The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-28
them when they heard we were searching

a That was ON the pile laying ON the
table which Mr.. Rcbcr gave me to ass rt.
cLEEK DUFFY rtsrrIEs.
John j. Duffy, Deputy CIcrA of the G. url..
tcst ed that lac is serving his eighth year I'm
the office
q Who made out the certificate for tbe
payment Of the viewers who laid out the
proposed independent school district of
North Manheim township?
A | old,
Another question was asked to show that if
the giving Of the certificate WAS a mistake.
it was an honest mistake Mr. Wilhelm said
they admitted it was mistake through
conloundlng the practice as to independent
school district with the practice as to viewer.
He said the first he knew th.t the school
district should have paid tho cost, Of tlis
view vas since this trial began Ie had
been counsel for the County Auditors and as
such had erred IN not advising his clients.
the auditors, to surcharge the Commissioners.
Judge Bechtel allowed the question.
A. ] merely followed the custom in giving
out the certificate, and had no knowledge
that the school district was liable
number Of witnesses were called to Droyc
character for Mr.. Rentz They all gave the
Commissioner a good character
August Greisbaum, stone mason, who did
stone work for Contractor Daniel McGurl on
the Almshouse new hospital and boiler house
.nerted the ,yorl and ,,a,,, iiiuquGm.,S i,,q, ln
told him II the work was not according to
specifications. GCary had some men there
digging pipe lines.
Cross examined by Whalen: l was fore
Gearv was there mostly evary da,- '''' ''''
/ " Gearv Tr otyd w uTS 't1i,, -.
racoIed b,, ia ,''iG '' e. a. nm were
examination and tbe dararso si5 ti,,,, Il
to call j. w. Geary, Sr, but he had gone
disanncarad ly ,ba 'tt;',tS' yiig H. "PpeaIeu ana
agreed to cali him ''"Nei' "'u
Finally the confusion about the two Geary's
""S at'aiG q, OUT ana IL was learned that
1t was w.; ~ VINO had gone down town
anu U0I 10, .. W. Or.
j. w. Sr. was then switched into the wit
ness box ana told how lac had worked on
sunday oeGause there was work which he
cpulu I'u al noV 40 unless his son was present in
.ie once D. W: Jr., kept the time. He got
liI9 US luioI inauoh from the son and from maps
Iurhlsheu Py MN. Alterations were fire.
quentIy made. Ten dollars day is fair
price per uayi among reputable engineers
they never charge less and often charge
more N some surveyors are like some lawyers
II they can yet ten dollars they'll take five
ana so on but among reputable engineers
tne price Is never beiow $40 per day. j. w.
Jr' g9t his notes and information on the
ground.
SroSs' examined by Mr. Schalck.
MY son TOOK notes called field notes; | do
n nov know Where the field notes are; some of
mem I.Ih, l saw III BOOKS nave not seen them
Withlh week or ten days; saw them six
months or year ago; never went over the
accounts; only saw my son on the almshouse
GROUNDS once put knew he was there ire
quently IRON the field notes.
Charles J. Connor, ahnshouse excavating
contractor swore that Geary, Jr, was in the
I%aolu % Vi inspecting ms work almost every
cay
THAT MAN PAYNE AGAIN.
Deputv ControIIsr prrd w p,,oo ,oia
that he had gnno o,,or H. ~ '3Iu
was cxamineG on tho astL ,,,,t ito T
eges the debt Hay inoroasad SSao ooo wi',su d.
1so95 T0''O'0 "u''" 5
In 1894 tbs exnonsos yyoro sq7o ooo. counts,
nrison evtsnses e52 0no aiI,,,,s' sCt anS.
total s4S7 OOO. tbn ro,,irts va, cTsn n0n'
excess of exneuses ~ 006 ''0' '''''''''
o Was nnt tbe o,ftsta,,iio,, to,-os aud +t,
cash in the trnaeu,,- ~, tL',,, sI,ni'iart ~
nav All outstandinG Inans w.
4. Yes. sir. the ,utstandint, loons amounted
to but SIS 900
O Was tbore anv monaco of o,,,,o,,.o. j.,
1895 over 1so4S "''' -
A. The disbursements in 1894 we're Sis7 OoO
anJ in tso5 tj 80, ,ol o. noo "eio Fi7''OO
In 1890 the tot,I rscor,t5 ,,ro seoo ooo and
disbursements S625 600 T''''0''
In 1896 the CoutroIlers office nade IN addi.
tiopaI exnense of e. oo0 tbo 80 n",,,
contest SI1 600 tLe registration Of srbnni
children 81 s91 tho OrnIaT.' Gnrrt GnaI,.i
made an additional avndrso ,islS als, Oo"i' '"0"
o. At the end Of the tbrae vears Ian
1s07 were NOT The asst, s5S oS6 ,,,1 ti,,,,
enough to pay the temporarv loans outstand
ing?
A. Just $40, 900.
SrosS-e eAamined by MI Schalck.
Tbo " mem nol utu , you make up Vhls statement
Witness axnIained ohl,ro,.io+;,,s H., +,ol.
the figures from the treasurer's renort
@. Do not the receipts of 1894 which Won