Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-16

The inyostiI alton luto the charges made
,ralnst tho Board OF Public Works was con-
iuued by tho Committee on the District of
Columbia OF the House of Representatives
There were present Of the com
nlttee Me.sn. starkweathsr, Poland, Ed
idgc, orebs, Cotton, Chapman, Darrall and
sooseveit W. Il. Chandler ior the Board OF
public Works; ]. II. Crane, B. y. Green and
!. J.. Coombs for the memorialist'; and Thorn
on Smith, John Gass, A. A. Watson, Benz.
levcrou, John W. Evans, and others.
Mr.. starkweather stated that he had ro-
,elyed letters from VIM. A. Tenny 4 Sons
aud wm. A. Hughes, stating that they had
ZONE Information that might prove OF value
10 tho committee, and that the committee
could exercise their pleasure In requiring the
gentlemen TO appear before them.
Mr.. Green Inquired Of Mr.. Chandler 10
what light the communication from the Gov
ernor was 10 be taken.
M. Chandler. The Governor considers Il
an answer TO the interrogatlons put 10 him.
Samuel Wolf, recorder Of deeds. was sworn
and the records Of bis once submitted.
Mr.. Greon called the attention OF the COM
Metropolis Payiug Company, dated October
IA, 1870.
Mr.. Green called attention TO the reply Of
the Governor % the third question, regard
Ing the work done aud begun under cou-
tracts. He said Il was inexpllciL and did not
furnish the information desired. He malu-
tained that when they called for the cost OF
the work Il had been suppressed.
Mr.. Chandler said they were submitted as
answers to all the question: and he believed
that they would bear argument In equity.
Tho Governor had furnished the Information
from the best OF his knowledge and belief,
aud % sworn 10 them.
Mr. Eldridge said that the lnterrogatlve
called for the cost OF the work. DID the
answer show Nl
M. Chandler sald that Il did not In detail,
but there had been former lists furnish1d Ia
which all OF the contracts were included.
The information for y street and the P-atreet
bridge bad been furnished when called for;
aud II the work under any particular con-
tract was desired, he would have the luforma-
ton prepared as soon as possible.
Mr.. Crane found nothing concerning 4
sewer in Georgetown, with which he was
very we'll acquainted.
Mr.. Chandler said that assertion had been
made several times by Mr.. Crane, aud, once
for all, be repealed the charge Of any Intended
omission on the part OF the board.
Mr.Coombs wished to know II Mr.. Chandler
considered the sixth interrOgatlye answered
Nj. Chandler. lie did.
Mr.cootnbssa said The papers furnls he'd showed
that the Chronicle had received for adycrtis-
log the Piedmont railroad s6,SQS.33, while
the amount OF tho NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
and Grand Army Journal are left In blank,
aud II was known that the former paper had
publlshed the advertisement as often as the
Chronicle.
Mr.. starkweather. II there are any omls-
slOus they can be furnished.
Mr.. Chandler. Yes, sir, II will be done.
Mr.. Green then read the ninth iuteTrOga.
tive, and said he did not know but what II
was = full answer to the question, bat it was
an eyasiye one.
Mr.. Green then pot In the evidence OF Gen
Humphreys, Gen. Mlchler aud De, Hal
against the closing up OF the canal, to wbicl
Governor Cooke had replied that they were
not arguments but demonstrations.
Mr.. Chapman could not see where they had
any bearing gu the lnterrugatory. Il moi
the question answered
Mr.. Green. Yes, sir; but the answer Il au
evaslye Que.
Mr.. Crane called attention TO the statement
Of the cost OF advertising tho two registra'
tons; the first was si3, 550.l3, aud the cost
Of the second was less than the hrsL while
everybody Ia the city knows that the second
Mr.. Chapman. Then you question the Gov
ernor's yeraclty.
Mr.. Crane. certainly do. A member oI
the Legislature had taken OF the amount by
items aud furnished it to them.
Mr.. StarkweatheT. Then bring those per
sous here 10 testify; we want no hearsay evil
dence.
Mr.. Roosevelt. Is there anything to show
the amount spent under the -, 90 900 loani
Mr.. Hreen. The papers are very Volumi'
nous, and he had not had an opportunity u
examlue them.
Thornton Smith sworn! Had been Gu
gagged In contracts here during the last year
mad some experience 10 laying concrete pave
Inen.s; had seen the pavement on the Avenue
II they got the cobble-stones Tor nothing, u
he heard they did, with proper economy
ought not TO cost over seyeuty-nye cents pc
yard; II was made principally Of pitch, am
might have little asphalt In Il; the depth
was about six Inches.
By Mr.. Chandler. Had laid good man,
thousand yards Of pavement; his prlncipa
work had been done in this city and Annap
oils. He laid about 5000 yards In the Agri
cultural yards, and between two and thTe,
thousand In the yard at the naval school, a
Annapolis; that at the Agricultural Depart
ment was four Inches deep, composed Of tar
rosin and gravel; had never laid any broker
stone concrete paYements, aud thought hi
were better, for those at the Agricultural De
parIment had been laid for four yearI, An'
never been repaired. He would put down
pavement GU PcnnsylvaniA avenue, six lnche
thick, Of the same material as those hs hAl
already laid, aud make Il solii concrete. IL
thought IL would be q sufficient pavement
and last four times rs long ~ the one belnl
laid.
By Mr.. EldrIdge. Some OF this pavement wa
being laid by putting tar on the stone nrsI
| other portions u not.
By Mr.. Chandler. Had no experience Of th
wear OF other payements except hls owl
| Goa ell 30 Tor the pavement In Annapolis, an
sl.75 for the one nj the Agricultural Depar
ment Would lay pavemeuts "a they are b,
Ing laid here for ftty cents per yard.
By Mr.Co0mbs. They threw tue stone Ia IN
then poured the tar on, bat not enough /
amount 70 anything.
ByMr. Roosevelt. Thought there were, takin
In wood and concrete payements, aboI
from twelve 10 fifteen patent paVements b
lng put down In this city. They were layln
no cUbble-stOne paVements. That on Twelft
street was OF Seneca stone, similar 10 n
Belgian blocks. Had never done much ma
adamlElng, but II ought not TO cost moi
than concrete. Laid six inches deep, Il Ougl
To cost from twenty-five to thirty cents p,
yard
BY Mr.. Rldrdgc, Used to pay his men from
sl.26 TO sl.5O per day. thought at this tim
It would run between sl.5O aud s. Nj
Brown, for tue broken stone he Is dc iyeTln
on Seventh street, gets 81 perch. FOR est
mating pavement gravel would cost 81 8
per cubic yard ut the wharf; TO deliver IL |
front OF the Presidents House would cost 2
cents load, averaging 10 bushels per LOAD
| Two thousand bushels of gravel would TAX
/ 20 barrels Of coal tar aud OF roslu. The ID
would eOst 80 per barrel. The rosin ave
aging 80 per barrel. The expense OF mlKin
the 1000 burhels by four men and fOrema
would be-fOr the men, el.50 per day, an
foreman So. The labor Of laying and rollln
| IL would cost 20 cents per square yard. tn
eost Of the gravel would be IRON 10 cen
pGr bushel. IL would cost about - cents pc
square yard for the mixing. Tho layln
would be about 20 cents per yard-makin
IS cents per square yard for putting down IL
| pavement lie could lay the pavement
front Of the Presidents, as the contractor
are doing Il, for less than IS eents per yaTt
BY Mr.. Chandler His pavement was pa
ented. lie had made no bids ~ the board Z
Public Works. The lowest was S2 %, an
the highest 81 81 per square ward,
ny Mr. Chapman; He thought hls pave
ment was the best, and supposed other pal
entees thought the same about theirs.
Chas. II. Bliss, sworn. Occupation, engI
neer aud Surveyor had been corporation All
veyor for two years. Was familiar with III
survey OF the city; could not tell how mue
grading was required In L street, Us he In
not examined with instruments.