The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

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that the name of James Z. Feehan appeared
in the agreement. have never seen him nor
heard of him. At the various meetings which
attended Mr.. Hyde appeared to be the chief
spirit. All the money that we paid to any out
slider in our efforts to secure this franchise, SO
far as know, was 800 paid to MI. Miller -, OF
the law firm of Estee Miller TO argue the
matter for us before the board.
When Mr.. Chretien's attention was called
to the fact that he had authorized another
to sign an agreement of this kind lin
which such large interests were involved,
without his knowing the exact nature of
it, he explained his action by stating that
he had the utmost faith in Mr.. Thors and
knew that he would protect his (Chretien's)
interests. He added that the agreement,
as he understood it, was only preliminary
arrangement Continuing, Mr.. Chretien
said:
The only way in which 1 beard MI. IS
name mentioned in this connection was that
he was interested in the other bid. Ny reason
for believing this is that when we put our bid
in Mr.. - was out there, and examined the
bids.
1 asked Williams if he knew Mr.. -, and he
answered: "He is first-class -"
Williams Is peculiar man in some ways,
and we could never get any satisfaction out of
him on this garbage-crematory proposition.
He seemed always to be afraid of giving some
thing away, and, when closely pressed, would
answer: 81 am going to keep my own counsel
in this matter"
L. j. Wrampelmeier, whose name ap-
pears as one of the parties to the agree
ment with Feehan, is chemist for the
Western Chemical and Fertilizer Works,
and is also connected with the United
States Internal Revenue Service as chem
lst He says his financial interest in the
concern was purely nominal. He first in
terested himself In the proposed garbage
crematory as a representative of the Amer
lean Reduction Works. This corporation
contemplated making bid and authorized
Wrampelmeier to investigate the matter
for them. He did so. and as a result adj
vlsed the company not to make the bid
they had intended. A few days before the
day for submitting the bids they teIe-
grapbed him to withhold their bid. In
his investigations he became acquainted
with j. 6. Eastland recently deceased.
Mr.. Eastland was then interested in the
com bination which James Z. Feehan"
graced. He was no expert in matters re-
latlng TO garbage crematories, and when
he heard that Wrampelmeier was no
longer acting for the American Reduction
Works he made proposition that the
latter represent him in the matter. Ac-
cordingly ne transferred small share of
his stock to Wrampelmeier actually and
all of it nominaily.
This, Wrampelmeier says, is all he knows
of the matter, his dealings having been ex-
clusively with Eastland. He met most of
the other members of the company but
once and was not personally acquainted
with them. He did not know James E.
Feehan. He had heard it said that Mr..
- was interested in the matter, but did
not know how or to what extent. He had
never met Mr.. -.
Theodore Reichert. ex-State Surveyor
General. another of the gentlemen whose
names appeared as signature on the copy
of the agreement, when first asked to de-
fine his relations with Williams and the
others whose names appeared with his,
stated that he had parted with his interest
in the franchise to f. "A HYDE about the
1st of November, but later admitted that
he still possessed his original pecuniary
interest in the franchise, but was not pay
ing much attention to what was being
done in the matter. Further questioning
elected the following:
II don't remember having ever heard
the name of James E. Feehan. | don't
know that l signed any document in
which the name of Feehan appeared. l
went into the scheme through Mr.. Will
Jams. All the money l put into it was
my pro rata toward the certified check for
$1,000 that accompanied the bid. l have
left the matter of my interest entirely to
the charge of Mr.. Hyde and Mr.. AIpers
and have attended no meeting since June,
except one at the beginning of November"
Louis Thors, the photographer, another
OF the gentlemen interested in the fran
chise, was extremely reticent about giving
information on the subject. He finally
admitted he had an interest in the fran
chise, and stated that he had been drawn
into it by the representation of Williams.
He denied that he had signed any agree
ment apportioning the franchise, but later
asked to have this statement withdrawn
and admitted that he had signed the agree
ment containing the name of the myster-
ious Feehan. Asked if he had met or
knew Mr.. Feehan, he replied:
II do not know Mr.. Feehan, but have
heard Mr.. Williams speak of him: | never
met him. Mr.. Williams spoke of Feehan
as being interested in the project, and I
never inquired any further"
'Have you ever heard Mr.. Williams
mention the name of Mr.. -" was
asked.
Eyes, Williams said he was the attorney
for the board
"Did Williams state that Mr.. - was
going to secure the franchise for the one
tenth interest he was to get?''
Il never heard him speak of Mr.. - in
that way, but simply as the attorney for
the board"
Henry ]. Lang, who was the competitor
OF Williams for the franchise, was found
to be clerk employed with George Il.
Knox, the notary pubic. He refused TO
state who the people were who were to
carry out the terms of the franchise, pro-
vided it was awarded to him, but affirmed
that they were men of means and thor
oughly able to establish and operate q
garbage crematory. He admitted also that
Mr.. -, the attorney accused by Will
liams, was interested in the enterprise,
and could. if he would, tell about the pro-
ject and who were interested in it.
IT SAILS AT LAST.