Q.  That  doesn't  explain  it,  Mr.  Fritz.  Now,  I  draw  your
attention  to  the  fact  that  the  result  of  these  changes  raised  this
bill  from  |432  to  $569,  or  about  32  per  cent.  Were  you  figuring
at  any  particular  per  cent,  in  making  these  changes?  A.  I  don't
know  of  any  changes.
Q.  On  the  bill  of  January,  1891,  I  call  your  attention  to  the
fact  that  the  changes  made  there,  of  a  similar  sort,  amounted  to
just  $100 — I  think  we  did  have  that  bill.  Was  it  by  design  that
those  errors  amounted  to  just  $100?     A.  'No,  sir.
Q.  That  is  an  accident,  is  it?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  And  the  other  one  I  have  called  your  attention  to,  where
it  is  38|^  per  cent. ;  it  is  an  accident  that  those  errors  amounted
to  just  that  sum?     A.  I  don't  know  how  else  it  could  be.
Q.  Although  there  are  four  or  five  errors  in  that  bill,  and  all
of  them  together  amounted  to  33  per  cent.,  you  still  say  it  is  a
mere  accident ?     A.  Tes,  sir;  that  is  all  it  is.
Q.  And  the  adding  of  the  hundred  dollars  to  the  bill  was  a
mere  accident?  A.  There  wasn't  any  hundred  dollars  added  to
the  bill.
Q.  Or  a  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  coal  ?  A.  Nor  any  hun-
dred dollars'  worth  of  coal.
The  Chairman — You  may  go  and  think  this  over.
Q.  (By  Senator  Skirm) — These  changes  where  the  30,000
pounds  had  been  added;  these  figures  were  made  when  you  were
there?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  (By  the  ChairmaD) — When  you  worked  there  ?  A.  When
I  worked  there ;  yes,  sir.
