The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-07

And In case any surplus earth from Any
,t y named above Is deposited IN any other
pay only for excavation or embsakment, as he
may elect. II paid for excavation on one
sss he S, ;a n. PAID s another
Mr.. Crane told ne abouti It.
2. AZ what time did you iearn Of ~
Donovsn had signed the hardest contract In
town. 1begsn to laugh at the parties. had
been engaged In the work shout week when
Know yoa arc Ssm no, % s.saos ' p.is s ,S
that you are moving dow ~ there" says, "No,
/ do not.n He says; well, you are not.n AT
to The Other side Of s.eoad strsst ss.t. As
soon q. Mr.. Crane m.de the ststemsnt to me
that have referred 10, went to MAssschu.
dirt on there. i put the dirt dug on OF
Massachusetts avenue Into q street. took
rather too much dirt out OF X street, and had
RI, a0 sna .S So !. mSssh
cannot remember, and put back 10 the pisee
portion Of the dirt thstI put on First street at
q, How much dirt did you pu, into O and
First streets out OF X street,
A. That cannot tell.
g How long We're you IN tsls Is the di,s of
A, / could not exactly tell the time. never
kept any strict seeount. There 10 . very easy
way to get at this thing. The surveyor can
sixth street and i street.
q. 1 see here, By a report signed BY the city
were paid for trading on X street Tor is,o22
yards; will you state to the committee where
that dirt was depositedt
A. On X street itself-the greater portion OF
u, was there any dirt put on the west side
Of the branch before the atth OF April, 1851
any account Of the DAYS or the months.
q, md YOU grade the west side OF the branch
in The month Of Msyi -,
q. Where aid you put the dirt that WAS
taken out OF the footwsiksi
A On X street, A portion I took out OF X
and First streets, and graded as IL Ia there. A
ana paid him Tor The horse hire, and was to
DAY for the isbor. ''' "''
the yard,
A, Il was dirt, a. the m.n who took It will
prove.
,n9! . , how %q'n money have you drawn o"
'nis e Ths, i eou,a no, tell YOU,
O. ia 70" iese,ye nav for filling in on q
and First . .t,sst 81 fl, ,o,,,o0 Of u1,u,.
nos. The ensipscr went over there 10 make
an estin Ate Co as to be able TO pay US so much,
ana whsn .a s aoSs n not %orl wthout
s som.. money, and tyenty.aye or thirty Of them
came To the Msyor.
o. Do you remember what timo that wAst
A, No.sir.
q. Did you ever have any conversation with
the Mayor in regard to this dirt not having
to be paid for,
A. / never in my life had word to say to
the Mayor about II.
o. You say the commissioner OF the ward
told you that you were only entitled to pay
one way. Did you say anything to the Mayor
| about III
| A. Never saw him about Il, and never saw
| copy Of the contract. Never heard anything
| Of III only as got II from the reading OF Mr.
| Crane, and that was not the contract as sub
sequently entered into, for It was changed
q Was It signed when he read It to YOU
A. No, sir. After he read 1t, told him u
9. Are there any other parties interested ii
A. Col. O'Beirne and Mr.. Fry.
q. Did their interest commence at the SAINT
time yours didi
A. Their interest commenced when the con
| tract WAS awarded. OBeirne had become ont
Of the sureties. After tn one day went vi
into the Office Of the register OF wills, wher'
were Col. O'Bcirne aud Mr.. Fry. ! said thu
the contract required more money than he iel
able to command. O'Beirne said, "Never mind
Andrew, 1 will try to raise the money so ths
you can put the work fhioughW O'Beirn
then asked me u was willing to take Fry II
as a partner, and / said Yes" That Ia thu
way they came to be Interested In the con
tract, BY agreeing to furnish the money.
U. Were there any other parties interested
in the eontraeti