Q.  The  first  contract  is  May  25,  1891,  with  the  Edison  General
Electric  Co.;  it  is  a  long  contract  with  specifications,  for  $22,899,
and  the  details.  The  next  contract  is  for  certain  chandeliers,
$9,000,  awarded  August  18,  1891.  There  seems  to  have  been  a
little  trouble  about  the  bids,  and  the  Governor  appears  to  have
referred  it  to  certain  officers  in  the  State  House  who  made  a  re-
port, "  Trenton,  August  18, 1891,  to  Hon.  Leon  Abbett,  Governor
of  IT.  J.  We  the  undersigned,  committee  appointed  by  you  to
examine  the  bids  and  designs  presented  for  electric  and  gas  fix-
tures for  the  State  House  respectfully  report  that  after  a  careful
examination  of  all  the  designs  and  bids  presented,  and  after  hearing
all  the  parties  interested,  we  respectfully  recommed  that  the  con-
tract for  the  fixtures  be  awarded  to  the  Edison  General  Electric
Company  for  the  amount  of  their  bid,  to  wit,  $9,000,  which  was
the  amount  of  the  lowest  bid  received,  the  Archer  Pancost  Com-
pany, having  likewise  bid  for  |9,000.  William  C.  Heppenheimer,
Comptroller;  B.  J.  Ford,  Superintendent;  James  Moylan,  Arch-
itect." That  was  the  committee  to  whom  the  matter  appears  to
have  been  referred.  "Approved,  Leon  Abbett,  Governor,  August,
1891."  Those  two  contracts  form  the  basis  of  what  followed  in
the  supplying  of  the  electric  plant.  The  whole  charge  ran  very
much  above  that — about  $46,000.  I  desire  to  call  attention  to  a
few  items  only.  Have  you  examined  voucher  1,768  ?  A.  Yes,
sir.
q.  For  $313.77?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  Being  voucher  of  March,  1892,  paid  as  extra  work.  Is  that
in  the  contract?  A.  ISTo,  sir;  that  bill  ought  to  have  been  paid
by  the  Edison  Company.
