The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-23

case to Aunear Brothers. cases to Nc
lntyre; Jan. >, cases TO Polaris mine at
Dillon. 10 cases TO Silver Bow shaft No. l,
10 cases to Columbia Consolidated. / case
TO Grey Rock; Jan. 9. l case to Plover {;
Jan. 10, q cases to Colusa-Parrot. p cases
TO Gagnon, 10 cases to store; Jan. IL, :
cases TO store; Jan. IA, l case to AlcXan-
| der mine, D cases to Stewart. cases to
Lexington, cases to Potter; Jan. 10. 10
cases TO Sunrise and cases 10 the Hecla
company"
What was the condition of your maya
zine on Jan. Is -
| There were double iron doors in il the
same as any other magazine. | was out
there yesterday and found some boxes of
powder. i did not count them, but there
were probably nearly 200. l had not been
out TO the magazine before that since Feb.
| 1. 1881. when we lnvolced."
And you cannot ascertain how much
powder you had on hand altogether on
Jan. 1?''
No; there is no way of finding out"
rs that the way your company is run ?"
"Yes."
when did you receive your last ship
ment of POWDER"
The last car prior to Jan. 10 was re-
ceived Dec. 10. 1t contained 400 boxes. l
| don't know how many boxes we had on
| hand when the car was ordered"
"How do you order your powder?'
| when powder is needed ! sometimes
| suggest that il be ordered, and either Mr..
| Kenyon or Mr.. Rennish orders it. la the
last instance they telephoned me from
the store asking how much powder we
had on hand. l cannot remember who 1t
was that telephoned or exactly what an
swer gave"
"Who hauls the powder from the maya
zine to your WAREHOUSE"
| Our driver, and Mr.. McQueeney, who
| hauls our powder from the cars to the
| magazine, has also hauled some to the
| warehouse. When a car of powder ar
| rives close to the first of the month. II has
been our custom to have some of 1t hauled
| to the warehouse, as TO be ready for or
| ders in the next day or two"
| us not 1t fact that Mr.. McQueeney
has delivered full load of powder at your
warehouse ~
| Yes
"What is the largest quantity of powder
| house? ~
well, we have had 1000 and as high as
| 5000 pounds stored there tor few days,
but never quite as long a week"
| Now, MIR. circuit, you told us that you
had 20 boxes ON hand Jan. l and could
| only definitely remember of having delIv-
| cred five boxes OF that prior to the 10Th.
| and that you only brought powder in from
| the magazine two or three times month,
yet your books show that 400 pounds of
powder passed through your hands he
tween Jan. and 10. How do you account
| for thls?'
That powder was brought in from the
| magazine, but was not uuloaded there.
| The drivers stopped at the warehouse so
| that | could check II out. We were in the
| habit of carrying seven or eight boxes at
! the warehouse all the time, and although
we have had as high as 1000 or 300
pounds there 1t has only been for a day or
| two"
"Now them" continued Mr.. Cotter, after
| an examination of the books, ''you say
| you had 20 cases on hand Jan. / and on
| Jan. l and you delivered - boxes.
| Where did you get the other two boNcs?"
They were brought in from the maga-
zine and the driver probably brought in s
or 10 boxes more 10 keep up cur regular
| ratio at the warehouse"
Then on JAM you disposed of %
boxes more. Where did you get Them"
II sent TO the magazine for it,
"Who do you send out and at what time
| during tue day."
Il can remember having sent a team
ster after 1t. but can not remember which
| one il was or what time
"How do you say conc .usiveiy that you
| sent to the magazine for the POWDER
because / know from the quantity that
was in the warehouse that / must have
sent to the magazine for it,"
ION Jan. you sold four boxes. Where
did you get them
From the warehouse
"How do you know ?''
because | knew We would have enough
on hand to fill that kind of an order"
You say that you don't know how
much powder your company owned on
Jan. 1872"
ibid you own q pound that was not in
your warehouse"
II suppose so; yes.'
"No supposings. Don't you know if you
were in charge of the powder?'
I'VE must have had about 300 boxes at
the magazine"
HAS there been an investigation as to
how much powder you had on dan. To-"
mot that | know off,
"Were any questions ever asked Won as
to how you were handling the powder
how much you kept at the warehouse,
etc."
No"
You we're aware of the ordinance rela-
tive to the storage OF powder inside the
city limits we're you not?''
mo"
Had you never received any instruc-
tions concerning It?''
"No."
"Do you remember of any thing I'M
usual or exciting having occurred at tho
warehouse on the afternoon of Jan. 1927 /
NO. SIR"
do you remember of any young man |
named Dell and another boy having been |
at the warehouse that afternoon?
mo, Dell was driving one of our de- |
livery wagons"
Was not there a slight fire on that |
afternoon and did not boy have his hair
singcd in liz"
mo, SIR"
Are you positive?n
well. if there was did not know any,
thing about it,"
The witness stated that the warehouse
was heated by a small common coal stove |
which was standing on the floor with moth
Ing between IL and the boards. He was al
ways careful about the fire and whom no
left the building Tuesday evening there
was only a smouldering fire IN the stove
The pipe from the stove was protected by
tin where II passed through the roof. He |
said that there were only two keys TO the
magazine and that the drivers had them.
he said there was no oil or black powder
stored in the warehouse. He had no idea
what caused the fire.
". T. KENYON.
W. r. KENYON was recalled and askoJ