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

was Nov T. lss-- j sent llm come iron
& 1ousqi from tle city Departments ana
I ne sent me wrought iron in return i1e
knew that This l-Hl e.Dl--l 90 -l- CITY
az one time Cr another DE- slI I'VE l9a4-r
no. mink le E0r about lli-- latt-s Inc
only one ] SOLICITED iron from was Rogers
J also sent B4z-r tl-r- -l -e- aim.
nave seen Fox AID Rogers together sew
/ efal times; I have heard their contrisd-
lion several tinas ana I was aiNty7
apoat scrap Iron ] never 1al any trans
action with M Lotion I nave no Re-
ceip-s from Rogers al Az.
X r Baker. sworn Williamson ana
mysei We're Engaged in buying IRON l1i
MT FOX. There was some iron ar tae Gre
matOry and ! bought 10 from " neeler
Williamson and myself were 10 DIVIDE lp
the commission between ourselves mere
were lot Of Old ra-ls-at the crematory ana
I went 10 see Wheeler about buying them
/ told him 4 would ike % buy them as
Ihougnt Mr. Fox would Ike 10 nave them
FOX didn't have time 10 90 AROUND, sou
know, IN looking after iron. ana ne tolq
us 20 buy all the iron We came across ana
he would pay Ms comm. ssion / bought
tnis stun from Is neeler. and also bought
from down below herc-back OF the city
exchange. There were lot Of broken posts
and pipe. old broken hydrants. etc This
stun came from the water works Mt
cornell received payment for u. Mt. FOX
negotiated for that sale. Mr.. Rogers OF
Dir. Wheeler got the money for the creIn-
atOry iron. Mr.. DreesOn had nothing 10 DO
with these different transactions j never
bought pound Of iron from him i heard
that there was some iron out there ana 1
saw Mr.. Mckee. and went ont and looked
at H. Well. 1 told him that 1 had spoken
to Mr.. DreesOn about il. and told him IL
he would deliver il that would take II,
but We never gOt pound Of iron from Nj.
DreesOn. i never got any broken lamp
posts nor sewer traps; l never saw any
thing Ike that on the wharf at all, l was
down there every day and II there had
been any stun like that down there
would have seen il. We had plenty OF
broken pipes and nydrants but no sewer
traps or lamp posts. ! remember this eX-
change OF iron with Ballantyne; there is
another man here rhat bought iron for
Fox but can't give you his name. lie Is a
man that looks like Barrett, in the Custom
house.
Mr.. Baggs, sworn: I had my teams
down at the wharf where Williamson
was hauling coal for the Sloss Company,
and when there was no coal 10 haul, and
when Williamson and Baker We're APP
pointed TO buy Old iron for Mr. Fox they
employed my teams to cart this stun /;
Williamson told me / would get thirty
cents load, and that IL would be making
some money when there was no coal to
haul; ! didn't see my drivers more than
once or twice week. l never saw them
bring a load, but I have often seen them
going for a load All 1 was interested in
was my money. The names of these driv-
ers are Jim Carroll. Jim Prendergast and
a fellow named Dosh. ! never hauled any
iron myself. 1 never did haul any ma
nure.
Mr. Baker, recalled: / saw a lot of stuff
placed at the crematory which was picked
up by the scavenger department, and
asked the manager, Mr.. Peck, If he would
not sell II TO me. lie said yes, and that
he didn't think Rogers could have any
objection. He says, what will you give
me for II? l said l don't know what it is
worth. He says, that Mr.. Kehoe paid So
for the last lot, s. per ton He said, if
you viii pay us s. per ton ] Will sell it TO
you. Then / went down to see Mr. KehOe
to see what he would give for stove plate
| saw kehoe,, Ir, and / asked him what
he would give for stove plate. He said he
would give me 10 cents per 100 with 10 per
cent off for rust. I asked him why It was
that he offered the CITY departments IS
per ton and only offered me 9 cents for
T. Wen. he said, he expected to get work
from the city. He said they could afford
TO pay the city $40 per ton for it,
Ed Walsh, sworn: I never hauled any
iron at all that belonged to the city; the
only hauling Of iron I ever done was
hauled from the warehouse. l hauled
some iron from the warehouse down to
Mcbonought6s Ballantyne; that was some
OF this broken pipe most of the iron 1
hauled was from the City and Suburban
railway. I hauled none from the city de
partments. Previous to last fan / never
hauled any iron from any of the city de-
partments. tH.
Mr.. o'Leary, sworn:I don't think hauled
any iron belonging to the city | hauled
none at all from the city departments. I
| hauled some iron from Tynan's foundry
and some from McDonough & BaIlantyne.
part OF the IRON 1 hauled belonged to r. s.
Salas. None of this iron belonged TO the
city departments; previous tothis hauling
l never hauled any iron from any of the
city departments.
John Rourke, sworn: There was an old
man here by, the name of Fox sometime
ago, ana / had some dealings with him
about iron. | know l gave him lot of iron
Tor cast iron-l gave him some wrought
IRON IN exchange for cast iron. 1 think 1
exchanged ton for ton. 1 never received
any IRON from the city direct that l know
of. ] bought some iron from the water
works have never bought any within the
| last or . years, though l think had that
| transaction with Mr.. Manning l don't
| think bought any from Mr. Lotion. l
don't remember having received any old
lamp posts or sewer traps; there was
nothlng like that in the lot l exchanged
with Fox think Fox got some of this
IRON on OF these wrecks; he bought iron
an around; ne got some iron from the mill
across the river: l think this was a small
let that l got from Mr.. Manning: to the
best OF my recollection the money was
paid to the city treasurer; it consisted OF
snort pieces of pipe. | don't know where
this iron came from that Fox sent me. |
am not positive that the transaction | had
with Manning was settled in the treasu-
rer's office, but that's the best of nv re-
collection.
e. E. Chatham, sworn: (Before hear
ihS testimony OF witness the stenOgraDher
read testimony of DR.. Harris Written
testimony of Maj. Ryals handed to wit
ness, which he read) How much manure
| sold to Maj. Ryals 1 am unable to saw:
| he Is also unable to say; if he got 100 loads
ne paid me for it. had from so to rs head
or cattle in the lot. His men kept account
OF all the manure he got from me. took
| his word as to what he said he got. I
furnished my own horse and buggy in the
service OF the scavenger department for
seven years, ever since became connect
ed with the department, and never re-
ceived a cent for it. The department fire.
quently used my horses in the department
and in one particular instance one of nv
horses was used for nine consecutive
months and 1 told DR.. Harris 1 wanted
some compensation for the work l don't
| deny selling Ryals' manure, and some of
II may have been city manure; 1 had per-
mission from DR.. Harris to do this and
have got his letter to that effect Here is
the letter:
May 7, 1S96-E. E Cheatham, Dear Sir:
| in reply to yours of even date, l take plea
sure in stating that you had my consent
in disposiug Of the manure of the scaven-
ger department during the years 1884
This consent was given you by me in order
that you may receive some compensation
for the use Of your teams by the scaven-
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