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

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9. You are familiar, are you act, with the
foiiows. " 81 '''''
.sestieal. 'No payment sAAil b. made By or
,hroush he agency % ~. sstyef.sies, sresp, ~
NArrnnn drA ~ npon The deposit bank, signed by
me Asyof ana eesassfs'sasa By the register
A. Yes, sir, 1 knew that.
g. stat: yhs,As! or no. %. y 900 referred
meutt A. No, sir, not by any means, That
money 10 not out al the freasury. nor out Of
ne N..isnsi Bank, =. corporation money, Al
NJ hsst,naso ss' 40 o' res.rd N. q, under.
'' ia III y; ,,,0, IN, ,,.,,,,,. =, A., ,.,,,.
ter obtsisedi A. 1 think the register had Ieft
the once before the appiiestion was m sde Tor
Az no p With ,Ss IA
rssi.t.s had consented ,ss, esymss, .sould
ssy %oss ss ss ssss
them accommodated, In order thai they might
mi NJ ulsesoo NV no ao,I m,i ~ sx.o
them, nor would / countenanse in any way
the drawing Of any money from the bank
nor become respoSsibi Tor il in any way,
upon the contrset and / vss fYrni.bed
with evidence that the Corporation and my.
self would both be amply secured n
making the loan. Mr. DOuNRan went out
upon The work, and as / s1pposed took fuii
measure ment Of il. / had every reason 10
suppose that he had done 90, and IN al he had
600 S worth Of work done, According 10 The "a.
was sa,.sis S.a.s Az he amount az 81 wS,s
feotIy safe 10 advancing that amount tti2, o0o)
upon the work that Rad siready been per'
formed. He told MI. Gleason 40. and he told
conyerss,ion with Mr. ponesso' Dol O'I,eirae
told me that he said 10 bonersn that he
should be very careful how he made the esti.
dence In hi, estim ,tes. and tn Al N .teyer eat
mstss he made would be re.estimstsd by a
| 0overnment engineer before any payment
| further "Whatsver else YOU do now do YOU
this, so that no after-clap can come up, so that
10 mistake can eve, Be fSpnd in you, meas.
| been told, and what Colonel O,Beiroe IA will.
| Ing to certify to.
9: W.. not the order really ia effect the
money a. the order called for as was neces-
| sary 10 replace the loani A, No, air. NOT 40
a. "; - ,,
.fter Stsee,vios mai e,ti%ste. sdv,nee M m.
%S,asS !. ob.rn; ;n9 o:':Sn !. iSsS 'pd
that II was REGARDED a. loan. and M. Hunt
| ipgton knows very well that there h no law
vance money And 10 ob.rre 4 10 IN. oo,po,s.
some Ell. which sai S s.G H SypsSssssd
ss .ssr ,sspss tss s,yS% e
The amount. "'
wh' F had o5' ma. to DO Es t the
NJ stsp,on' ri, sdy.noc wa, really , loan
%. M hi he moi msos.s Al, tho so,oc,,l n,r,
Of the business OF Ire contracti A. He did
| had turn AT IL. And an.ily IL fell into III,
hands Of Col piieirne - INV '''
9: To whom were ne order. Or dram. that
ments sivsn toS rh.t c,nnnt III Ipoyy
Tbey nav h.ye been To o. Refine and FIy I'll II
VA AZ a nsS.n 70 Donovan; per such AZ i1di,
o o' " rSe 49,. sso aas wen. LOT me iee
N. nm. ~ tSa cnnt,..to, "es !"
w" M y, a az .on'' 80 .,, LA.
O,a.ipa. Ia, 10 ~. ~ .sn,ion ~ ~. Win an
sct onnns,n,,s tha .ontse, ~ ~ y. sne uon y;
III / 40 moi shini I MAJ sSy eoover,a,io y,
anaa mn ,,h no" ~ ,,h ms,.n -,
pes.rd ~ m. nsce.,itv q, n.oo,s,v ~ sivinn
. sontrsct out IN The Fourth iS ward hat ~s'
no.ss Ynu NAV ioage ~Sst the o nnrn pus
po my yu1Pe Thn' the pu,pose.
y. M puupy y, "ns ~ es, ns .ne yune
e'euyn, s nstts VI ,%e iI nepuo.,osn ~
lesXs M wara sna 10 .os,so mi eacnnr,s "
them. i never had any Idea, then, tina,
OBeirne himself Intended becoming party
ossn{ H sSn vnn h.vs ,o,v.,..,,o, ,v,,, NJ,
Bliss last week 10 regard to this contraett A
| presume had, but / do not reosllect. i
mere mere va, any p ,rtis,nls, e0nver,;tioa yos
tell you about 1t.
Y. Do you remember, Ia any conversation
with Mr.. Bliss, saying to him that his esti
mate for street was not half large enough
A. would be very foolish to make such
declaration as that, for know nothing abou
II. 1t has been charged against me, and be
lieve there has been some testimony to ths
effect before this committee. 1t 10 false.
. care not who has testified to Il. do not re
collect OF having any conversation with Mr.
Bliss on the subject will say further that
/ have now no recollection OF any conversation
} | with MI: Bliss last week. had a converse
lon with him to-day In regard to the est
mates that we had made ourselves at the tim,
the contract was given out, and the conclu
sions AZ which We arrived.
: Y: state whether under the contract TIT
= contractors had any right to claim any pay
: ment or advance from the city until the Who'll,
8 contract should have been completed A
s They never did claim any right.
D Y. Then the whole matter has been lef
, | optional with the mayor TO pay this money o
. not as ne should see ht1 A. Yes, sir tn
mayor and register together-not the Mayo
alone;
Y. II has been charged that At the time tina
Z THIS money was advanced to the contractor
the lNbOtefH In the Fourth ward, to whom