The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-11

very extensive. within tho last TWO years
/ have sold -he street and lane depart
ment Of which I am chairman. just two
mules previous % the present transaction
which makes Just four mules in an dur-
iuE the present term Alr. Gullmartin' 8
letter o. Mayor McDououch re4ues ting
au opportunity 90 bir on mules 20 De pur-
chased for The city was shown TO me by
MAJ lr MrD1uouEh on the night o. the
LASS council NEE ing just previous 70 the
meeting The meeting authorizes The pur-
chase az f0ur males for the street and
lane department stnd as chairman Of the
committee no. was my duty 10 purchase
them 4 had mules IN stock which i le-
sired Co sell and I happened 20 know that
SIR Guilmartin had none. re would have
bad Goo send on Tor them 70 they had been
purchased from him ] accordingly billed
tn= city for four mules 40 $40. The price
is nos excessive and j only make fair
business profit on the transaction 7 have
mu les Boz stock which C. would he glad 90
sell for much less than that figure and T
have others which az worth fully as
much I sent the bill 10 Alderman Wells
TO approve. 20 being customary where the
chairman of a committee makes pur-
chase n which hc is Interested 10 have the
bin approved by the vice chairman OF the
committee. Mr. Wells for some reason.
saw tit tof decline 10 approve the bin and 1
then approved 30 myself and handed IL boo
at the MAY 0r's Office.
Il have 3 DID no mules TO the chairman
Of the heath and cemetery committee.
nor have 1 been given The opportunity Of
selling him any. On TIE night Of the last
meeting al which IL was decided 10 pur-
chase fifteen mules for the scavenRer de
partmeut. / went 10 Dr. Harris after the
meeting was over and tod hlm that 1
wanted un opportunity TO bid on the mules
for his department. / have heard nothing
from hin since. / und rstand that he
has several mules on trial but none OF
them are from nay stables ] hear that
they were obtained from Darnell & Su-
song and YouuEiove & Goodman, but 7
do not know this 10 be "a fact Z would
have been .ylad OF the opportunity 20 sell
some mules 10 the scaverg ger department,
but have II IT been given the opportunity
TO DO So
Mr.. O'Brien said the only stock he had
sold TO the citl' outside Of that already
mentioned, with n the last two years. was
one or two teams' for he fire department.
and two horses for other departments.
II have never hired any teams to the
scavengcr department" be added. II
have frequently LOANED the superintendent
a team when he was in need of one, and
have frequently Ter him horse 10 drive
when his own horse was laid up, but 1 re-
ceived no pay for this
Mr.. OBrien was asked about the report
that he made "a good thing out OF the
manure collected from the streets by the
garbage wagons. selling il TO farmers at
40 cents a load.
There is nothing IN that" he replied.
"At one time 1 allowed the wagons to
dump the manure in my stable, but II was
complained Of as a nuisance and / was
compelled to remove It by the sanitary de-
partment at 1uy own expense. There IS
no demand for this stuff. For a time I
gave it TO man named Miller at the Thun-
derbolt toll gate. but II was complained
of as a nuisance 4aud we had to stop car
ryng it there. II e garbage is now used
in filling in Gwinne It street on the way to
the water works"
1T Is said that you made a good thing
out of the jefferson street paving con-
tract: how about tina t?' Mr.. O'Brien was
asked.
That is not true" he replied. Il lost
800 a good horse and a mule by the work
which ] did on jefferson street. / had no
contract with the city. My contract was
with Venabie and ] did not meet Mr.. Ven
able until he came down from Atlanta to
sign the contract"
A reporter called at DR. Harris Office to
get his views upon the subject Of the Gull
martin circular. but the doctor had gone
out to his home in the country. Whether
there is any investigation held IL is likely
that there viii be some discussion in coun-
ell when Alderman O'Brien's bin comes
up for payment. The committee on ac-
counts may decline to pass il. Some OF
the aldermen seemed disposed to give the
matter an airing and 1t is likely that some
thing more Will be heard from it.