The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-16

crosanAn ever wrots ne letter Of that kind.
.SSn,pses % Is. SisSs.t bidder, |. y,si..ios
H. "a. oiS..asn would Ssv. fstars 10 hin
would dsvSr sdbai, 70. have 40 rseolisetion |
two OF three letters from him, In oae Of which
VEIL iSinkiSs L very asssr onsJ You cas-
al n. Stsas." ai a' sos Know What Ss re-
fsrrsd 10 ~ all. do not know whether that
Il the one TO which MT. Crane refers or not.
wh SS. ~ s.: S S.s a:. %
arsi place, and bsos1ss between he time Of
been q bill parsed suihoriIios the grading o.
y sdy.rsi.s ths whole together, and have
q. Did you Il any lin, state to Mr.. Crane
that you wished to give the work or contract
% and r;, o ;,se. to Jssa
may have said that l Intended to do Il, and
S w9 Sps 90 e y ssrs .ss SS SS
and that that conclusion was arrived At BY
q bia You a. he lime he contract s" wa.
van, and ia M. Grsns eomsSSiests 10 J you
having a. INTEREST 10 III 4. NJ, sir, not aasii
DO not Know when !, was. He came to mo
aS apSs he :SSss s.d mot %y under
standing. Of u. told him what II was He
then said that there were other parties who
q. Nj. Crane oompisins that when the arst
bids for and X strests were opened he was
not present. What are the facts about that
there was a great deal Of business being per.
formed 10 the Mayors once that the bids
were received, and 1 was very busy indeed.
before they were opened. / had no time 70
open them. Tho morning they were opened
either Mr.. Bliss or Donessn and myself were
work. do not rssoiisoi whether 1t was Mr..
Donegan or Mr.. Bliss, but one or the other,
we were engaged In openias bid. for perhaps
there being 90 psrsoss allowed In the room
.NSw y; m' GPes ,a' 10 ~ o., and I'D.
ruog the bell and sent the messenger down to
the Commissioners, room for Mr.. Crane. He
Tstarned and s ssid M; Crane wa, not there
When the messenger returned with word that
Mr.. Crane was not Ia his Office, said It
and open the biSs W. ala 70 oe and go op en-
not know whether more than one reporter
xsss We had GOTTEN through H. Crane came SSs
up Into the room very much excited and asked
me u had opened the bids for K and NJ
si.as h 81 ne :a ss fsSSoshi
present. Issid, "Mr. Crane, the reporters, or
s.sHor;,ssr e. vas there and the ether Officers
the whole Of the bids will be announced 10 the
papers in the morning,. 90 that there can be
AFRAID o. there can Be no fraud PER- psrpstr s
whether you are here or not, As the bids will
be published and the bidders will know
sn sfy e sssPsay aspGrsSS sTs.
deal, and finally left the room In great anger,
believe: Why he should have felt so IL =
him every opportunity to ATTEND. HIS ofiios
hours were announced to be from 10 to u
o'clock, and l sent down there. aud he was
| Q. MI. Crane says Il was we'll known that
Andrew 9leeson had an interest In the york
With WI John Po .. van pa SoI know IT, A.
teIssted party than l am myself
| Q. You have testified there was no specia.
| cations to the contract when II was signed,
aoation, or at the time OF the execution Of the
| contracts referred tot A. Not to my tecollec-
ton. I wa, sittioG at my desk when MT.
TO me, a. was usual 10 all Gases, to see whether
was satisfied with 1t. looked 1t over, and
,5.s T 20 .,,s out ar q TS
to the contract.
q. Did you ever hear that Andrew aleeson
out the spprov.i Of the com ui..ioasr, NJ,
Crane, and was there any arrangement OF this
kind with him or any one for hint A. Never
never heard Of that until saw IL ia Mr..
Cranes testimosy. II was news TO me, and
guess news to Mr. 9ieeson.
| Y. Was there any arrangement With you by
which MT: 9leeson should hnally be paid
without Mr.. Crsne's signsturef j. No, sir,
ps ne "ns, T Be DO a9s be ~
ture, but the signature OF the surveyor, CON.
missioner and Assistant commissioners, who.
q. II SCENT that on or sbou. the 10th OF June
$500 was advanced on this work and charged
to NJ street. Had you anything to do with
did not know I, vas charged to M stree. t aa,ii
read It In Mr.. Cranes charge against me.
Q. Do you know II is fact, A. No, sir;
1t from the statements made outsider I have
never examined the record; never considered
that II made sny dinsssnce whether It was
q. Did YOU make any advance without ars,
directing an estimate to be made by the proper
otheer, SO far a. y9u rememoer, and were they
vance was made without an estimate, but II
was to have been produced and brought iuto
,hs Gse wItn,1 AK sSG TIA, don.
plieAtion was drst made to Mr.. Boswell, aud
that Mr.. Boswell and Mr.. o. Beirne came intG
tne room tosether, MT. O'beitne, after stating
the necessity for having the money, and ths
done, satisfying both Mr.. Boswell and myself
that the corporation was perfectly safe ID
making the advance, and that the estimate
would be furnishedi the check was drawn b,
the register, signed by him and then handed td
and signed BY me, aud suppose the money
q. Have your advances In the whole, up tc
the present time, been over or under the esti
T %ss. The 'qsss.sySS, g, s :ST
. q. Hsvethe sdy anaes been made In refereuc,
reference to the contrast as a whole, and tn,
work viewed 10 relation to the whole; ant
viewing the contract As whole, as 1t 10 mad,
raisiy, does Il make say dIhsrsnse with VIII
. BY the registeri A. Any one can see that I
the corporation u concerned. The duty .
separating the dlnsrent appropriation be
Fys X! s Z ns End not 20
i with II. For Instance, man brings me bill
against the corporation Of thousand dollars
Ina "pP,tS,sd AND And Pus, the date 70
approve It,, u he di.approye. he o.n Withhold
Mayor @aiises'. .Salaistrssioa. M MAJ BasWsY
. refused TO sligo check which had been sgne,
i BY the Mayor for money due the public schools
money due the eolored schools, as the registe
contended, and 1t was for long time tina
neither had any money 10 consequence OF tn
> | lock between the Mayor and the register.
q. At what time did the law, as understoo
. BY you, and the practice of the MAJ or's Of
n doe, require the estimates to be approved b
q the commissioners and the AssistAnt commit
y slonerst before the completion of the entir
u work or contract, or after such completion
A. There 10 no law, to my knowledge, that n
, quirss either the commissioner or the assis
= ant Commissioner to sign any paper until tn
' final estimate OF the work.
q, After the advance made on the estimate
furnished you, was there bond In Ave thou
!, or execution OF the contraaf A. The bond
before you-the committee here.
= q. Do you know Of anything fraudulent Q
: wrong connected with the entire contract Q
a work. A. No, siri I do notI'on the CONTRARY
= l know there 10 no fraud, no deception, no Ii
n tention OF taking one MILL from this eorpori
n tion. On the contrary, my purpose has beei
a and that OF Mr.. Bliss, aud / believe Of NJ
. Boswell, to beneht the corporation in tn
contrast. and to carry 1t out for the interest ,
the corporation, and for tn st alone.
!, q. 10 view Of the fact that the contract n
u mains incomplete, and that there 10 an exis
. Ing bond Of 5000 for Its completion, at tn
hour, has the city 10 any respect been d
. Bliss Of one cent A. No, sir I should sa
:. that 10 certainly so. Nor hasit been wronse
y 1t cannot be.
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