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

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quest, 10 make correct ,adpesscremeat Of the
graduating. corbinG, paving and srsysiiss Of any
o. thea,sauss. streets Or silsy.,a the sad city
S..sa a. sfeG..sia, aud 70 furnish 10 he commits.
siou.r or eommi..loset. q improvement. in The
sss r e ssrisss,s o. o.fissi.. sasisins e. sfS,
numSs. q p,,cn,. ystd, o. sSaa,s fsel sas he
aI:,ISssi:sI.S !hS S1,aii., I. s:sS FsiS where \
;sssll certify ~ N,,ips shs,sst ne work N,
aaa' % . spo 81 anu
FORM al .uen osss, .s,. Pad services wherein tn;
surveyor, ob.srvinx ia all eases. The Regulations
have already Ss's q r. %sss hSssI b s
proysnsat. In said city, asd 10 super atsnd gen.
orally the improysmen carried or IN III. city,
ers ADD contractors their duty Ia regard
he rs.pSs1re TS,s On Tssn Me- may be-
| will ask you how you reconcile your con.
duet in not handing me the bill paid the 2Sth
Of Aprikgith the law 1 have just readl A.
| MY construction Of that law 10 that II applies,
ment," not to monthly estimates made as the
work progresses. For the hnsl estimate an.
and that admeasurement should be submitted
to the commissioner, and he should sign II.
That was the custom q all my predecessors.
q. Is there any rule or law OF The corpora.
ton or requirement In that contract calling
for monthly statement. OF work, or any esti.
mates OF the work as II progressed A. The
rule or custom, so far as my knowledge goes.
| has been to pay estimates on work Of any
masnitude as the work progresses. some.
kind to be made, either verbally or In writingi
and OF course AN under the orders OF the
q. Then you would not think OF di,obeyiug
the Mayor II he ordered you to do III A. III
did not consider II just or proper should tell
q. Does not the Law require you to make
all returns Of such measurement to the com.
missioner A. think the law only requires
that to be done In case OF the nnai measure
| ment.
q. Doesn't 1t say all mea,urementsi A. 1t
| says admeasurements.
mes.urement.i A. think not.
U. What 10 the difference between measure
ment and sdmeasurementi A. Measurement In
| dIcates Measurement as the work progresses,
| while admcasurement refers, In my judg-
ment, to the hnsl Measurement. Any man OF
| sense can understand that.
| U. Had you conversation with the Mayor
at what timei
Witness; DO you mean since my last cx.ml.
| nation or befofci
| Mr.. Crane. AT any timei
| Witness. I have had occasion to call on hi m
and have also had a conversation with hi m
since my examination here.
q. Have you not had q conversation with
| the Mayor In regard to this very matter OF
paying for q and First streets, and did he not
tell you that the contractors had no claim for
epb,nknent on @ and FIRST streets for art
a conversation with him about it, but have
no recollection about his saying that the con.
tractors were not entitled to the dirt taken
out Of any street and put into another.
Y. Did you not, one afternoon, about two
months ago, meet the Mayor In his office and
come TO the conclusion then, In the presence
OF O'Beirne and MI. Gleeson, that they had no
claim for grading q and First streets with
I al let ID aNaN Al anE a..
| collect OF any such expression as that. may
| have had conversation with him, but do
not think he ever made such an assertion.
| z. Did you net take the contract and read II
over carefully together, and come to that con-
clusioui A. I do not think l did. think, IL
anything was said, that the conclusion was
| that all surplus earth that went from one street
into another, as the contract reads, should be
paid for only once.
Y. What was the eonversatIon At that tImei
A. 1, was the same conversation as is implied
by those questions and answers
u. You stated, the other evening, that the
| specinestlons, = printed copy Of which IL at
taehsd to this contract, were printed after the
contract was signed aud attached to II after
thstl A: did not make any such statement
stated thought they must have been. did
q. lid you not state that In your opinion the
contract before the committed was not a cor.
rect copy OF the original A, think stated
that In my Judgment the contract might be
70 ~her ,ns y Ws %sds
tions) were not u part OF the contract. That
is what meant to state at all events.
SaSS out KY tas TO .h nSs
to 1t at that timei a. did not say SO. |
have evidence, however, that they were not.
I hsye heard ,n another party say that In his
q. just mention who that party Isl A. The
q. You have stated that on a certain after.
noon, about two mouths ago, you did have a
Conversation with the Mayor. VIII you now
state what that conversation wasi A. Mr..
Crane asked me II | did or did not have a COZ.
versstlon with the Mayor or the Mayors
clerk. told him msy have had q converse
tioh win ne May9r: DO not believe can
swers TO the former questions indicate.
q, Was 1t the eonyersation as Indicated by
by the answers' A. The conversation indi-
Gated by both questions and answers; anybody
can draw his own conclusion.
conversation vast A, think have not ad.
mitted there was any conyersation, or denied
q, DO you now admit that there was any
Witness. At what tImet
moths sso 'hS %I b,ys
recollection OF a conversation with the Mayor
two months ago.
q. What do you mean when you say that
the conversation WAS Indicated by the ques.
tions and the snswers' A. l have no distinct
Mayor at that time you would probably have
remembered II, wouldn't yout II l had had a
conversation with hin at that time, would
probably have remembered some hi ng about II.
q. DO you say you remember nothing about
any conversation had with him at that time
A. l have answered that question.
Y. What Ia the Answeft A. might have
had a conversation and might not. l do not
positively reeolleet any oonversation at that
q. Do you iudlstinetly recoliect any CONVEX.
sstion at that time with hint A. do not dis.
tinctiy or indistinctly recOliect any converse.
Ga we instsncs of %r tims
MIR B's What What proportion Of the EN-,
done under the contract has been donei A.
should think the amount already done would
not vary = greMways from 1900 to $4,000
sSs ", rsrs, f.. viii be- say
these figures would be the amount still re.
quired. or In that vicinity. 1t might require
would Be aSout Is coo ysISs air sSS ihe'e
| lat the instance OF Mr.. Crane
q: state II 1t 10 not the custom to fnish the
q. DO you not know that X street is gray.
eled All the way from North Capitol street to
the Boundary, except about 200 fee, at the
nor graveled-t6e whole oft.
that It Is mott A. believe am under oath.
would not accept the work as completed by
q, You have named one poiut where 1t re.
CURES large amount OF emDAnkment-neAr
the Tiber. Is there any point that requires
more eatthl A. have no positive knowledge
OF any other point, though think there may
be some parts of the embankment that will
require a little widening.
q. Will you state how many hundreds or
thousands OF cubic yards OF embAnkment II
will require to finish out X street at the Tiberi
A. have no positive knowledge Of how much
II will take.
q. Do you not know that there IL not an.
other yard of embsnkment that can be put In
there until there Is bridge built to sustain II
at the Tiber-that Is graded on each side clear
up to the bank, and gFayeledi A, | think /
could squeeze In another yard there. 1t would
require = great deal more anyway. You can
put In not only another yard but great many
yards, and when the bridge Is completed Il
will require great mAnyi and that 10 part OF
the contract, to complete that work.
q. Do you understand that these contractors
do not get a final settlement until a bridge Is
put across there A. have no understand.
ing about 1t, They have made a contract to
hnish tho work, and they will have to do 1t.
II had charge Of the work they would not get
their hnal estimate until they had done IT..
q. Until bridge was built A. Until they
had completed their work.
Z 10 there any law for building a bridge
over the Tiber, across X street, A. think
mott but there 10 a similar case to that on