The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-14
THE SALT LAKE HERALD THURSDAY, MAY "a.


and to submit them to the committee
as you will readily see. 1 cannot do
anything until l have things in a
presentable shape. Now, perhaps be-
fore the end of the week I will be able
to wire you amount of schedule and
division for county's part of the bufld-
ing. When you will please consider
that there are fifty-one rooms to be
provided for in the county part alone
and a like number for the city pant
and that my efforts directed to have
my part thereof properly presented
for it cannot be but your desire to so
have it done) you will please perceive
that it has been impossible for me as
yet to give a definite time when the
contract will be let,' until such pre-
liminary work is done l beg of you to
please not imagine that l wish to
'fblow my own horn yet since my
arrival here / have worked over six
teen hours out of my twenty-four on
such plans and schedules and willing
ly would do more if l could stand it,
and further, If [ may be permitted to
state, am just as anxious as you can
desire and use every endeavor not to
throw away any time or money foolish
ly; expect to use your advantage sole
ly. The understanding arrived at
pending your approvaD with H. B. of
That am to add 35 per cent. to our
list prices on total amount of con-
tract, of which 20 per cent to go to the
members of committee and per cent
to the architect and SO, with we to re
ceive 10 per cent above list prices, the
total amount of contract to be paid for
in cash and certain sums to be paid
at such times during the construction
of work as you may wish to designate
and have put in contract I cannot as
yet definitely state the amount total
for county part of building, but be-
lieve that it will be from $4,000 to S45,-
600, and for city part nearly as much
more. | shall be obliged to have you
on receipt of this letter wire me if
such arrangement is satisfactory to
you. AS stated before the county will
pay cash. but the city at present is
rather hard up, but the council have
passed, and in fact the sentiments of
the whole people here are for it and
viii send the mayor and a committee
on to Washington to help congressman
from here to have congress pass an
enabling act to increase the bonded
valuation of the city 2 per cent, which
II passed by congress will give to the
city the where a with to also pay
cash and go ahead at once. AT any
rate we will by having the county pant,
surely have the city part-even if later
on. In another letter enclosed
respectfully submit the information you
desire regarding court house at Grand
Haven, as also request for certain in
formation and prices of articles as
mentioned and possible needed for
court house here-requesting answer
by return mail.
That my request to personal re-
gard correspondence from here, may
have been surprising to you, may be
now satisfactorily answered by your
statement that ''Mr Canburn is no
longer with you''-for had heard from
confidential letters written by him to
certain parties here that such would
happen, and I have felt that perhaps
accidentally he might have access to
my correspondence to your company,
and so as to avoid possible competition
arising from such thought it best to
guard from "
In conclusion, I mention that Mr.
Thompson has his contract with coun-
ty commissioners signed, and now on
his way ITO New Orleans and expects to
return from there to here in about two
weeks ito work on city contract A let
ter received from Mr.. Carey-also ON
today-will be conveyed by me on to-
morrow-after consulting attorney in
De Golyer matter-as he requested
Hoping to hear from you, believe me
to be yours very respectfully,
MeHAYKEN..
P. S.-Wfalt, if anything, have you
been pleased to do about ..Dwyer?"
The roll call of the city council was
as follows: Bache, Clawson, Cohn, Nc
Cornick. Morris, Newell and Reming-
ton, sign of circle with angle line
drawn across; Corum, Daily, Hardy,
Morris, O'Meara Remington and
Young, sign of circle with an x across
it; Cheesman, o K; Lynn, doubtful
Watson, partly o K. The explanation
of the signs was as follows Cross,
committee ON city building; circle with
single line drawn across. sure 0 K;
circle with x across, at work ait.
Court here adjourned for luncheon.
MORRIS WAS LATE.
On reassembling at o'clock one of
the jurors, ]. S. Heath, was several
minutes late and when he put in an ap-
pearance Judge Powers resumed his
cross examination of Hayken. Counsel
asked:
Have you refreshed your recollection
in regard to the contents Of your let
ter of January IA, 1894, to your firm?'
Before the witness could answer at
tention was called to the fact that the
defendant was absent and the pro-
ceedings stopped right there for
twenty-five minutes pending Mr.. Nor
riS' arrival. He came in perspiring and
out of breath.
The witness then answered mo, not
particularly" to Judge Powers ques-
ton.
Can you explain how you come to
put in the initials of Herman Bamber-
ger instead of those of j. r. Morris?"
1T was mistake"
"And Bamberger had nothing to do
with the percentage?"
mo, nothing
did he ask you for S5 per CENT?
mo"
Did he arrange with you that your
firm was to have 10 per cent above your
regular prices?"
mo, don't think so, but don t
remember
What did you mean by saying that
20 per cent was to go to the county
commissioners?
THAT was merely preliminary, there
was nothing arranged then"
Had you and Morris any agreement
! at that date?"
mo, not then, we only talked about
the 20 per cent but hadn't agreed on
| it,
Before you read that letter this
morning, did you not testify that you
had no conversation with Morris about
the 20 per cent until after the schedule
was made up?"
Il cannot remember exactly what my
answer then was"
"You said ON direct examination that
you had no talk with him about the
20 per cent until after you had made up
| the schedule?''
Yes