The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

have this Council active in the purchase of it? A. did not.
 Q. Do you remember the bay that we received the report of the committed! A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Do you recollect my asking you cer- tain questions over there in the corner of the room? A. Yes, sir; I remember you asking me some questions.
 Q. Do you recollect of making the statement that 1t would-in reference to 8 direct question as to the amount of gravel there-that there was enough gravel there to last for fifty years. A. That was the Marks pit.
 Q. You had reference to the Marks pit? A. Yes, sir; when you asked me that question we were talking about the Marks pit and the McLemore pit.
 Q. You don't recollect, then, that you made the statement in reference to the Carter pit? A. No, sir; do not. had reference to the Marks pit. Now I re- member a statement that I made to you last winter on the street. standing right down in front of the door here-this was before any test pits had been sunk on this property-that if there was the num- Der of acres there that MT. Carter sad there was, and it was the depth of gravel there that MT. Carter said there was, that 1t would gravel every street of the
 
 that there was over fifteen acres in this hill. and that the gravel was fifteen feet deep, the clay gravel.
 Q. Now, that was last winter? A. Yes, sir. Do you remember the conversation you and I had right at the foot of the steps?
 Mir. Gunter: I will make my statement later.
 o. You do not recollect of stating there to me that there was enough in the Car ter pit to last for fifty years? A. No, sir; that was in reference to the Marks pit.
 o. Have you sunk pits in the Carter gravel pit? A. Yes, sir.
 Q. At whose direction did you sink them? A. At the direction of the com mittee and the Mayor.
 Q. Did you make any report. verbal or written, in reference to thein? A. made a verbal report.
 Q. What was that report? A. made 1t to MT. Roeder. over in my office. told him that there was only about be- tween five and six acres of clay gravel there; that tffere was a stripping of any where from three to six feet over this gravel.
 Q. Of clay? A. Yes, sir. I also told him about the pit that Carter sunk, six teen feet deep; told him that it showed nothing but sand on the bottom of 1t. O. When was that conversation had. Mir Ford? A. We'll it was just after I made the survey of the pit, to see how many acres there were in 1t. It was along in February or March, somewhere along there, MT. Gunter.
 Q. After the pits were sunk? A. Yes, sir.
 c. You stated that your recollection was that there was enough gravel there your recollection of our conversation was that there was enough gravel in the Marks pit for fifty years? A.Yes' sir.
 O. Do you recollect of stating to me at the meeting. special meeting. on the 10th, that it would cost 5000 to-.A. did.
 Q. Is that statement correct. A. It is. o. Do you recollect of making any statement to me, or to any one else as to the cost of building that road from the Western road into the Carter gravel pit? A. do not. No one has asked me for 1t. o. Do you recollect of my asking you on that same evening, at the same meet ing, about the quality of the gravel pit Carter gravel pit? A. Yes, sir. c. Did you give me the dimensions of the pit at that time? A. don't know, sir, whether did or not. MT. Gunter. ] had nothing to do with the quality. o. I know that, but do you recollect giving me the dimensions, or whether you did or not give me the dimensions of that? A. No. sir; I don't remember. O, Do you recollect whether you made any statement to me as to what your survey disclosed at that time? A. No, sir; do not. O. What is your best recollection? A. | don't think did. Q. You made a. plat of that hill, did you not? A. Yes. sir.
 o. At whose instance? A. At the insti' l Ration of MT. Carter. | 0. When was that plat made? A Last | winter It was either made in February or March, somewhere along there. Q. You made a statement to MT. Carr, did you not, as to the amount Of the gravel in there? A. Yes, sir o. And the cost of removing 1t? A. Of removing it. o. Yes sir, and the amount of streets of the city, and to be reported? A. don't remember of making any estimate of the cost of removing it-I made an estimate of the streets. O. Within and without the city? A. | Yes sir.
 o. There were thirty-three miles of unimp~oved streets in the city, and about sixty-six miles without? A. Yes sir. o. Those sixty-six miles have not been accepted by the city? A. Have not. O. Those included all the present plat? A. Yes sir
 1 o. In and out, the different plats? A.
 Yes sir.
 | O. Have you reported favorably upon the Gibson pace? A. I have not sir.
 Q. Would you recommend that above
 other pits that have been offered? A.
 Not without sinking some more test pits
 would not.
 O. Is that the best pit that you know
 of? A. No sir. l O. Under your present information:
 A. No sir.
 O. What pit is the best pit? A. The
 best gravel pit, do you mean, MT. Gun
 ter?
 | O. The best purchase for the city? A Well, l don't know sir-I thought you
 meant, when 1 said no, that that was the
 best gravel-the greater quantity Oi
 gravel.
 o. The last question, I will ask you
 MT. Ford, do you know of any influence
 being brought to bear on any Alderman
 to get them to vote for this gravel pit? A. I do not. | o. You have not used any such in-
 huence yourself? A. I have not. | o. Nor for any other pit? A. I have
 not.
 MT. Mcintyre: You say this offer was made to you to your best recollection, last
 February, I believe? A. It was along
 in the winter sometime. 1 0. Mir Ford, was that before or after
 we had received bids from MT. Carter? A. It was before.
 O. We'll at that time there was no
 bid of MT. Carter pending before the
 Council for action? A. No SIT. Q. Bid waS only in contemplation, at
 that time? A. Yes sir. NIN1A