The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-20

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1rayage on a. We bought no scrap iron
or any SUN like that from the wa
Ger works. ] have seen these OLD lamp
posts lying around but the only thing
ike thar we got was about twenty years
ago when We go- one from the city ~ as
90 have Right around the place ] az
tented 20 the DuE ing OF iron II tles-
exchanges had been made ] would have
been the one that attended o. abe W -rk.
Ncue o. The f0remeu have any authority
90 10 IT, cieary is the only man that APP
preached me- about scrap iron.
Milton Sweat. sworn. q CBy Alderman
kOlsnorni Did you hear Foearty admit
20 Rogers that be saw Rogers pay Wheel
r. 100 q 4. No, sir. won't say that
=. What about the drayage2 A. ! heard
n-m say De received his drayage from Mr..
vs. heller. Well, heard~Fogarty say that
the arayage was either So cents or Is
cents per load. and Mr. Rogers asked.
Who paid it2 and he said Wheeler paid
IT, didn't hear Fogarty admit that he
saw Rogers pay Wheeler this money.
Denis Murphy, sworn; I went TO work
for Mr. kehoe for the purpose Of taking
q trial balance Of his books. I was with
him nve months and eleven days. but
some ten years previous 10 this 7 was his
bp0kkeeper and foreman for about five
years made no arrangements about
getting scrap iron from any OF the city
departments during this FIVE months. SOM
SIX months or nine months prior to this.
about 1893. ! was selling coal 10 the cree
matOry. and my teams We're hauling 10
10 forty tons Of scrap iron out there.
was also selling kehOe coal. and 1 told
him about this iron that was out there.
He told me that scrap was almost USE
less then, and he told me IL I could get
10 al certain figure I might make some
thing out OF IT, / tried 10 buy 10 from
Wheeler. had no connection with Rog-
ers az all This was before his time. ]
think at least dozen times / tried 10
buy this lot Of iron from Wheeler, ana
every time | approached him on the SUD-
ject MIR. Wheeler told me that the iron
was not for sale, that IL was given 10
him, but he didn't wish to sell IT, He
never would sell il TO me. because the fig
ure l offered him was too low. After
that they saw Mt to give Kehoe some work
"A the crematUry. Mr.. KehOe made some
transaction with Rogers. I had nothing to
do with 10. The newspaper quoted ne
incorrectly, as this is the first time / have
been before your committee. l saw Rog-
ers at Kehoes office. drew
up the first check for Mr. Rog-
ers kehoe was out there TO
see Wheeler frequently. / don't know
what took place at the crematory. but
the iron was hauled down to the shop. 1
was not present when Rogers sold this
stun. l made no arrangements for the
sale, but weighed the iron, and I asked
said, Draw IL 10 bearer If my recollection
Is correct, Rogers said he had TO settle
with Wheeler for the iron. ] know tina,
Rogers said he had 10 settle with Wheeler
II. 1896
Thomas McGrath sworn: don't know
uhe full number OF loads I hauled. but
know that on several occasions ] hauled
scrap iron down to Kehoe's place. This
was before last January. I think I haul
ed some about year and a half previous
TO THAT. ! suppose / hauled some there
four or FIVE times then. / hauled II by
direction Of Wheeler. / think / hauled
stuff to Kehocs about FIVE times during
Wheeler's administration These deliver
haps six months. something like that.
A fter the McDonough administration went
out | hauled stun about three times at his
request; l also hauled once by Rogers
direction and once by Mr.. Peck Mr.. Fo-
garty also hauled stun from there 1 saw
him when he was hauling it, 1 don't
know who he was hauling for. l also
hauled some stuff from there down to
the Tide Water on COmpany's wharf for
Williamson. 1 don't remember the num-
Der of loads. / hauled that for Mr. ROg-
ers 1t was something in the neighbor-
hood of twelve tons, / reckon. / hauled
some broken pipe from the water works.
/ hauled that to Williamson. This was
by Mr.. Lotions direction. That was
some time last year. II was the early
part of the year; " was in the summer
time. ] don't know whether l kept a
memorandum Of this In our books or not
! simply kept account of the loads and
billed accordingly. After l collect / never
keep paper data about it. The city paid
me for this last drayage. / understand
the city sold this stuff from the water
works. | don't think 1 hauled anything
to McDonohgh q Ballantyne during this
administration; | am not positive that l
hauled any stuff there. If / am not mis-
taken. l think hauled some broken pipe
from the water works down there: that
" as about when the water works was be-
ing built. Mr.. Curtis got me to haul that;
he was an engineer out there; he Is dead.
l believe we had to pay for this pipe;
we broke 1t while hauling ii to the wa
ter works. Father sold this for his own
account. When we hauled for the city
we got paid by the city. l got manure
from Cheatham; | never paid for it. He
gave II to me. 1 did not haul manure
for anybody else. l think l got about
twelve OF fifteen loads"
Mr.. c. A. Williamson, recalled: start
ed this account on Sept. 81, 1895. and be-
tween Sept. 81 and Oct Is l bought from
was hauled by Welsh the drayman. This
book here is my blotter. / kept all my
accounts about iron in this book; from
the city exchange l got IA. 375 pounds haul
ed by Bags; this was old lamp posts, etc
and from the water works ] got, / suppose
about ?, 100 pounds, hauled by Welsh This
crematory iron was hauled by McGrath
Now, here we have $50 pounds $3.50
pounds, 1875 pounds, 1850 pounds, and 1000
pounds that came from the water work
the new water works. Now, we hauled
from the scaVenger department seventeen
loads, which l was ordered not to weigh
but 1t was to be carried from the scav-
enger department TO McDonough q Bal
lantynes. as il was cast iron, and we were
to get wrought iron in lieu of it; we were
to receive so many pounds of wrought
iron scrap in return. 1 paid the scaVen-
ger department cash for this iron; paid il
on an order from Fox to the scavenger de-
partment on Get. is, amounting to $50. 25. I
paid that to the man who presented Fox's
order. l don't known that man. l know
him when see him; have seen him since
this transaction occurred. That iron was
sent TO McDonough & Ballantyne. In lieu
of this iron / received from them p 400
pound of wrought scrap iorn: it was haul
ed by Welsh and Mccormick. Young
O'Leary had charge of McCormck's bus
mess On Oct 81 1 got $685. pounds in adj
dition. Nov. T. / got three more loads.
making ASS pounds. I was directed BY
Mr.. Fox to make this exchange He told
me he bought this iron from the scaven-
ger department. that's what he told me.
and put 1t so in my book This iron
consisted of broken crossings. broken
lamp posts, etc. If you notice my book
here there is difference in the date of
delivery; part of this iron was delivered
one day and part another day. l am pos
tive that l spoke to Mr.. Ballantyne about
this exchange. l remember going to him
about exchanging the iron; there was
some DELAY in getting p1lr NFrouoht S~oy