The Owosso times., 1899-12-15

contract for q crusher and roller, and have
friend In Byron, who represents company that
handles crushers and rollers, and II you can
favor him In making this purchase, you Will be
doing me great kindness, as II will assist him
In getting q salaried position"
And said to him. I'VE are going TO purchase
the above articles and IL your friends goods are
as good as any, that may be found, and does
work satisfactory TO the committee will be
pleased to favor him II possible"
Your humble body will remember that intro
duced resolution authorizing the City Clerk
to notify the Austin Western Company that
their roller was here subject TO their order, OF
which the resolution was adopted.
Sometime after the resolution was passed, the
street commissioner informed me that there
was an agent here that wished to try the roller
and endeavored to make a settlement for the
same. told the street commissioner as one OF
the committee would be In favor OF furnishing
him with teams that he might be able to give
the roller a fair trial, with the consent Of the
balance OF the committee, OF which he did but
Mr.. Chase, the agent, was unable TO get the
the said roller, and he came TO me very much
dissatisfied In not being able to get the council
there l being member OF the committee
Of ~ Se ont IL work
he would pay me for my time as he had hired
rigs and spend time Ia trying to get the council
there, and had failed In doing SO. l told him
that would be pleased to assist him but asI
had business out OF the city, II would be impos-
sible to give him any more assistance After
this went down town and learned by phone
that Mr.. Hadsall, wished TO see me, and went
to his 0ffice and he wanted TO know what was
the trouble with the roller, as l was the
only member OF the committee that would not
sign the report favorable TO the purchasing OF
the same And stated TO him, that the roller
was not what we expected 1t to be- and that
lid not believe IL would ever do satisfactory
work for the city, that could not sign the re-
port favorable for purchasing IL. and would not
vote for pur rchasing OF IL. and he said very well,
IL the roller was not all o. X. he would not want
me to, and left his office and met Mr. Chase,
the agent again, and he said that see that
you are not out OF the city yet, and he asked
me again, II could not spend the time In as.
sisting him. and l told him no, could not spend
the time. On my way home stopped at Mr..
Remrnington's store, and while in there the
matter OF rolling Stewart street came up, and
told him that they were experimenting with q
street roller, and that 1t did not seem to work
satisfactory, and told Mr.. Remington that L
had had a talk with him with regard to the
roller, and also said, that presume could
have earned more than enough to buy q suit OF
clothes IL had desired to, and do not know
how Mr.. Remington understood me, for what
said to him was In joking way.
l find that the stories circulated In the city
seem to have originated In Mr.. Remington
store from the conversation that had that day
with him.
No money or clothes were ever offered to me
by any person or persons to influence upon any
matter since have been derman of the city.
We WAsHBURN.
Aid. Pierpont moved the investigating com
mittee be discharged. Motion prevailed. Ayes,
8; nays,0.
Aid Gould moved the statement of Alderman
Washburn be adopted. Motion prevailed
Ayes, 9; nays, o.
Upon motion Council adjourned for one week.
JOHN l.. ASH, City Clerk