Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-09
Twcnty-Fivc Dollars a nay.

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Twcnty-Fiyc Dollars a Day.
The following week he went to Chicago
and visited the Fort Wayne company on
Monday. He completed the examination on
Thursday and wrote out the report in the
office of the company. His bill was $3.50
In answer to a question as to his rate of
charges he said it was $25 per day and ex-
penses for Chicago.
The witness said he did some work at his
room at the hotel and the stenographic work
was done by the Office stenographer
Did you foot up the totals of the figures
at your room or did you use the totals made
up by the company"
81 footed them UP in my room and then
went to the Office and dictated the report. -
The annual report of the Traders com
pany was produced and Senator Currie
asked the witness If he examined into the
worth OF the $685. worth of real estate
mortgages held by the company.
Yes, l examined them ALL"
Did you examine all these other mat
ters?"
mo, | took the company's figures for
some of them.
The committee then adjourned to 1880
p. m.
The investigation committee continued the
examination or j. a. Simpson tonight, taxi
ing up the Fort Wayne company. He was
questioned as to his methods and thorough
ness in the examination Of its securities.
He said he went especially to examine this
company because the year before it had
$2OO00O Fall River bonds which the insur-
ance department deemed too large an
amount of that issue of bonds He found
1t had disposed of $l5O,000 of them
DO you agree with Mr.. Archard's opinion,
that as county treasurer examiner that en-
ployment would take your entire time %
asked MIR. Evans
'Ies, sir; practically"
Then you neglected your duties in that
position while off examining insurance COM
panies?"
NO, sir; l had my work up to date
Then your duties as treasury examiner
don't take all your time?'
Has Spare Time.
1--WE have some spare time as treasury
examiners. We have a certain method of
doing this work. We aim to get around once
in two years, which the law requires"
DO you consider that your time should
be entirely devoted to this work, for which
you receive a salary, or do you think you
can do other work."
''If my work is completed as treasurer
examiner | feel at liberty to do other work.
l do field work about $50 days year"
The examination of Mr. Simpson con-
cernng doing insurance examinations
while employed as county treasurer
examiner was continued for some
time, he frequently attempting to
evade the questions asked, which caused
Chairman Prout to demand that he answer
the questions directly
Simpson insisted that he considered him
self at liberty to do other work when his
treasury examinations were up to date.
1t was brought out that he only worked
one week in January and drew his full
months salary as treasurer examiner The
other three weeks he spent in Chicago ex
amning insurance companies.
Senator Cur.ie examined Simpson as to
his method of keeping his expense accounts,
he having produced a card upon which he
he'd a list of his expenses during his one
weeks work as county treasurer examiner
in January. This questioning showed that
he had very slipshod method of keeping
his expense account. His memory failed
him upon all details OF his expenses in Jan
uary.
"How many days did you put in examining
insurance companies in january" asked
Mr.. Evans.
about twenty days all together"
"lt's pretty profitable business serving as
county treasurer examiner and insurance
examiner at the same time then, is it
not?"
Profitable Month.
"Yes that was a Droftabla month