The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-23
DISTRICT COAL CONTRACT
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 MT Hogan-"Did MT Carroll notify you that he had been appointed?"
 He showed me a letter." The letter sent to MT. Carroll by MT Hewlett was read and MT. Gilbert said that was the one which MT. Carroll had shown him.
 MT. Gilbert-I told MT. Carroll when he showed me the letter that that was all right, and If he acted like a gentle man I would treat him as one. Before commencing on the contract I went to the board of education and asked if perintend the screening and weighing coal, and they said that he was not"
 MT. Hogan-'Who said so?"
 MT. Hewlett, from whom we receive our orders. Carroll was not appointed as weigher, but to supervise the weigh ing. My contract doesn't call for any one to weigh coal"
 ITO whom did MT. Carroll make ap- plication?"
 ITO my clerk" And he was refused?" "Yes, sir" Flow many tons of coal have you de- livered to the district on the contract?" II don't know" "One hundred tons? "Yes; should say, to guess, five hun dred tons.' Was any person, to your knowledge representing the board of education, present during the delivery of the coal at the schools?" "Yes; Mir. Maloney, man, as I un- | derstand employed by the board of ed- ucation in some capacity" MT Carroll-"Mr. Gilbert, when I ap- piled to perform the duties of inspector didn't you tell me that you would not | recognize mel" "Yes, did" And didn't you refuse to put that in 1 writing?"
 q did"
 | MT. Gilbert then said: "Mr. Chair man, what is the object of this hearing? l don't want to stay here needlessly. As far as I am concerned, don't see what authority this committee has" | MT. Hogan-"This hearing is held in consequence of a paper presented to | this committee by the court of common council"
 | MT. Gilbert.-"Go on, MT. Carroll" | Mir. Carroll-"I don't propose to take any suggestions from you; I will do just as I see fit" | President Whitney of the board of ed ucation was then called He said that l he had been member of the board of l education at different times, in all about five years.
 MT. Carroll-"Have you any knowl- edge. since you have been member of the board, of a committee report being | rejected before this one?"
 Reports of committees have been re- jected by the board"
 Has there been before a weigher of coal?"
 Mir Gilbert-"I can answer for him that there never has,"
 Mr. Whitney-"There hasn't been any for four years.'
 MT. Carroll-"As a business man where $10,000 is spent for coal don't you think that it Is justice for the party that buys it to see that 1t Is inspected?n
 MT. Whitney-"Well, a building in- spector is employed and some forty odd janitors, and I thought, and think SC now, that these men already in the pay of the board are competent"
 MT. Whitney then stated that MT Carroll had told him and another mem. Der of the board that he would not work for 25 cents an hour.
 MT. Carroll-"I did say so, but wher found that there was something else back of the wages I ma de up my mind that I would take it anyway" Contin- uing his questions, MT. Carroll asked Haven't you confidence in this con- mittee on school buildings?" MT. Whitney-"Yes."
 "Mr. Whitney, didn't you make the remark that if MT. Dillon had asked you to appoint me weigher you would have voted for my appointment? | Never"
 MT. Hogan-"When you ruled that the committee had no authority tc make the appointment was your ruling | appealed from?' | ~~~~~~~