The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
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Ems but that he would swear to it
as he had verified il in detail
s+sr1v gave some more evidence from
cement as to the contracts under
rarter showing the difference in the
or brush mattresses and stone I'M
,rs different successful bids The court
-50i a If cen minutes recess until an
ibit could be secured.
r,rr asked as to the bid of Mr.. ID.
lI,r.eu on the Brunswick harbor work,
+be court resumed. This was the con-
ouarded to c. c. Ely, who was the
~, bidder, Mr.. Howells' bid having
,rrovn out because it was informal
for other reasons.
thsre any evidence in the office of the
t,ssr that Mr.. Howell ever failed on
+r9ct in savannah harborY' Col. Barr
M sir not that know of. have look
,d have been unable to find any," was
reply.
7ba ion, he said, was available
months before the bids were opened,
IL reouired two months and six days to
r,nlere the work. Mr.. Ely bid was
ok and Mr.. HowelPs $11,2S0 Mr.. Ely
~ n9id $11. 456. IS for his work, and IN
Mr. Howelis bid the same work would
I've cost the government only N,473.S4.
1~ae checks were issued to Mr.. Ely in
ry-rDpDt Tor Ln4S WITH. OllG Vi Tic NllCCkS
a. lost in transmission through the
nils as before stated. This check was
sot to B. d. ~Graen.
4 'be contract for the work of improving
~ savannah river near Augusta in 1891
ws aeain taken up This was the con-
mot awarded to the Gaynors and carried
or under the superintendent of Mr.. j.
I wheeler. 1t was shown that an i@pector
vas sent upon this contract, but the wit
how Owl in
tba office of any communications having
Ebeen sent to Mr.. Gaynor or to the inspect
or during the life of that contract. He
HAD been unable to find any such corre-
Eenondeuce. 1t was sometimes the case,
that letters were copied in the
wrong book.
4 or the examination by Mr.. Rose,
be witness said Mr.. M. A. Connolly was
Il United States commissioner at the time
be wrote out part of a bid for j. f. Cay
nor
"How often were reports of the amount
II work done made to the chief of tn
rneers?" Mr.. Rose asked.
q "Reports were made every month" was
H NE reply. They stated the amount of
work done the preceding month"
Mr. Rose showed that d supplemental
+ contract had at one time been made with
he Gaynors under Gen. O.. A. Gilmore
He also SlOWGu Ina rluNSA AZ HeS
llshed in 1852 by Gen. Gilmore was dated
Nov. 4. and bids Were to be opened Nov. Is,
which was only fourteen days later than
the notice. Another case was cited show
ing that Gen. Gilmore had dated an ad-
yertisement for the improvement of Sa-
vannah harbor, Nov. s, 1882, under which
bids we're to be opened Dec 8, following.
A third advertisement was dated Jan. 10,
1883. for bids to be opened Feb. Z, follow
Ing.
Mr.. Rose then read from the regulations
with regard to advertisements, stating
that officers will, as a rule, allow thirty
days to intervene between the publication
Of the advertisement and the opening of
the bids, unless the officer in charge thinks
it for the good Of the service to advertise
for a shorter period.
Several other advertisements published
under Gen. Gilmore were cited to show the
short time between the publication and
the opening of bids. This came in very
apropos and was most important evidence
for the defense, showing, as 1t did, that
the practice of advertising from seventeen
to twenty days prevailed in the district
several years before Capt Car
ter came to Savannah. There
were none of the advertisements
publisheda under Gen. Gilmore and
Capt James C. Post of Charleston, of
which publication took place always less
than thirty days before the opening of
the bids The usual time allowed to
eapse by Gen. Gilmore and Capt. Post
was from ten to twenty days.
Following the evidence adduced by Mr..
Rose as to the advertisements, he read a
number of letters from Capt. Post and his
successor Capt. Baylay to contractors,
IN which only one copy of the specifica-
ions was sent upon application, just as
had been done by Capt Carter In effect
this seemed to be the practice of the Of
fee under all of Capt. Carriers prede-
cessors, and when he took charge under
Gen. Gilmore he followed it.
Capt. Carter came to Savannah in the
fall of 1884, the witness said, and was I'M
der Gen. Gilmore, who was still in charge
10 1885 Capt Baylay at Charleston was
directly over Capt. Carter.
When Mr.. Sterly was questioned again
by Col. Barr, he said B. d. Green was at
one time subordinate under Gen. Gill
more in this district Gen. Gilmore was
an invalid and did not come to Savannah
otten. Gen. Gilmore died in April, 1888.
Both Capt. Post and Capt. Baylay are
dead.
The witness was questioned infinitely
oy Col. Barr as to whether there was any
record in the office in which Capt. Carter
was gwen authority to modify in any re-
spect the contracts of 1886, in Savannah
harpor and Cumberland sound. The wit
ness did not know of any such record of
authority, but was instructed to make a
ulilgent search and see if any such record
could be found. The Judge Advocate evil
uehtly wants to show that Capt Carter
mdqe some notifications of the project as
outlined by the board of engineers with
out authority.
Col. Barr then took up The specifications
under the contracts of Gen. Gilmore and
SS4Iu ne would read a few things which
-Ir' Rose had omitted. His reading was
pI the description of the mattresses to
ue oullt' and the price to be paid per
s1quare yard, which was all the way from
cents to 81 cents per square yard.
q me supplemental contract under the
LAY nors' the witness said, was recon-
alehded by Capt. Carter. The red book
oon'alnlng the regulations had been given
ss ai but of late years Mr.. Sterly
salu ne had never seen anyone use it
Was any one ever called to account
~. uisregarding any of the regulations
0ottalned in it?" Col Barr asked.
res the witness replied. "A man
lined Schneider was discharged for &C
~ pung money from contractors. think
sen" ' anu '''NOD ""I
vol Barr requested that the court ad-
yourh over until Tuesday, and the request
was complied with.