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 Wa^ «ad Water SUtiM at CnBpMo, let Oetobtt, 1S<2. 
 
 Way d» Water Station at BtW»iB'eMUU, lit Kweirfur, IM2,— 
 tUi eiddCwpipaay ast««iBg to p«y for e«<di Wey Suaon, two hnatod «rt ft*WB po««d^ and far ewih 
 Water 8ta;tioB, nftiWy-fire pound*, with the pritibee of reeerting tan plir cent tuitU the eomi^^iMr «f tU 
 
 * Aiwnget otter elawe* of eaid OontrMt, reler^ So in pUiatifik dwdaottlon, MMdi ^ekntioa coat^M' the 
 
 '""yuSltwi further agreed by end between e«d partlee. that if tt dionid appeal to the ehlif eagiaeer of 
 "tteMid Cb«pMy, thatthee»t«b«dimentandrtt«J»fprogreei,atii«inlheaaidw«rlM,ww^n^^ ee 
 •He iaeare the eompletion of the .aine witMn the time in and by the eaid agreement limited, or U the pleto- 
 '•tifb ehoold penriit ia any conree *ont»ry to the in*trneti«» of the chief engiaea. or ia any nUaet viaUte 
 •'the prottriont and etideat import of wdd eontract, ttre eaid Oompwiy, on betog aA&ted to that efftet, ehoold 
 •tjtaw the power at dJMtetion and without pyoTiottB notice or proteat, ami witbont proeewi or ittit at law, 
 "either to uke the work oat of the hands of the contiaetom and re-let the ume, wiA or wittent pnvioaa 
 "adtertiiement, to any peraon or pertone willing to undertake the completion of the wme, or to employ 
 ♦•other additional mechanic* or workmen, and proride materiali, took and other neueaiary matten and 
 •'thmge at ihe eaponie of ^intift. and complete the eame. or to make sntb a dedhetion aa the aaid Ckn^^y 
 «may coniid«*n«cient to eo»er any defidency or imperfection in any part of the wwka, and in caae tha 
 "pUintiflk ihonM be liaUe for dam»jt»e and eatra cort end espen^turea whidi tM Compaay might iaont 
 ••by reaeon of Ae piemiiee, and ahonld forfWt aU moniea due to them by Ae edd Company oa aepoaat of Oe 
 
 The Bill of parUculan filed by the RMpondenta wift their decliratton ]^tad in appendiii, ta Car work 
 tUdmedaeactuaUy done, and for materiali fiimiihed and need by the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad 
 Go and Appdlknti in the aald wteks, and amounta t* £848 and, after deducting £466 aekaowladgei to 
 taw been reeeited on account, l«»w the balance of £380, and ihii BUI of partionl«t the KeqMmd- 
 «Bte aet forth item by itmn In their declaration, the remMuder of their claim of £870 being for damagee by 
 reaeon of the worhe hating been taken out of their handi. 
 The«e damagee, not included b Kll of partionlara, are alleged a ariitog : 
 
 lit; Frma loee of proflte which might hate been made, had Becpondento been permiited to complete their 
 contract, and flrom being thrown out of employmcht. 
 2nd. Loit of r^mUtwnaaihilUulartiiane and fdarfUl workmen. 
 
 8rd. From delaye of Company'* Engineew in laying out work, and change of plaat and contradictory orderi. 
 There U no claim made in plaintiff* deelaraUon by way of the eoMaaan count* tor work and labor done, and 
 meteitob frndthed, ande ftom the eon^et, but the whole aoOon ia bated and reata on the coatraet asd ita 
 folfillment by the pUinrtift. Bceide* a defintt mfond* e»/<^the de&adanU by two exe^tiau after ad- 
 mitting the eentraeti ittbataatiaUy put ta iiaue.— , 
 
 That tta ^atatiA had wholly ^hd to Mftll t&MJr eonifiraci^fiiaof contjpilSiigthe worka iatiBW— taaat: 
 perftofariBt ttidrweriiia a wWfcMttilka nwiHCt-^tegiBi fkoOnr, that the wttk done waa had aikl Ae au< 
 
 
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tffWb bad, to that a kage aneoat of ttM work doaa had to bt nmovod and uw matwiali Ainrfahad— tint 
 tl»piaiatiA ralluad to obey (ha iutraationa of tba Oompaay'a BngUiaan, and aft«r tapaalad nodfiaaliow hf 
 tb« anginaanaBdagmta of tha St. LawnBoedc Atlantic Railroad Co. thatthaworkiWfMtbotalMaovtortk 
 |tjitiiiMai haadi ualaaa tbejr prooeadad with graatat diliganoa and pravidad bettor matariai*. Tba plaiatiA 
 fldkd to do io, and in oonMqoenaa (on tba 3Sd Jana 18S8) tba St Lamaaoa & Atlan«)s Railroad Co., «u 
 eompaUad, fbr Itl ofrajROtecUon, and to arable the Company to uie their Road, to t^9 tba wecka ont of 
 tba yH« «MIW handa, aa antborisad bjr tba oontiaet and to employ otbar workman to eompleta tba worka. 
 
 That all tba worka dona and matariala fomiabad for tba work* by pUintifik, induding all Iba aateriaU 
 left at tba time tba oontraet waa takon fitom tbam, botb on tba Company'a grocad and alaewbara, (wranif tbe 
 nataiiaU bad baan good and tba work well done.) did not exceed tbe anm of £893 7a lid aa aet forth in 
 defendantf' Ssblbit No. 1, but that tbe material* on the ground were not paid Ibr by plaintiflk, and tba 
 Company waa ctmpelled to pay and did pay for tbam, and the item for work partially completed for Way de 
 Water Stationa ebarged at tbe anm of £186 waa only worth £40, and that moreover no part thereof waa 
 evar dellTered ta or reeei^ by anpellanta, nor eould they ever obtain po**e**ion of any part of them, daliv- 
 ery thereof having been ratbaed to tbe Company by the parUae having them la pQi*ei*ion. 
 
 nwt at«B if tbe pkin^ff' were al^owad payment tu M work donf and material* fumiabed, and for all th» 
 nateriala which the Company conld get into it* po**e«*ion and were compelled to pay for to the partiee fnmiah- 
 iagtheaamo, and which plaintilb have charged the Company with, but never paid for themaalvea, and for all 
 tba partly flniahed work whieb the plaintili* have charged for, bnt which the Company never coak) gat aor 
 aaed, tba whole would only amount, at their value, to £417 . 7 . lid, while plaintiA admit the paymeat of 
 £4M, and that the Oonpaay, on tbe urgent aoltoitationa of plaintiff* for money, bad advanced a much larger 
 aum than waa actually due to them, 
 
 Tbe Itene waa joined by general anawen and rapUoationa on tbe part of plaintifib. 
 
 The only quoation of law ariaing ob* of tbe eridenea in tbia eaaa, decided by the Court below in render- 
 ing judgevent, waa — whether tbe Company under the ibeta diaeloaod, waa warranted in taking tbe work out 
 of the handa ot Raepondenta under the olauie in the oontraet to that effect. 
 
 Appellanta anbmit that the St. Lawrence dc Atlantic Railroad Co., was warranted in lo doing. 
 
 Tbe laat of the work* were to be oompleted by tbe Ut November, 1852. The work wa* bad and material* 
 bad. The plaintiffk, after repeated warning* and notifleationa to proceed with tbe works to completion, and 
 to employ a greater number of men, neglected to do *o (although at Lennoxville the Company abaolutely 
 required the uaa of the Way Station) and plaintiff* were at the aame time not performing the work accord- 
 ing to oontraet. The work was taken out of plaisitiffs' hands on the 3drd June, 1893. 
 
 Tba queation is chiefly one of evidence and the Appellanu culmit that the Court below haa wholly failed 
 to appreciate the evidence on both sides. 
 
 The fignrea which the learned judge handed to the counsel at the time of rendering jadgemeat, will 
 be foaad ia tbe appendix, by wbioh it will boseea that even taking the vicw,pf the case tbe court then did, 
 the judgement ha* been rendered for the sum of £30 more than was intended, by a wrong addition in the 
 amount of tbe diffsrent itema allowed by the Court. It is submitted that a great portion of the Evidaaee of 
 the plaintiiEi ia hearaay, and the caleulation* as to the value of the work actually done by plaintifb, are baaed, 
 not on any personal knowledge of tbe worka dene by them, but on information obtained from the plaintiflib 
 and othera, and it is submitted that aa to the damages and loss of proAta wffered or alleged to be suffered by 
 plaintiffs by reaaon of the contract having been taken from them, none of tbe plaintifis' witnesses had ever 
 aeen the eontraet nor knew peraonally what the works actually were whieb tbe plaintiff* had contracted to 
 perform, and such of tbe plaintifis' witnesses as speak of the specifications) speak uf a paper in the hand- 
 writing of Fraser, one of the plaintiA (but which is in no way proved to be the actual specifications for the 
 work) and that therefore, they are not in a pontion to speak aa to such damage* or loss of profit* — whereaa. 
 Appellants' witnessea apsak from peraonal kaowlege, having built similar Stations under more favorable cir- 
 cumatanoes, botb as to tbe prices of wages and materials. It will be remarked that the work* were taken 
 out of the haada of the plaintifb on&e 23d June, and the Estimat«s as made by plaintiffs' witnessea, wer» 
 not made till the 11th October, 1853, alter the works bad been oompleted by the Company, and that there ia 
 an absence of legal proof that the works actually valued by plaintiffs' witnesses, were performed by the lU- 
 apondents. If such wero the case, and the Eatimate aaytbiag like a correct one, ii would only tend to eon- 
 firm the testimony of Appellants' witneeses, that the Respondents in contracting to build the Way Stationa 
 at £215 each, had made a bad contract and that even if the Company were not Ingally justified in taking the 
 works ont of plaintiffii' bonds, instead of this being any damage, it was rather a benefit to Kespondenta, aa 
 the Appellanta have made no clum, either for overpayment or for moniea expended in flnisbiag tba worka. 
 
 The Appellants submit however, that the St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Co., bad just grounda to take 
 tbe works out of the Respondents hands, and that the argument used by tbem in the Court below, that de- 
 laya were oeeasioned by the Engineers, is unproved to any extent, and is, moreover untenable — there being 
 no notification to, or protest against tbe Company by plaintiib at the time. 
 
 The Appellants submit that the evidence adduced by them in the Court below (published in the appendix) 
 bear* out the pretensions set forth in their pleas, and that tbe Court below should hare dismissed pUiatiA' 
 action, and that ia no case were they entitled to any damages for the loss of profits, wLich tho Court eeti- 
 nwted at £70. 
 
 The following is a copy of the judgement of the Court below :— 
 
 Tbe twenty-aeventh day of March, One thouaand Eight hundred and fifty-eight 
 
 Pbxsxrt: 
 The HoNOKiBLB Ma. Jtrsncx Srost. 
 
 The Court baring beard the parties by their reapective Counael, examined the proceeding* and proof of rt- 
 coid, ia thia Cause filed, and upon the whole deliberatad, doth consider that inasmuch as hy the evideao* 
 
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 •AdBMd, it U amMg oAw ihingt, wtaUiihad tlut at tht tintth* Mid PhiatiA van d i i mi md hj ib» !)•&»• 
 dHU 2tom Mm work ipoeiflad in tke Oontnet mwdoMd uid nfenad to in dia Pibintift' dtoUntlaB, tkt7 kad 
 pM&raMd ia • good and worlnuuililw numor, aiidw tho diNotbn, inapootioa, ud upcrintonduoo of tlw &>- 
 giBotn ud AgoBia of ttw Mid ptfandanta, • oouidorablo aawiuit of the aaid work^ad liad ibuad and ptovidad 
 di^raiB oiatwiala aad a aoawayy tbiiigi for tha Mid wotk, tka whola of the rahie of Six hnadiadaad thiity-ona 
 foaada aaraa aUlliaga aad alavaa paaee ounanoy, that irhalavar delay had ooonnad in tha axaeatioa of a^ 
 work, hadbaea Mvaad by the Daitadaatathenaalvaa, aad that Ihay, the aaid PlaiatiiU, were thea pwaeed- 
 inc milk the aaid woric well, end wi:*> Maaoaable oaiarity, and in m mveh u itappaara by the oridoaM, that 
 the aaid Ooatnet would hare yielded te ^« aaid PlaiatUb a profit of from tan to twenty per eent, they tha 
 aaid PlaiatiA are entitled to recover bom tLc aaid Defendauta, m wall the aaid aum of Six hnadiod aad 
 tWity-oao pounda Mven aUIUnga end eleren penoeCoRency, u the ftirthet aam of Berenty ponada OnmMy, 
 aa daaaagaa, equal to ten per oent of the price of the work mnaining to be done nader the aaid Ooatnet, 
 after dadueting therefrom the aom of Fonr hoadred aad Sixty-fire pou|vda Oorreaey, paid by the aaid Dafbad- 
 aata, and doth in conaequenae a(Uudga end condemn the laid Dafendanta to pay the aaid PlaiatiA, the lum 
 •ndf^ and thirty-ais pounda Ser en ahilllngi end eleven pence, with intereat on the aaid aam from 
 ijmo DjgHmde ^-^Jrvtr, f"'* *"*** "*' ""firt(f -— *• to PlaintiA AttwoiM. 
 
 By the Court, 
 
 C'^'^^"'^/ juvmaa u M oir ths pabt of thb Dnainusn. 
 
 JAXia A. GowoVi af the Town of Sherbrooko, in the Diatriot of St. Franda. Coatraotor, aged about 43 
 yeara, beiDg duly aworn npoa the Holy ETaagiliit*, doth dapote and My : 
 
 I know all the partiea in thia canw. I am not related, allied nr "' ^'^ to any or either of them, nor in- 
 tereeted ia the event of thia init. I know Fi«Mr, one of the ptaintifli, and am in the employment of the 
 defendanta, and have been ao ainoe the firit of May 1868. I have examined the eontraete betwMn the Plaia- 
 tiA and the St. Lawrtnoe dt Atiaatio Railroad Company, fyled in thia cauaeby the Defendanta m their Ex- 
 hibit No. "4," a copy of which ia alM fyled by PlaintiA in thia cauM, aa their Exhibit No. "1," by which 
 the PlaintiA undertook to build for the Mid St. Lawimce & Atlantic Railroad Compaay at iha Mowing 
 peiioda :— The Water Suiion at Windaor, to be completed on the firat day of August next after date of 
 aaid contract, to wit : Anguat l*t 1869. The Way dc Water Station at Lennoxville on the fifteenth day of 
 Sepaamber then next. Way 4i Water Station at Waterville on the firtt day of October then next. Way 
 dtWaterStatioaatCompto&onaamedate, and Way & Water Stut'on near Baldwin'a Mill, TownaSip of 
 Banatoa, OB tha firat day of November then next according to the apecificationi, for the price of two hundred 
 and fifteen pounds currency for each Way Station, aad ninety-five pounda currency ibr Mch Water SuUon. 
 
 On the firat of May 1863 I wm employed by taid St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company m auperin- 
 tendant of Bridgca and Building* between Longueuil and Itlaad Pond, upon the line of aaid Railway, and 
 have oontinued ae aver aiaco, in aaid oapaeity. The Water Station at Windaor, I believe, waa completed be- 
 fore I went into the empbyment of the Company. I cannot state whether it wm completed according to 
 coatraot, M I had nothing to do with it I found the PlaintiA in the act of building the Way Station at 
 Lennoxville, that ia, they had partially completed it. I told plainti A to put men on, and complete the 
 Lennoxville Station at once, m the Company wished to have it completed for immediate um. I found part 
 of the Verandah floor had been laid, and that the joico (jotita) was broken down. I also found the joice 
 WM amaller than the dimensions specified in the epeoifioation. via : they were three inches by six, instead of 
 four inchM by eeven. I told him to take Uiom out and put in larger oom which would be in accordaaee 
 with the speciflMtions. I wm then abMnt from the work for a week, and when 1 returned to Leimoxville I 
 found two men at work there ; they had put in some joiee 2^ inches by seven, and had cut them so short 
 that by shoving them up the joice at either end, they would fall. I ordered them to take them out. I in- 
 quired where FraMr wu. They aaid he wu at Waterville. I requeated him to meet me there, Lennox- 
 ville, on the third or fourth day afterwards. He did not come. I then went to Waterville to sm him. I 
 told him 1 had instructions from the company to put on men and finish np the work, but that I did not 
 want to do it, and that he had better put on men and finish the work. He promised to do so, but did not. 
 I went to him wveral timn, to no avail, he often promised, but did nothing. Thia converMtion alluded to 
 the Sutiona at Lennoxvillo, Waterville, Coaticook. But I more particularly requHted him to flniah the Len- 
 noxville Station firat, M the track wm laid there, and the Company required to um it I put no men o^ the 
 work until plaintiA got hie (their) dismissal from the Company. This waa some time in the month of June. 
 I handed him the letter of diamisMi myself. The paper now shown me. plaintiA' Exhibit No. Mvca ia the 
 aame, h I believe, to be the letter I refer to. I then put men on the Station to finish it. Some portions of 
 the work at tha Lennoxville Station was well enough, and some of it wm poor, both aa to materials and 
 vorkmaaahip. The roof I found poor. The contract required pine shingles, 18 inchM long and laid 4} 
 InchM to the wMther. I found that spruce shinglM were used meMuring 16 inchM, and laid 6, 6 and 7 
 inchM to the wMther, causing the roof to leak badly, and we were compelled to got shinglM and repair the 
 rooi^ but could not make a good job of it then. The architraves were to have been six inchM, 8 incli 
 Aured. I found only a plain skirting, only four and a half indwa wide; the loeka were to have been ear- 
 penter'a loeka, I found email iron locks, and all out of repair excepting one ; the office door waa to be a 
 aaah door, opening into two halvM in the centre, which door we removed and put in a new one ; we also 
 had to take down a portion of the chimney and rebuild it ; the boards, by the apeeifioationa of the ontaide, 
 were to have been inch boards, tongued and grooved, doubled, that is, two boarda one inch thick, but there 
 WM only ono thiokncM 6f boardF^ and they had been put on green, and had ahmnk ao much that we were 
 «,bliged to remove them repair them and put them on again. I do not believe that any man could make one 
 
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 I W4 ttaM kwdrad pmadb ajratV flbt baiUiagt fnoiMly ti like Mm* kiad on A* mbm Um of lUUnaAat 
 VyiMi mA Ailpo lb* yMP rnviow iAm tmi wkmt Mot ud attwitli w«M olMapar, ud I auda abMt 
 «Mlf* Mid « ktir p« ont OB Mid Midtaga. 
 
 Ifco d lft iia n bo l won <U prieo I had M pay t« Mrpwrtm in tho yow 1W1, wfcon I buUt Ummo ataMew 
 ^maa^wititaf adoUaiparday UaathaBoonldbap(ooar*diBthayaar 1M9. ThadibnoM tathapiiea 
 •r labar aad tha dWiNMa la Um pilaaof malaiiaU wooM havamoNtkaaawaUawad ap all tka pioiU laada 
 •I AMa kaa^bad poaada. I tikiak ptaiatM coaM maka iftaaa pouadi pnit upon aaak Watar SUtioa. 
 I ttiak tka Walar Stalioaa, If kvilt aMordiag to ika eoatMot and tpaeiflMtiona, ooold ba buUl Ibr Nvanty. 
 iva pvaada. It eoat dafiadaaita alikty-flra poaadi, fooHaan •hitlia|i to flaiih tka Station u it bow ia at 
 LaaaoBviUa. TIm atatioa ia not now Anfahed aeoordiag to th* original plaa and ipoeiflMtioB. It woald 
 iMTa aaat mom to kava flaiahad tka Way Station at LannoaiviUt aoaocding to tka original plan and apaeiflaa- 
 tioB ihas it wwald to flaiak it in tka maaotr it no«r ia. Thar* ia an altaiaiion tnn the original apacUntioa 
 In tka imndartwi, but I do not know by wkoso ordora it waa dona s tka original apaoiftMtion apaeiftad that 
 Aa feuadatioa wu to ba ItiiflT atona aaMaiy. ftwa and » kai( fwt iw4«r Vowfii, and tha foondatloa aa 
 aatoally built ia now on Mdar poata, namb«ring, I think, thirty or thirty-four ; th* price of tha oadar poato 
 and patting tkam in wocld eott about flve pound* — and the (tone foundation aoeording to tha apaeiileatioaa 
 would coat at l*aat nin*t*an pound*. Th* mtaonry, that i* the buiUiog of the wall alone, auppoting that 
 all the aMterial* kad b«aa on the ground, would eoat more than tha foandation a* it now itandi, aon*i*ting 
 of e*dai poat*. Aeooidiag to the prioM I have paid mytelf for building aoeh wall or ma*onry it would coot aina 
 doUaiB and tea eenta mere to lay the wall without counting tka eoat for laying the *toDes on th* ground. In my 
 aatimato of what it would oo*t to build theio Way and Water Station* I include thoi*, all thoM *tation* whiek 
 tka Pkintiflh nodartook to ku)d. There waa no Water Station built at LaanosviUe ; the frame for a water 
 alatioB waa |p>li out and on tha ground at Lenmnrille, and wa* nearly if not altogether framed. I made aa 
 aatimat* of die ralua of the timber and tka work done upon tho frame, and Mtimated the value at twenty 
 ponnda. In all my MtimatM made of tha work done and material* furniahed by the PlaintiSii for th* Saint 
 Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company under aaid contract, at the time the work waa taken out of their 
 band*, I allowed an additional flftaen per cent over and abore what I conaidered a fair price and value for 
 anoh work and material*. I have examined the paper writing filed in thi* oauae a* "Defendant*' Exhibit No. 
 1," and that ia the Mtimate I made of all the work of tha work done, and of the material* furm*h*d by 
 Plaintiil* to the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, under the aaid contreot, amounting 
 £9Si 7 11, and thi* include* the fllteen per cent over what I considered the actual value of *aid materi- 
 al*. Tha first two item* in taid account for the Windaor Station I did not oatimate, aa the work waa flaiah- 
 ad bafbre I baoame anparintandant, and the full contract price for the Water Station allowed, and alao the 
 oharga for the water Tank there, a* mad* in Plaintifb' Exhibit No. 4. At the time when the plaintiHb war* 
 diaoharged ttom Mid work* the rtondition of the Way and Water Statiotf at WatarviUo was aa follow*:— 
 Tke Water Station wm framed and raiaed, rongh-boarded and shingled, and tha water tank plaeed in it. 
 There wu nothing done to the Way Station there, nor wa* th*ro any matoriala on the ground for it. Tnora 
 wu soma window aaah, doors, couple (coupling) block*, door (lrame«,and some window frames, in Mr. Fjandera' 
 akop at Watorville, but.with the exception of two or three of the coupling block*, and a f*w of the window and 
 door framee, aneh work and material* wa* (were) not according to contract ; the coupling block* were too small 
 and the doora nearly a foot ahorter than the plan. The Company besides never got possession of any of 
 tkoM things from Flandem* shop, they refused to let the company have thorn for the reason that the plain- 
 tiA owed him, and that he would not let tUcm go until he was paid. Supposing that the material* and 
 partly finished work at the Waterville Station had been good and had been made according to the said *pa- 
 dfleation*, th*ir value wotdd not have amounted to forty pound* ourraney. I made that estimate of their 
 value, allowing fifteen per eaat additional, m set forth in Defendants' Exhibit No. 2. I allowed forty 
 pounds in my estimate for tha materiala and labor don* at Waterville, cud that waa a very large allowance. 
 
 Tha situation of tha PUiatiSi worka at Coatieook, when tiie work* were taken out of their hand*, wa* a* 
 Callows : — Tha Way Station waa about half framed, part only of the materials were on the ground for the 
 frame, and another part which Lad been got out, as I understood, by Mr. Baldwin, but he would not deliver 
 it, that is, the portion that waa lacking, unlaw I would psM my word that he should be paid for it. The 
 Company afterwarda gave ma a hundred dollars or thereabout, which I paid o ver to them (him. ) In iiiet, tho 
 pUintifi* paid nothing ibr the material* deliTcred at the Coatieook Station. That part of the materiala on 
 tike ground at Coatieook were taken and paid for by Mr. McFarlaine, who built the Station at Coatieook and 
 paid the partiea who furniahed tha aame, and oa I have already *atd, the Company paid for such material* *• 
 waia afterwarda retjnirad, and war* not delivered on the ground, at the tisM tha contract waa taken out of 
 their handr In tke estimate I gave the Plaintifis I allowed them all the materiala which were upon the 
 ground, aa if they had paid for it, but it turned out aiterivard* that the Plaintitfs had not paid for it, and it 
 wu paid for by BIr. Mcf arlaina and tha Company. The plaintiff* had don* nothing at Compton ; a brick 
 atatioa ha* aince bean built I cannot My whether the work* were finished in a* economical a manner a* 
 the plaintm might po**ibly have dona it. I only mw tha manner ia which they conducted their butinoM 
 from tha ftrat of May when I webt there, up to their dismissal. Tha plaintifis in this cauae might of (have) 
 finiabed tho Lennoxville Station from the time 1 went on to the worlc up to the time thoy were diamiseed. 
 A brick Water Station wm afterward* built at Compton, a way and Watar Station of briek, Waterville, and 
 tka aame at Coatieook. My opinion is that the Plaintifi would of (have) suffered more damage, if they 
 kad been compelled to finiah their contract, than by having tha work taken oat of tkeir hand*. If th* plain- 
 tiflk had finiabed their contract aa they were bound to do, they mu*t, from the price* they took tke work at, 
 of (hata) loat money at lewt to tha amount of £1^0. I am'not awaro whetbet tha Plaintifik, between tke 
 Arat of hUf, and tk* tioM thay wen diaekargad, ware Botifiad by any other poiaon to prooaad with tha 
 work*. 
 
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 UtwdMt of ^ iMod works on dM Road, Pr xrl wwfcltot <i— I M J fewj l l i w mj k m tm ntt » ter tiMBa. 
 I M\x kU tho italioM wMtpt two oa tito loti baili bcAm pUiatURi wn l wol. I twiiwi Ih thtno boiid. 
 lag! i« pU«Mk foalMtt mnli0a«4 •! tk« tlMiPliikiMk.tnitM(L Ah-mw mI MirMimWay tmtec 
 for way Mid watar alaHoBi waa aona thiw hudiad aad algli^ ad*, faamll DHminttttJSahOii No. 1 la 
 a fon^ flm aatiiaata thall mada at th« ttnatin •eatmol waa MMa^ iMiIha PlaiatMk' I tUak I ga«« 
 tlw pMairtlk a oon* of as artUaata wWak 1 waaAmki^Hm ytaiatMb win Jlfiiatpd ii Aatiwaa aot a oopy 
 of tUa aatiaiata, bat waa wma flftaaa par oaat Tha pUatUk bar., kol,lud-« aayy of dafeadaata' Sa- 
 UHfcjKo,,! to my knowladge. Tbaoopy »Plaiatlfl» BaUUl X" aaw ypdaaad apjuw t» bo a copy of tba 
 ddmata mada by no wbra tba plaintia woio diaebargad, bat Urn d gBata aa, Jaaua A. GkMdoa, aabaeiibad 
 tbantOi I do aot boIioM to ba my bandwritiag. 
 
 QMt((Mair.->Did yo« in tba flitt Eatimala, and tba ana iuaiabad to plalatCA, amk* aay allowaaea iu 
 ohangaa in foundation at Windaor ? 
 
 Atmter. — I did not know of any ebango in tba foundation at Windaor. 
 
 QHMtMm. — By wbom ware ycm mada awara of tliaaa aliaagta } 
 
 Atumir.—l do not know wbatbar it (waa) Fraatrwbo toldme,(or) wbatbw it waaby-awamiaiag tba apaaifl- 
 
 Qa<fU««. How it it that in your first aattamta tba amoimt of all tba «o^4«aa by PlaiatiA at Lea* 
 no* villa, «r« valtied at only a baadivd awl niaataen poaada, wbtWiaald worha-fci yam aaaond Eatimata an 
 valval at a bundr«4,aad eigbtyflra ponnda? 
 
 jliwwer.— When I made the Talnatloa of tbo work* the flrat time, I allowed wbat I eonaidafod tbay ware 
 wortbt.and whan I mada the socond Taloation laat winter, I than allowed thoaa prioea wltiob I eonaidarad to 
 be nwre than the value of them, but I put tbate price* down otieulating to allow liberally for all tba work* 
 dona. 
 
 QaaKivJ.— la your examination in efaief you ««y in your eatimata in "Oefcndanta' Bxbibit No. 1" yon 
 allowed to PlaiatifGi fifteen per cent above wbat ;ua eomidered a fair price for tba wprk aad materia done. 
 I* the eetimate-of the wurk done at Lennuxvillo fifteen par cent more than the flrat eelimata; if not, what 
 per cent Itigber i* it ? 
 
 Animr.—f abould have itated (run fifteen to thirty |ier cent. I eannot tell bow macb Mgher the esti- 
 mate of the work ht Lennoxville in the lacond cttimata i* than the first, without a oaleulation. In making 
 my aeeond estimate I added from fifteen to thirty per cent over the actual value of the worka done by the 
 Plaintif* for the Baint Lawrenee and Atlantic Kailroad Company, hofung by ancb a liberal eatimato the 
 aettlement migh( tte arrived at between plaintiffs and defendant*. 
 
 QiiatfM.— Was not the last eiUroate niade at the request of defendants' Attorney long after this action 
 was broaght ? 
 
 Antmer. — I believe it wn* some time after the action was brought. 1 lememfaer that theaummona in this 
 cause waa aent to me by the President or Superintendent, with a letter of instructions, whieb I don't now 
 recollect. 
 
 Qnea/toM. — Are not the item* in your first eatimata respecting work at Cooticook th» eame, with (he ex* 
 ceptioa of the third, which is omitted, as thoae in the first estimate, with the varianoM of eleven penee? 
 
 Punier.— 1 do not remember what my second estimate was at Coatieook. In reforeaM to it, I find tbey 
 are the same. 
 
 Questton — In the third item of your first estimate, •■Plaintifi*' Exhibit X" yon have eatimated two thou- 
 sand feet board meaanro of sound timber four pounds. Is that the same timber aa yon refer to aa 
 having bean retained by Ualdwin until the company paid for it? 
 
 Aiuwer.—li waa not nawn timber bnt boards. They ore not the aame. The boarda which were Uken 
 away were seasoned boards and piled up and covered. 
 
 Qitsariea Whs^e did you get tbo plan, "Defeadant'a Exhibit A."? 
 
 ^nraer.'— There was » speeifieation put into my handa when I waa appointed auparintendenl of the worka. 
 I am not aura whether this is the one or not." 
 QHastjoa.— Is this signed by any peraon } 
 
 ilaawer.— I don't know whether this is signed or not, but one given to me I believe was aigned. Upon 
 examining I find it is not signed. 
 
 QiMstJoa.— Did yen not receive from Mr. Fraaer, one of the plaintia, tba speeifieatioaa which were ftir- 
 nished them for their work ? 
 
 i4N«aier.— I recollect one day at Waterville when eoming on to the workst aaking for a apedfieation, aa I 
 had not mine with me, and he (;avo me tho •pecifioation, and when I examined the apedficatian I found that 
 their work waa not aooording to the apemfloatioa*. 
 Qiiesl^. — Did yon ever give it back to him ? 
 
 Gnawer .—If I remember right the specification waa in hie own hand-writing, aad I think I gave it back 
 to bim iatkiediately. 
 
 Qaeirioa.— Can you state poaitively that you did not receive of him a spaeiflaatia'i about the twenty-eec- 
 ond di^ of June, 18S3, and never afterwards gave them l>ack to him } 
 
 Aimter. — I have no recollection of receiving a speciAoation ftora Mr. Fraaer. My impreaaion ia that hia 
 foreman, after PlaintifEi were turned off the work<, gave me a apecification which Fraaer bad fiimiabed bim 
 for thabvUdiilg at Coatieook. 
 
 QmsKm.*— Is it not true Uiat when Plaintiffii were ready to put up the Watw Station at Waterville the 
 grpuad waa not graded, and that plaintiffs had to get it done by Mr. McGovem, in order to get on with tho 
 w<wk> 
 
 At^hetr'.—l never beard of any complaint of that kind. In fact, where the Water Station waa b>.iUt it was 
 alittwf aatttially a grade, and when t first went there cedar post* were set to place the bnitding upon. 
 
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 QhmMmi.— Ii it Ml inHBui vhw «Im «ralnrt «w Mm frM PlaiBtUb On ilto •! 
 WW Bot ynpMMl « gndad ftv tfit bvlUIif r 
 
 Aiumtr.—l OMMt My whtti'^r It wm gnM w Mi 
 
 QmmKm.— b tl Bot tnM Hkfit bo Wtt* St»ti«i hM «rw Wn Mlt tl LMumnWBf 
 
 if MMr.— Tlwn hM BOM 'mm boilt at LmbokvUIb. 
 
 QimH»m — Did jmgo^, LraBOxrllto ud WatiTvUli. or eitlM^of Uiom pUoM. togotW Willi Fiwvobo of 
 ylaistifli, Moompubd wU'a Idw Lom, Homo* B«A<t oBd DoTid O. Stoiao, to oxmbIbo plaiiitift' Yoriu f 
 
 ilBMNr.— I did. 
 
 <2<iMt<M.— Wm MtatLaw HMvjr, o wHbom Ib tUi mbm, pNMBt wImb jtob onMriBod Iht matariab ud 
 wo«k doBO Ib otep kl Wktorrfflo? 
 
 Antm$r.r-^ do not kBo» w hrt l Mr bo irao at Bot. I kovo po looolloolioii of U« boiBg Aon. 
 
 QMMtfM^Did yott tad ■ayfluai vltb dw antwialo Mi ««k dmi^ iMriyl W«MfflM Ib fmoMO of 
 
 QoMite.— Did yov Bot nqoMt tiMM f«rtiM 10 valtto Mid wofk r 
 - J»MMr.-^I did. "^ 
 
 Question,— 'It aol Ifr. Lowo reproMntod to bo • good Jodgt of workt 
 
 ^MMor.— ^Hoii. 
 
 <^iMtfMi.— Hod not tbo plaintiff at WatoniUo a oiraalaf mw. fdaslat iwdttBo, taraiBir (toBgoiag) aad 
 giooTing aiMbiao, aad aa aprigbt Mw, pot np In tha porpotM of tbU work; at a oo«l of about lw*Bt]r>8*o 
 {Mraadaf 
 
 Jmmmt. — I do not kaow tbat tboy bad. I beard tbom My tbat tboy bad a aluv tbaro. 
 
 QaMfioa.— Wan not tbo natariab and work done ia abt^ at WatuviUe for tbaCoatioookStatioB render- 
 ed nnaoeeaaary by roaaon of defcadaata* cbanfing Ibab plaa and building a briok StatioB at Coatieook I 
 
 Aiuwer.—'Shiut waa no ebanga in tbe plaa antil the contraet wm taken away tirom titam tbat I am aware 
 of, and tbe ptineipal part of nuteriab tbere fomiabed by plaintiA did not agrM witb the qiecStoatiione. In 
 iaet, we ooBtiBned to complete tbo frame after tbe w«k was Uken oat of pUtntiffr' banda. 
 
 Queaiim. — Can yon iwear tbat you bave leen epeciliMtioM eigned by D. ?>tark or any of tbo eogineere of 
 the Derendanta, wUob were Aimiahcd and dellvared to plaistift when the contraet wm pvt into their banda? 
 
 Aiuw«r. — ^I cannot. I do not recollect of ever having *een any aigued, except one or two tbat were ftir- 
 ninhed to me when I had a contraet with the company. 
 
 Qutttion. — Have you had any ipeeial oontnct with defondacta einoo you were general enpertntendent of 
 the wood work ? « 
 
 ilmiper.— Not wkh (bb line. I bad one lut w!r**r, n^t with Saint Lawreaoo and Atlantle Railraed 
 Company, but at Montreal witb the Grand Tmnk. ^^ 
 
 QMCtMoB.— Would not plaintiffe of (have) bad oowmand of tbe ttateriah at Watervillo and at Coatieook, 
 had they been permitted to go on witb their work and received pay m the work pro g rewed to enable them 
 to mMt their liabilitiea.* 
 
 Atumr. — I eannot My. 
 
 (^teMMm.— Look at tbe BxbibiU lyied by PlhinUA marked »X," -Z," and »Y." and My whether tbe aig- 
 nature Bei\j. HoImM, V. P., are the aignaturea of Benjamin HolmM, Vice>Pmldent of the Saint Lawrence 
 aad Atlantic Railroad Company. 
 
 Annual: — ^I ihonld My they were Bei^amin Holme*' lignature. 
 
 Theaignatttre *'Jm. A. Gmdon," anbtcribed to Plaintiffe Exhibit No. "6" ia my aignatare. Mr. Stark 
 told ma when there wm a diiBenlty between plaintiffi and defendanU, to gat a wttlement by arbitration, bat 
 idaintiffli' attorney required lometbing etronger at tbe time, that ia, after the partiM bad exaayned tbe work 
 and returned to Sherbrooke. 
 
 Quetdm.'—JM not plaintilb reqnire that a bond ihould be made which abould bo binding on defendanta 
 M the final aettlement, and inaamocb m this wm not done, ame not tbia tbe caoM of tha thing fiiUing 
 through } 
 
 Answer.— I cannot My m to tbat. I cuppoted that what wo had eignad wm onoa^, and bad tbe wbitra- 
 tiott gono on, I think they would of (have) ttood to it. I do not know whelber any other one other than 
 Mr. Stark wm aware of tbe arbitration. 
 
 Queation.— Were not pkintiflii by their contract to act under the direction of the enginoar* ? 
 
 Aniwr. — ^Tbe ccmtraet apeaka for itaelf. 
 
 QwrlioU.— Ia apeafciag of Hkt work at LennOxWlIle not being according <o contraet do yoa not ntean tbat 
 it WM not according to Oafendant'a Eahibit A } 
 jlMwer.— They were not according to the plana and apecifioatioo*. 
 
 The witnoH having beard tbe foregmng depoaition rmd, he deoLuM the Mme tocontaia tfw truth, pereieta 
 tboreio, and bath lignad 
 
 JA8. A. GORDON. 
 Taken, awora and acknowledged at Enquete littingi tbia ITtb of November, 1M7. 
 
 E. SHORT, J. S. C. 
 
 CHAu.xf A. Jouuv, of tbe Toam of Sborhmtdte, Carpenter, briag awom aaiA. 
 
 I know tbe partiM in tbia mum. I am not related, allied, or of kin to any or either of tlwBi, nor iBtereeted 
 la tbe event of tbie anit. 
 
 I am in the aervice of tbe defendanta, aad have bean to work on the line Ibr lomo iva or atx yMn peat. 
 I am acquainted witb Mr. Frater, one of tbe plaintift, and I remember that tbe plaiattOi bad a contract to 
 build (ome Way and Water SUtiona on tbo then St LawftuM and Atlantic Railway Coa^ny at Wiadaor. 
 Lennoxville, Watarville and Complon. I have eumiaed the contract in tbia mum f^lad m Jafeadaate' Eahibit 
 No. 4 aad alco idaintiffa' Exhibit No. 1, by wbidb the jdaiatifll nodeHook to bdld fiw Oa add St. Lawtaaet 
 
 A»ic»v««8*!»^«!SfFe"\r,. 
 
BtaliMat WladMir, tob«ooMpteM4oBtlMlinlteyolAagwldiMMit aAtt M* 9l ikmmiA otntnUk, 
 to wit, tiM fliM (by of Aogwt IMS. Tlw Way tai Wttar BlMton al T wnT-rlllf III fc< ifph«ii m Um 
 iftMBtfc day af BaptaaW than aaat. Tha Way aad Walar Blatlaa a Watanilla, an tktini day rf Oeto- 
 bwthaaBaxt. Tba Way asd Watar Btatiaa al CoaptoB m aaaa data, aaoofdlag to *a apaoifleatltm, at 
 aad fcr tka pka af two hvndiod aad iAaaa poaada fat aaek Way Statioa, aad alaat -in yoaada tot aaak 
 WatMT ItBtiaa. I am awaia that tha -^laiatiai paifcrmad work oa aavaral ol llMaa aMloaa. I sBdantood 
 Ihay eaaipM*ad tha Wladaor Static bafora I want on to tha work. In tha tea part af tha avMatr, I tttak 
 ia IM Hoaiih ar ^aoi. I waa aaat to LannoxfUU by Jamaa Ootdoa, th* SapariataUaal of Btidgaa and BniM- 
 lag 01 tha Mat Lawiaaoa and AtUntio Railroad from Longaanil to Itlaad Poad, to wark •■ tha atalloa 
 4WM( thmawaaWUUamPaanon, JoaaphHndoa, and aaolhar OuMdiaa whaaa aama I do aat laaoUaet, 
 . voriwd IhM* a ter di^. I uadantood iba waakhad baaa tokan ftom tha pUlatUb aad wa wan aaat on to 
 fiabb it. I bavabaaa a eatpaatar for tba laat taa yaan, aid hava ban a «Miifaai» te baAdiafi, and I aob> 
 ■idar tufMlt a Jndga of Ibe price and quality of earpeatara and Joiaan work, aad Wbarit WMid ooat to araot 
 and flnUb neb building* aa ara BMationod and daaoribad in defandanta Eablbila Na. 4 aad A. 
 
 QiMUiM.— Ia what oondliiaB dU you find tha Btotloa whaa yoa waat thara, aad what waa tha qvality 
 of tba work at LauoavUla t 
 
 iltiMMr.— Whan wa fiiat want thara, tba dooi waa partly laid of ^oagb boarda, aad part of plaaad. it waa 
 ahaatbed np oatiida with ona ooat of boarda plaaad, tongved, and g^rad, (oma of thoaa boardi tha i aguaa 
 wara In tba groove*, and coma ware not ; on a part of tha outaida we «iiBk tha aaila thiaagh to gat tha ahaath- 
 Ing off, and drove th^m together a* well aa wo eoald, and faataned them on again. I eonaidaiad at tha time 
 that tha bcarda were put on graaa and had ebraak. We bad to take tha eaaing off tha wiadow*. aad wa found 
 aftar tba eaaiaga ware taken off, that aome of tha franc* fell out, baeauaa, aa I ooaaidared, tbay ware not pro- 
 parly nailed in. Tho comith (eomice) wa* all taken off tha eomor* and replaced. Tba loof waa repaired ; 
 it waa leaking aome. I do not romember were (whether) they ware tpruoo or pine. The eUmikay wa* part- 
 'V taken down. 
 
 I bava euminad Defendant* EtbiUt marked A, purporting to b* a apecifieation c; c. rtain work*. I bad 
 ■eeii the epaeiflealion for work for Way and Water Stationa on aaid line of Riilroi'd, about the time I worked 
 on the laid Way station at LannoaTiUe, and from my remembrance of tbemt thik Jixbibtt A ia alaiilar to the 
 tpeciflcatioa I then *aw. The foundation of the Way Station at Lenaoxville wa* eo««ied up wheal weut 
 thine, but on taking off the baae-board and diftging down, in order to put on tueh a LMa-bcnvd as required 
 I fonna poati, bu> (o ^n i no maronry ; but I am not prepared to aay that there waa not any quaonry below 
 ' where I dug. 
 
 Qurili n.— What would be the iliffarenea of making tha foundation of **id Way Station on eedar 
 thirty or thirty-four in number, and making a foundation of dry matonry, .<iii|k tW9^.fnd a half feet 
 the aurfooa of the ground and two Aat thtwh on tba top f 
 Antwer.'-l ahould think thara wo>ild bo flfteen pounda dilbreaoe. 
 
 Qi««i^«N.--*Wbioh would be most expenairo, to make auch foundation of cedar poala, or tba mare 
 up of sueh a wall ? 
 
 Antwtr. — I think it would eo*t let* to make a foundation of eed*r poal* than the laying up of the wall 
 Itaelf would, layiug aside to (the) cost of furnishing the atone. 
 
 1 remember that when we went there, that part of tho Verandah wa* brokan down, the keepers on which 
 
 it rested not being sufficient to carry it ; part of it was rioored with placed boards and part of it with rough. 
 
 QMMfioa.— Were the door* of Baggage Room strong, diagonal battened, folding doors, we!*,! nailed, with 
 
 wrot (wrought) iron nails, hung with strong wrot (wrought) T hinges, and baring a ouperior ten inch dead 
 
 lock? 
 
 Anneer. — I would not say aa to the banging. The lonk waa no' a ten inrh lock. I do not romember the 
 other particulars about that door. The prireys was (were) not built at all. I :emember that there waa a 
 door or two made ofter I went there. 
 
 Q«e«<<Mi.— How did ynu 8nd the chimney at that station, and what was done to it ? 
 Aaswen— 'The chimuey waa broken down. The blind oifib that vaa around it wm leaking, and wo built 
 the crib all over, and the chimney was repaired, 
 
 (/Hfition.— Was tha Way Station at Lonnoxville finished according to tha •peeifloaUon, which yoa*ay you 
 saw? 
 
 Answer. — It wa* not. Thar* was only one thickneaa of sheeting outaido, and the priraya were not built 
 at-all. I da aat thialc there wovid 1m muckdifferente in bnildii^ As station aOeording to the apecifleation, 
 and the manner in which it ia built, except that the difference of building the foundation on cedar poata, 
 would coat about fifteen pound* tea* than if laid of dry maaonry. I think the extra verandah behind the 
 atation, would coat about aa mnch as the prive> and partitiona which were not built. 
 
 Qaalion. — How much would it cost to construct such a Way Station and Water Station in the year of 
 1892, the builder famishing tha materiala? 
 
 Answer. — I think, for a rough guess, without making an eatimata, it would coat to build such a Way Sta- 
 tion u that, about three bnndred and twenty-five pounds, and for a Wator Station, raeh as thoae deaeribed 
 in tha apedficalion, aeveaty-five povnd*. In making these estimates I do not ealonlato that it would ooat 
 that sum to the contractor, but thia inoludea a profit of twelve per cent. 
 Qwfifo*.— Can yon state whether the partiea undertaking to build auoh a Way Station in tho year of 
 ' 1852 for tha sum of two hundred and fifteen pound*, would of (have) gained or lost nwaey by it } 
 Annter — I ehenld aay thay would of (have) lost money by it. 
 
 QnettioH. — How mudi money do you beliove they most of (have) lost upon eaeh Way Station ? 
 An$wtr.*f-l should say they muat of (have) loat fifty pounds, that is if they completed them. 
 
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 Mid Wk(m 8tat»n »t ¥il%tarTii]|r«» tlht taiWcyoH fr«M Hmnni} 
 
 iiNNNT.'^TharawMmWfejrSMlaniSnte. 7)Mr«r wm a«im mtedWb thiptftirit.bvtidowimoni-' 
 ber lu»<4riHuek. I•lwliUwl|llW•tteW<rti•r-^t•dmlUMi M«torwlt.A>r it at firoiii tiraiiyto t««ttt]r4l«« 
 j|M>iiiidi,>M-«e ibuad tlma wlM» Ai worit vm teluA mitaf .{lUUitiA' Undi. 
 
 (j^iiMltoti.— W«i«]r<mMCiMtieaok*ttke tun* th* norlt «a taken 'oat of ptdaUff.' luad*; and wbat 
 ««• tba atal* of Um work th«n^(U-tlMt timt ?° . 
 
 Afimer.~>I wMtkcM varyaear thai Unw. Tbata waa aaaka tiMba* thara thf|l f waatolA IhapIaiMiA got 
 Utera'for tba Way Statioa, and tka CampMijr kwJ a Maa hmUtUg ft. 
 
 C'»o»a»ExAM»nn>. > ' ( gw W >»ii.«wpB yQ« Ipww' wkathat (li^ dafudanta piafaMA Mw fiawid fw tka Way 
 aad Water Mtaiipn «t Laadt^xviiia anl WataniU* in 18«9t o* whathtw it waa 4«>«y«4 M IM* ? 
 
 jUmmt. — IdoBotkaow: loaanotaay poiitiTaly. tw«atimaia Jom^ }8Mk)Hit«««l(llwtatty #tiatikei ' 
 ihaynMHid waa ptapatadat not. TfeMi waa Bot« Watat Statioa «t Imumsi^iiiK ani-'kaa aot liaaa ona, 
 bailkatnea. Attb* tlnatite «otk(waa.taka9>«Htt«f tba|dKlntiiIlt*liaiMicth0r*wM*m»tiMfaartiaiiMd or 
 partly firamad. I slMmU tU«l( tba eerily aoiighl kar» oblaittad watat at thk piaaa ky bring (bringiait) it 
 (ha di^nea «f h*U a miia. At tlw lima I want to IieMMtwlia tka CoaqMMiy waa nnaifif Ihalt aui np tu 
 thiaptaMaalllMAilif Maaiif^atatiMi. Tbeiaorof tba baiU^ aaanad tama to ba»f batn laid 
 dam pammim^, and tlwt .dttpbtfoni waa not t'ten lHiil|>\ Wbrn I iq«ak «f Aw taiaadab bting 
 bralna down 1 cannot aay «bad»r it waa nolwiji down by M^ Waig tbrawli vpoa it«iiDt» bat I eoodd* 
 end. at tba tiaa, Utattha fawtdattiM of tba tetandab OFaajuH aolatoBtly itm^ t{m»m by dria tbat it 
 waa Bot aoflaiaatly atifnlrfiw apanunant^k I aaaaataay wha^ at tba tiiw I wont to work at th« 
 Statioa at UnnniTilio Aara waa dliteiiiV in obtainiiijs aaaaooMd loUtot «t Mt. It k |aiWNUy diflM^t to 
 get it bei«, butit ea« (oonld) ba oblniaaiMiikat tioMM Am** ' *• * f»^il deal of lai^aaad. If luatbar 
 ia Mtpaftotljr aaaanaodit will akriidttnon at ioaa, but if laubtariatwt vary •alU.wift«ot ahiink ae aa to 
 draw tba tongoaa oat of tbagtoovei. 
 
 <;jMt«Eon.~-If tba atdiinqrlttBibat of tiMiwHBliy wam pat up for ^iflidldaf aa Ibis )fa%<a»d tonguad Md 
 (proofed, wooU it not abiink nmta or Ian? 
 
 itluwDr^^t tbtsk it wonld. IhavaaeaaUa Station built by Mr. Oerdon, and totny.kMwladga wiw 
 kfva ahmtk ao aa to Nf niia aay tepdra. 
 
 Q uH bm4'>-U lamhat partly aa aaeo ad and need aatbia waa Cw abeatbing, *m pot an iiktiHi iiUI and le- 
 maioad till ttia fblknrii^ Jane, woolditabt c^wb myaracli i^ tbwjoiati'? 
 
 4iMMivM[t weald a|taiiia tba Jaiata, kat aolMMvgk to d»«~tbe toagaea o# ri'H^gBDsraa if it ware 
 partly aaaaesad. 
 
 QuaiM.—'Do yoaknow wbetker daring tke prifw w a «r tke wwk a* LauiintQIa aoi Walarrilla fta 
 f naitiMiT t^trtaftil ftftHi tbair ifiJttMJ wIim in sBVsBaii^eklas ^ 
 
 itHMMP.—I Oinktbay £d«a tkiaHtUloBat Lanuntvitto. I tbiak ttiet*«aa«okaBov«iaBdab on tba 
 baekiide wrhna Aare »ow it, Mtd pilfkw irtdak weta to ka koill tbat an aot boOt 
 
 Qa<«(tai.-^Howainekdiditcoat tte defliadaata io eoiipMa Ike Way Statiaa at Laa i aa < flla after it waa 
 takaa<»itof plaiatifb' bM*? 
 
 AmMr.~^l eo^ antaayf t aoald aoka aa aatlHMa'j^tty Marif it wwtwmaiMy. t Mtj^oaa^kilki 
 caababroni^tfiwwBrd. IdtMtlBMWlia lUimiKMi^a AMrnaad- aa a F(ai|^ Haaaa « not. At 
 tktffiia* I trai tkeM tbey ware h^dfaf a Fni[^t St^. 
 
 QaMtfoN.— WkaC did it coat ta lepdf tka ^iiMay and build fte bliad «rib Ikat fmhm apokea pIT (of) 
 in year examiaatioa in <Mtt} 
 
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 A iil if ir^-Htt Wyto "ffty,* qaimt^y rf wA; iHioMf ccngiBig VtSiift M <M^ «A. M dun patttiw 
 Qii««H0(r.'--^w ant^ of tMh kind > 
 
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 toe Mid ihejr Mongol to STr. ¥«HiH ti»«aNb»iC»dliitfdiitttt':'^ not ptv ttum 
 
 up tia hfM vH»in4» ^rti ia ■w oua t of aywy ptM^ b wwww tiMf mm i» )di «M(!, «ai t» dainad jht 
 '4m «iiMgrtelMtHi«]r1ef(.-' lAvMt JttWfrliMr tiJtSk. Mmtiirt,^ «*IMbw^1«i Wd «iqr <daiat ffiaot, ur 
 <9pt'JlMM irtkM I iHHnd bin «i)N I jmdentood tbut Umim ■»|»|wU'h i(m fMia(f in^HMd for tha. Swiwi. I 
 do pjiit.axaoay.ttmMillMnr whet thoilito of the doun «f««. I'«ii4iJnto«ii^«k^tbi»''dUtt they vsm not tho (»• 
 qoUta bIm, aid I fhiak I kKMr of u» <faa» that Om^ mn aot tIkoniftikitotiaB. from » dioft that I ww. I 
 dojiotkBowwlMk«tthaipoBl^|MtioaiS*if>Ara»ti)o4o«namoMwmttdr«ani wtim^iHL 
 
 <^ie«(ira.— Do you not k40* tint {« canryiag oot ecolneta tot tlMi^vtf bn^dii^a wd otbw public build- 
 iiigy, Um plawi, aad tpaeiiicalioti*, •» al«H»t alwayv naiai oi^dqami itam inaoi^ Jtortuuhtn, and feoquent* 
 ly ohangMl by oouMat df part:M? '(Objoeled to u inolotraot.) 
 
 ilM»«r.— I tbittk tbfy may bo aMUtimM. 
 
 QiK*tion.--i}& yoU sot know tkat tbU wafpftrtiAdariy Iko 0M» wkk Ngard to buiUinga along the line of 
 Bailraod Uatnwted (eoaitiootad) 1^ the Defaadanii f (Oljaeled to oa obore.) 
 
 Anitcer.-—! eannot say that it »u ptrtioulatiy the taae with dtfaadanta, bnt I know than voa a» all«ia< 
 tion at Leonox»iUa. 
 
 The AVitn«M hafiog heatd the foiegoing depotitioa nnd, ho dedarea the mmo to eoatain the trntiii per- 
 «ists theM^in and^hatti ligncd. 
 
 CHARLES A. .TORDAN. 
 
 Takcflt sworn and aeknowledged at Enquete titttng this Hth day of Oeoember 18A7, before me, 
 
 E. »HORT, J. S. C. 
 
 Wj:i<LiAti Vextunut of the Town of Sherbntoko, Carpenter, being dnly awora, aailh : 
 I know the puitiea i(i tkU oauie, j[, una not r«l«(e4« allied or of kin, to any or either of tbem, nor intcreated 
 in the Ofeatnf thiaaait. f am tatlKaerrieeof tkedefendsntvintkia oaoae. I Muember the ttme the plain- 
 tiff* were working on the Railroad Station at t<eanosviUe, te the St. Lawraaoo tad Attactie RaUroad Com- 
 pany. TMa waa i« May or June one thonaaad eight hoodrod and fifty-three. I waa then in the employ of 
 the aaid St. Lawtenoe and Atlantic Railroad Company, voder Jamaa Qordon, who wu then Bnperintendent 
 of Bridgea and Buitdinga on aaid roo^, I wa* aent abuut the middle of June, by aaid Qofdon, to wwrk on 
 the Way Stati(Ui at Loanoxvil^. Joaoph Hudog^ JTredrriek Jotdan and Henry McForlaae, carpentera aad 
 jaiaeTa alao worked with me. The work on aaid Station bad been takra away from the plaintiflk, and wo 
 weio put on the wgck.io itniah th»6iatiott. 
 
 QiMtHan. — In what «mdition did you find the Station when you wwat ttere, and what waa the quality of 
 the worit? 
 
 AntKtr.-fVft fouad aome of the jtHat* of (he verandah broken dowo, mt being adlf^ntly atroag. The 
 loof wpa leaking and we repaired it aa muek aa we conld with new riiiaglea, bnt we could not make a good 
 job of it. Tbo ahingiea pot on by tke plaintiSh wer« i^uce ahiagteo and were laid irregularly aad too fhr 
 to the weather. We found the ontaide of tho Station oovered with a eheettng of ono'inim boarda, tongued 
 and grooved. The toaguea were shrank out of the groorea baoauae the boards had been put on green. We 
 had to take thvm all qS, that ia all the ontaide aheeting.and pat them on again and tighten them down. We 
 had also to take (,ff «U the pilasiera and corner blocks, aud put them on again, aa ^ey were badly put on. I 
 don't know who fi'Vt Utem on the Srat time. 
 
 Qut$tion.-'V • you know who were the parties who had agreed to build the Way Station at LennosTiUo, 
 befotO you went there? - ,. .. 
 
 Amtwer.-^l uidiuatood it waa Mr. Fraaor oftd Nalaon. I aee now hare Mr. Fraaet, who waa one of thn 
 parties aa I undctwtood. I know him by sight. We had to take off the window framea before we could 
 punch out tho I itiia to get off the aaid aiweting, and when wo got the window eaaea off we found that the in- 
 side frame waa a^.tached to inaide (hune, in aome (plaeea) b} one nail aome by two nail* and aome by noue 
 at all. ao that wS>sn the oaaea (eaaiaga) were taken off the inaide frame fell back into the wall. 
 
 When we took off the enmer bloeka we wen ordered to bevel them bock on iad> and a half, so as to 
 form a aqnan ojf i.hne iDchea, as when the two beada caito together. I do not know what tho apeciflcationa 
 w»»e. 
 
 t^MtfioM. — If tho eoraara was (we/a) to have out bracketa three iadios in thickneaa with plain inch plaairr 
 «aa the eoraera aa yon found It (them) made in that manner. 
 
 .Aiiaioar.— It is ao long ago that It ia hard for a peraon to racall it Wo had to take off all dio ontaide aheet- 
 ing, the bracketa and corner* alao, Imt I do not remember particularly how the comers actually waa (wero.) 
 Qwatfea— Waa the work you ibaad tkan done o» tho aaid Way Station at LonaoxvlUa parfoimed ia a 
 watkmanUke mannar or not? 
 
 iijiwear.— Some of it waa badly d«w. Tlu Ingeat (biggtat) part «tf tho work #■• nnt Armn in • <»»^m*ii. 
 liko BHUwer. I do not know what the foundation wu amda of. 
 
 

 
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 jtrnver.— I Munot exMtlif maQ tq mtttd; w^A ilwtaftin t t)MU iwt MfpOatr mj dne. 
 
 <3ji»tfc>».-«aow toBf Mix td(« 7»a 1» Tepiit tk* Hwf ef wlilefc you 1«» «poli«» of in yottir wumiwUdi* 
 
 Amhw.-^! would not give ym wf time «• to how lone it A\^ *«>.•* «• w« ww» Mmatiautt t« wo*'« to the 
 lOof, and wMotimeM In tkc shot). , , 
 
 QtttMtioit—iiUow long did tttak* fon to tak9 off the (faster Bad ctmn Uocki, as yoo have a]Kikcii «(tft 
 your eswniM'iion iu thief ? 
 
 JlMwer. — I do not wmomW, U u m> long ngo. lii my feicamintUoa in chiaf, I think I ho«* spedM *» 
 the nMticjjlwj* of the work WW«h wan done in LenuBSvillo tfc»t i»m had. Ido not know wU&er it WM poi- 
 tible to get weU .ewoned tifibw «t Lennos^ille «r not. 1 n-^ > g«>ff do»l*f wrfJ Mawnod lambir tknt 
 Gordon got» bW wliow he gnt it I do wot know. Iajig««l»n4 BrooT#db»trd#, vsm if «cU put togeiher wiU 
 ahrink unteai perfectly aeiaonBd. I faanwd my bwilaeaa prttly in 8h»>*»o«ke* wd p»tt^r lo nrftwaiondtOto. 
 1 haw now workad at tbn ba»ino«» about tweWo yoar*. 
 
 Tho witneat having h««td tJMs towgoing deporitio* W«d, he de^tea the. aame to eoBtrin the tntib, fmtete 
 therein and bath aigned. , (Sigatd) 
 
 WM. FEARSON. 
 
 Taken and awom at Kaqoete sittings thia 18th day of Noveiober. I8A7. 
 
 (Signed) E «HOaT, J. 8:C. 
 
 Joseph Hudon, of the Tow^ «rf Shetbrooke, ear prater dc joiiier. being duly aworn saiUi.> 
 
 I know the defendants in this canae.I am not related, allied or of kin to any or nthei Of them. In thelt. 
 service, nor interested in the erent of this anlt, IbaTofor 1k» last three years, wwAed fo* the OtMul 
 Trunk Railway Company, most ot the time under Ae anperintehdanee of Jamee Gordon. I went to work W 
 the Lenno»»llle Station 00 the tUNi day of July, I thlnh four years ago, bnt I cannot Wl eaaetly. 1 nnder- 
 stood that Mr. Fraaer had been buildiugiJie Station, and that the work had been uhm away fcom him« 
 Wm. Pearson, Fred. Jordan, and I think Peter Pearson, were them te work befi>re 1 wont there. 
 
 Questton— How long before you wont there did th^ go to work on the said Station ? 
 
 AHDwer.—l cannot tell exactly, but they wont *e» befure Idld. J[ Alnk Uiey went there about tbetren- 
 tiothdayof June, but 1 cannot speak poaittwly, it la »(si«ih a) long tlmo ago. Wbeu I went there they 
 had just begun to take down Uio sheathing ontaide. They had b»»n working on the rough <»oof) before, an* 
 had been fixing np inside, rcparing the floor. I think the roujjh (roof) was covered with spmce ahinglaa, 
 but cannot eajf esaetJy. f asslated in taking off aheathlng ooWldo ; It waa single ahoathiug, only one tW*- 
 nese of !j<Mntds, tengued and grooved. 
 
 Qa«<io«.-*.What waa the condltfan of thit shoathaig when you began to take it off? 
 
 Annoer.—l belicTe it was pine ahoatbini?, and was put on green. We took it off because it had shrMk 
 so 88 to draw the tongues out of the grooves (of) eome of them. 
 
 QHeition.—ln what condition did jou find the Verwidah, when yon went there ? 
 
 iliuieer.— When I went there we had to tajkn^edheatbing offoTcr head and tighten it| we had to take 
 of (off) the casing off the post and case It o»er. It waa pot on with the green Inmber. The ioor was pnrt- 
 Ly made of {daned and part of uaptaned boaide, and I r e member that a eonple of the ahnpeni were brolvn. 
 The floor in the station wns not fixed before I wob» there, thereibre I cannot aay anything about it. The 
 ca|Ntol around the verandah wo had to take off andi put on again. The work when I went there, waa not 
 Tory good, ff it bad bean, we woaW not have had t« flt U mi*. I do not know what On week iiad hMt 
 when it waa first made; by fte appeafance of M>* w«* giewi Jw»ber moat ha*e been uaed. I da sot Adak 
 that I (a) alngle atiek of seas<»ed Inmber had bees t»*ed. I worked nyself then, about ft moijUk, with th« 
 other pirtiee mentioned above. After 1 IliUsbed wnk ftt LoBMXvilb, I went to WattwUle to work kt Mr. 
 McFarlane, who made the Water Station there. 
 
 
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 ^ » ^ g w . -*^.l<ift»iM>t ptelieajF wt»W. ••♦»«!««)» «hmtUiB«. M thia WW. in tlM fldi mnoui, Md 
 
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 '. • B, SHORT, J. S. C. 
 
 GfiWgft, Gj, Brynay «jr j^^brooke. being dnljp iwom, wMii ^ 
 
 U*Wt A«W B^^ Ifc, »to <»«*»» I ttta »ot Nktna,.Al)|*t.w of kfaji, to m7 m titttw 9{«>«tn. km iptivwtta 
 U ^•r«M|.^t^««>i, I am kr th« aorriw of ihe aood -pMuat. WorUtg nndw Mh Q«r4o9, «« n,p«rin- 
 iM>|«toffcH^M4)iui)db«ioatUtUite. la AofWt l»«t, I »•», io *• wploy «f tho pWirtiak iTtlu* 
 iWW. I AM I mmai tkour oa|4i>)r .bout th« Btb of tbM rnntk, tiwt i> Augmt 1843, and «o>k*d on 
 tta W^ SMiok «l LeaaovUle, ibr about Am mtf^Om mon oc Iw. Hw pUi^dA luA bogun lald work 
 »tk»itfiMib«mIe««».imowl. ! »* kojl to «bo pla««* «h. pert ffriag at WatftrWo wd Coatiaook 
 *»« KMMb^ aod waa working for thtn at Coatieoofc. wben tba work waa taken oat af tUir ba&da, aoma 
 6m in tfc« DMBth of June ISM. Duiiii|; tb« tima I worked at LeMuaeriUe, jdlM ^afauUfc bad eoaietiniaa 
 ft«o mte^ but moat oiT tbo tims only tbree. I nnnember at Lewt^^nrille the ahaathim pot oa the Way Station 
 waa tangled mi gnwcd, o»I onlj put on with oqa tbiekneaa. The laiftber waa jiartly aeaaoned. aud I am 
 a«a«tr that tbo aheatbias wa* taken of (off) tl^e next eprf*?. and I uAd«ntood tbat it waa because tbe abeatb- 
 mg bad abrnnk. At tbe time the work was taken out of the bandi of the plaiotiffit in Jnne 1888, the Way 
 Station at Coatieook was partly framed, jpcrbapa half framed. 
 
 <Jff*<»oi».-.A/e you aware how tbo Way Station at Lenno?riUeia«ni»bed, and can you estimate how 
 miieh it would coet in the year of 18j2 to have Aniibed and completed such a station ? 
 
 Mmer.—l am awnte how the snjd station is iinisheJ. and to the bent of my judgement, without making 
 a very dose ealcuiation, for «a«h a station as U now built, could n->t be bnilt ot ih'jt time for lea* than the 
 ram of about two hanJred and seventy-five pounds. But t could not make a dose oalcuUtion of what plaic- 
 tiffs we»e bound to do, without rcflsrin^ (referting) to the plans and specificaUons. 1 have examined the Ex- 
 htbtta filed in this cause aa defendants osibit No. 4 and exhibit A. 
 
 Va«M*ii*i4»«# tt^ it would eoil to build W Vh»y iSlitlon itt:«Hr year 1862, accordimr 
 
 to said apeetteation and mntroel ? 
 
 jiialwr.— J should (think) there eould not be a very great difference from the sum I have already 
 auted, two hnndred and sevcnty-flve poinds. I should think thtt a party must have lost money to bnUd 
 such a Way Statiott attliat time, nt the »«mof two hundred and twen^-9ve pownds} at leaat they could 
 not have m«de nnoh, and I d* not believe they could have done so without toeing money. My impresaion 
 ia A»t the 8«atfwi at I^fcosviUo was finished Ireforo I went toCoaticook to work; it waa about the middlo 
 of May, M53. 1 think ao aa I w»a aeut down with other fwrtlee to finiah Uie verandah which had cither 
 broken down 01 bad not been finisbed. 
 
 Qt(«rifo»fc~.What waa i&e capacity of Praaer or Nelson, or either of them, aa oompetont workmen aa ear- 
 peatar* and joimis ? 
 
 jUwper.-tNidaun I diA^ot conaider any workman at alt. Ftaaer waa better tbanMelaoa ; he uadetatood 
 a good deal about work, but was not mueh of a workmsn. 
 
 C«oa»-Exii«»K».— 1 sbo|»ld think that it would take about twelve daya work to tighten the sheathing 
 on the W»y Station at LennwtriUe. The buJding was about 30 X 26 feet. I i^ever worked a greet ae..l 
 at the earpeater> boaineaa bi^we I went to work for plaiatifli. J had worked about 6 ywr* at tbe cabinet 
 bosineaa ; I aefcvcd aregolar apprentlceabip thereto. I had worked only about »lj mant:h8 at the earpentw's 
 huKioes* at tho lime I had never taken any contract for building au) buUding, ndther had I built aav 
 building at tbat time. 
 
 C^JWtfea.— State j»r4oal«rly, item by Item, how you make up your estimate of the cost of such a Station 
 as was built at LennoavUle, to be a» yon have stated the aum of two hundred and aeventy-ave pounds. 
 
 ^Mieer — I could not here state itMn by item, bnt I have it M homo in a book, vrbat I conaidered each 
 p«rt of tbe work would eoat aa I put k down when I made audi estimate. I na^ tble eatimate about three 
 or four weeks ago. I made it ftom meuor)-. 
 
 QH«M^.~Why oannot yon make a ahjtUar or equally correct estimate from memory at this time ? 
 
 >ln«#»r.— Well, there is considerable amount of flgoring to be done as to the amount of lumber required 
 to b«1M saeh a huitdtng. and it would take ipme time to do It. Mr. Praser bad charge of tbe work at Len- 
 noxvlUe. that ia both Fraaer and Nelson were there, but Pmaer seemed to take the principal im% of the 
 HUUMgAmeiA. What work Idld at LonnoxviUe I inteodwi to do in » workmanlike manner, and 1 think I 
 did ao. Mlf< Idndeey,-— I think his first name waa Dow— waa foreman ; a man by the name of dmith work- 
 ed there ; 1 think bis drat namo *«« Charles ; John Bltsa worked there part of the time. He did not work 
 all the time. I was there, u4 another qian by the name of Wood, who worked there eame alWt ffie build- 
 tag wai »l»ed. All tbft I aaw these men do wbUe I wai there I thought waa ^main a wozknanlika nun- 
 M«r. ««m|iiiii||t 01 ' timii ^t was Bmith. I worked there abottt three monthe. Then men 1 have men- 
 ttawd walked thii* the most time I did, ewepting Wood ; he worked about a month beftii» I left. Frtser 
 wiattad we Amild do oat work well, and the gnater part of the work Waa done as well as is uraally done 
 
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 had a 0(mtn«t with tiba Saint. lAiirtiu* aad Athntie Kail way t tmfatt f ^M-kMllta^miMA Wayattd WaMr 
 StBtinia M pH«i •{ «is naitKf. 1 hiM« aai^MiiMd dMr' «naie£!«ili^ fat tUa caiUM fi Paftadaata' EaUKt 
 Sb. C ' it ia tha mntniot upon which tha iil^Hliltr ««n t* 1toailMMl':lK^gUi%i at^lha tM ;|ha aotilraet 
 h«aM4kte. Atwaadwr I'.dclt waa tho {■Maiiaai ^ tiMi M4.|^ifcl i*iMa^ ttA AdaHtjtp.Mbiriiff Oompa- 
 1^ hfoft tfw aKid aHoXaut ^'ai||Hiil hr him aa aiitii ]Mai(MU«' Ih ^Ua*^ ilM, I wa> ltJ| Ettfc> li** «« 
 MdtlMt aiigiiiaMi aad iwdc dtici^ <rf tin w«tka to ha «r«««td Itr ^ j^WiiiJMi vaipr av^^pBnwt. !iitt 
 'W^to Btaltoti at Wlaitafe wuhottt wbaii I want «« to tha T«a^| J1!Im^ w«i«i<M hi»iiM^t^ pat la iha 
 Smirilati^'iit l^tmaiauiSk at that^tima, aad die plaiatifli coniMMd t«.^taA idUM ' nsHl about tha noath of 
 Jvae, or cMi» ^nte iatothaauMthof Jone, when I waa caaqjwllwl to iHtOua^f thoa. Bahig ahowa Ow 
 !ettar, piamiHb' Si^ihtl No. 7, 1 paircalva that i* waa on tha tamttJr.flMt of Jitaa that I gava tham tha let. 
 tor of disDolaaal nader the aaid <tohtraat. 
 QBaiii<c<i.-4ta|« what ware 7*i«c raaaona for tafciag aaid coatraat pat of plalatMb' haada? 
 ilMMT.— Baoaaaa D>k imk tkay were dohv faqairad to he fla^Md iauaed^tol^j aad they ( waie) getting 
 oa itiif aWwljr i^tth i^ aad beeanae I not only hiai they were dbtat had wqrh, hot endeatottag to. defraud 
 the eompaay l^ eovariag it np, and I waa aatiafied had the work biea allowed to paaa, the baildiag at Lea. 
 noatilla would aot have atood. In laying the xUla npoa the poata I Inad than (that) iaatead of kvaiUng 
 the tope of tha poata Ihty'had Uoekad-thte up widi cfalpi, pieaaa of aotderood,and aay other rafaaa Bnteti> 
 al they eOttiS piel; ttp ahont the atathm grouad ; and the wmIc ganaially ia' tha Statioa waa hadly doaa. I 
 had flaqiieatly aotified &»^|llai^tifi, both Terhelly aad by tatt<r> fhati ihonM he eoupelled to uha the worh 
 oat of their head*, ndeaa they pfooaedad filter wldi their work aad petlhnaad it battar, and notwithataad. 
 iag theaa repeated wantiaga tiioy did not proceed faiter wiUi tha Wakh, aad !n aoaaeqaenoe I waa compelled 
 to diaehaqje them from the work al' ether, ea Kbo«e tiated. Defthdaala' inhibit oiarked A. ie the epeci- 
 daatlmifcraaidW.^Stat|<|B. Uare e;uimiha^^^^-alw''l&'^iv«l^ iUhibit 
 
 No. ♦. ' 
 
 Qaeatiea.— From year esfMrleaoa aa eaginaet an yoir paapawd to eatinata how much aaoh a Vttf fltathm 
 
 «a that aaentioaed in aaid Ooatraet and qiOeidWioa woold hate ooat in tho«yaaie iHlUt, or thaapriag of 18M; 
 
 aad if ao atate how mwik it wenJd ooei, 
 idaneer.-~Iah>iBlda«(y.toli8<eitdoneaaee»dti«totk4«u>ot # aad of9lnot that theee 
 
 ha«l«ai iad It^T'foiuda wotald aot hai^ 
 (^HsanfiM^-Do y«s (atfata it waaor waa not poaalble to hanrbofl^iNeh a Way Statkm aa that at Lett. 
 
 aoatme in 1842 %r tharam MT two haadred andMaan poaada, wMool fadi^; nwwy in doing ui 
 AMwer.—I'do BOt tkfaik it waa pbaa^de if &* aoatmbtori did tl«^ wwif iitlfdililjr. Tha ftame of »ho 
 
 Water Statioa at Waterrille waa placed oa the fooadatkm whaa iha Work waa tikaa ftom (hem. Nothiag 
 
 doae to thtl Way Statiea at WateriHQb^ aad iiaadag at all waa deae at GoatieeMi. Alfdiaaao Brooke waa 
 
 aaaiatattt m^aar oadn ma, and had dao anperiBteaAjMb of pMRtift* work. ' 
 
 CKo«ft-Sx^ir«l>.---I am quite euro that defendaata" Bshihit A. iHpeaa wiOi ape^dflcatkm of the work 
 
 made by Mr. G«>#iki pre«!oaa to my taking ehiKga ia tlta apriag^oif 18iS. I waa not one of the wttaoaaea 
 
 to tihe contract defendanu ExbHilt No. 4, and when I aay in lay akattiaati«m ia chief that the laid Exhibit 
 
 waa i^gaed by Mr. Oah aa Preaident of the road, I only apeak ao of (ftem) my knowledge of hia handwri*- 
 
 iof , and net &om any knowledge of the facta. 
 QHe*(iM.«-Stata the partieolar work wbieh yon have a petaoaal kaowladgo of th« plaiatiA doing b)^ly 
 
 OB the Statioa at LennosTtlle, and in what parttralar the work waa daAeleai. 
 ^j|naaier.>-^Thio whj:«le woik waa deii^mt ttom b^iiniiBg to eBd. ¥he firandation waa pioped ((ooppad) 
 
 ap th a ioairiaaa mtiUM ; the Joiata ware badly niade, and the mat«ial attbgother waa of a very poor qaal* 
 
 i^^ n* aamo lfo«ada^M, tiiat ia. the fkia^a. ia OMe now that tha pUintiSi {Wt in. The mj»t«iat «aad waa 
 
 a bad quality of timber. It waanotty. (kttottir)ahaky,&c, 
 Q«e«<fM.wl8 there not aow in tha Station at Lennoxtilla the aan» ailla and the aame (huae pot in by the 
 
 pWxtlfti? 
 j|«tnwr.«-¥rhMn I took tte work out of d» ^i^tiffit* handa Tentruited Mr. Gftrion, Om foreman Mrpea- 
 
 t«t at (Retime, to oomplete the work, and naUce uaO of audi mateiiUa iii dte buildlag'aa would anawat. I 
 
 Mieve it ia poaaiUe that lome of it may be there, but a great part of it waa takaa away. My iaatniotioBa 
 
 tt) Mr. Oordoa were to take die baildiag dowa and throw out alt the bad.tinibar, aad I believe it waa doae. 
 
 I' do not kaow whether it waa eneloaed aad ahtngled (ha previoaa ftdi, lb I had aothiag to do with i( then. 
 
 Whaa I waat <» to tin work ia Mareh I am aot aare if it waa dbingled s it waa patay boarded in. 
 <^KaM«ft.— Caa yoa atata aay other partieoIiM titaa thoae jcm hafit already ii0'i^m^. ia whUk Iha woik 
 
 waa badlydmie? "■'-■■ K.^v-i-;'?" ■■■:■■ -.!.">.;. =rr ;.-:... ji;.^, „,/-. -;-; 
 
 j|aaiwr.""Jfo. 
 
 <2ti«iH(M.-~-HaTa yon any pammal kaewiadga of thatepilta «r ^aagaa wfaish wen onda br Mr. r^miM.. 
 rithar ha tha firaaw or ^ anbatf^aaat to ^ ptatirtiflii' laaviag 0* work } 
 
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 iaitMtd of on tlM blooUag iriiSdk ktd bMn pmwli by>1lt*MatM«tMi 
 
 QjketHM.—'Wt* the roof of the lUtion at LtanoxTilk reouived or takea of (off) kftm tho work wm takoa 
 M» of tko pldMitt huM«» fl> l»«o |w «^ p«oii4 kaaaiedgo «f « itM of Um ttaO^ 
 ttttm»} 
 
 imitir T IrniTTr thil t'n -****•* **■ l*-i iMOM moat htfm ba«B t^w OHt^ Jroi» Mtiag the work eftar it 
 KM flniihad, but I did net lae them takea oat. I do not tanMinbei aWot tka roof. The frame eevld lie 
 taken out and i«aw«ed nithont uhh^ dowa the baUdiot. In tagaid to tha Water Stetion at Coatioook, I 
 aai poeitiTe nothing waa done by the plaintUBi. I am not rare that the pUdatiffii had not the mataiiala for 
 the ftaaie on Iho gtoand, bat I ne«er saw then. At Watartille, tkaia waa aatUng done toward* the Waj 
 Station ataU. 
 
 QaMiiM.— Whea yon atate that moh a atation aa Waa to be baUt at LennoKvilU, yfoiM have oott three 
 hundred aai fiOjr yettad»ia ISOfl, give th« partionlata pf (he wovk and ii i ate ri ^ te that would be required to 
 ttake up each laMe lum.: 
 
 Jj M Wi r ■■J oaaaot do that now. I can tend yon one if you wiaLt I eoaaider the work and materiab re- 
 qairedby the oeatiaot and apecifimtion, allowing a fair profit tq the eontMCtor, would amount to three hun- 
 died and fifty peanda. What I eonaidei a &ir profit would be flrom twelve and a half to fifteen per eent 
 OmmMmi.-— State approximately or aa near aa you oan aowl bow thie aum i< nude up. 
 The cron-examioation of thia witnesa w«a postponed and on tUie the 13th day of March 18S8, the witneaa 
 raappeared and bia oroaa-examinatlon waa eontlnqed aa fellowsi : 
 
 ^tuvtr-. — I now produce a atatement marked Aia> and signed by me, aho wing that the cost of such a build- 
 ing aa the Leonoxville station woqld cost thirteen hundred and sixty-three dollars, if built according to speei- 
 ficatiQDi, 
 
 Qualion, — How do you arrive at the cost of the inattrial* in your atatement ? 
 
 4-nfwer, — The coat ia what I know to be the price of snob materials ever aince I had anything to do with 
 auoh work. I don't think lumber has varied ia pricea much since 1852. I believe nail* were worth five doU 
 lars per hundred pounds, at Lennoxville at timt time. 
 
 QueitioH. — Mow do you make up your cstiraate of three hundred dollar* for lathing, plaatering, and paint- 
 ing? 
 
 AnaiBor. — Well, I put it down there aa an approximate sum for that work. I do not believe it could be 
 done for less than that sum. I do not think the windows could be doae for less than twelve dollars. 
 
 (^iwiion. — How do you make out the sum of five hundred dollars in your estimate, as the price of labor ? 
 
 .^r.*«ii<r.— It waa a lump sum, got by taking a certain number of carpenters being at work, and giving them 
 
 a certain time for finishing it at the usual rate of wages. The building was not chiefly constructed under 
 
 the auparintcndcnce of Mr.Ozowaki. The frame was only pat op, and the work done by them waa condcmn- 
 
 ,e4Jig];.)!n*, llj^tieve before any part was finisboil. "^ 
 
 Quulion, — Did you not inform Hr. Fraaer, one of the plaintiCs, some time after he left the work, that you 
 had been induced to take the work out of his hands, on the representation of Mr. J. A. Gordon, a witnesa 
 previoualy examined, or something to that ''SlBct I 
 AnitKr. — I have no recollection of doing to. 
 
 Qmttion. — Did you not, after the work had been taken out of plaintiffs' hands, offer to Mr. Fraaer, one of 
 the plaintiffs, on behalf of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic llailway Company, the aum of one hundred and fifty 
 pounda, in settlement of the account between the plaintiffs and the said Company? 
 Afutoer. — I do not remember of having done so. 
 QMe«(tott, — Did you ever make him any offer ? 
 
 Antieer. — I had aeveral conversations with Mr. Fraaer alter the work was taken out of bia hands, and it 
 ia poaaible I may have made him an offer of settlement. 1 do not know whether I did or not. I remember 
 that there waa an attempt at arbitration, but it fell through from some cause or other. 
 
 QuMftott. — Did you not, in Montreal, offer to write a letter for the plaintifla, promising to pay the plain- 
 tiff* one huadred and fifty pounds in rcttlemsnta for work done along the line ? 
 
 Anmeer. — I have no recollection of it whatever. At the time I went on to the work at Lennoxville, part 
 c. tt.v foundation of the Way Station was covered up and pirt was not, aud it was on biy finding the foundation 
 in the atate I have mentioned in ray examination in chief, that made me more particular in my examination, 
 aad the foundation was uncovered and raudo rijtht. I am sure I spoke to Mr. Fraaer, one of the plaintiffs, 
 about taking tho work out of his hands, before I wrote the letter mentioned by me in my examintoion in 
 chief. I ipoke to him of thia aeveral times before I wrote to him. I forget the particular place, but it vras some- 
 where on the line. I have no distinct recollection about it, but I think one of the times was at Waterville. 
 I am not aware that there were any delay* on the part of the company in preparing the ground for Way and 
 Water Stations to be built by the plaintiffii. I do not know why the Water Station was not built at Lsn- 
 noxville. I do not know whether the plaintiffs were ordered nut to build the Water Station ; they might 
 have been by Mr. Ozowski, but I do not think they wer^ by mc. There has not been any Water Station 
 built there since. I am not aware whether there is any difficulty in getting water at Lennoxville Station or 
 not. Mr Fraser, one of the plaintiffs, has, I believe, been employed on the line of the Grand Trunk Rail- 
 way Company, between Richmond and Quebec. I was not on that part of the line at the time ho was at 
 work there, and cannot tpoak of the quality of the work. 
 
 Rs-ExiKiNATiox. — I think I could approximately state the difference in the value of tho Lennoxville 
 Aution aa now built, and the lilstimato I have made, marked A, a, but I could not without examining the 
 biiUding for that purpose : and further saith not. 
 
 Ithia deposition having boon road by mc, 1 declare the same to contain the truth, penist therein, and hath 
 algaed. (Signed) 
 
 D. STARK. 
 
Btron 911 tka day udytu flwt febo«« wdttn, uid MksowUdgad Mtn fl» All tUrtMBfh dtj of Manh, 
 OM tkevMad eight hnndNd aad flft]r-«ight. 
 
 JB. SHORT. J. 8. C. 
 Stataomt ihowiBg oMt of ballding raoh * Station u that at the ViUaga of Liuwvilla oa the Oiand 
 Ttnak Railway, in neeozdance with the ipeoifioatiott for that itruettua. 
 
 00 eaUe yds Stone fonndation. @ 92 90 tlM 00 
 
 Si4 fbatSUli, @10 eta, SS iO 
 
 13 Poat8l7XeX9. 204ftB. m., @i8 12 90 
 
 30 Studa, 17X4X6— SAO '< €•«, « 80 
 
 Boacdiag main bnilding, 6320feet.dt8 ...• 49 60 
 
 do Verandah, 6034 " @ 98 ^ 48 20 
 
 K 1i do Roof; 1460 " @«« 8 70 
 
 i;.;4A Ji»tm«i»tX9(yX<aJt9iU$(i--^ '■09t,.'y.^i'''''i^ O 70 
 
 4000 ieet B. m. Beana, @t8,.. 39 00 
 
 SOObet Platss,@6ct8 10 00 
 
 3000 feet Flooring, d 98 .i.. 16 00 
 
 8 Windows. @ #19 06 00 
 
 4 Doora, 3 •& 33 00 
 
 Lathing, Plastering and Painting 800 00 
 
 10 Verandah PosU. 100 foet, @ 6 eenU 6 00 
 
 14000 Shingles, ^3 tS, 28 00 
 
 300 Iba board and shingle Nails. @ ia ^^ 16 00 
 
 y. Chimney. •• 10 W 
 
 Locks. BatU and Screws... 8 00 
 
 Labor. • 800 00 
 
 •1363 00 
 ■J D. STARK. 
 
 MERRin GkiEDOW, of the Town of Sherbrooke, iu the Dlstiict of St. Francis, being duly sworn saith : 
 
 I know the parties in this cause, I am not related, allied, or o( kin to any or either of them, in their serrice, 
 nor interested in the eTent of this suit. I am a cariwnter by trade, and I am now contractor, building bridgee 
 for the Grand Trunk Railway, during the wincer of 1851, and the snmmer of 1862. I remember well I 
 began, the year the cars run out of Richmond, to build some Way and Water Stations at Upton and Acton 
 fiw the then S*. Lawrence and Atlaulio Railway Company, on the line now occupied by the debadants. 
 
 The only diffeienee between the Way Stations I built there, and the manntfir in whioh they are built, is 
 tiiat there waa no verandah on the back of the Way Sutions I built, as there is at Lennoaville, bnt at the 
 back of those I built there were privies instead of the verandah, and there are no privies at the station in 
 Lennoxville. I think it would cost two pounds more to build the verandah as at Lennoxville, than to build 
 the privies as I did at Upton and Acton. 
 
 Question. — What would it coat to have built, in the year of 1862 at Lennoxville, a Way Sution sneh aa 
 you built the year previous at Upton and Action, and such a one as is actually bnilt at Lennoxville. without 
 indnding any profits to the contractor } 
 
 Answer. It is a hard question to answer at that time, but I could tell nearly the amount for the last two 
 
 or three years, and during the year I bnilt myself; according to the apeciSeatiun I built mine by, it would 
 have cost two hundred and seventy-five pounds, that is the actual outlay. I conld not aay what it would 
 cost as it is bnilt at Lennoxville, because I have never seen it, that ia because I have iiot seen the specification 
 of it, but I Lave seen the building a thousand times. 
 
 QuesHon.— What would it have cost to have built such a sUtion as is actually built at Lenncxville at the 
 time yon built yonrs ? 
 
 Aiuwer. — ^That is a question I cannot answer, as I never saw the specifications. 
 
 QwM<t'on. From your knowledge of the building as actually erected, could it have been built without loss 
 
 to the contractor, for the scm of two hundred and fifteen pounds ? 
 
 An«tr«r. — I do not think it could. 
 
 Queslion. — How much profit do contractors generally intend to put into their tenders when they give in 
 their amount to perform certain works ? 
 
 Antioer. I always consider about twenty or twentj-five per cent is what contractors put into their tenders, 
 
 but I have sometimes made more, and sometimes I have made less. 
 
 Ckoss-Examined. — I think I paid in the year of 1 861 , twenty-two shillings and six ponce a cwt., for nails. 
 I should think for windows of that kind, that u, the glass, sash, painting, and glaaing, would cost from three 
 dollars and a half to four dollars each. 
 
 Question. — How many shingles would it take to cover the roof of that kind at Lennoxville, supposing the 
 building to bo twenty by fifty, allowing for the ordinary projection of the roof? 
 
 Anneer. — I should think it vrould take aboot sixteen thousand of the short shingles, and about thirteen 
 thoumtnd of the long shingles. 
 
 The witncsi upon having beard the foregoing depoaition read, he declares the same to contain the truth, 
 persists therein and hath signed. 
 
 HERRITT GORDON. 
 
 Taken, sworn and acknowledged at Enquete sittings, this 13th day of Uarch, 1868, before me. 
 
 E. SHORT. J. 8. C. 
 
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 .' Sit^mto mtmittod to jMatiA' md defoadanto' mumnI bjr tU Bom. Mb. Jvmoa tamr. duwiag 
 tht Ittmieompoiiat tha Mim of £236. for which Joj^nenl WMNBctond. 
 
 Vindtof WatM 9utioii, (allowed hy dofta.) £»8 
 
 Altentloa in ibttBdation, ( " ■■ ) 7 10 
 
 liMuiMviUo Wttar StatioB , MOO 
 
 " Way do aos 
 
 WaterrilU Watar do ;,.. 87 
 
 lifaMridi at Watonrillo, Windowi, Doon, Suh, &o 127 
 
 Coatioook, work and matariaU,. 29 17 11 
 
 Damagti at rat* of 10 ptr cant for taking workaway......... 70 
 
 ,!>..•.**,■ £701 7 11 
 .„„,.J^f?f«.««W«^%49JWf*A!M»T^)^ ..46« 
 
 01 es' ' ■......'..:..■:.. '. ..- ,..(>^.;> -.^-"'^ . ^-""^ ■ 
 
 £338 
 In the addition of tho wreral items allowed by the Court below at ;e701 7 11, 
 there ia an evident error of addition of the ensu of jeao, the, tme nddition 
 making only the turn of £881 7 11. So that, adopting in ftill Oe rlew 
 of the Court below, the judgment ihoold have bewi rendered fbrtheenm of JB318 
 
 Amount oldmed by plaintitb as die only amount really due, allowing a large per eentage for praflt, ia 
 work actually done and matoriali furnished. 
 
 To Water Station at Windsor, ^.,.. £95 
 
 '* allowed for change of foundstiona « 7 10 
 
 " work Ind materials in Way Station at Lennosvdie, 180 
 
 " do do Water do do 20 
 
 " Materials for work— -even if furnished, 5 
 
 " Materials and Work on Frame of Way Station at Ck>atioook 34 17 11 
 
 £812 7 11 
 Leaving overpaid by tho Company the sum of £162 12 1. To £312 7 11, 
 even if added the amount of work done at Waterville, but which the Com- 
 pany never got nor used, , , £40 
 
 Amount of Plaintiffs' Exhibit No. 1 £352 7 21 
 
 And if to the latter sum is added tho value of materials got out for the |rfaintiffli, 
 but for which Company had to pay Mr. Baldwin before the Company Could 
 get poeaession thereof, and for whi'sh plaintiff* never paid, 2S 
 
 siSfffif,; Makea in the whole only the sura of £377 711 
 
 Whiloamonnt acknowledged to have bcMi paid to pUintifia is,.,.,,,,.., ^.,^..... 465 
 
 ••lilt .nfjiystnn?!'' ' •*« »' '■ "^ '■ •; ■ ,",■■'.' '' ______ 
 
 Leaving Still overadvanoed by the Co........ £57 12 1 
 
 Skxubookb, September 8th, 1853. 
 ST. LAWRENCE dt ATLANTIC K. R. COMPANY, 
 
 TO FRA8ER dc NELSON. 
 
 To Water Station at Windsor, as per contract, £95 
 
 To Tank for Windsor Station, 7 10 
 
 To extra work at Windsor, including Masonry, work on Bridges, material &e., 
 
 as per bill furnished, 27 
 
 To Lennoxville Way Station, including extras m per biU ftimished, but not ex- 
 tra work or recent altotations, 183 
 
 To Water Station at Lonnoxville unflutuhed work, valued by Mr. Lawson at... 65 
 
 To Water Station at Waterville as per contract, 95 
 
 ToTankat do 7 10 
 
 To timber for Way SUtion at Waterville, 5 5 
 
 To work on same and brick tor chimneys, 9 15 
 
 To Coaticook Way Sution, frame complete, with timber ior Water Station, brick 
 
 for chimneys 115 
 
 To doors, sash, trimmings, frames, jotting, jet blocks, brackets for two Way and 
 
 threa Water Stations complete, , I35 Q 
 
 To making spout at Waterville, board nails, account taken by Mr. Gordon,. ... 
 
 £845 
 CR. 
 By cash received on account, , £405 
 
 Ballance due Eraser dc Nelson, £380