The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-11-10
fun WITH WORLEY
THE .CONTRACTOR CREATES A
SCENE AT BALLARD =.
MEETING. E.
Claims Attorney Reynolds Statements
Are Untrue and Offers to
Back It Up.

AS a result of the recent visit of G.
A. Reynolds Of Ballard to this city to
look up the conduct of George Worley
in connection with several contracts
with the city, a mass meeting was
held in Ballard, Saturday, to discuss
the rottenness of the work in the con-
struction Of the new sewer system IN
that city. Mr.. Reynolds was called on
to make an address. He stated that
Mayor Mackie had asked the people
of Ballard to keep cool and not get
nervous. while at the same time the
hands Of the contractors were down in
their pockets robbing them and while
they were being told that the cuoncil
would protect them; that the state
ments made by George F. Cotterill in
regard to the sewers had not been re-
futed, but the mayor of Ballard was
making the statement that the hue
and cry and agitation was being made
in the interest of annexing Ballard to
Seattle.
Mr. Reynolds stated that it had been
alleged that the agitation was started
to give his partner a boost for the
city <attorneyship on the republican
| ticket, and to controvert such state
ments his partner had withdrawn from
the race; that Mayor Mackie in order
to cover up the rotten condition of
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attract the peoples attention away
from the point at issue; that he had
statements made to him every day by
men who had worked on the sewers in
regard to the rotten condition existing
and, jerking a piece of rope out of
his pocket the speaker asked, What
is this? 1t is Manila rope, but the con-
tractors would have us believe that it
| was tarred oakum."
Mr.. Reynolds stated that he had just
returned from Walla Walla, where he
had been investigating the record of
George Morley, who had been hired
to inspect the Ballard sewers by the
city council. He had found, he al
/ legged, that Worley, had been involved
in a water scandal in that city, and
also that he had been hired by the
council of Walla Walla as superintend-
ent of sewers.
Mr. WOrley, who was present, at
, this stage jumped to his feet and COM
ing to the platform threw down $50
in gold which he offered to bet that the
lost statement made was NOT tr,1a Mr.
Reynolds covered the amount and J.
NJ Corskie was made stakeholder,
while Mr.. Reynolds proceeded to read
letters alleged to have been written by
an ex-councilman Of Walla Walla
backing up his previous statements in
He then claimed the money but
member of the committee objected to
this procedure on the grounds that
betting was form of gambling and
gambling was a felony. On motion
the money was returned to the betters
and all bets were declared off.
Getting back to the question, the
speaker stated that the reason
the committee was not present
at Friday nights meeting was because
they had been told to keep away.
and then read extracts from the circu
lar report Of the committee issued yes
terday in regard to Inspector BOetsch
who, it was alleged, had said that two
councilmen had told him not to be too
hard on the contractors. He said the
committee would ask the council Tues
day night to dismiss Morley and the
other inspectors in order to see if the
council was standing in with the con-
tractors; that the committee did not
believe a single foot of sewer in Bal
lard had been constructed according
to specifications; that the council did
not dare to take it UP for investigation
and that was why the people were
asked to keep cool.