Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-02


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The invcs,igatIon into tho aff.Irs of tho
~ :. pm, w,.l,. 90. os.',,,,,,.a -.
Doa,u y, uo"N 800 NO ~. Se''o'-
day BY the committee on the District OF Co
/ lumbla Of the House OF Representatives, all
| the members of the committee beI,o nrc.eut
w n ChanaIer ,onro.sn,od ,ho ROD =,
". NJ S"ap"'o' Iopreson.eu tue boafu Vi
Public works, and n. q. Riddle ye memo
rlallsts.
Nj. RIdaie snia ,hors wss b, ,,lan maa. midas
| ,,'".s' ..'a ''o,o "".S pm" 'n"uo uuue'
u'o u''ecuon VI tne Guy government ana pro-
pared In the engineers Office, which con-
tained a schedule OF all the proposed i'm
provem,nts Us admitted n conv ana called
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| tue Oomhueos utenuon '" suec' ho''n'
between Seventeenth and Twenty-nrst streets,
which estimated the sum total for the changes
At ", l4o.
BY Mr.. Eldrldge; lie did not know that Il
differed from the work they are dolngi be
put u IN as a part OF The testimony % show
that they had not carried out the contract
made BY the Mayor, and departed from their
own specihcatlon.
ny NJ. Roosevelt Dld not Know they mao
ea,eu ior c.,.
~ Ten Chipmani Inc only law ne had
been sele 70 md on the subject wa. one
pesseu uy me OH corporation anu ne found
upon inquiry mat the present city govern
nen1 preaieateu their action on that act lie
tnen tead the communication transmitted by
| tue governor 10 tue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
nya resolution from that 6ody-that The
proposed change OF grade ln ? street vas be-
my uone unuer an het passed py tno city
councns, hhu approved ny ch-mhyof Emery
az. hVoseNelL was reso,uuou Passeu ui-
reeung this WORK 10 DC done
Mr. Riddle. presume u was done under
/ n Ulll nnnTOnrlhllnK IOlT ElllIOnA IOf the lul-
ProNeulent ni the city. -
| the FiksT WITNESS.
JOhn Lcnthal, sWOrni nc was Tue owner OF
Rfoper,y on Z etreeL hen. Nln9,eenlui nad
hyeu tne,e I9f ~ year. "neh nc punt ms
house IN loos ne called on No rOrsyth and
got tue grhne' lue PaNviheht was not lhld
nntll 'ometlme alter"arus, when question
aToso ABOUT dhe E1ade' ana T., aus request the
Mayor sent mr.. hhnuolph Coyle There, and
'he dhgnte was settled.
| M hidridge; u Mr.. Coyle 10 the city
| ~ F E1d,s. p UeilsNe he . uead;
Mr; Eidrdge' cannot Ills papers BE- brought
mere
M. hndie supposed 40; but the counsel
preferred 70 take charge OF the examination
10. the people
Mr. hldridge; bid not think " necessary
70 go away BACK TO 1899 TO Ind the grade Of
this street
by MI. Cottoni MIR. Coyle came there In
person. raised Tue grace, and said
IT WAS CORRECT.
ny Mr.. Riddle; Tbs difference between the
grade as u was then and as the 10 HwAlk
now Is was 80 teet; ILLS house was No. ISIS;
sue se"eI n IS 70 Iect Oelom Ihe grade a. MS
mouse, and the lowering OF the grade had not
necessltated any change In IL; he did not see
thht inc ehAhge OF srade was OF any beneht
70 the DRAINAGE MS house was about feet
ABOVE the street ana ne suggested the cut
ung OF an Inclined plane to enable him to
get lni he thought the pavement was to be
ePnal1ui they commenced Woik. on the
s'Teet about the Isl o. May.
ny NJ; chandler The trees he thought
were rock maplei they were about his house,
and he did not pay particular attention 10
tnem' AS me street now stands the wall OF
H.. 30 nogsh HAS bEhN INJURED.
ny W. Edrldgei lie was one OF the hrst
70 protest against thiJ Improvement. He
1 U Prvpery % ieet front on the street.
ne snouiu tnlnh' uake the whole street To-
gether, mat the property had deprecated
Inc 1Ii tnis Lh'PLo's'neh. nsd oeen going on.
ne thought the Shepherd property was in-
creased ~ value. lie would not give as
mneh lor Mr. Aiexanders property. IL they
soneinued 70 cut me street Gown 70 the build
Ing I,h ~ nc Inought " would cOst MIN So,OOO
OF SoivoO' anu ho would not give near rs
,nueh LOT u. ne dld NOT KNOW OF hr. slep-
heru o. NY n,enoeI o. tne government max
ihH anltninS iIauuulont out OF the contract.
BY Mr.; ROOSEVELT Mr.. shepherds houses
were onnt Lor leyel sIeeti they had been
1 T,is WIN tie cutsng uoWu OF tno street.
,.I'iIL va eus uoT9 iouI Iee' " winner
pululnk ana seven al EiBhteenth street. lie
never head any reason Tor changing the
grnde.
By Mr.. Chandler Did hear that the last
Iaue nus nAeu 70 c9nlotm Win the new
Sute DePaIuhent aud some people said that
" w. " eunole persons rnihg down the nv
onne 70 Sc we river
q, ~ aIi Sh,Pthah NeNer heArI mat hr:
Snepueiu oun' hh nouses ~ expectancy OF
aus ,s I ,uIuq ~ uo gIaue. Tue senaS were
uus Oo'o'0 "'' SuePueru o"ueu inc prop
cry NJ n.u. M.
py mt u%IM,i .here was no alley IN the
squaLe' anu he nau WIlten letter 70 the
ovAIu, 'ugscsuB the cohueihhatlon OF an
"He' ~ w siua -,
As1 . ~ hrho M
M M hanual sNotni he.lueu ~ tue
~, ~ ~ y, i oI Delhaine anI
sVt tnS Veruhchte o. inc Bfauo' hhd erected
ms n,s ounulnR IN conformity win that grade.
inc present ulnere9ee OF me grade was
,so,,..r, WI 81 ns ~, o sn1ugha ~ maae MS
PtvPoiy y, lnuV. iVSs Nhuei hhu no access
70 ns ssa , ~ al; ne sent his horses away
M tbouVht The nresent I.ysI ~ ~ street, ,.s.
below his cellar There was no nuhllc aiiey,
IN the square. P"'"' ""s'
ByMI' Hammer. M. DemaIne WA the spr-
yeyor smnIoyed iy he cIux, was w nsvs spo ,s S
bied with water il the cellar There was no
means 81 entrance 10 hIs stabls from FEM,
eenth street,
Nv Mr.. CbIpmap, Had No drv.w.lI 1, Al.
cellar, 80 '''N
Nv Mr.. Fldridge, IIe dld moi co,.I,,.r ia,
stTaet Imnroyed nv m, gra1. Innsidor,,,,
the WhoIs uToncrty an tbs Etc., H.. ,nH,,,'ls
il would bs worth IsSa thrn hsfore sIs,
49, ,..'.il ~, I 'e,o ahSp oe.V'e' ohtP-
nh moi tI,ink NJ iIay,nda,y, sso,,IS ~
oth.r nronsrtv s.a. i,a,,,a,,'S ~, ~ No
~ graa,.s csn, ahsrhsrd,s o
we're hsIIt nsedIcs,,.5 nm ~. . nhnn usy
gr,SsS P''"''a'" y" '"0 e"H"ko in 'he
nm, nypru or mn. ,,,,,.-,,.,,
In ,roDt - sh.,,h,.,,,. 49,. ~ -,
seven feet Tberp was a nSIxs,e sIIev ~ 'hs