The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
rU0zE THE GENIAL CURRENT.
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- tbe advertisements for the forego-
SUI contracts were published exactly as
inS - nv the war department, and at
app w haing returned from Washington.
onCg vas period of six months dur
Hrich work on the river above Au-
hs vas suspended. This, the witness
gus as due to the extreme cold weather,
sa ln men having TO work part OF the time
In the water, t,a on the u,orlr also
\ ,bsre was no record showing any
puust,,acations had been sent to him, the
Ling similar to that of Mr.. Walsh.
ca - fact that officers were allowed
mile at that time, while employees
e. allowed only actual expenses, ac-
W. W. for the fact that Capt. Carriers
oHsrsss in going to Augusta were &l.l2
-5ra those of employees were $l042. Mr..
Dc asked some questions to show that
NJ time of the office force in Savannah
t ~ largely taken up in attending to pa
va in connection with the Twiggs con-
- The charges made under the sup
mental contract against Capt. Twiggs
P in accordance with the provisions
" tbe contract signed by Capt. Twiggs.
s,e charges were made upon reports by
Mr. Conant, the assistant engineer in
charge
lions with a view to showing that the
,,or department approved only Capt. Car
,ars reouest for permission to advertise
For bids under different contracts, and not
the form and date of the advertisements.
Mir Rose claimed that Capt. Carriers let
ters showed for themselves in this respect
and one of them was read, requesting the,
annroval of the copy of the advertisement
enrlosed col. Barr said the question was
one TO be determined by the court, and
he was satisfied it could be more clearly
eucidated later on.
COL Jacob Kline asked if the payments
m Messrs. Connolly, Sterly and others,
charged to A. j. Twiggs, were in addition
10 their regular salaries from the govern
ment The witness replied that such was
not the case, but that the amounts for
those periods were the same al the men in
the office received at all times. and that
there was no additional compensation.
The court took a recess of fifteen minutes
TO get warm and when it assembled again,
A motion to adjourn until II o'clock to-day
was made by Capt. Penney. Upon vote,
Gen. Otis announced the motion lost. Some
dissatisfaction was expressed, and on a ris-
ing vote the motion was also declared lost.
only six voting in its favor.
Mr. John C. Baxter, chief of division
treasury department office, auditor of the
war department was next sworn, and ask
ed to produce Capt. Carriers accounts from
December, 1896, to December, 1897, inclu-
sive He said he did not have them as they
were not called for, but that he did have
Capt Carriers accounts from December,
1895, TO July, 1897 inclusive.
Col Barr offered in evidence, the vouch-
ers Of Capt. Carter for July, 1897, showing
that there was paid to the Atlantic Con-
tracing Company for work on Savannah
harbor, Tybee breakwater, from December,
1900 n Tul1 1907 tha SIM Of G290 TAO on 40
counts and vouchers for work on Cumber-
land sound during the same period were
introduced. The aggregate amount paid
out on this work in July, 1897, was $345, 900.
Col. Barr called attention to the fact
that while the names were the same, the
signature of Edward H. Gaynor, treasurer,
in submitting the bills, was not the same
as that of Edward H. Gaynor, who re-
cepted the accounts. The papers were
shown to the members of the court for the
purpose of calling attention to the differ
ence in the signatures.
The total amount due on the Cumberland
sound work, he said, was S403, 923.12 and of
that amount $5S,923.12 remained still due,
outside of the 10 per cent. withheld until
the acceptance of the contract
Col. Barr announced that he had intro
duced Capt. Carriers accounts from De-
cember, 1896. to July, 1897, inclusive, for
the purpose of showing, as stated in one
OF the specifications under charge third,
that nowhere in the accounts was there
anything relative to the amount of $132 10
received from Alfred Hirt for the use of
certain government property. Mr. Hirt
secured the use of one of the government
shaS boats to raise one of his boats that
had sunk in the Altamaha river. Further
testimony upon this point will be intro
duced to-day when the court meets at Ii
O'clock.