Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-13
THE CASE is CLOSED.

Hill and W aldron Called in Rebuff
Doyle States
That No Charges Were Made to
Him Against Mr.. Waldron-He
Also Endorses HIPS Action in Re.
ference to the State Street Catch
Basin.
AS was generally expected no one of the
Big -Four" took the witness stand in his
wn behalf at the hearing of the charges
gainst the accused commissioners. The
License was concluded last evening.
dessrs. Waldron and Hill were called in
:ebuttal and next Wednesday evening the |
will be made. The defense last |
evening introduced several witnesses, one
Of whom, Superintendent of Streets Doyle,
testified on his direct examination that no
specific complaint had to his knowledge
ever been made against Mr.. Waldron.
There were the usual number of sharp
tits between the counsel for both sides,
which considerably enlivened the proceed
ings of the evening. The attendance was
fully as large as at the previous hearings
and evidently as much interest was mani
tested in the closing as in the earlier hear
ings.
MR.. woRTH1NGToN ON THE STAND.
Thomas E. Worthington was the first
witness OF the evening. In reply to que
ries from Attorney Daley he testified sub
stantially as follows: 81 have been resident
of New Haven about twenty-five years. I
have been engaged in all parts of the ma
oop hueipoaa and am acuuainta6 with law
ing foundations for sewers, etc. l have
also been for several years a sewer inspec-
tor and have been in that capacity at work
on the Orchard street, D dwight street, Pop
lar street and other sewers. was inspector
for three years. During this time the sewer
in Gamer and Mechanic streets was built.
I think this sewer was commenced
in May or June and I worked there until
Thanksgiving. Lawrence O'Brien was the
contractor. The Gamer street sewer was
about four feet in diameter. The sewer
on Mechanic street was forty-two inches.
There was an overflow built from Mechanic
street to the river. The grade of the
overflow is pretty steep. The sewer was
built ON piles which were close together
under the bulkhead. These piles projected
two and one half feet above low water
mark at low water. had a conversation
with Mr.. Ferry in reference to mailing on
a cleat to prevent the bulkhead from slip
ping off Mr.. Ferry said that this was
not necessary. do not personally know
that there are any cracks just back of
the bulkhead of this sewer. Mr.. Hill
said that it would be sufficient to place
caps on to hold the sewer in place. What
1 mean by cap is to spike piece of tim
Der from one pile to another. These caps
were about four inches think and eight to
ten inches WIDE These caps were laid
about four feet apart. This was new made
ground and they were filling in all the
time. do not think a sewer could have
been laid with safety at this time of year
on any such foundation. Mr.. O'Brien, the
contractor, objected to building the sewer
in consequence of this foundation. These
objections were made by Mr.. O'Brien tc
Messrs Hill, Ferry, Dillon and myself
There was in consequence on order made
by the board of public works fol
the building of a concrete foundation
There was also tWenty-lnch high brici
wall on each side of the sewer. This bricl
was built because thought it was better
I suggested it to the contractor, but he a,
first refused to do it. Afterward the con.
tractor did decide to do 80. MI. Ferry anC
Mr. Dillon and Mr.. Hill were all present q
the time the Gamer street sewer was built
The workmanship of the sewer is good il
every respect. My duty as sewer inspector
was to see that all the materials used are
perfect. This sewer was built entirely
under my personal supervision. Mr.
O'Brien did everything I wanted tt
have him do with the exception
of the filling in. This he filled il
on the outside instead of on the inside
claiming that he lad to do it in this man
ner 30 as to secure road for his team
The foundation of the Willow street sewe
was filled in on top of brush, etc. AS
matter of fact the salt meadows wer
the foundation. I spoke to Mr.. Ferry
Mr.. Hill and more particularly to MI
Dillon in reference to the foundation @
this portion of the Mechanic street sewe
system. Virtually it was putting tn
sewer on top of the brush. This sewer
42-inch one. Mr.. Dillon, with whom
conversed on the subject, said that it wa
shame to build the sewer on such
foundation and it was reported to tn
the foundation and he said that h
guessed it was, all right and we pro
ceeded to go along with the brick sewer
building it on top of the brush withou
any piling. This sewer was finished lat
in the notwithstanding week. Som
time after it was finished went throug
it and in some places on the line of the four
dalton which have described, found
badly cracked. One of these cracks started 9
a very fine crack and gradually becam
larger until finally it was an inch i
width. This crack extended, I shout
think, about one hundred feet and was o
the top part of the sewer. Mr.. Dillo
, then went through the sewer and when L
came out acknowledged that it WE
badly cracked, but not 80 bad {
he expected. Subsequently Mr.. Dillo
came down and told me that Mr.. Hill ha
come to the conclusion that he could mai
the contractor point it up. These wei
orders from the city hall and I told tt
contractor to point the sewer. This l
| agreed to do and few days later he SOL
his men into the sewer and it was pointe
the full length. Mr.. Dillon was alwa.
there part Of the day, Mr.. Ferry all da
and Mr.. Hill nearly every day. The VOL
. my opinion frst-class in every respec
The pointing done in the sewer in m
opinion will never make it as effective
1t would have been if proper foundatio
! had been laid"
8 On cross-examination by Judge Stoddal
the witness said: "There were no tran
verse cracks in the sewer through which
could put my hand. The longitudinal crac
? was in the top of the sewer. I did n,
/, measure the depth of the crevice. thir
it was probably about four or five inch
deep. I took no measurement to ascerta
its exact location. There were four or fl
t bricklayers went in to point up this sew
and were employed there from z a. m. III
til noon and after the dinner hour tn,
worked for perhaps an hour longer on i
: I spoke several times to the contract
8 about ramming the foundation of IL
!. sewer. I put in the cradle myself, but tt
= contractor digs out the earth for the CT
die. The effect of ramming is in son
r cases sufficient to cause longitudinal ere
' ice in the top of the sewer"
SUPERINTENDENT DOYLE TEsTIFIEs.
Q Superintendent of Streets Doyle W
Q the next witness. He testified: 81 ha'
d been in the employ of the city about fou
10 teen years, most of which time was d
o voted to the streets and sewers. The q
" ing in of the boulevard sewer has all be-
!, done by days work with the exception
!, a email quantity, which has come fro
II cellars. During all this time Mr.. II
was city engineer, but prior to last wint
he has never objected to the work bell
done by days labor and wanted it done
Is contract. Some part of the dirt W
n carted by city teams from different pc
lions of the city. On October 20, 16e
> the board of public works voted that Il
! city engineer and superintendent
L streets be instructed to &
J cure filling for the bouleva
sewer, but none Of this was procured