Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

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never signed an order paying for the graphic
phone.
Q. Does he have camera2 A. If he has,
Q. Have you ever audited any bills for
camera supplies Mr.. Billings a. Not that
know of now.
render the county, for the county TO pay.
bill OF twenty-h or thirty dollars for camera
suppiesF A. No sir
o. Have you overheard physicians there pre-
scribe the use OF whiskey for patientsY A. Yes
sir.
Q. Have you any idea how much would have
been purchased in year, A. do not
.. Can Won tell Us " II was used often or in
considerable quantities. A. They gruersi lily
get ii ia a twogallou jug. won't say now
whether 4 = two'galion or gallon jug, but
they use Il down at tue home for a good many
Of them old people.
o. Where do they purchase il, do yon know?
A. Al the different drug stores.
y. Where no they keep III A. do not know.
Q. When you say parlor what do you meauI
A. The large room of to the right you
enter.
To the superintendent does it! A. That is the
way | understand
o Aud his bedroom furniture and bedroom
china. A. Yes.
o. Does the county pay for his table ware for
his private usel a. Not that am aware Of.
9. They are supposed to furnish his living,
are they mott A. Yes
Q. But 50 far as anything going on his back
OF on the table, or silverware ne is supposed to
furnish that himself? A. think 50.
y. What salary does Mr.. Perkins get a.
Q. Does he get money for experimenting the
home? A. No.
O what does the matron get? A $40 a
month.
Q, Anything extra? A. Not that know Of.
q Is Il true that sometime previous to the
past year or two Mr.. Perkins did receive extra
remuneration as ovetseer of the poor FARM A.
Not to my knowledge.
O. He has not since .ou have been trusteef
A. Not TO my knowledge.
Q. % you know how the salary he receives
compares with the salary paid the snpernten-
dent of other institutions OF similar character
A. Yes sir. 1t is lbont the same Grant
County.
O. Does the superintendent of the Grant
County Asylum get much Mr.. Perkins,
A. II he doesn't It is but few dollars less.
2. We're YOU notified last summer regarding
the help leaving the institution out there? A.
No sir. | believe we visited the asylum the day
three or four of them did go. think we visited
the inst tuition.
o. What was the cause Of their leaving the
institution A. I don't know. l asked m
Graham and he said that he couldn't tell why.
.. Did You ask the superintendent why they
leitl A. lie said IL was because he roasted
some OF them about something. He called them
to time about some trfiing matter. That IS the
way lie put it,
o. what was the condition OF affairs there
regarding the moral surroundings of the help
and the superintendent a. | cannot say. [
never saw anything wrong while ! was there.
II you got ont aud asked any OF those people If
there was anything wrong there you couldn't
learn
0. Yon have at times questioned the EN-.
ployesl A. Yes.
would lead you to believe that things We're not
just as they should beE A. have heard more
since came over here. | have heard things
are not cougeuial as they ought to be out there.
Q. Do you think, Mr.. Billings, that condi-
tons of that kind might tend To reflect against
the eoanyt A. think It will
Q Were YOU A member OF the building com
| m,tteeE A. Yes sir.
O. Did YOU hold any Office on that committee?
A. Not more than the three Of us.
Q. You did not elect any officers did youI A.
O. Who we're the other members of the com.
mltteet A. Mr.. Spensley and Mr.. Murphy.
9. These gentlemen attended the meetings
regularly, they A. Yes.
Q. Was there any special officer delegated to
look after the affairs OF the building other than
the trustees? A. Only myself, because I was
close by and whenever | thought il was naces-
ary to 90 over there aud look around.
y. Did you enter into contracts with firms
relative To mill work, structural iron work,
lumber, etc. A. Yes, some of them were with
us. The trustees entered into these contracts.
Bids were submitted aud we accepted aud re-
jected such bids.
o. Were those contracts that you accepted
signed by the members OF the committee A. 1
would not say whether signed them not
2. Were such contracts in existence! A.
don't know. think they were.
.. 1t is customary, is il not, when you ac-
cept bid that YOU enter into contract with
such firm? A. Yes.
Q. Were such contracts entered Into? A.
think so.
Q. Have you seen such contracts2 A. think
Mr.. McGillivray's was signed at the time it was
accepted. Mr.. McGillivray was there.
Q. Do yon know where those contracts areI
A. | do not know.
0. Do you remember anything regarding the
contents or any provisions in those contracts,
whether freight was to be allowed or noty A
SOmetim mes II was to be- allowed aud Sometimes
not.
O. Do you remember what bills they were al
lowed and on what they were uotI A. They
were almost always delivered f. o. D. Edmund
Q, Were the bills of Jas. b. Glow Is Co., f. o.
b., Edmund? A. think not.
o, Was Mr.. McGiilivray's bill (. o. b. Ed
mund? A. | could not say positively now, but
we had different bids from different firms and
where We considered them responsible
o. Did you discount all bills that we're dis
couutabief A. AS far as am aware we did.
@. Did you say that these contracts or est-
mates were obtainable az this timer A. | would
not say that they were, butt.
Q. Do you give il as your opinion that they
might be- A. They might be-
Q. Will you eGdeavor TO put this mmittee
in possession OF themf A. will If | can find
them.
0. Do you remember Of discounting one
single billt A. No.
Q. When were the plaus of the architect ac-
ceptedr What year was IL? A. TWAS the year
we built, along IN April or May, zoos.
o. Did you have more than one set of plans
brought up before this committee A. don't
think
Q. We're you present when the chapel was
ordered? A. Yes.
@. How many members were present at that
meeting? A, Two.
Q. Who brought up the subiect2 A. | could
not say now.
o. Did any Of the trustees bring that matter
upg A. | don't know but that Il was looked
over twice. / cannot say positively whether Mr.
Speusley did or not
Q, Did Mr.. Perkins, A. 1 could not say
positively.
o. You took a vote on whether you we're to
build this chapel or Hoty A. Yes.
O II was unanimous 10 buildf A Yes
Q. Did you have the plans them A. am
not positive whether We did or not.
2. Was the architect present VIXEN you took
vote on il? A. think so.
.. What was the estimate the architect made
at that time? A. | could not tell.
.. Was the chapel included in that plan? A.
l think IL was
Q. You were a member Of the trustees when
Mr.. Jones was also a member and you applied
TO Mr.. Parks for plan aud to find out how
much the cost Of the building would be before
Won brought II before the board3 A. l am not
positive but think
Q. Do you reiuem Der what the estimate
Ia the first plans that you had2 A. 1 do not.
O. Do YOU know what the estimated cost OF
that chapel is} A | do not know
q. Do you know II the inmates did any con
siderable part OF the work on that buildiug2 A.
They did most all of the interior.
Q. What part of it would you say they had
done2 What part of the wor<2 A. They erect
ed the altar aud the seating capacity and put
the floors In.
Q. Did they make the seats? A. Yes sir