in excess of $1,000,000.

There was present in the office of Mr. Taylor, director of works, at the
time the bids were to be opened the following members of the salvage
committee: President Francis, Director of Works Taylor, John A. Holmes,
Mr. Samuel Kennard, and Mr. John Scullin.

Had I been furnished with a list of all the properties that I have since
learned was acquired by the Chicago House Wrecking Company I would have
gladly submitted a bid in the amount of $500,000.

C.L. MCDONALD.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of March, 1905. My
commission expires on the 22d day of January, 1909.
[SEAL.] IRA C. MONEY,
_Notary Public, City of St. Louis, Mo._

STATE OF ILLINOIS, _County of Cook, ss_:

Before me this the 28th day of March, 1905, personally appeared Mr. S.
Krug, who, being duly sworn, on his oath says:

My name is S. Krug. I am a resident of Chicago. Have resided here for
the past thirty-seven years. For the past twenty-seven years I have been
engaged in the excavating and sand business. During this time I have
also been engaged on contracts for wrecking large buildings. I wrecked
the First National Bank Building, the Metropolitan Building, the Montauk
Block; Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett store, and numerous other large
buildings in Chicago.

In regard to the sale of the World's Fair salvage at St. Louis I will
make the following statement:

I was told by a friend of mine that bids had been requested for wrecking
and removal of certain World's Fair buildings at St. Louis, and that
specifications and instructions could be obtained from Mr. Isaac S.
Taylor, director of works. For business reasons I did not wish the
Exposition Company to know that I wanted to figure on the contract. I
asked a friend of mine to procure a copy of the specifications for me.
It was necessary for him to deposit $10 for the specifications. He sent
the specifications to me. Mr. John M. Dunphy, who is in my employ, and I
went over the specifications at length and studied them pretty
thoroughly. The specifications only referred to exhibit buildings, band
stands, fire-department houses, live-stock barns, dairy barns, Festival
Hall, fuel building, terrace of States, and toilet-room buildings. On
October 24, 1904, some ten days after we read over the specifications
and instructions, Mr. Dunphy, Mr. Powers, and myself went to St. Louis
to look over the plans to see the nature of the material and the