The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-14

Letter of Februry 2, 1894, reads in
part: Contrary to your interest or
possible loss from fine deals have to
be conSummated to reach the object.
For instance, to receive, dead sure
Alderman ]. NJ. Watson of city build
ing committee (once GouotfuD, who is
a dealer in marble and tile, succeeded
in convincing the county board that 1t
was unavoidably necessary that every
lobby in front of the counters of the
divers offices ought to be laid with
marble or tile. also base of counter and
wainscot. CahOon and Watson own
quarry of very good Utah marble and
of course it should be nothing else but
that now. Watson gives estimate to
US, we contract for the floors and sub
let ito him, for neither Cahoon nor
Watson can take the contract direct,
and both now are solid and will keep
them there You kindly trusted me to
go ahead on my own judgment and
you may be assured that nothing rash
or leading to any complications is or
will be attempted by me or give you
| cause to regret the confidence you gave
me.
when I wired you on the 3Oth ult.
about transportation for Architect
Proudfoot's partner, George W. Bird,
now on visit to Philadelphia, and de-
string to return 1 hoped that by him
calling on you and perhaps looking
through the factory, it would doubly
assure US of their future good will and
somewhat repay them for their real
good efforts in my, or rather your be-
half here, and not knowing but 1t
might be possible for you to secure
him passage to here, 1 wired you"
NEEDED 20 PER CENT.
Letter of April 10, referring to Coun-
Gilman Lynn, says: 'I hope to receive
a favorable reply from you to induce
him to stay by us; at any rate, before
this reaches you / am almost sure 10
have wired you, we got the city con-
tract for tomorrow afternoon another
session of the city committee will be
held at my room. Perhaps you
will think me previous, but this Dutch
man never counts chickens before they
are Matched and they are now picking
through the shell already. The board
! of education are as slow a set of
pokes' as the rest of them, and it
won't do to urge them on more than
/ do to let none of them get away from
me.
Il duly received your admonition.
| Perhaps I am wrong in thinking that
| you suspect me of trying for a raise
| Nothing of the kind, but 1 believe that
a restoration of that 20 per cent is
really needed by me-
SALARY REDUCED.
Were you cramped for money them"
Yes"
HAD your salary been reduced re-
cently?"
mo, it was the year before"
What were you receiving before the
cut?"
400 a year"
"How much was it cut?"
800 per cent &C.
THAT made it how much?"
"$2, 800"
you complained to the firm about
the reduction?'
Eyes"
You thought you were earning more
money!"
81 did,
And you wanted the 20 per cent
restored?"
yes"
"Who is Dwyer?"
John Dwyer, the florist, who was
agent for the house for school furni-
ture."
THE reduction in your salary was
made to apply Backward"
1T was from August 1, 1888, to jan
uary 1894, then it was to be restored to
the old figure"
Was it restored?"
mo"
did you make any arrangements to
pay Joseph NJ. Watson anything"
mo"
Had no talk with him about per
centage?"
Letter of Feb. 4. written by Hayken
to Andrews & Co, was here introduced
by Judge Powers. 1t has been pub
lished and referred to Hayken taking a
contract for marble and then subletting
it to Watson.
''You didn't go and see Watson?"
mo"
.'You took Morris word for it?"
Eyes"
"You wrote that some very smooth
work had been done?"
yes"
You considered yourself pretty
smooth?"
Not as smooth as I am now"
/ (Laughter)
HAYKEN's OPINION ABOUT COLBY
did you tell man Colby that you
were a pretty smooth Dutchman, that
it cost you $4,000 to get this contract
and put your finger to your nose and
say you were no geeser?'
NO didn't; Co1by's liar"
''Well, never saw Colby" said coun-
sell
I'm sorry you didn't"
Did you go before the county board
and get them to change the contract
for marble?''
Yes"
''was that to influence Watson in
your favor?"
81 was told to do so and did it,
Didn't you make the arrangements
with Cahoon and Watson?'
81 made the contract with Watson.
found out that Cahoon had no marble
quarry at all"
'eYou made them solid?"
Eyes. 1 mean by solid that they were
friendly to us after examining the fur
niture.''
Did they keep solid?"
you made them solid by this marble
contract?"
Eyes, I made the contract with the
Watson brothers.
How did that keep them dead sure?''
.By showing them the quality of the
material we shipped"
did you not mean by this letter that
you had corruptly influenced them?"
mo, do not and never did. You
! take the letter in that way, but 1
never meant it so and don't now"
do you mean to state on your
conscience that by that letter you
meant to frnpute no corrupt motives to
Cahoon and Watson?"
'I do and l car explain it if you
will allow me-"
Go ahead and explain then" said
counsel.
Witness went on to tell how no Utah
marble had ever been used in any pub
lie building and he thought it was
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