The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-26
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u Garter were reluIlf uioei' S',-a,s,
OalIIIou we're you lhstI"eu ~
49,, col Barr asked; - .o-I,, s.1
niiH n Montgomery, Wy tne lepiS,
rsr embtr the place put IL was
Oo,oer here ia Cahaua. !. 40, 10 ad-
"DiI N"t mar way." VS. asked.
.r-tructed by CAP carter 10 81
49, him." was the relF' -.
az. sterly said he met 4pt. carter ot q
II i'm the UniVersityEluD, ABOUT
.~i5,k u The morning APP - -
W. sea he was going Washihg toil Ton.
~ W.. ,.-,ral letter of Ca4 carter ABOUT
IHe ,,i.srtisement had not lassed through
tv L5r5s of Col. z. c. Hins, the dlVls-
t sraireer, on its way hck after peilg
nror,d. In the meantn ne that paper
~I IN the hands OF opt, Narter' ne
sai3. - s,liecatfons sent
n voue' was asked. a.. D..
80 sir" was the rely, at Rat-
.borue L. 1. They were tent to me Tor
Isnt carter, whom l metRgain, thlnk
IN I'VE TO owing THURSDAY and handed
t,e 5p,roIed specificationsto him.
"' gt,er frorp the chief pf engineers,
ooling for projects, ADDRESSED TO Capt.
C1rrer was introduced al evidence. A
,sf.r from Capt. Carter II the chief OF
engineers. dated June 2, p6, giving an
o.5onut of his expenditure on Cumber-
Iari sound was also intPduced. 'The
lsfter gave an account of IN estimate Ior
The Cumberland sound wori and sugges-
lions as to the manner of drying il on.
Tbe approved project for improving Cum
h4rl2nd sound was also put in evidence.
.Do YOUR records show tn first day on
ubich these advertisement appeared III
tbe papers?' was asked.
Yes, sir, it was on Aug. 8. That Is the
order That was in the Savannah Morning
News" the witness said.
The advertisement appeared subsequent
X in other papers, on Aug. p1 20 and Y.
The specifications left the pfuter on Aug.
d in New York. The first issue was Aug.
d and the bids were to be oiened on Sept.
& The record shows that the specitica-
4 lions we're sent out by lette'.
/ Col. Barr Introduced letter from Pres
i ident H. r. Duval of the florida, Central
/ and Pennsular Railroad. aging he had a
friend who wanted 10 bidion portion of
the work. and would likeJto be advised as
10 the specifications. Theletter was dated
June S. 1896. The reply to the letter from
1 Mr.. Duyal by Capt. Carter enclosed copy
i of the specifications, and told Mr.. Duval if
/ his friend desired to bid, to send him to see
him, Capt. Carter, and two more copies
Of the specifications would be. furnished,
and other Information given. The letter
was dated Aug. 25, 1896.
A letter from ChAs. Marvin, asking for
Specifications and Information, dated Aug.
49, 1885, was followed by a reply dated Aug.
a. 1885, transmitting a copy of the specbfi-
cations and saying other Information
could be furnished in the engineers office.
Id I'M g.
Pittsburg Pa, was on the same line ask
Ing for Information about Cumberland
sound and was dated Aug. q. The reply
by Capt. Carter was similar to that in the
other cases, dated Aug. e. The same party
there wrote for two additional copies of
the specifications with the expectation of
bidding on the work. and to this Capt.
Garter replied, sending the two extra cop
ies asked for The copies were afterwards
returned with the statement that the firm
had reconsidered the matter of bidding,
and did not intend TO do so.
MIR. Bittenhouse r. Moores request for
the specifications was the next read. The
reply dated Aug. 26. from Capt. Carter con-
tanned one full set of the Cumberland
sound specifications.
Similar correspondence between Capt.
Carter and Richard PARROT, 3owker Con-
tracing Company, John W. Rutherford,
II. L. Babbitt, a Texas company, Sanford
Brooks, the American Contracting Com
psny, O. G. Darling, A. j. Twiggs, w. A.
Maher John l.. Graham, G. H. Brannen
Bros, and others. showing that they had
asked for specifications and information
with regard to the Cumberland sound con-
tract was read. In some instances with
capt Carriers reply, was sent one copy
OF the specifications, while with others
there were three copies. The law requires
that three bids shall be made, hence three
copies of the specifications are necessary.
IN some cases one copy was sent with the
reply of Capt Carter. and in other cases
full set of specifications was sent.
The court took a recess of fifteen min
ules. after which the same line of evil
dence was resumed. Copies of letters
rom Capt. Carter in response to oral or
written requests for the specifications from
ne Atlantic Contracting Company, Jacob
Faulsen, the Stewart Contracting Com
Iahy' W. II. Venable & Co, James Foley.
Idllehhouse r. Moore and McAlpin &
Sclley were read. In most of the instances
iuu sets of specifications were sent, but
IN others only one copy of them went.
Col Barr then read the letter of Capt.
carter to Gen. Craghill, Transmitting the
abstract of the bids for the Cumberland
s. SOUND work, and his recommendation that
me contract be awarded TO the Atlantic
contracting Company. AS the lowest re-
spohslDle bidder. The total of the bids
mentioned in the abstract was as follows.
: Contracting Company, $2,141, ESQ;
5dcoo Friday & Son, $2,149,0O0, and John
&l57 500. The bids of the above
n'inea parties on mattresses were, re-
apeGulely, a.10 $113 and $1.15 per square
,alu' Inc letter and copy of the ABB
5ence.
VOL Barr next took up the matter of the
.ppropriation for improving Savannah
loIDor. The witness said bids for this
~ULA We're called for about the same time
'''H those Cor Cumberland sound.
ne reading of all these letters and re-
srg@ became so monotonous that it was
aia"E decided, upon suggestion from
.ounsel for the accused that simply the
'1IIes OF the applicants for specifications,
Heir places of residence, the dates of
me" application, the dates of the replies
i'p me numbers of copies of the specl-
,tauohs sent should be read. All of the
yy."rs on this line in connection with the
''' oerland sound contract and the Ty-
w IeakWater contract were introduced
~ 'iNehce in this way, reference 10 them
hereby.
q summary of the letters showed that
~ me Iybee breakwater work seventeen
a. use who had made written applica-
.' lor specifications and five who had
'1' oral application were furnished full
'' OF three copies, while ten who had
''' written application and two who