Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-06

of lawyers before that time arrives" re-
piled Judge Stoddard amid laughter and
applause.
The witness then resumed: "The railroad |
company did pay part of the expense OF |
putting in the catch basin. did not have
any instructions to put in the catch basin:
(The witness then stated that 1t would
have been dangerous to put in a gutter
shoot and for this reason the catch basin
was put in further up the street.) Neither
the board nor the committee ever gave me
any definite instruction to put in the catch
basin.
"Istated the other evening that someone
was instructed to obtain bids for the filling
in of the Boulevard sewer by contract
Later when the bids came in they were
tabled, the board went into secret
session and instructed the superintend-
emit of streets to do the work and
the work was done by day, costing far up
wards of $4,000 more than it would have
| cost had it been done on one of the con-
| tracts, and 81, 400 more than on another.
| This was done on the eve of the election of
| commissioners. Mr.. Atwater had one
team, and perhaps more, out of the forty"
| "Won't you ask him Mr.. DALEY, whether
| the other thirty nine were democratic or
republican teamsg' said Mr.. Doolittle.
| ''Well, I guess you will find they were
pretty evenly divided between the -Four, "
replied Judge Stoddard.
| The witness resumed: "Twenty-four hun
dred dollars of the expense on that sewer
should be charged properly to campaign
| expenses of the Big Four Part of the
work was done by contract and part by
days. labor. 1 do not remember ever
testifying at this hearing that Mr.. Atwster
| was stealing dirt from the Mechanic street
sewer. The gravel came from the excava-
| tons for the Mechanic street sewer. There
was none of the dirt from that sewer
| placed on Mr.. Atwater's lot in tnat vicinity
by the city, nor do know of any being
placed there except by Mr.. Atwater's team
himself"
"That is all. I guess we will excuse
you, and am much Obliged" said Mr..
Daley.
"Wait minute" said Mr.. Stoddard
and the witness then in answer to ques-
lions explained in full the modifying of the
grades, etc., of the Edwards street sewsz'
Mr.. Hill-Up to within a year or two il
was customary to give the employees two
weeks vacation. There is no city engineer
of any reputation that know of that does
not do some consultory work, just, for ex
ample, as the corporation counsel is paid
by the city, but is not prevented from
taking outside cases.
"Well, don't bring the corporation coun
sci into it," said Mr.. Doolittle.
attorney for example," replied Judge
Stoddard. Laughter.
Mr.. Hill: 81 have taken but one vaca
ton for several years, and then went OF
special permission from the board of pub
lie works to Europe to attend as member
of the American Society of Civil Engineer
meeting of the civil engineers of thu
world. This was about six years ago."
Judge Stoddard then explained that Joe
Sperry and John H. Leeds and another
witness whom he expected to call were moi
have the privilege of calling them at q sub
sequent stage of the proceedings. s'Tha
is all we have at present." he said in clos
ing.
THE DEFENSE NOT READY.
The attorney for the "Big Four" at thi
point spent considerable time consulting
among themselves and with their clients il
reference to going on with the defense.
was evident that the defense WAS no
ready to go on with their side of tn
case. Finally Attorney Doolittle aros'
and stated that the defense had not sum
moned any witnesses for last evening, q
they did not expect to be called upon to g
on, and in consequence were not ready
He also claimed that the attorneys on tn
other side had given them no notice tina
they would close last evening.
Judge Stoddard replied that he hat
given Attorney Daley notice of the fact
After some delay Alderman Sonnenbert
moved that the board adjourn until Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o'clock, and the boart
so voted. At this meeting it is probable
that the remaining witnesses for the pros
ecution will be put on and the side closed
after which the defense will open thei
side of the case.
Knocked Down by a Team.
Mrs. Jacob Heller of SO Olive street wa
struck and knocked down yesterday by
team belonging to Hobart E. Smith, tn
machinist on Artisan street. She was no
| seriously hurt.