The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-24
lime in 1895. and I don't think I told him

| want 10 lnDlChtc dhs IVY.
OTHER WITNESSES.
| Mr.. Robert Kennedy was the next wit
| ness | have been employed at the gas
works for about nine years. he said 10
| Captain Wise. / am now In the yard,
1 but for three or four winters have been
engaged in burning shells. but could not
name the winters, j think 1 worked
! there part OF the winter before last.
don't know how many shells were left
/ under the Montgomery contract when
the Smoot contract went into effect.
read in the paper about it. but think
! then worked in the yard. one winter
when | was at the lime kiln, lime had TO
| be bought but | don't remember what
| year. They let down one kiln a little
earlier that summer, and that was, /
think, why the lime gave out. don't
| remember when they first used pyrites
1t was under the old administration, but
/ do not know who suggested it. 1 could
not even tell whether Its use was COM
menced in spring or summer.
Questioned by Mr.. Meredith: They
| burned lime long before | got TO the gas
works. When the kilns are in proper or
| der they did not have even enough room
for one winter. Then they charged more
than they had before. l was not sup
posed 10 make any suggestions; Mr..
| Reynolds was the foreman, and | worked
| under him. Up to that one winter we
| had capacity enough 10 burn all the
| lime we needed. | have never seen the
! time in winter when We were In want of
| oyster shells. II they bought lime I'm
| February It was not because they did not
have shells enough. They have a good
pile OF shells there now, but don't know
| how many.
Mr. q. w. Samuels was next called TO
the stand. | have been employed at the
| gas-works for twenty-one years. | have
done most everything al the works dur
ing that time. and during the last five
years 1 have been employed In burning
she.is. | don't recollect how many shells
were left when the Smoot contract went
into operation. 1 have known shells TO
give out entirely during the summer time.
have seen lime hauled 10 the gas
wOrks, hut don't rec0llect II the CITY
bought any in winter OF 1895 | have
seen lime hauled there IN 1891 or 1892. but
nave not seen any hauled since. There
Is any quantity of shells there now-I
should think about 1900 or 5000 bushels
Questioned by MIR. Munford: When they
commeced to use pyrtes they began TO
use less lime but they used lime all the
Tune. Winter before last the new puri-
'SA'o muse Was IISt USED.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Meredith: II
they mad hauled lime recently they did
IL without my seeing II, and il would have
10 be put there In front OF the purifying
mousse, because the lime kilns are I'm the
rear HAD 1t been put there l would
probably have seen it.
MI. II. Is. BOudar was then asked bv
captain Wise 10 produce the books from
the AUDITORS office, TO see il lime had
peeh purchased in the winter of 1906:
ana Mr.. Meredith suggested that ne also
ascertain when the money was paid in.
CAPTAIN CURTIS SALE.
Captain John \. Curtis stated that he
mad sold to the city on July 3. 1891. l2.l49
bushels, and on June 30, 1892, 10, sOJ bushels.
The city paid 1 ga cents per bushel. and
the city also paid is TO II of a cent Der
bushel for dumping them on the dock, and
the city had them hauled to the Gas
Works. l furnished them from Baltimore.
at Mr.. Adams request. / never had any
contract with the city TO 90 so.
Questioned by MIR. Landerkin. witness
SAID that he had received a commission
on the shells, which was included in the
cost of l-2 cents per bushel. 1t cost the
city about six cents per bushel. No shells
measurement. They are always bought
by Baltimore measurement, and II they
fell short. we had to take them that way.
Cross-examined by Nj. Meredith: The
hauling Of the shells 10 the Gas Works
cost the city cent per bushel. The city
paid me 4 IL cents per bushel. and I
made IL cent per bushel but | don't
know what they actually cost in Baltl-
more. paid for the shells. and got the
money afterwards. refunded from the
city. Mr.. Adams might have secured
them also directly, but he could not have
gotten them as cheaply. | could not
tell whether the money was paid in cash
or by vouchers on the city. My partner.
Mr.. Parker. attended 10 the financial part.
Mr. II. h. Boudar was then called as
to the purchase Of lime, and submitted
warrant, showing that a bill for a thou
sand bushels Of lime had been rendered on
January II, 1895. by Mr.. a. S. Lee. and
1t was paid 10 him, amounting 10 s75, in
April. 1t was receipted by Mr.. Lee
Questioned by Mr.. Munford witness
said he could tell from the vouchers in
the Auditors office at what time the
use Of pyrites had been commenced. He
could also give the figures Of the shells
furnished by Mr.. Montgomery and by Mr..
Smoot.
Mr.. Landerkin desired TO know whether
the cost OF ! l2 cents per bushel of lime
represented the same as the oyster-shells
burned, as referred to by Captain Curtis,
and for which the city had to pay G cents
He was told by Captain Wise that his
view was correct. Mr.. Seay brought out
the fact that in 1895. when the lime was
bought from Mr.. Lee at 7l-2 cents per
bushel, the contract price for oyster-shels
paid by the city was rs cents per bushel.
MIR. GRIMES TEsTIFIEs.
Mr.. John II. Grimes was then placed on
the stand. He stated that the Smoot con-
tract was advertised for 5000 bushels
more or less. IL was advertised in the
papers. This was the only evidence. The
contract was given out by the committee,
not by one member When the contract
was given out there were not $50 bushels
OF shells in the yard. not enough left
over from the Montgomery contract 10
last for two days We could not haul
them fast enough for "A week or so. The
city at one time bought shells itself and
paid 30 cents for hauling. When the Mont
gomery contract was obtained bids were
also advertised for and the contract given
out by the committee. During the pre-
viouS year. | think the record shows g.
900 bushels OF shells were furnished By
Montgomery, and | think under the Smoot
contract 6s 900 bushels were furnished IL
II had not been for the pyrites there would
not have been shells enough next summer
TO be used I'm making tho gas. The pa
pers in 1925 complained In regard TO the
purifying. and II would require a thous-
and bushels Of lime a day to purify the
pas. II it had not been for the introduce