The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-02

O. o N TIN u E II
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Committee Adopts
Resolution Calling
For Quick Action
dited.
I move the adoption of the resolu-
ton.
Representative Patterson: I Sec
ond the motion.
Chairman Matthaei: All in favor
OF this action, as mace and re-read,
manifest by saying aye"
Motion carried unanimously"
Anders On Stand Again
At Thursdays committee hearing,
before packed courtroom and under
examination of Senator Bangert,
Frank L. Anders, secretary Of the cap
itol commission, said he paid Fraser
S64.22 for his share Of the trip by car
to Louisiana. His personal cancelled
check was introduced In evidence.
Anders identified a voucher We'd
nesday representing payment to Fras-
err OF $198.73 by the capitol commits
sion for this trip. while two other
men identified two other vouchers
from two other departments for ex-
penses in connection with q trip to
New Orleans at the same time and q
trip to Washington to the National
Rivers and Harbors convention.
Acting Adjutant General Herman A.
Brocopp and J. O. Lyngstad, former
deputy state auditor, both said that
the dates on the vouchers they iden-
titled oyerlapped the dates covered by
the voucher identified by Anders.
Brocopp was recalled to the stand
Thursday to testify concerning four
gasoline mileage books said to have
been bought by Fraser from the
Standard Oil company at Minot with
funds of the adjutant generals office.
Brocopp read from letter received
froma the oil company in which gaso-
line books 134l9, 1881, 1882, and
1883 were listed as having been plr-
chased by Fraser on Nov. Z, 1881, at
cost Of $25 each. The first coupon,
according to the letter. was used in
November, 1892, and the last.on Jan.
20, 1882.
Sen. Bangert asked Anders to tell
him the dates and towns visited on
the trip from Bismarck to Baton
Rouge and Anders reported he and
Fraser were in st. Paul and Lake
Geneva, Wis, on Nov. 10; in Chicago
on Nov. 20 to Nov. &c; in Decatur,
ILL.,, Nov. 26: Dyersburg, Tenn, Nov.
81; Jackson, Miss, Nov. %; Ham
mond, La, Nov. % and in Baton
Rouge Nov. 80.
Went To Baton Rouge
Anders said Fraser left him at
Baton Rouge and continued on to New
Orleans to the national guard con-
vention.
Anders said his check for $6422
represented the amount Of the rail-
road fare from Bismarck to Baton
Rouge.
Here Bangert moved to have the
Anders check and the letter from
Minot relating to the mileage books
attached to resolution, adopted by
the investigating committee in execu-
tive session.
The resolution was to be announced
later Thursday, Bangert said.
A. M. HalStad, manager Of the
Hebron Brick company. was asked to
identify letters concerning the use of
brick instead of stone on the new cap
itol. Geo. L. Bangs, Grand Forks
member of the capitol commission.
had written him and he said he told
Bangs Of the various types Of brick
manufactured by his company. Hal
stad said he compared bricks with
Bedford stone.
Other letters concerning the capac-
ity of the Hebron brick plant were
read into the records by w. j. Flanni-
gan, investigating committee member,
who conducted the brief examination
of Halstad.
One letter to John Cooley. secretary
Of the governmental survey commits
sion, said the capacity of the brick
plant was 10000 per day but produc-
ton could be speeded up to $4,000 or
more per day IT the necessity arose.
Halstad said his company has sup
piled brick for several Seattle apart
ments, the Portland. Ore, auditorium
and other large structures on the
west coast.
Identifies Contracts
Lyngstad, former deputy state audi
tor, was on the stand again to iden-
tify a book containing the original
contracts for the $4,000, 900 capitol
building, Immediately after Anders
was examined further regarding
whether contractors had supplied the
commission with unit prices" as was
required.
E. R. sinkler. counsel for the in
vestigators, asked Anders why some
of the sub-contracts included unit
prices" and the general contract did
not include them. Anders said he did
not know.
Sinkler remarked II there were no
unit price lists before the commission,
how could the commission know how
to make deductions on alternate
changes in plans and construction
work without some unit price basis
from which to estimate cost Of
changes.
One alternate plan. to which Sink
Ter called attention, was that the use
Of stone would cost the state about
$45, 900 more than brick.
Under examination Anders said
Holabird & Root, Chicago, associate
architects on the buildings, were not
"a tai a. $Aw TP,,rlro