen ever made specific complaint
to me in regard to Mr.. Waldron's treat
nient of them. The earth taken in the fall
of 'SS from Mr. Atwater's lot was not earth
| which was placed there by the city. There
were about twenty loads in all This was
| taken by arrangement between myself and
Mr.. Atwater in response to my request. l
received six bids for carting the earth from
the Denslow lot for the filling in of the
boulevard sewer. There was one of these
bids at 254 cents and one at 26 cents.
| Contract work as a rule is to be gotten
cheaper in winter than in summer. / said
when this question came up at meeting
that the work could be done cheaper by
contract than by days work, and notwith-
standing this fact the work was done by
days labor"
At this point Attorney Hamilton object
ed to one Of Judge Stoddard's question in
reference to the opinion of other persons.
"Well, you have done it right along"
replied Judge Stoddard.
Attorney Hamilton continued to object,
and Judge Stoddard kept looking at the
witness, waiting for him to answer.
There was then some alluaion made by
Mr. Hamilton to Judge Stoddard's looking
at him.
"You are altogether too egotistical," re-
piled Judge Stoddard.
t'You were looking directly at me, an
swered Mr.. Hamilton.
Cto6dar1-Whv Won wara NOT
even in my mind at all. I was waiting for
Mr.. Doyle to answer. L was not paying
any attention to you.
Attorney Hamilton-No more than you
were to the objection.
Judge Stoddard-I did not consider it
worthy of notice.
Attorney Hamilton-No, nor any other
that comes from this side.
Judge Stoddard-No, not if it comes
from Mr. Hamilton. Great applause and
laughter.
The witness then resumed: "Some OF
the commissioners, all of the five, in fact
all except Mr.. Brown, have made sugges-
tons to me in reference to the hiring OF
teams. These commissioners recommend
certain men and their recommendations
generally find favor with me. These mer
are then appointed to work on the city
streets. Mr.. Atwater has not been in
terested in teams and men employed by
the city and divided with them, at least
not to my personal knowledge. Mr.
Leigh also made suggestions to me about
the employment of men on the streets
when he was commissioner. While Mr.
Leigh was commissioner do not know Of
any republican commissioner who was
| getting any men on the street."
In reply to a question from Alderman
Prince in reference to the catch basin OF
i l Ckoko - &lo
, he thought the change of location of tn,
). proper one.
Alderman Keane-Then Mr.. Hill mad
mistake in his first location and changed
it.
, Mr.. Doyle-I do not like to say that h
;: made mistake.
y Judge Stoddard-Well, I suppose thel
+ if man makes machine and then i'm
. proves upon it his first invention was
: mistake, was it, [Laughter.]
!. FRANCIS P. MAHoNEY.
q The next witness called was Francis F
9 Mahoney of the engineering department @
u the city, who said: "When I first wen
= into the engineering department Mr.. Hi
:, said to me that the better element of tn
It citizens were going to petition the legisla
% lature to take the power Of appointing tn
@ commissioners from the board of alderme
b and place it in the hands of the mayor"
/ THE DEFENSE RESTS.
~ Judge Stoddard refused to even cross
"a examine the witness, after which Attorne
d | ton said, "We rest"
n IT thought So" replied Judge stoddard
n amid laughter.
le TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL.
rs Attorney H. G. White then called M
N Waldron for the purpose of rebutting tt
ID testimony of Mr.. Whiting at the last NEE
Re ing, where the witness stated that Nj
re- Waldron had sent out notices to remoy
,e encroaehments on Dewitt street witho,
10 any order from the board. It was clearl
at shown by the witness that the board ha
ID authorized the sending out of the notices
ys Several permits were then shown the wi
~ ness, which he acknowledged had all bee
X issued by him outside of Office hours; tn,
in is, during hours when by the rules of tt
It. board he was entitled to be absent frol
~ the Office. 1t was also shown by the wi
as | ness that Mr.. Keefe had been paid fl
N the property on Dewitt street, which afte
ward became the property OF Mr.. Within
I'd by purchase and which the latter fence
g. in.
MR.. HILL RECALLED.
* MIR. Hill was then recalled and said:
!. have filled out the permits for Mr.. Wa
es dron when he was in the Office. The ma
in ter of the delay in laying the cobble gu
We ters was matter of economy to the cit
~ as it was thought more advantageous to a
~ tend to the larger work at once and sa,
{. the gutter work to do as a sort of work
or be done in order to fill in the odds an
ne ends of time and in this way be able to a
be tend to the work of the city with d small
a. or force of men. do not believe the
ne WAS any loss to the city in consequence ,
" the delay in sending out the bills Ac
ing under authority from the board
public works in reference to the Man
field street sewer matter found that tt
as trouble was in consequence of improp
We surface draining on Mr.. Mansfled's pro
IT. erty."
d. The witness then explained at consider
y, BILE length the work done at the Mansfel
IL street sewer and the controversy wit
en- Mr.. Mansfield over the laying of the pi,
of through his land, which finally resulted
m a lawsuit between Mr. Mansfield and Pr
ill fessor Eaton. This suit was shortly aft
er settled out Of court in consequence of il
ng vestigations made in reference to the si
by of the pipe used. The witness also test
as fed that there was no cutting done