The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-09-16
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
MAYOR
Testimony Before the Committee Of
Iuvesatratlon

THE oh ASAiNsT THE
Testimony Before the Committee Of
1nvcstiEssios.
frcm outside rumor yesterday the evil
denee addueed al the investigating commit
tee meeting on Tuesday evening was some.
what as follows. Mr.. Joseph II. Hilton, fore.
man of the work nm X a ana F,rs, s,rcc,s
,a.,,es, A., ~. .-,..,.., ~,
'csHnca 'na' .he principal amount oil arr
taken out Of street was placed In @ and
First street; that he corroborated the state.
mont Of Mr.. CRIME with reference IN tho
.,,. - a.. :, -
quanuty oi air' taken out Oh street ana
put In said q and First streets. He also ties.
titled that he had not been paid by Messrs.
o,po,rno ga n,...o. oo,,...,..s r. ,id
""u Ns"'0n' ~ ''''
WORK, since the LIST oil July last, ana therc
Is still owing to him about $40.
Tho frat time the contractors naId their
- a. a.. ~ ..',. - -,
nanuo 'n VI. pa,.'oi' a''ioun'eu W aD'"'
sl,1OO, and that they received OF that time
about s2,7oo from tho Mayor, out of which
ann Ne Job, n Frv ono ~ ,ho oo,,r,c.
49,. .aa.,.o.s ,ro w,.r,, ~, ~,
.ors' received sf'V' witness sara ne u'a no'
know what became OF the balance. Wit
ness said he considered the work not done In
a workmanlikc manner, as the contract re-
| ouired tho strects be,ne too ,arro,v and ,hr
-, 49, 49,.
depth OF gravel being deficient, and that this
matter was talked over with Mr.. Gleason nj
the time the work was being done.
The ncxt sitness vos John y. Coot. city
register. who stated mat for NJ. ooO Of thS
amount paid said Contractors no yoncher,
appear in tho repi.ter;s offiec. That thr
iaw reauire. ali monsys sbsii bc naid on MY !
warrant. aligned Inv tbe Nave, and copntcr
si%ned Nv Tho reo,ster W,tncss diS NO,
10 nno hains rai, ~ ~ oo,',ra o,a.' '
nho,', H. ~, ~ III, IN, ~ ,.ia i, no,
doOo ,s iii h,s sinnsirro ava IL v,oi, ,,on
u W mi'"ou' ''' ''s""'u'' """ !" ''o'''''o"
NV" u,,,,,o,o, o,,,,o, =, ,,o r,rs
Na,,nn.I Ranr ~. r vae oran,n WI , wh,
.,a,nJ ~, -, ~ oho,,, ~ oaS ~ hi, ~ n,
o' eooaraa ~ a.,,,na,a e & nv ~ So'O VIZ,
sn,~evor sor " si ~ ooo eor 1nrn a doro w n;
1880 na,,h 80 W., 49,, oas, .ai,
az 400 :, hn Sosnoto5 r,e, o' ~ 90, oa,'
noS IN ,h,s voor TN Maxnr 'I IN ,he ahov,
pa,a .his 1880 40 ~ ~ , sno 49,, !
Sa, - - snow ", . ~ ~. a nau p,u,i ,"n
snd tha, ,ho a. 0oo wos recointod Gor h,
Mos.rs o,poirno F. 90 Sioasor nn ~.
baois ~ ~ o.,I,,o' ~"u "''"eo"' vi Wv
| Tho ,oxt xvtt,os. rvas rbarlos II pitss
| 60 Ia, .,,,,,..ss - ,..iaaS -. ~
a ,"., e'sy ,n' S no 'eI s,e ssaa 'u ~,
,;na. ~ '.apL 80 r IN .hs, nv w
snS VIC "oA s was s,,a. snai VIZ Gun
oaoh a,hn, ""u '"'"''o" "'"''' o"'""e''
eaS U,, o'nei' -, ~,
mmIess -, Wa nulu asheu " MI. Srnno
n onn ..'tt' n M
,nis,, s.u, y'vVv Su a 20, 49, y. Fi.a, "u,'
streets and seversi tho p sn , cubic rd'
streets, an1 seNe,hl thousanu cuoic yarus
into Nin,h anS T ,v sIreo,s o0st h,w pu
~, anu. anu rt'..f nV't ~ anu n.ioe. no. ~
ssj,hou. ,hn,n 80 snsrin" ~ ssv 1,h Gus
stroa,5 '' P'1' VI '"''" y"
To thIs ore.,,o, ,v,,,oss arsvoro1 ,,,o, l.,
L,s,, nn,hino abo,, !, 0"s'eu '''''' N'
w,,noss ,.e. re- a.L., L. Al,
.onr n.n, mas ,h snea .,s "ny ny a,u h n,,
70 Mr. Cra5e Co. III on,,roroi. 'Iu LII, III
1ne.tio, he ren,ied ,ha, ~ IA -, oo',IIo
IT. Suara ha au, , hns;r no u,J nV. 'oh''ue
ue x.s ,hsn asIoJ II ho 80, "sn ~ w., -ro,,.,
Es,;n i, a. ,oar nv sod au ainh, snot ,,,,o
IN ,hn rn , "a pS ~ s,a, NY
Can,ol s,re., ond T;h.r e.o e''meSt =, Nu I'LL
,,on, H., ,s,,,, a co., v,veh, "nu W III
asa ma, s us ,. away tuc.
s,ras, 10 nro,ao, tho sanS sns ,ha, nv Nv 'nS
,raa.,ro 49, saa, 90 oS ~, aau ' ny nn'
nins, ~, iSu ny ,oes " ano su''Gr anu san
nate VI wv '"''''hs"' III MS 0s''
Wi;ro,. ,on,,od In ,,o,, ,o,,;,, o,,,,, !,
WIS., ~. s,. III nv notsths aooua ~
.r,,aa NJ Caa,a aho,, a ~. II ne hau son
eor,iod ,h., 10 oU NV, sno , ,h, anu ~
M ro,hiaa ~ a hau ,ri,H ~; anu 'na' Mr. or"n'
A' NJ pI,sss w., W. Wv ,San ~. ~ T.. Al, -
tnnw that IN. Ia az ronr,roa ~ o,, ~ u,u NJ
10 s,huI, III h,I,s aud ns,,rn 'uo eisy eusyo
suoniW vi oiiis anu estithates lot grazing
s anu sfa1elnS sttee's 70 INC ward commiS
above IL rega rdsd n bis anti 10 s;ne ,ha Hi
and estimates 10 Tho contractor. ana that n
had q copy Of the contract in his nossessio,
at the time he made out the bin. He ft,rthc
stated that the present copy before The com
mittee was not a true one. in bis opinion
but he had correct one in his possession,
The committee then requested Mr.. Miss [,