The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04
THEIR CONTRACTS ANNULLED.
GREENE & GAYNOR LOSE sAvAN-
NAH AND CUMBERLAND JOBS.


by order of the chief of the Engi-
neer Comprehensive That the
Work May Not BE Resumed-Capt,
Gillette Says That But Little Il
Left of the Original " ork-He Was
Not Surprised at the Approval OF
Cant. Carriers sentence-Greene Il
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ments suit
The contract Of the government with the
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snuOlloH o. 'i' '"e0 " ON
nuled yesterday by capt. Cdssius r. ''i'-
lette United States engineer in charge OF
.,. ,.,,..r,,,,,,t ,,.,rl, fa, ,bfs district His
acton was III accordance WIN an "i'''
from the chief OF the engineer corps, Gen.
John NJ Wilson
IN srr,,,Ii,o If The contract is one of
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the Itsu4's % ''S
sentence Of capt. o. A. carter % resi-
dent Mckinley. A recommendation that
the contract be annulled was made by
c,nt cflet,. eftcy his Investigation of the
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co'ollio" VI ','e ~ "''" '''' ''0-
savannah and about the same time that
couTtmartal proceedings were begun
against Cant. Carter. The contract for The
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preaA"d'eI "a7 '"e mus 'i''i '''''
of work, judging by the cost, remaining
uncompleted In the vicinity Of Savannah
~ ta,7 toen dane under the contract
No WI n i''u -,
for nearly Two years ana 10 Is uouo'Aui
now If the government VIII ever authorize
It's completion.
Cam Gillette. when seen about the mat
Ter pave the facts concerning the CON
4t.- Al. fty.s,
tracing Companv was dated Oct s. 1896
Work was begun Dec l. 1896. Early IN
Juyv 1897. the contractors were paid $780,
600 upon this work The books Of the en-
eineer's office snow that there Is still un-
maid upon this contract $4,000, and upon
Inc Cumberland sound contract $4,000, or
a total Of 500 o.,o claimed 10 be due by the
contractors for which amount they have
entered suit in the Court of Gains at
Washington. Work upon the two contracts
was discontinued Oct. IL 1897 The Cum
berland sound contract was entered into
for 6. 235OO. and upon this work $345 600
had been paId the contractors
The Curnbe rland sound work which was
formerly under the direction OF the engin-
Ger AZ Savannah was placed under the
confrol of tha engineer at St. Augustine
Dec l 1897 Cant Gillette has no informa-
lion whether This contract has been or
dered appuIled. hut IL is reasonable to pre-
sumo that il has been.
A report upon The work at the Tybee
breakwater was made by board of en-
Jtneers after The carter col1rtmarfial. II
is believed thai this rerort recommended
the abandonment of the work. Cant. Cir
Iette said however that he had never seen
The report and is NOT aware of its con
tents
AS to tn. condition of The breakwater,
upon which work was discontinued nearly
tvvo vasrs ago cant C;fIlAtta said. There
is Drobahiv very httle of il left II was
mostly brush and a Uttie light Florida
limestone rock The rock IS nrohablv i'm
Inc sand ana the rrush eaten m
Nv tere5oae great deal Of IL
was desiroved almost as soon as
n,t In ara r1,sich Of n ,,-as carried away nv
storms
Cant Gillette ala not seem IN regard
the destruction ~ the work mon M
breal1water as any serious .oss 10 the bar-
bor ,hcelpb he ae.lined ~ e,nrae- an
oninion al IN tha dasirab -,it- ~ -,a ,,1r
Cant. Gillette stated that he hos snecid-
cations. which were prepare1 fp his office
some time ago for the inside ronfe IA
Reaufcrt ana tbot he Is re,d,- "a etsr,
to work .eFhe new rofte has becn au-
fhorizad Inv C'o,,o-rses ., he sold ..arl ,-r,,1l
probably have been caroDleted BEFORE NV
but for the complications arisir7r from the
differences as 10 the amount .l,7e tha CON
tractors en- other work. Tho vsrlx l. ,,erv
necessary as at present boats are reo,,ire1
to take the outside ard moro 4q0eerO.Is
route. Work win prohablv fee,,n eho-r-
w."
The aDnulnent Of The two contracts at
Savannah and Cumberland sound means a
great deal to COZ. .John = Cavnor ana
Capt. B. D. Greene. who connoss .oroslv
the Atlantic Contractina, Conoanv What
with the 500 600 which The government has
withheld for nearly two years ana which
II is very doubtful If they win ever ob-
tain, and the half-mil.ion dollars more
which they would have received from the
Tybee breakwater contract alone 10 saw
nothing of the big contract at Cumberland
sound. the company is evidently o,,t ~
pocket several hundred thoIsana do-lars
in profits alone.
1t was announced in the Vasbingtor
dispatches in Yesterdays Morning Vess
thai District ATTORNEY Marion FrW;n bod
been instructed 10 hiring CHARGES aoair,st
Z Messrs. Greene ana Gavnor for thet,,ort
which they ioolt in tha ,,J-aead conet,iIr,a,.