Wheeling Register

BROOKLYN BRIDGE LITIGATION.
A Suit by the Bridge Company and Cities to Recover $9,000 Costs.
Philadelphia, Pa., August 26.—The trustees of the Brooklyn Bridge and the corporations of the city of New York and Brooklyn, have begun suit in the United States Court in this city against John E. Dubois, the millionaire lumber operator of this city and Dubois, Pa., to recover $9,000 costs in one of its bridge litigations. Mr. Dubois, the defendant, is a nephew and the executor of the estate of John Dubois, deceased, who brought suit against the cities of New York and Brooklyn to recover $950,000 for alleged infringements in the construction of the Bridge of patents held by him. The mutual agreement of the parties in the suit provided for a board of referees, those appointed being "Deacon" S. V. White, of Brooklyn; ex-Sheriff C. M. Clancy, of New York, and ex-Judge J. W. Gilbert, of Brooklyn. It was also mutually agreed that the referees should receive $25 each for every meeting they held, these sessions lasting from noon until 4 p. m., the defeated party to pay the bill. The referees reported adversely to the DuBois estate, and the $9,000 involved in the present suit represents the bill for fees. Mr. DuBois refused to pay, and his agent, Wm. Eccles, Jr., claims to have discovered evidence of barefaced corruption on the part of the bridge officials. Mr. Eccles drew up a statement in which he says that but five sessions were held, the bill for which would amount to $375, leaving an overcharge of $8,625; and that in order to earn the $9,000 it would have required 120 meetings, or 1,440 hours spent in deliberation.