The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-11
Robrt PojrtIess,

know. what wages tht others received.
He said he knew tfpt John DelmaT
had formerly received about S1.50 per
day and TCm SennOtt about the same
amount but did not know what they
got on the court hO9e work.
r. S. Crockett wa. recalled and
said that he generaly received So
per day for paper hatsins. but when
| doing general work received $3.50.
He was employed bY Fulton at this
amount. He is now receiving $3.50
per day. and said thai he knew that
w. J. Hall had wOTka two days on
| the courthouse.
c. L. FJlon
having appeared was zen placed on
the stand. He said his business was
/ that of a contracting painter, and
I that he worked on the court house
/ during The months of OiOber and No
vembeT- He was frSJ Employed by
/ Long 10 do some patch york. and n
( terwards employed by ! d. Kendall
with the understanding hat he tFul
/ ron was to receive 10 per ct net above
/ the cost of labor and Material. The
arrangements with himl had been
made by Kendall He Eaid he Cm-
/ ployed different fOreme1 at various
I times. the first being lMcCrestney,
whom he paid 81 per day the second
| being McCleary who received $50
| per day. He said he paid Palmquist
| $3.50 per day. but could not remem-
| Der the names of all the men en-
! ployed. He said he might have the
/ time sheets of the court house work
at his home. He said thai young
/ Pourtless had never been employed
/ on the court house work.
10 tbnn ha Van1pc Of
/ Kelly, Sennot and Mcdonald, and said
he had let John English so after he
/ had worked a little over two days be
cause he was incompetent. The fur
ther examination of this witness was
suspended until he could procure his
time books.
g. Liddon
was then recalled. He said he could
not remember how many days he
worked on the court house, but that
he received 81. 80 per day. He did not
know any of the men working on the
court house or how much they re-
ceived per day. except that Kelly
working on the swinging stage with
him got $3.50 per day.
At this juEcture Jim LOng, who
was in the court room, was called
and sworn as a witness and placed
under oath.
Several names of witnesses were
then called, but there were no re
spOnSeS.
William Virgins
son of former County Commissioner
Virgins was employed by Long for
work on the court house, but could
not remember how long he worked.
He received $3.50 per day and was
paid by check.
Paul Townsend
said he had been employed by Long
for the court house work and worked
about two days before Christmas and
a number of days afterwards, for
which he received $3.50 per day.
J. Coburger,'
a boy. said he had worked for Long
from the latter portion Of November
until the first part Of January at the
rate Of s1.25 per day. He was en-
ployed as a helper and received a
check for S11 and some cash.
S. S. Moses,
a colOred laborerA. said he had worked
for Long on he court house doing
some lattice work and plastering and
was paid, as near as he could remem-
Der $37 for his work He was shown
warrant for $22, and said that this
was on account of some other work
Thos. F. Wriehtonp.
who is in the paper hanging and
painting business, was. called and
asked regarding the court house work
and what it should have cost the
county. He said he could not give
an estimate without first measuring
the amount of work done, but that he
had submitted a bid for the work for
the sum of $475. He considered ST.
400 or $1,000, which the county paid,
an exhOrbitant amount for the work
done. He said the standard wages
for average painters was 1925 per
day, and that some few men receive
$3.50, with foremen at $500. He said
Liddon had worked for him for 81
per day; Delmar for $50; Crockett
S2.25; Kelly, s2.25 and Palmquist
s2.25. He considered $3.50 per day
eXhorbitant.
r. F. Soto,
familiar with the scale of wages paid
timers in the city, said that the
wages of tin workers was from $3.50
to $3.50 per day. but that his men re-
ceive $3.50 per day, and never expert
enced any trouble in securing them
for this amount.
J. H Hutchins,
the court house janiJOr, whom Long
said had employed him to do the
work on the court house, was then
called, but it was reported that he
was in bed with an attack of pneu-
mOnia.
J. D. Kendall
appeared again and said he desired
to correct some testimony. He said
he was in the employ of Long as fore
man at the rate of 81 per day and
also received 81 per day from the
county. He did not remember having
any agreement with Long in refer
ence to the court house work. He
denied employing Fulton in any ca
pacity, and did not learn until some
time after Fulten was at work that
he was to receive 10 per cent. as a
basis for doing the work. He was
shown an expense account from E'ul-
ton, on which was his signature and
o. K. and said that this was for Hall
and MistrOt, whom he did not know
personally. He said the receipts fol-
the work done were handed him