The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

A remark by MIR. Leighton that this
did not seem to lead to anything. was
answered by Mr.. Rounds, who said that
everything seemed to lead to nothing with
the gentleman from seven, and if nothing
was equal to nothing they might as we'll
stop right there.
Mr.. Leighton-I hope the stenographer
isn't putting this all down.
Mr.. Rounds-He can if he wants to.
I'm willing.
Subsequently, City Clerk Dyer read
! from the aldermen s records showing Mr..
Bradbury's statement to be substantially
correct
W. L. SKILLINGS,
a city driver, said he had hauled load
| of sand to the Maine Steamship company
last year. He had taken salt-petre out of
the horses cribs. He knew of half cup
full being given. 1t was not dissolved,
but was put in the oats and corn.
In reply to questions by Mr.. Leighton
the witness knew of no reason why
the sand should not be sprinkled on the
sidewalks, Skillings said he knew nothing
about it. 1t couldn't have been wanted
for sprinkling because it was too early
for slippery sidewalks.
| Mr.. Leighton-What could the Maine
Steamship company want of rs cents
| worth of sand?
Mr.. Rounds-Well, they might want it
to ease things down their slip.
Gen. Mattocks-This has been referred
to as tw enty-five cents worth of sand
How long did it take you to haul it there?
| Mr.. Skillings-An hour and a half, I
should say.
Mr.. Leighton-Well, call it dollar,
and we have four loads which have been
given away at cost to the city of four
dollars. Now that may be very wrong in
| principle but the loss does not seem to be
heavy.
General Mattocks-It is the principle
| that we are contending for.
| Mr.. Rounds-It costs the city dollar
and quarter to haul load of sand from
Vaughan street to Washington.
Mr.. Leighton--Then I'll amend my
statement and call it five dollars
Mr.. Rounds-Make it three hundred
and five dollars. There was pair of
horses to DO accounted for.
Mr.. Leighton-There are two sides to
that story.
Next Thomas Flaherty appeared, but as
Mr.. Flaherty had not worked under the
commission his testimony was not ad-
mitted on the ground that if the commit
tee began the investigation of things that
occurred before the commission was
created, their task would never end. Mr..
Rounds told Flaherty what to do to get
work under the new system and assured
him that he would have it in two weeks.
FRANK W. GRACE,
a city driver said he hauled cross walk
stones to Staples's pile at the foot Of Will
mot street by order Of Mr.. Morse. Staples
overlook him and told him to be sure to
take the stones as he had been directed.
He called the pile Staples's pile because
Mr. Morse had in another case told him
that he would see a pile on Staples's lot.
He thought the load would be worth
several dollars. He had hauled only these
two loads to Stapless pile, but had seen
other city teams hauling there. He made
no charge of the loads. He had used a
city team to haul stone from Hawkes.
brothers yard to Staples's pile.
Then came some more questions about
Mr.. Staples's use of language and the
witness repeated remark which may be
represented thus:
; So - if you don't do as
tell you I'll give you - - long
vacation"
This answer amused the crowd.