The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-14

andrew dleesoni " my reooleotion serves me
y going on The bond. When looksd al The
ontrset, objected 10 u 40 net cont dining the |
'risss ! bad gusrsdtssd ios; m. pSioes were |
,ond until had an opportunity 70 consult
With Mr.. Gleesopj knew Qleeson 10 be Dono- |
,an's brother.inlsw, and felt sure that II Dono-
@ When w s a's e. e. T rs.s q -:
old that the prices were lowsrsd BECAUSE the !
Mayor considered IL better to give the entire
oh Of all the streets to one party, - that party
' hspp any other bidders had done. fhst whilst
he prices given for some Of the streets were
argsr than other parties who had bid for the
po Sl s you'd ~ ire fs.us ss%sfd ia
not think II possible for any man 70 move three
ssrt loads Of dirt for the Price Of ten or eleven
sent., whichever u vas. I eonsidsred y In.
lob unless the matter was arranged differently.
1leeson tried to explain TO me how By having
all the work at even less prices than i had
handsome pront, 1 told him 1 could no, see
e the Mayor about u. I went and, saw the
ss G a. dr1 s s se:s sass . %sn shs
wa: not disposed 70 Ssss dswst sss would g
standing that dieeson should DO the worE, he
having condolences In his ability 70 make a.
leasts reasonable .pront. 1 had no interest
then, either present or prospective, in the con.
work faithfully executed and my skirts kept
q. How long after tina. was 4 that you
the oontrsett A. y might have been two
weeks. II was, at all events, within month.
q. Do you know OF sny eostrast having
sss. s5s.s j. sas H. ss'a
not. 1 never have seen IT.. II has been lately
stated to me, however, that Mr.. Eonis did
s so s'T shs
O'Beirne was to furnish al. the money, and
thu, they were to ssts oO,hln& from u: Msyof
yh . had not sS.S
o'Belrne had told me. asked o'Beifne Why
aiessoa had, That was the sseuse that Was
made when complained Of not having been
ieiormed q the dssirs Or Intention I'd take
dis.son told me- that Is. vss h. s.iii. to
nish az the money necessary to carry on the
Re 'H3 E SoSa haze ,s Az an 10
asked me to speak to him about It. told him
had nothing TO do with 0Beirne; that had
not bonded for O'Beirne to do the work but for
known to me his inability TO do the work I
who would have advanced the money TO carry
% the y, wo,s A. sond'm'a would have felt
q. Did you ever hear aleeaou, the Mayor,
or any body else say that the Mayor was going
to fuinish every nioath ~ dhoient capital to do
such an intimation from anybody.
q. You have read the oontractt A. Yes, sir.
q. II that copy Of it thandlng witness
copy ofsontrast) A. A. near {" ssn re'oi.
q. Did you ever hear him say anything
about not being paid for taking tbs dirt from
street and putting 1t on O and First strssssi
q. You notice tina. that CLAUSE is in the ses.
one saw. After The arst evidence offhp fall.
Hii al saG he &c sS
work, Il bsyiss Ssss practically stopped By
getting no pay, l advised that MI 0Belrne
failed ia his bargain, as they had represented
It to me. know nothing except what
learned from them as to what the bargain 10.
and be told me that he was TO furnish the cap.
ital for the interest given him. / could not
swear on my oath what interest II was any
more than 9leeson gave me to understand that
he expected to pay O'Beirne a third OF the
prohts for the necessary capital. told dlee.
son that II OBeitne went out that, a. his
bondsman, I would see that he vac not en-.
chose not to take my advice, and ! had nothing
more to do with the matter, except to see
Gleeson faithfully execute the work.
about il 4. Yes, Dir, and / know he /. 10.
terested. He came to me complaining about
O'Beirne's failure to furnish the money.
told hin they hsd m made ths bargain outside Of
q. Do you know what Interest Fry hadi A.
No, sir. never saw any bargain except what
they have stated. ] Incidentally learned that
Ennis had drawn up the paper, but do not
Tssi.meny Of J. II. Hilton.
tJoseph Henry Hilton: Sworn BY Alderman
gard to grading and sr.yollas N and x streets
north, from North Capital street to Boundary
tod .. s.. so. .u S1F,s FL. 9:s ss
east, from q to II streetst A. Gentlemen,
wish to state that am rather . reluctant Wit
ns.. IL I'll; natter feel be-
two Of the parties, although I shall leave
those prejudices outside 10 giving my ties.
timonyi shall state facts onlyi I will
disposed towards Gleason and UBeirne
because they have not paid me, nor treated me
gentlemanly In any way.
ately. Tell US about q street, IL you please
A, Well, / commenced the superintendence OF
that work at the request Of Mr.. John b. Fry,
sSeu q the sss ~ sps nv s work n
principally to the excavaiion.of X street, the
surplus out Of X street was taken to @ street,
we eoa,inued Up until DO not Know mo ssn,osiy
May; there was one portion Of q street, from
Norsh Capitol street to the branch, to NIL
which we took out of MassAohusetts avenue
that we worked over GU q street, on little
knoll east Of Second street, and deposited the
surplus into q street, west OF Second.
First streets do you suppose came out Of K
street, A. l cannot tell that with any definite
ides, but can say this much, that most OF the
CT The s espth o Ssms rom Between Second stree
east aud the railroad on First street west W,
were then cutting through a very high EN-
bsnkment through Delaware avenue, from
First street to Second street east. ....-.
east q a. ripes orses, IA s. fs esaaos sei
from memory. ! would not Ike to say. be
where's about the nrst or toward the middle o.
q. All the dirt that WAS put on O. street, T;
~iss the sasSsptou faoi IN That wa. tsfs
Mssssehu.etts svsnuei a. Yes, air, about
q, with that exception, the dirt came out o
q. Did they iinish the street when they lef
sesn up f tSsrs sv .as ssa he .s june
not wanted there by O'Beirne and aleesot
Mr.. Fry Is a high-toned gentleman, truthfu
and honest IN every partlcula,rt; He woui
going on, and would my TO me nightly an
| daily, ~ desire that thtscontrAot shall Be full
| filled to the letter and spirit, II not dollar
| N sde out Of It," He impressed that upon then
| O'Beirne was seen but seldom, unless ther
was some fnanoiering to be done, at which b
was very good. Icannot say that have see
| the streets since the LIST of June.
| q, I understand you to say they oonsidere'
tho streets flushed At the time. A. Yes, oil
| that 10, q and First streets. The work Q
grading and graveling there was considered a
| flushed. l would like to say here that whe
the streets were said not to be wide enough
Mr.. dleeson, to his honor and credit be It, salt
started his hands there and kept them ther
| enough and wide enough.
Q. They did not expect 70 come back an
grade them over againf A. That cannot sa,
q. What 10 the customi Do they hnis
grading before grayeling the streetst A. A
far as my observation and experience go, tn
grading always has been done before gravelinl
Q. Did you ever know Of any instance whet
Of his own free Will, has gone back and graz
eled 1t over againf A. have never know
that.
q. Do you know anything about the amour
| Of the psy.rolls on the 2tth Of April, at tn
time these parties were supposed to have n
ceived t2,TOoi A., Yea, sir;
U. How muchl A. Between l,Too an
el,soo, That was the amount OF the hrst "a!
nent that It was proposed to make: Whhe
stood that Colonel O'Beirne was to furnis
! all the money for carrying on the work viii
out calling upon the corporation for q dolla
know nothing, however, except what nj
Fry and Mr.. Gleeson have told me, that whe
the contract was obtained by Mr.. Donovan
and assigned to aleeson, that these three me
were to take the contract and carry IL on. Nj
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