Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-15

lgned have selected out of the great mass Of
obs and contracts a few only to sustain the com
The answer Of The Board Of Public WORKS to
lur nrst call Tor Information vas a set Of blank .
orms u contracts. This was doubtless Intended 4
= esprG,' me-, ogn.Sp. ~ " ne or ra.pe.
he House Of Representatives
We now offer 10 evidence the exhibits or lists |
" contracts, and o. work done Without eon'Iactsl
sent to the committee by the Boari |
Of Public Works
Hat We deny the correctness Of the figures In |
,hose lists IN toto and item by item.
amount Of work contracted Tor, or done, or 70 be
done, or hereafter 70 be contracted for, but IS
proof Of q deliberate purpose TO mystlfy and do
tee, practice a fraud upon Congress
The manifest purpose Of these "llsta" Is 10
mystify the memOrialsts and the COMMITTEES.
To enable the commltteo, Congress, and the
people Of the United States TO penetrats and
dispel that mist, We submit an analysis, BY
figures made by experts, Of few Of the most
and necessarily hurried examination 81 the
''listsn presented, have arrested our attention.
First. The Tlber creek sewer. Ths estimate
for this lob, submitted by the Board OF Publlo
works 70 the Legislature Juns -, 1871, was a'
Eleven thousand ilne,l feet at 900, ,sSO,OoO,
less 30 per cent. tor cash paymenta The only
appropriation, IL any, Is 70 b found in the act
Of 10th July, ISL, sectiUn = which provides
"that IN no ease shall the board enter lnto =
sS Ssb s.S 0r GS
therefor Ia It's Aforesaid plan, less twenty per
centum Of said estimates"
Tho appropriation was limited TO 80 % per
cent, equal 70 rs per lineal loot, multiplied by
II 900, gives tSss 90; bat the oontraet price was
oiO2 80 per llnsal foot, multiplied by n,OOo,
equal 70 o. III 500 being an eEeess Of esLso pes
amount appropriated. ,.,-
EIL s sworn U By the contractor, Williams,
he work Gusts him tiSI per llneh loot, thea his
1900 lineal feet, making ti9o 500, rem arkable
result Of figures, when compared with the eN.
cess Of the contract price over the approprls-
But the lists furnished by the Board Of Public
Works X the cost Of the riber-creek sever AZ
ei7o,o25, palpable error, n not manifest fraud
Attempted To be praotlcei On the committee, and
IN rough them 90 Congress and the people.
Second. The Seventh-stfoet road.
The appropriation for this, u any, - under
above quoted, and / "a 500 less a pei cshtum
The r re and tos imOuy Of b. D. oarpsn,sr,
,ss sa,S uOH ,srss u.S aou. ana
when finished will cost el2O, 900 to si7so 900, and
that there has been already expended tiA0oo 81
deduct amount 81 appropriation, t2ooO, making
excess Of expenditure already made, over and
q bove the amount appropriated, tfA 20. 81 And
that there has been Already expended fA soo. 81
Deduct amount o. appropriation, y, oOo makes
abOVs the amount appropriated, ga, soo,s1
Third. POnnsyiyania avenue concrete pave.
menL J. o. Evans, contractor.
District Legislature, June 30 ISL, contained
For wOad pavement on Popn'ylvauia avenue
~ ,aI rS rs1 are, a
IL the act Of July 10, ISL, was q lawful appro'
prlatlon, then the Appropriation was saot, I'D
This was ior wood pavement. There 10 no up.
preparation whatever tor concrete.
The lists furnished by the Board OF Public
works show that the contractor has been, or y
/ to be, paid for concrete, As follows From fiL
| teenth street 10 Madls5n Place, aSlo square
yards, tiO, Ibs 90; from Madison Place 70 Eigh-
tsenth street, izstt square yards ~, too &C. be
ing for 1880 square yards oj,e2o.1 20; which is
" the rate Of IS per square yard, while the
board price IL only " ~ per square yard; being
an oyerpayment q tiTeS2 50, which may per
haps be accounted ior by reTeessivs msAsure.
msnts In competing the amount Of work done"
| tSee the board Communication TO the LsEislA'
tuIe June a, ISL.
msnt Of PsnnsylvApia avsnue At Finesnth
| street, making Width Of oOnorete % feoL The
distance was taken by the calculator IRON Fur
We have already shown, BY les imony Of Al.
bert Grant, and, II necessary, will prove by many
other experts, that the actual Gust OF the kind oi
sJ-called concrete laid cannot etceod " cents
per square yard 300 squ1rc yards, ut 20 cents,
tl34 0l; which, dedusted IRON price paid, OF 70
| be paid, t65, 2O.2d; making oOutractors Pront
ts2 lsd %. Hat q 1850 sqnare yards viii give
y. ~ ne .,tsl.n Nh ,,iss
pront TO tbs contractor t220, tty. The whole ap-
bropriatlon (which was Tor wood, not eonofete,
PN,s s,n W "a n,T-. ~, ~. ..haI. s,aa,,ni
Fourth. street north, west Of Seventeenth,
in Law af ~ .lIty.slyhth oNuneil Of The civ
OF wSshIpKtSn, p,Se I'D, Oh, SSI, entitled "A
set 70 Krade aud Tin 1.Lse' NORM os, w ~
nsap,nt ny 1t h,nJ,sd dnIi.,s M, an muah
,hasaoi ~ ma, ~ nsns.sa,x" VI
'n rn u, xt,,s.a t,.x,h ...,.,.n, an.
ans fyPV ,It " ~ r,srY ~ $500 - ~
n rhandis, ,sa' counsel Tor Inc DistrIct OF Col.
nmbia, and Nv lin lad before he committee on
| 49, al ~ E.hyna,y sha., al the sTDendIturrs
VIZ. ~ ~ =, ,,a ~ an ~ strrsi unier
~. st,,,ar,,ation M ,,1aoo or 40 maoh thereoi
a. nav 10 nsoesSary,r nave been, or will DO Tor
| sssa-s,,nn cnybiny and hriek nayinV ala T2l p6l
I,r navIns' "A iiS' los "a si1O5, Deiuct amount
| Snnfon,ia,'J lsnn. nnlawf,'I .xnan iltuTe h5l :.
III as WV
iS,im. and n.,lsnna uould narmit ve mIah,
nN ~, anu nsS os,StianI ~ ~, Boarf o
| pnhlte 'w.rk. one aftrr tha other and denon
.,sV,a ,n .seh ~ hS n5ars1 = simiiaT Sisrsssrl
OF law eTtrayasanee, feckiessness and Inoomp
Iancv a nj IN these sonalied HAS a studied pu r
| nns.' ~ m.Ee a fais, and fTaaIulent stateu,enI
u he esmmIt,.s
Rut We mass 10 other ieatureS of the case, and
tsmp ~ 10 bs pgastsnS on tss %smortaIss
on IN eom,nItI,s. And throaES the sonmlttsc
on CanEress and Inc people u the Unltod Statei
'FiTst y strset. wsst on Seventsspth.
| Aa.is,ant EngineeTs Forsyth AMI OsrtIy eon.
,radIcs sash atbsr NJ 10 ma SnatTasts a. naVIn1
| " sira.I Porsvth rrnortS ma onat A. "A Il0 10
Of wbIch hs s.ys sii I'D has been paid
In iists Of acoutrscis'' and Of "worK done and
progressing under ordres, and for which formal
Jiyes columns OF dTuTes. witch he eeTiino1 and
swenrS 10 as The "tStaI.W
In thiS ",otair tbs re Is but one item for paving