The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-29
.-oNE CONTRACTS AND BIDS.
,-u,,ored from Eighth Page.)

~" sir I did not" was the repy',
~, vas this?" Col. Barr asked.
,nn fhe morning the Dlds W t1 o ~ 49,
Mr.. Nela lone had been signed. told
tract 10. .'tfd not give up my papers, be-
him ga made my contract for stone
cause 9,ftb I thought that would be
in gool and | did not want to vitiate
my cum III occurred before the BIDS were
.,.nedq' was asked.
yves sir. he repnea.
MT roo,1ired under the contracts, and
the po 9t..,-sIf one of the sureties, making
4 vas - -, somebody elses name. He did
the W. ant his bid in his own name be-
mol mo- ho wanted TO become one of the
/ sr-eties himself. $50. 49,, 4,A
az cant Carter, who told him that
VIZ ..;7o rock might be used under that
"a lie endeavored TO get the speclhca-
,!,re without its being known, because ne
To- ths members of the Atlantic Con-
Nti,g company were shrewd business
u"C'I and he did not care TO have them
pep, anvthing about it. Capt. Carter had
~ +o-d him there were any particular
n ot about the Savannah harbor
u ar, He had seen the advertisement
,ra or three days before coming to Sa-
yannah.
.wbo is the attorney for the Venable
Construction Company in Atlanta?" Mr..
charlton asked on the cross-examination
hon Hoke Smith," was the reply
o4ow long has he been so?" was asked.
osince The organization of the company"
ros The reply. He was not attorney for
yenable Bros prior to the organization
4 90 the compapv. Mr.. Smith is a stock
holder owning onezthird of the stock. l
avn one-third and my brother owns one
third"
,Tf the advertisement had been publish
Al three or four weeks before, would you
have had ample timer" Maj. Stanton
asked
r4nlv 81 did not have information about
the mattresses"
Il Suppose a separate price had been call
cd for. for each style of mattress?" he
asked
Then I should have had no hesitancy
IN bidding" was The reply.
Mr. James Foley, the next witness for
the prosecution, furnished more fun for
the court than any who have yet APP
peared He had been in the shipping bust
ness as a dealer in vessels for eighteen
or twenty years, he said.
"What do you consider was the value
ianilc Contracting Company in 1882" Col.
Barr asked.
About $4,000" was the reply. THAT s
the whole value"
What could they be replaced for now?"
was asked.
About $4,000 or $4,000" Mr. Foley said.
Did you ever try to get copies of the
specifications under the contracts of 1882
was asked.
Il did. I applied for them the day be-
fore the contract was let to Mr.. M. A.
connolly, Capt. Carriers secretary. / did
NOT see Capt. Carter" the witness said.
Did you get them?" Col Barr asked.
No sir; not Them was the reply. "Mr.
Connolly started TO give them to me, but
went INTO an inside room and came back
and said l could not get them as I was
supposed TO be Cuban filibuster, and was
not entitled to have them"
CapE Carter sent for him that evening
ana told MIN to come back in the morn
nag winch ne did, and the specifications
We're then given him He was also asked
Il mere was any information about the
work he wanted. He had stated before
ieaNhS Mr.. Connolly that he would ger
ms attorney Mr.. Barrow, 10 send fol.
them. III
Did you have any idea of bidding when
asked. vi D"ir
NO was the reply. Sometimes there
are httle contracts in them. and l wanted
~ r see II there was anything 1 could get"
cb in5u Io.oWed some questions by Mr..
are you capitalism"
IN a small scale"
How large?"
Il don't know"
no" much property do you return for
taXation?" '"i III
sh.1 III savannah, none. Yes, have little
en,pplhs property"
taxi" F"1 any lining out poll
No"
No"
Dldn you bet the drinks with man
t0u could get these Specifications. that
NSE were so easy to get?'
81 pet could get them
Bet the drinks?"
get NJ NJ, Jgst bet because I thought could
a. Are re- you a Cuban fihbuster?"
II am" 'ii'Nes any dlfterence
ss 3r Charlton ,5rlton stopped here and Col Barr
bank here Il ie hau credit at any
Bank" 0p4ieo' at the Chatham
10 what extentq"
WIN W o,l'llg want in reason"
"hat as reasonable?',
on eoll get $4,000 any time want r."
ton 0"h paper?" asked Mr.. Charl-
by - mc. out on any PERSONS paper Endorsed
rha was the reply.
abont "iI'I . said he had bought and sold
b sp4 an the old vessels thar have hoen
He t bol mere in the last four or five vears
Chatbsr," n oank account, he said, in the
fcatiops ndnk He went for the speci-
our ap,s 10 show he could get them with
same ri,L lube. He thought he had the
chic '7 Ja TO get them as anyone else
recsyed leIh j. w. o. Sterly was then
The coy,,n 10 the stand and questioned as TO
ryec n'Iact for improving the Savannab
Considor'o%%yieh Savannah and Augusta
Capt Cattae correspondence between
eace 10 th3 er ana a. J. Twiggs with refer
specifc,ti.iIlss work. First one COPY of the
SterIv tb1S was sent by Chief Clerk
upon ,,iI, Two more by Capt. Carter
EvideTo.' Iro request from Mr.. Twiggs
nectio, on the same line as thar IN con.
troducea ''I me other contracts was in
che COM. rive applicants received only
celved ~, Oh the specifications two re-
Atlan,tS"U additional copies ana one the
les rbo CoHtracting Company. three con-
figure. ne abstract of bids showed ,hesa
CONT. a. j, TWigps S1o E1n. 1.iantte