The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-09

mate. did not intend to measure any At any
q: what then do you eall the s,a.e cubic
yards OF embsokm mont on q street, A. I call
that the same that I would any earth removed.
A. i do not. cannot say that 1 saw q load
hsuisd from any place, when you come right
:. q. Then you RECOMMENDED the payment Of
u, did youl A. knew that there was earth
placed In q street, and that he was entitled to
anybody else would who knew his business.
a. Was he entitled to pay for that earth on
pc cSti Il a.p w o snH ws. ifS%
at the nrst estimate therr was any surplus
earth on X street, mean By that more than
would es required to build the embsnkment on
q. DID you make any inquiry a. to where
ne earth ,s came a., front A. ThaVe no recollec.
q. DO you or do you not know that the earth
charged Tor ~ having been taken from X street
was again charged Tor under the head OF EN-.
osnkment Tor q street, A. According to the
graded, each act was Independent Of the other,
and the grading Of each street had to be paid
made nj. mere soud ss no
earth, provided II had all come from street,
because under my estimate there would only
or IL the
estimate my approximate estimate was cor.
q. will repeat the question. Do you or do
having been taken from X street was again
charged for under the head Of embsnkment for
as'rseti A. dia not charge for y.
was then repe.sed by MI. wiison.J A. | con.
bill, that h. was entitled under the contrast to
the amount that gave him at that time. l
regarded II fair and Just.
or Got, 10 tsis I iii. n s.rph va. charged FOR .
mbankment on q street that was also on the
same bill charged for as excavation on X
k street, he vas entitled to payment for 1t
| under the contract at that time; because
whenever X street 10 completed 1t will re.
.s or i. 'G sSslss.a, 70 S' S T. mo dIa
not ask any question where y came from. u
was entitled to be paid.
q. Will you state the amount OF excavation
and embsntment 10 X street no~i A. Well.
l am not able to state that.
q. Dan you come anywhere near III A. l
might make rough estimate Of II.
3: Do you know that your assistant on Sat.
were % 900 cubic yards OF surplus earth on X
| street, A. did not know OF any surplus
ss',n there; dia not S kno. .nythsns about bout
oertsinly could not have been that.
q. Do you mean to say that you do not
|
mattel A. He might have made an estimate
| there.
q. Did he or did he mott A. He made re.
port about II. whether he considered 1t an
| accurate estimate or not, 10 more than l can
| tell.
Q. What was his reporti A. I dc not re.
member what It was.
| Q. Did you see ~ A. did.
| U. You have no idea what II wasi A. Well,
I have an ides, but say cannot give you the
q. what were the figures, a. nearly a, you
can give themi A. l have no objection to
stating what my recollection Is. think that
the amount OF excavation was In the neigh
borhood OF $1,000 or 5000 yards, and the
amount Of embankment perhsps about %, 900.
But the embankment on X street Ia not com
pleted within probably 10000 yard, or there.
| earth.
q. State where, under the contract, any en-
| bankment 10 yet to be done on X street. A.
| Well, at Tiber creek there is = large amount
| Of embAnkment yet to be done, and also along
1t is not completed. It requires aliing out a
little more In various places along the line Of
| the street.
q. Is not X street graded and graveled from
at the railroad crossingi A. No, sir; / would
not accept Il as such by any means.
r9it aos: sr aSs h'~r Ny apei'iaG
Q. Has gravel been put on It under this con
trs1ti a. There Is no doue. OF that. 1t shows
q. Do you mean to have II understood, then.
that on street, under this contract, the EN-.
| bsnkment and the excavation are about the
| samei Is that your professional opinionL A.
MY professional opinion 10 this: When the
work 10 flashed As It ought to be, there will
| be but little II any surplus earth, because an
embnnkment Invariably washes more or less,
| especially about a stream like Tiber creek,
and require. more embankmeut than would
| be required II there was no washing, That
embsnkment being the most Important part Of
that street, 1t would certainly, In my judg.
ment, require more than my estimNte' rather
| q. II the surplus excavation and embank-
ment will balance each other, when the work
eoatrsetors have put some len thoussn tre
thown away some ten thousand yards Of
dirt at X street, and put 1t into sixth street,
street, and Ninth and Tenth streets; would
they be likely to throw away that dirt, and
then go elsewhere and obtain dirt to put back
Know that tss, Is the ease. think il is mott %S;
but oftentimes contractors prefer to haul short
distances in preference to long ones. They
borrow II again at q shorter haui
lat the instance of Mr.. Barrett;l
z. From what part of X street was the dirt
taken that was put into q street, A. l do not
knew that Il came from there at all positively;
~ II s.ss a,9 or sSSy Sss presume 1T
q. And 10 Il at that point where you say
there 10 a large amount Of embaukme nt to be
madef A. It 10 west Of thu, point some dis.
|
q. How far west Of ~ A. do not know
exactly; should think three or four hundred
| feet,
q. How far 10 It from X street and q street,
A. do not recollset the distance. think It
| 10 about three squares.
q. About how m.ny feet would th., bel A
may be about a Thousand feet or more, and
probably III. That's, supposing the square to
q. Then, according to that, the contractors
drew their dirt and deposited II 10 q street-A
thousand fset.when they needed 4 within 800
feet OF X A. That Is a superstition OF your
| q. What amount OF excavation did X street
| require under this contract1 A. We cannot
know until It !. completed.
original estimste have here. and will sub
NIT Y /" a part Of my deposition. l will
Witness proceeded and read the following
w srsyG19s. 66rynIcs6 CRY HI.A.LL.}
To Hon: sayls.J BoSsn. Mayor y '''
SIN: 1 have the honor Of submitting the fol-
| lowing estimate OF NJ and X streets north, from
North Capitol street to boundary;
| NJ street north-number OF cubic yards Of ex.
csvAtion II, 500, at 81 cents.....,.... g. I23 %
Number Of cubic yards OF embark
! ment 1888, at -.................,
Number Of square yards OF grsveiing
lIoss, At II cents. .,,...,............. ass Is
non 90
Cost OF - feet OF bridging t5,8si 90
Cost OF X street north-number of
cubic yards Of excavation u, $50, at
IL ctntb......,........... g,B1k 30
Number Of cubic yards of embank.
ment 4t,6Tl.
Number Of square yards of grsvellng
6O,5Ol, at 81 cents.................. l2,7O7 81
ga ,54l o.
Cost Of 100 feet OF bridging. ....... si3 800 OO
Yours, very respectfully,
CHARLES II. Bliss,
"a true copy'D CITY Surveyor,
q, Have you made any other estimated A.
No, sir.
q. Has any other estimate been made by
your assistant sincei A. have made no ON.
cial estimate myself. ! am not proper person
to make It, 1t belongs to the surveyor
q. Is 1t your professional opinion that these
estimates Of the embnnk ment. and Of the ex.
cayatlon, required by this contract, are correct
as to X street, A. They are as correct as ap.
proNimate estimates can well be made to be-
z. Then you consider them only approx.
mate estimatesl A, | consider them Just q
the light that all estimates are when work is
to be done, and preliminary measurements
taken and estimates made that they are ap-
prOximate.
4, Is there any way by which you can esti.
| mate an excavation any more accurately after
the work 10 done than be fore the commence
| mant If III A A nraII mi in and n a. al "a ~