Evening journal., 1902-03-14
FAHEY BEFORE
The LEVY COURT
Big misunderstanding Over
The Payment Of Bill
TIRED OF MAKING STATEMENTS
Members ReiuS, 50 Pay $4,000 for
New Structure or Extra for
approaches
TIRED OF MAKING STATEMENTS

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81 have not anything To hide In Sew
enth street bridge and il You would sum
mon here everybody who has been CON
nected with the building of IL, you then
would have possession OF all the factsl
and l would get my money" said Pat
rick Fahey after a lively discussion with
the members Of the Levy Court this
morning over Seventh street bridge.
Mr.. Fahey had been called before the
body TO explain why he had not sent
bill and why Seventh street bridge had
ueen turned OF after the court had been
told 10y him that it could be used 10y the
public without the body accepting i'll
As soon as the minutes had been read,
Mr.. Willis called upon Mr.. Fahey forl
his reasons in having the bridge turned
on.
Mr. Fahey replied: 81 gave orders tol
have the bridge turned ON the day that
the Levy Court visited il and since that
time / have not seen the bridgetender.
nor had any communication with him. /
diu not know that the bridge was OF nor
that the public was not being allowed TO
use il until / saw it in the newspapers
/ Mr. Elliott said he had visited the
| bridge on two occasions and found the
/ bridge turned of and the brdgetender
nowhere TO be seen. He called third
time and found the man on the bridge.
/ lie learned that the bridge had been off
| for "a week.
Mr.. Chandler said he had visited the
bridge and learned from the man in
charge that he had been ordered boy Mr.
! Fahey to turn il of as soon as the mem
bers of the Levy Court left
Mr.. Fahey denied this ana said he had
nothing To do with the bridge being turn
ed on, and the man being in the employ
Of the Levy Court was not subject tn
amy orders of his, and il the court all
lowed him 20 turn it of it was their own
fault.
In order that the court might be in
formed as TO how much money Mr..
Fnhey expects 10 receive for the bridge
Mr. Willis asked if he could give a
statement of what lac thought was due
him.
my claim is just the same now as il
always was and there is no use of my
giving a statement Of the same old thing
over again. You have my statement and
say you will not pay H. Now ! would
like 10 know what part Of it you dispute
and what part you intend 10 pay"
Mr.. Willis: Eyes, know all about
! that but ] think you as a business man
should give n hill when Il is asked for"
IL would like To- know what You want
it for. / have already said you dispute
certain parts of the one already given
and it will only be an expense to me 10
have a bill prepared and then you take
no action on it," replied Mr.. Fahey.
Mr.. Ewart said if Mr.. Fahcy had a
regular and properly signed contract
there should be no trouble in getting a
settlement. "Have you got such CON
tract, Mr.. Faheyf'
Yes, sir; l think so. have two CON
tracts and two written agreements and
received verbal orders. The latter of
course / cannot produce"
Mr.. Willis here made a very pertinent
remark by saying "Alr. Fahey you
have no contract with this court. Now ]
would like 20 know just how much you
expect TO get for the bridge you have
built"
Il expect to get S25.OOO and extra for
engineers who did extra work on the APP
proaches which you say you will not
pay for"
"Well, can't you give a bill for the part
that the court will pay forf' said MIR.
Ewart.
That's impossible because / don't
know what part you are willing TO ac-
cept. You object TO this part and that
part until / don't know what you are
satisfied with. Then you ask me TO pro
: duce instructions that We're verbal; how
do you expect me TO do such things. You
will have me bringing the bridge up here
next"
Mr. Chandler said he never would
, agree TO pay for the approaches nor Ia
give $4,000 for il il Mr.. Fahey agreed
to build "a thirty-foot bridge for that
amount and the size Of the bridge was
reduced 20 twenty-four feet. Then ther,
should be a reduction in price also. "No
sir, Mr.. President, l will never agree e
do it; let Mr.. Fahey send as many bills
t as he pleases."
e Mr.. Willis asked that Mr.. Fahey's
e statement be produced on next Tues
: day at the meeting of the court, ant
2 he agreed.
e Constables McGlothan, Of Whining
n ton. and Cleaver, of Red Lion, were
Z lDresent to bond. Mr.. McGlothan Of
q lfered Messrs. Reed and Chambers. ant
they were accepted. Mr.. Cleaver offer
ed c. w. Pancoast and J. T. Price a!
Ihis bOndsmen. but they were not pres
n ent. so the acceptance of the bond wai
= postponed.
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