The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-09
THE WORK is LOVELY.
Another Batch OF City En-
ployes Quite Satisfied.
DEFENSE or JESSE COCHRAN
Taxpayers Are Assured That the sewers
Are the Best Essr Baiit-The Trial
Drags wesrfiy On


fed at the entire anaainnEiy with which
every man nov emp;oyed on the sewers
agrees that they are spIend.diy con-
eaructei. and that they could not have
been more economically baiii. Il seems
from the testimony given before Mayor
Ronald In the Cochran investigation yes
fsrday. both Of fofersen aud faborers. that
sil the bsd men were let out and ala wbo
were retained are as good workmen as
ever handled pick or trogel. No man cas-
be found. now on the Ray roll. who thinks
the sewer will last less than o hundred
years. During the whole Of yesterday the
witnesses examined were employees Of the
board, and no difference Of opinion exists
as TO the efficiency Of every member Of the
board and the men employed under IL.
Edwin Hall Warner declined to crttiefse
any OF the work done or the material
used prior 20 his appointments as city en-
gincer. bat he gave q very learned disGut-
sssion. from which it may be authoTi'a-
lively concluded that II any citizen has
been living in dread OF the action OF rEuri-
attic acid on the brick he may dismiss his
fears. as Mr. Warner gives the assurance
that no muriafic acid is likely 10 get in.
Mr.. Warner paid Street Superintendent
Evan very neat compliment rs to his ef-
fsciency. and Mr.. Ryan. when placed on
Che stand, moiestiy admitted that he was
very we'll satisfied with the result. The
only trouble he had was at first, when be
was told 10 select married men aud citi-
gems, and some of them were not strong.
Mr. Ryan answered every question frankly
and defended his conduct Of the work.
Dabose FIFTEEN was also placed on the
stand. He was foreman os exeavasors on
West street and was fken placed in charge
Of Brook street. He had about 20 men at
work ut time. He placed them so as 10
do the most work Mr.. FIFTEEN described
the methods by which he saved time. lie
never In all his life saw better class of
men engaged on saeh work. The most
experienced men they could get were
selected 90 do the tiu,bering Among the
men employed in the ditch wers black
smiths. carpenters and other mechanics
who were experts IN their line. Ii Was
Impossible TO do the work better or more
economically. IL took the utmost care TO
work Brock street on account OF the quick
sand and soft soil. IL would not have
been any economy TO have opened 4, for
. shorter distance. The ground is so
treacherons that timber must be kept in
and not removed He had never seen any
incompetent or negligent foremcn: lie had
discharged some men for not doing good
work. He repeated that the sewer could
not have been more economically con-
structed
Thomas Vaughan, who described him
self a. having ''been under ground since
he waa q young fellow had worked
several days on big sewer in Chicago
eleven years ago. He knew nothing about
brick. He was a timber man on the Seat
tie sewers Sometimes the earth caved
Ia before the brick men got through. At
torney Thompson read q letter written by
Vaughan extolling the men he had worked
under. and testified that he had never
known 80 much sewcring without an acct
dent.
Sir. Vaughan with great voluhilisy vol
nnteered the assurance that the boss no
worked under was tho most intelligent
man he had ever met.
Thomas McDermott gave very interest
ing description OF the construction of a
tunnel he had worked upon in Chicago.
The brick used there was not to 10 com
pared To the Seattle Brick and Tile Com
rany's brick. In London an enameled
hrick was used. This witness was an ex
hibiiion of the tact OF the counsel for
Cochran. He knew nothing of what had
been complained of. but being a man of
unusual intelligence and skilled work
man he conveyed the impression that he
was q fair sample OF the class OF men en-
ployed. Attorney Howe asked him only
one question. which went directly to the
point.
"All that you have been testifying 10 re-
iates TO the Seattle Brick and Tile COM
pany's brick. doesn't it,"
yes
Nobody has ever raised any objection to
that brick.
Foreman Fowler. who il employed on
the Brook street sewer. testified that he
only used as much lumber as was actually
needed. 1t would be dangerous aud expen-
alive to remove any except wha, was dan
gerous, All his men were picked men
and good citizens and he never saw as
much work done by rs many men on a
public work in his life
Mayer Ronald asked him ii IL would
not be possible Ia take ont the loves,
plank and hli in, then take ont another
oil ia. and so on,
Witness thought that could not be done.
eesuse the pianss we're so long. They
would no, have used them So long II they
had known they we're going TO reach
auieksand
Fred Cords varied tho monoiony of
laudatien by admitting shat Neal BOYLE.
the foreman. told him 20 use all brick as
IL came. and pat the good inside aud the
poor outside. Van BFoeklin told hum not
To use che poor brick. bat Bowie told him
20 use IL and put coat of cement ON the
outside.
James Manning related tha, he had
heard Mayor Ronald tell Comnissionsr
Wolfe that 90 men ought 70 be pat 10
work on the Vest street sewer alone
Thomas Ccnnoys and James Marshall
both forsmen, testified that they had done
the very best work they could: had Oh.
tanned all the work possible ont OF the
men, and had let out all who loafed. Mr.
Marshall was informed that some OF his
men had left their work to so into a sa.
loan; man could make snesk" ON
him tie hal also discharged as MANY as
twenty men In one day because there we're
too many,
"flid you not discharge Weashcsees -
asked the mayor.
"Yes. was told - discharge hiua re-
cause understood he ~asn't wanted"
Several times he VAS told ~ dtScaaree
men whose Numbers were given him
Some Of them were Eooa Wen. lie was
told that Weathsrhes was DISCHARGED b.,
cause Of politics. bat he dlaa's know about
that. He understood tAss some men we're
not citizens
Tie same old exeassS. remarked the
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