Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-30
FACTS ARE NOT CLEAR.
Material for Other Work Was
Paid for at Same Time And
Cannot be Separated.
IF He OWNED THE BRIDGE.
Mr.. Sanford Tells the Commits
sioner How He Would Com
pIete the Structure.
speclal to the Evenlng News:

special TO IHe ENSHlHS NEWS.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. 80
Checks, notes and invoices occupied
the attention of the lawyers and wit
nesses chiefly at the continuance of
the Amboy bridge hearing at Hobok-
en- yesterday, the session there being
cost to Sandford & Harris of the
lumber and piles in the bridge and
to get from Engineer McCann furth-
er details as to the draw
Lawyer Willard p Voorhees,, as
counsel for Charles A. Bloomfield,
the prosecutor of the writ. got the
checks and notes asked for, but
found out he was not much better
off than before as they covered pay
ments for other jobs as well as the
Amboy bridge work and Mr.. Sand
ford could not separate the amounts
so as to give details as to the pay
ments on the draw in the Amboy
bridge or on the lumber and piles.
MIR. Sandford Recalled.
When Mr. Sandford was recalled
to continue his examination he pro-
duced nine invoices covering per-
iod from October IA, 1902 to Sep
tember 10, 1908, and showed the
purchase of 1919 piles at cost of
$17,163.S0. He could not testify
that all these piles went into the
bridge, but presumed they did. Mr.
Bloomfield has contended that less
than 1000 piles We're in the bridge
although the contract called for
more, it being claimed by Mr.. Bloom
field that ends sawed off of long pile
were used to make up the contract
number on the end of the bridge
where short pile were driven.
Mr.. Sandford was then examined
as to the pine purchased for the
bridge and produced invoices from
December 30, 1902, till September
21, 1904, showing the purchase of
1,t7S,013 feet at a cost of 1928, g.
90. He had another job on at New
ark and did not know how the pine
was divided or how much went to the
Amboy bridge. He was asked by
Lawyer Voorhees, If the 10000 feet
in excess OF the amount on the plans,
which he had formerly testified went
into the bridge, was in these bills
and the contractor said he supposed
it was. He was also asked if he paid
the amount given on the invoices or
had not had some of them discount
ed. Mr. Sandford said when flush
they usually paid the bills so as to
get a discount of two per cent. Off.
Estimate on Draw.
Mr.. Sanford was then questioned
as to his estimate on the draw which
led him to give the contract to Wyn-
koop & Braley for $4,000. The
contractor gave his figures, but said
it was his secret and he did not want
the figures to go on the record eX-
cept his total estimate which was
$33,275 and to this Lawyer Voor-
hees agreed.
A batch of checks were then pro-
duced and in explaining these Mr..
Sandford said they covered amounts
paid to Wynkoop & Braley, the draw
bridge builders, for that work and
>two other jobs they were doing, the
total of the checks being $75,137.17.
Sometimes they were hard up he
said short on their pay roll or some
thing of that sort and he would give
them notes to help them out
An effort was made to ascertain
through the amounts OF the checks
as to what the payments were for