The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

the first of July. Mr.. Blair questioned the
witness in detail on this point.
The wines gave some testimony as TO
the 10000 square yards of brush he said
were on, Hilton Head.
How thick is square yard?" Mr.. Blair
asked.
About three feet I suppose" was the
reply. Il guess it could be any thick
ness" he said, correcting himself.
Witness Hale said he measured one place
where The brush was about two feet thick.
The space was 800 feet dong by fifty feet
wide. He said he multiplied 800 by 50 and
then the result, 10000, by two. giving him
$1,000.
eighty thousand what?" Mr.. Blair ask
ed
Eighty thousand square feet" was the
reply
do you know the difference between a
square yard and cubic yard?" was ask
ed.
The witness said he did, but did not give
an explanation when asked 10 do so.
The witness was asked by Col. Barr how
many square yards there were in the space
he had measured.
There were $3.50 square yards" gas
the reply.
The witness said he multiplied 500 feet
by 30 and then by 2; then divided by 3 and
multiplied by to get the number or square
yards. lie finally admitted he was badly
puzzled but said he had worked the prob
lem out, and could do SO again.
The witness had stated he was a sur
veyor, and mad used the transit and level
How many degrees in a circle?" Mr..
Blair asked.
There are 800, 1 know that sure" was
the answer.
Mr.. Blair asked number of questions
endeavoring TO show that the witness did
not have a knowledge Of surveying, he
having said he was surveyor. A compu-
taton made by him was offered in evil
dence. In answer to a question by the
court Hale said he had been carried on the
payrolls as a surveyor under Capt Carter
Julius II. Grundel, draughtsman, was
next put on the stand. He identified a
drawing of a section of the north jetty at
Cumberland sound. He was questioned
upon the drawing for the purpose Of show
ing thar-the training wall at that point
was about twelve feet below the point
where It should have been. The drawing
was introduced in evidence by Col. Barr,
and marked as exhibit No Ais. The cost
of the portion of the jetty shown to the
government was SS.2S7.12. Another draw
ing was introduced to show what sort of a
section of jetty could have been built for
the same money
A third drawing on the same subject was
objected to by Mr.. Blair, on the ground
that II dealt with a purely hypothetical
question and, could have no reference TO
the case. Col. Barr insisted that it had
been shown that the prices were reason
able and would afford a good profit. This
Mr.. Blair denied.
I'VE have shown that mattresses built
at 81 cents square yard afforded a profit
of about 100 per cent" Col. Barr retorted
The court retired to consider the qles-
ton, and on returning decided to sustain
the objection.
The introduction of the fourth drawing
from the north jetty Of Cumberland
sound was not objected to. On the cross
examination Mr.. Grundel was asked nu-
merous technical questions He knew
nothing about the actual conditions exist
ing, but made the drawing from data
furnished him. For the hypothetical
drawing of the breakwater the data had
been furnished him, he said by Capt
Gillette. The work, so far as he was con-
cerned, he said, was purely mechanical
The court adjourned until II o'clock this
morning.