The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-25

| yard. He found mattresses not properly
compressed. One in question he went
through from the top to the deck Of the
! hghter. The mattresses he saw construct
| ed were of one layer OF brush
Just mere came up a little matter which
proved of interest for the moment. Capt
GhleIte has been sitting i'm the court room
| rlsht next to Col. Barr during the exam
nation of witnesses ever since he conclud-
ed his testimony. He has not worn his
uniform, but has apparently been aiding
Col. Barr IN the conduct of the prosecu-
ton, particularly by suggesting questions
! 10 be put to the witnesses. IL was this TO
which reference was made.
| May il please the court" Mr.. Blair
said, before the cross examination Is
taken up, would like to call attention
| TO the fact, and the court has doubtless
observed that the engineer officer in charge
has been actively assisting the judge add
vocate in the conduct of this case. We do
not enter any objections 10 any assistant
the judge advocate may see fit 10 have.
But inasmueh as Capt. Gillette is not in
uniform. we infer that he is not an official
assistant We think we have the right to
ask that there be spread upon the min
utes a statement as to just in what ca
pacity he is here
THE judge advocate will state" Col.
| Barr said, that Capt. Gillette has assist
ed me in the performance of my duty both
in court and out of it, and that without
his assistance l would have been very much
at sea. Not only he, but his entire office
force, has been assisting me to get at the
truth in this whole matter"
There is no objection that we desire to
make" Mr.. Blair said but 1t does not APP
pear in the record that the judge advocate
has any other assistant than Capt Nc
Clure. 1t is plain. though, that Capt. Gil
| lette is here as an assistant, and as he is
| in 10 here
in his individual capacity"
Col. Barr stated that while Capt Gill
lette was assisting him, he was at the same
time attending to the duties of his office.
! These statements of the matter appeared
to satisfy all parties, and the fact that
Capt. Gillette was assisting Col. Barr was
thus noted in the record.
The cross-examination of Mr.. Heating
was then proceeded with. He first be-
came an inspector, he said, in 1894. He
continued as inspector of mattresses only
about six weeks. He went to the mat
tress camps as inspector under instruc-
tions from Mr.. A. S. Cooper.
Didn't you make the statement" Mr..
Charlton asked that the mattresses were
so well constructed that you had worked
yourself out of a job?"
II believe I did make that remark" was
! the reply.
ut was true when you made il, wasn't
it?" was asked.
II thought So" the witness stated.
In reply to other questions the witness
stated that Capt. Carter had reprimanded
him for some pile work. which he was told
had not been done right. Capt. Carter
Nad made the statement that the work
would have to be repaired The mat
tresses, he said, were satisfactory to Mr..
Cooper. who told him that they were COM
ing all right.
Mr. Heating said there was an estimate
of the cost of the mattresses, which he
had made at the request of Capt Gillette,
which he desired TO withdraw. Mr.. Charl-
ton asked for that estimate which was
| handed to him.
"In this estimate" Mr.. Charlton said,
''you put down 20 per cent for interest on
plant and other matters?'
Il meant that 10 per cent. of that was
for interest on the value of the plant" the
witness said. "The balance was for
sinking fund.
"Where did you get this word ''amorti-
zation'' that occurs here?" Mr.. Charlton
asked.
From Mr.. Gieseler," was the reply.
Considerable amusement was created by
the witness statements with regard to the
word Amortization" which he had been
led to believe, meant sinking fund.
"Then you think amortization means
a sinking fund.-" Mr. Charlton asked
Eyes, that's my idea of it, was the re-
1ly.
The witness said he had secured the in
formation for his estimates from other
people. He went into one mattress that he
Inspected, he stated, and crawled out the
side He did not report that mattress.
| Edward Gaynor and his foreman were
present on the occasion.
81 was not permitted 10 show any IA
vors to the contractors" he said, nor
did T.
The mattress that he based his estimate
of cost on he said, was built under favor
able circumstances, and was rushed
through in a hurry, being built In about
two days His first estimate of the cost
was 81 cents per square yard, but he had
withdrawn that estimate, he said, and fig
ured the cost to be about 10.l cents per
square yard
Mr.. Julius H. Grundel, draughtsman in
the United States engineers office, was
the next witness sworn. He identified
two charts showing pronles and sections
of the two jetties at Cumberland sound,
and another similar chart of the Tybee
! breakwater. Mr.. Grundel had stated that
the charts were practically complete, with
| the exception of the lettering on Jan. 10.
Mr.. Blair examined Mr. Grundel very
| closely on technical points relating to the
charts He asked him about the sound
! ings from which the charts were worked
up, and also about the interior construc-
ton of the jetties. Mr.. Grundel insisted
that cross sections of the jetties were
| represented on the drawings, while Mr..
! Blair endeavored to bring out that only
| cross profiles were represented because
the drawings showed nothing of the inter-
nal structure of the jettes. Mr.. Gmndel
said that the examination or survey of the
| ietties did not extend to the interior, but
it was known what they contained. Mr..
| Grundel admitted that it was an imagt-
nary section through the jetty. He be-
came a little impatient finally and said:
I am not here to discuss any engineer
ing point and that's all there is about
it,"
"You are here" Mr.. Blair said, ito an
swer any question which the court gives
me permission to ask"
Gen. Otis and Col Barr both instructed
the witness to answer the questions asked
| and he was examined at some length In
| making the chart of the Tybee breakwa-
ter. he said he had omitted certain sound
ings from the survey which appeared ia
go deeper than they should, so thai full
Justice should be done Capt. Carter in rep
resenting the height of the jetty.
Col Barr stated he had nothing further
to present to the court az that time, and
| requested an adjournment until II O'CLOCK