San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-03
THAT CONTRACT.
Resume of the Investigation
FREIGHT AGENT POLK ENGIN'
EERED THE CONTRACT.
Today's Testimony TAKEN A Rail
reader Who Began Like Gould
as an ONCE Boy-Interest-
ing Figures and Facts.

three O'clOck yesterday Win MI. FOLK
still on the stand under cross. examin.
alton of Mr.. Newton. The case is
developing interest more and more
every day. During it all some very
plain facts have been brought out.
1t is o very monotonous trial for the
reporters and stenographers, and If 1t
were not for the pleasant little dis
putes between Mr.. Denman and Mr..
Newton it would indeed be very try
ing. However, the attention of the
audience is kept in constant strain In
catching all the details of that rock
contract, which are very hard to ar
rive at. Thanks to the efforts of some
OF the attorneys in the case court ad'
journed at $50 O'Clock until $3.50
O'Clock this morning.
After some questions, Mr.. Newton
asked witness when o certain rate of
20 cents. that the Houston and Texas
Central had made, was handed to
him by MI. Yoakum. If he didn't say
to Mr.. Yoakum, Eyes, Yoakum 1t IL
SOP" The witness replied that he did
not.
"Do you call him Frank or Mr..
"Yoakum?"
"Mr. Yoakum."
The witness here objected to an
swering what he termed ~badgering
questions. Some little heated srgu-
ment was here introduced by the at
torneys on both sides, midst
the laughter of all, aud
the Master informed them that
the office was very small but there
was pienty of room out in the street.
After quiet had been restored Mr..
Newton asked witness what he said
to Mr.. Yoakum when he handed him
the paper with the central rate?"
Witness: at don't know exactly
what I said but told him in so many
words that it was a fact they had
made q 20 cent rate"
"How many papers were there?"
II do not know, quite q batch"
Were they originally"
~ do not know whether they were
originals or not. / had eve seen
them before"
"What was it you stated on direct
examination about the on
stock?"
II stated that on stock cars oil the
NJ. K. & T. the gross revenue pei
train mile for 20 cars from Corpus
Christi to Waco was SO cents, aud on
"a cars it was ST. Loo ga cents. There is
one thing that L forgot to state, that
these cars are stable cattle cars and
which we have to pay for at the rate
OF 3 4 cents per mile"
"Is not this Showing witness q let
teri, o letter from Mr.. Kerr asking
for an so cent rate from Muldoon to
HoustonS"
TT is"
Didn't the Central make q 20 cent
rate from the Ledbetter quarries?"
1.-THE expense bill shows for Itself"
"a month after this, did not O'Con
ner, Lang IL Smoot make you an offer
OF so cents?"
"No, sir, not on unlimited quantity
of stone. They offered IS cents for
unlimited quantities. l do not con.
slider it strange that they should offer
us rs when the Central was hauling ii
for 20, ON such a small quantity"
"YOu said in direct examination that
the contractors jumped at the chance
of giving up the contract?"
Eyes, cir"
"Why is it then, two months after.
wards they offer you so cents for 200
cars aud IS cents for unlimited num-
Der q"
"They are glad to get out of my
contract because ii bound them up for
5000. There lie q wide difference be
tween that and hauling al unlimited
number
THE advantage of that large con-
tract was the hauling of such an
amount of stone, vas 1t not ?"
"Yes. one of the advantages"
"What amount of stone did you ex
pect TO carry on that contracl?"
"a bout so, 900 ears"
Didn't you expect to carry 100000
cars?n
II could not hope for such good
luck"
"Isn't it a fact that the jetty on
tract calls for only IS, 900 al loads.o
~ never have seen the contract. L
do moi know from my personal
knowledge but / have been informed
that il would take 100, 900 car loads"
"You said this morning you thought
IL would take 600 cars 10 haul this
freight, did you not?"
az did,"
"Do you know the length of time 1t
would take TO carry out this contract;
about 277 days, would it not?"
81 could net say as TO your figures"
Commencing the lst of March to
haul this rock, would 1t not take you