People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1895 — Boodle Scandal in Canada. [ARTICLE]

Boodle Scandal in Canada.

Ottawa, Ont., June 12.—Startling facts relative to the building of the Sault Canal have been brought out at the Investigation of the Public Accounts com- 1 mittee. It was shown the contract for building the lock was awarded to Hugh Ryan & Co. at $1,282,000, although two lower tenders were presented. It was further shown Ryan & Co., after securing the work, were allowed erxtras to the amount of $795,000. Besides this an unknown amount, representing the coat of the change to Portland cement, is yet outstanding.