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

lAt tht tnstNnoc OIL nut. Wilson I'll
q. There SCENE to be q true copy here Of
something: wh.tis II a copy Oft I refer to
the paper described here a. an estimated A.
y 10 cory Of a communication sent to the
q. Have you a record Of III A.1hsve, 1
: q. Just produce /, II you please, A. I will.
read from page LOO Of my private record
Tread the paper heretofore inserted on
q. In this bill, dated the 2i,h day of April, I
charged to q. street. IL that the amount OF
aotusl embsnkmcn t placed in the street At that
time, or 10 that the amount OF embsDkment
required IN that street, A; That's the amount
In the street, and on either side Of the Tiber.
MY recollection 10 not positive about that,
but my Impression To- that there was an EN-.
time.
q. In the estimate made on q street on this
side Of the Tiber was any deduction made for
embark ment put Into that street prior to the
time when this contract was entered intoi A.
am sure no embankment was put there prior
to that time. That was embraced 10 my esti.
mate,
O. DO you know how much embankment
there was on that street on this side OF the
Tiber prior to the time when this contract was
entered intoi A. My estimate OF that street
was for the whole street. I do not remember
now what the amount was at that particular
point you speak Of. My estimate was for the
whole street, taking the ground ~ l found y,
and making my e.toste from ,, ne grgu ao,!
that was taken into consideration.
U. You know whether there was grading
there or mott DO not think the street wa.
graded there, but that 10 not the street.
q, Where does the street commence 10 re.
Istlon to the gutterl A. In the centre Of the
ter. MY estimates are based from gutter to
gutter.
q. Commencing from or including the ex.
ternal eurbstone. A. No, siri the place be-
tween the outside paving stones from gutter
q. Then do understand the gutter forms a
part OF the street, A. No, sir a part of the
lat the Instance OF Mr.. Crane j
U. Do you know that Tenly Il Eslin last
fall graded about eight feet from the gutter
snS the riSsr ISea tssy psvea shs WAX on
the north side OF q street, A. know that
the contractor graded the work for the pave
ment and the gutter.
q. Did they not, In order to prevent the
gutter from washing away, build an embark.
nent eight feet out into the street, A. Well,
cannot answer that question. l never saw
q. what Is the width OF that gutterl A.
Well, that gutter has been made wider than
the ordinary width. l DO not think ever
q. Does not the corporation psy for all
cutters over four feet Ia width I A. Not In
q. IL not that the iswi A. an no. certain
about that. l AN rather Of the impression
that four feet IL the general width OF the gut
ter. Onentimes It is wider.
q. viii you state whether there was or was
gutter, between North Capitol street and the
riberi A. In building the gutter, laying the
pavement and preparing au embankment for q
pavement they build embsnkment enough to
hold the pavement and gutter. That Is their
custom.
9. D.d you go on the Srouad when you made
witness. The estimate for q street,
q. The one made previous to the letting OF
the contraetl A, think did. am not pos
Tive about that
into the estimated A. | do not see any neces-
sity for answering that question. As l said
before, the ground was cross.sectioned so as to
make an estlm,tei whether IL was there Or not
would not make any difference. 1t would be
left out.
Q. Doyou mean to say that the emb ,nkment
on q street amounts to $40 yards without
measuring any OF the embankmeht placed there
last yearl A. The estimate that made on
the 2ith OF April was the estimate OF amount
put In there by Mr.. Donovan under his con-
tract.
q: What ls the width Of q street as /, Is
graded
Witness. Do you mean what 1t Is or what 1t
Mr.. Crane. What 1t Is now. You have stated
what 1t ought to be. What Ia the width Of @
street, from gutter line to gutter, as IL now
stsndsl A. have not measured It, do not
know.
O. Did you not measure the stree, when
you made out this bilii A. We took the mecca.
ssry notes to make out the bill.
q; Then you took your tape line and meas:
ured the width OF the street at that time, did
you'll A. Yes sir. II | measured anything 1t
might have been with tape line and might
have been with chsin or rod.
q. You measured 1t at that timei A. pre-
sumo did.
q. why did you not report that the street
was too nArrowi A. have not said 1t WAS
too narrow or too wide.
q. II you measured " you would surely
kuowl A, l do not r.eollect whether l meas.
ured u or not. have not said did.
e BY what authority DID you MAKE out this
state there were s,2i8 yards. A. That q kind
OF double question. You asked me the ques-
tion whether ! measured the width. might
answer that had measured II In the usual
way. do not recolleet now exactly what /
messured-how muchi but enough to come to
an intelligibie conclusion that there was that
q. Is It not the custom In measuring the
streets to measure the width and the height
Of the embankmenil A. No one can get at an
estimate unless he takes some measnremen /
OF the width and depth aud knows about 1t.
q. Did you go out on the ground yourself
before making out this bill OF the 9th of
ApIri A. l think have said was not Ger.
tain whether went on to the ground or not.
My assistant might have made It, and Of
course, being the surveyor, l. endorsed 1t.
q. You viii please state who did 1t as near
Mr., DeMainesi A. As ! said before, am not
certain whether Mr.. DeMaines or any other
assistant ! have In my emPloy-snd / have
q, wa, not this bill Mr.. Bis. brought
to you already made out for your signaturei
A. l do not usually do business that way.
might have made out the estimate In counec.
ton with him, and then the clerk that l
had have written II out under my direction
and have signed 1t analiy, like anybody else
q. You do no, know whether you went on
the ground or whether you made out the bill
from Mr.. DeMaines Measurement A. think
that question has been asked two or three
q. DO you know whether It WAS really sur.
yeyed at all, A. do not think that question
is worthy OF an answer. have made report
on the survey.
q. Did you give the grade Of First street,
from q to II street north, when the branch OF
the Metropolitan railroad was laid last year,
A. think decided the grade at q and II
with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com .
pany.
q You gave them the grade when they put
the track therei A. Igave them the grade at
the two points on the railroad track At II and
| streets.
q. Did you state before Justice Walter that
that track was the proper grade between @
aud ii streets a. do not think stated that
II was any grade between q and II streets.
q. Did you give the grade to John Donoya n
when he commenced grading that street. A.
do not remember.
u Was 1t not your duty to give him the
grade before he commenced to work. A. He
had the grade there sufficiently at each end.
q, Is that grade correct between @ and II
streets northl A. have never tested 1t since
the work has been done.
q, Ia It correct between q and III A. Ih,ye
not examined It to see.
=; Did you recently give the grade for foot
walk on the west side Of Fiat street,
Witness. AT what point
MT Crane. Between q and II streets north
A. did not personally, but suppose 1t wai
done under my superin te ndence AS inspector.
q. i. that eorreeti A: have never tested 1t,
q. How much does the centre OF street re-
quife to be above the cufbstonei A. think
there Is no legal definite height.
q. Is u not required to be from ten to eigh.
teen inches, according to the width of the
street, A, think there Is no law about It.
There Is no required gusge that know of
q, DO you know that the centre OF First
street east, between q and II streets north, IL
eighteen inches too lowl A, l never put a
level on III never tested 1t.
q, You were surveyor, were you not, at the
think not. don't know that the work Ia
done now.
q. Do you not know that that street was
graded the 2tth OF April when you made that
bill out that 1t was In precisely the condition
1t rs now excepting the gravell A. never
estimated the street rs finally done, and never
knew that 1t was done. | do not consider tn at
1t Is done yet, because have never been called
on to consider 1t.
q. You do not consider that the street has
had any gravel put on to ~ A. have not
al hing ahnut I In that raanact