The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-22

amount the aggregate OF which was
S1oG.2" The exhibit was read and
II was shown by witness that out Of
ms sGaG;29 paid for stone, the city had
s5S5,5i This left s7o75 unaccountcd
Custom of City.
Witness said he had been associated
Tor about twenty-five years. and tina,
during. this time. up until 1910. it had
neen thc custom OF the city to supply
us own stone. That It had frequently
been required that the contractors haul
! this stone
y. TIE +, sta Statistical .s paper nled b. Mr.
,Gcntiied with contracts for building
10 basins to city sewers. OF these
,iS,, city supplied stone for ,lil basins.
| cnsnt basins was furnished by con
Mr. Fulton asked witness how many
March % ana December -. 1910 were
iound TO have been interlincd in ink.
recurring the contractor to furnish
Mr.. Taliafcrro replied that he knew
o. as many as SIX such contracts. lie
so,d. however, thu; this number might
not embrace all, as he had not re-
viewed crcry contract for sewer work
nci,Ween These dates These contracts
e ca, 2, o -, for such work as was given
out ~ Mr.. Bolton. and wild not include
Al sewer work given out by the city
between the two given dates
Stone Not Charged
i ES,ePiylng TO questions from Mr.
known number OF top sewer stones
We're furnished in sewer work of tho
e,ty and never charged UP. These
stones are OF both circular and straight
ssariety The, former are valued a.
sl..50 each, the latter al 1850 each
Liicicn Bass was the next witness
re Is an attache of the City Engin-
GERS office.
Witness was asked by Colonel An.
hheerrson TO produce certain bundles OF
clarence G. Burton Upon producing
h"sc bids It was asccrtained that in
every instance in which contracts mad
been awarded Burton there had been
other contractors who underbid him.
Fhst in spite of this the contracts We're
n fr.,i sivHn 70 the lowest bidders. but
( Us bid was considerably in advance
II was asked that witness ngure out
/ ne various bids for brick. piping and
| stone. separating the several items IN
Wanted Rest
ra Mr o'Fla,llerty arose to point or
manly That the hearing be not thus
/ Indefinitely protrncted; that such .
Prf1ccanre would drag on fer weeks.
he said that Colonel Anderson mad
already laborad under misa pprehen
slon Regarding the testimony Of Con.
ne sIsct o'ri E 6 Burton s9 In fact SAID
as yet been on the stand. Colonel An
larson has been dreaming. and I fear
"s nm l,aay y al be 5 Soon ASLEEP"
5fqctor Burton, charging. unfair dis
elimination III the awarding of con
tracts by the City Engineers Depart
snGnt was here called for and read.
1t was explained BY counsel for Bur
ton that charges in this letter were di-
rected against the general conduct OF
Z IE ryi "a
were not intended TO reflect upon fndi-
vioual honesty on the part OF any one
official IT, that department.
BurtOn's Position.
1t vas further explained that Con
tractor Burton did not complain Of
having lost amy contract BY unfriend-
| SUCH q charge, but that he did charge
specifically that determinations had
been INDUCED IN BY. the city I'm
prepared 10 sustain this charge
Allen Saville was the next witness.
aand began by admitting that he had
\ error. lie made this in calculation
nmountinG TO s1,51o while working
4! hurriedly TO complete papers COVERING
the construction Of five separate sew
I crs. There were other errors made by
others In preparing estimates on the
| nve sewers discussed
! The 81: $40 error made BY Mr. Saville
| vas IN charging 60 cents instead of 6i
/ cents per cubic yard for excavations
and the removal Of dirt
I Other errors were In estimating 700
/ cubic Yards TO be 1920 cubic yards ::
| 1000 feet OF piping to be 5000 feet Of
/ piping. and 1200 bricks to be 10000
I bricks
! The first known of these errors was
| through Contractor Burton. who call
( ed by the City Engineers Department
| aud reported one, or some. of them to
| those there employed
] j. Taylor Stratton outlined the meth
! Cd of checking accounts employed by
I the City Engineer.
| 1t was a little before midnight when
! 1t was suggested that Contractor CLAIR
I Gnce G Burton be allowed TO testify,
! Dut Attorney Fulton explained that Mr..
/ Burton's testimony would be very az
itCndcG. and IL WaS deci6ad u "a in,1rn