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

tuN hpHFbNhi VI tut Nork OF my
commissioner, untfi the bridge should have
been built over the Tiber At X street, A. 1
or the assistant commissioner signing q bill
q. And that would not be required until
.t,er r the bridge should have been built over
and settlement be made between the parties
Interested, ANAL estimate would be required
In all probability, and u that was ordered,
then II would be perfectly proper for the com
missioner aud assistant commissioner to Sign
TAT the instance Of Mr.. Crane;l
g; pid I You not, several months age, make le
graveling 10 Fourth street west, which runs
over the Tibcr-thc west branch Of the Tiber--
when there 10 no bridge nnished there 10 this
dsyi A. No, sir; think not. think he had
q, You are positive he did not grade and
gravel Fourth street, A. Not under my ad-
ministration have no recollection OF II.
q. state u you do not know that he has
been paid for that street, when no bridge has
been built there, though law had existed for
no s.9 ssns ,SsrS 9S %ns %e and SsGss NJ.
Namara has y contract, think, for Thi I'd
street east, across the west branch OF Tiber
creek. II Is on Third street. He has had an
yesterday or the day before he asked me for
3 hual estimate. He has been at work on the
street within the last two or three weeks.
u. What did you say to him when he spoke
to you about preparing a hnal estimstei A.
think told him 1t belonged to the city sur.
yeyor, but N the Mayor ordered II should
probably have to do it-something OF that
kind. I spoke OF an estimate on account
did not tell him would make him a hnai esti'
mate.
TAT the instance OF Mr.. wiisonil
U. Why did you recommend that this bill
referred to by Mr.. Crane should be paid when
the specihostion to the contract provided that
until Ri x. @ worn had SssHn sppPoysS By the city
surveyor, the commissioner Of the ward and
the assistant commissioneri A. Think there
/ will say this, as / said before, that when
saw the contract and made my estimate that
specification was not attached to the contract.
In my moothly estimates, or the estimates
never called on the commissioner to signj
neither has II been the custom. II has not
been customary, and do not conceive that he
has anything to do with IL.
O. Examine this cory OF the contract and
| see whether the ppecincations are not re-
ferred to =. being attached to ~ A. do not
recognize that copy Of the contract fully, even
| II the word " cation" Is there. 1t may
| have referred to that. There was an advertise.
| ment, think, Of tho work, and that specified
the work to be douei and 1t might refer to that
| specification.
a. IL your professional opinion that the
| clause In the contract referring to the specid.
cations rcfcrs to the advertisement OF the con.
tracti A. Sometimes advertise ments include
specifications.
q. / viii re,d."Tho work to be done accord.
with annexed A. Say l do not recollect Of
| having seen those speeihcations annexed at
the time the contract was made.
q. l understand you to say that the advcr.
tisement 10 the papers states that the work
| shall be done, and the specifications refer to
the advertisementi A. do not know how II
q. / will resd the closing part OF the adyer.
tisement. 1.-THE specification for doing this
work may be seen at the Mayors office, where
copies can be obtained; and bidders are re-
anertfullv nntiQeI that m hid will he r.,
taincd that does not strictly conform to said
specification" would like to ask u you ad.
do not know whether the printed copy OF the
advertisement which you have read Is correct
or not
q. Did not the contract provide that all
surplus earth should be deposited under the d..
Feetion OF the commissioned A. The contract
shows for itself 10 that respect
question: A. The work under the contract 10
unier the commissioner.
| lat the instance OF Mr.. Crane j
q. Do you not remember that Mr. Murphy
graded NJ street last fall from New Jersey
| avenue to North Capitol street, and that he
| was requested to put the surplus earth into
toll, and that the distance hauled was about as
great as from X street to q and First, and that
they received no pay for ~ A. The commits.
duty to measure the work according to the
contract and to give the quantity.
by Mr; Holmes; g. Is there gravel spread
| dred yards at the railroad TO your knowledge
A. ITyou mean square yards think there Is
more Than that, that |. not spread with gravel.
| 1t 10 not all graded yet, and consequently not
| all grayclled; the larger portion is gravelled.
q, Had you conversation with the Mayor,
or the Mayor, clerk, within ten days about
| eontracti A. l think l had.
q. VIII you please repeat that A. L think
l asked him for the contract that might see
whether was correct or not Ia my version Of
| II. 1 wanted to see 1t to satisfy myself that
| was right, that It referred to surplus earth
| and nothing else.
| to III A. 1t had. tcslied the attention OF the
| clerk OF the Mayor to the fact; asked him
whether he remembered At the time the con.
| tract was made whether they were attached to
| II, and he said he thought not.
q. Did he mention any way by which he
| thought IL got therei A. | think he said 1t
biG h. Us1 @eRntoa on sSySody whom he sup.
| posed put 1t oni A. do not reeollect whether
| he did or not.
q. Was anybody mentioned as having been
| supposed to put that on the contractl A. l
think his reply was that 1t must have been
put on. l do not recoliect of any PERSONS
name being mentioned.
put II oni A. do not think l did. had my
own thoughts. / do not think l mentioned
| any person particularly.
| the work 10 that part op which they receive
| pay supposed to be ilnishedl A. Not hit be
on an estimste made during the progress OF
| the work.
q. l understand you to say that the com
| missioner and assistant commissioner are
| never applied to to attach their names to an
| estimate or bill until the whoe contract Is
| flushed A. My experience is that they were
not to sign the bill until the final estimate
| the adm,ssurement.
q. Had there been any money or any esti.
mate made OF streets to be graded and gray.
| eled under the contract, and money paid any
part of them where there has been no work
no estimate since the work began except this
| one that l made. l know this was the first
| one I made, and the only one during the
progress OF the work. aud have never seen
| any since,
q. You say there Is no street mentioned in
this contract that has been paid for. or partly
menced on III A. i dot think there is any
street paid for, unless there has been some
| work done on II.
| q. Have you made any estimate OF streets
| where the work has not been commenced at
| the time you made the estimated A. should
| not make any estimates on streets on which
| no work was done.
q. Had you conversation with any person
| implicated in these charges In regard to any
| beneht that would accrue to the Republican
party from this coatracti A. No, sir. have
| no recollection.
RIVER NEws.-The following were the
arrivals at and departures from the wharves
along the river frort yesterday:
Arrlvals-Schooner Founder, with wood
for Washington and Georgetown Ice Com
pany; Greyhound, with wood for market;
Annie Lowe, from Tenth Landing, with oats
for c. ]. Brewer; Rising Sun, with wood for
VIM. Peake.
Sailed-steamers Anna Harris, for New
York, with $500 iron bedsteads; Wawaset,
for Cone river; Shops Streakcr and May
Flower, with Ice for fishing. shores; Schoon-
ers VIM. M.Wllson, for Georgetown, to load
coal for New York; William W. Hackett,
for IIayre-de. Gracei John II. Trayers, with
manure for West Branch.
Memoranda-Sailed from Philadelphia,
September 81, schooner Transport, for this
port, with coal for Thomas +. HALEY, II.
HALEY and John II. Corcoran.
-Entered-Steamers Thomas
4. Cahil, Marth and Express, Nicklc, Balti'
more.
Cleared-Schooner J. ]. Spencer, Heath,
Galveston, Texas.
TRANSFERS or REAL ESTATE. - Messrs
Green Il Williams have sold one Of the three.
story brick houses on the south side Of NJ,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, fol
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