Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-04

Run sewer Testimony orsN,nusi strong
The House Commit 90 on the District reas
sembiod yesterday m orning and continued theii
Investigation into the affairs Of the new govern.
mont.
WIN. u, Parisen was sworn, and testified thai
he has boon engaged In the oonut ruction OF con.
crete pavements ipr four years In New York
Brooklyn, West Point and other cities, the nrs
was put down In the Central park In 1900, and II
nov In ns COOL condition as when laid; In New
York rot $50 per yari for pavement. aud the
city did the excavation; bore they get q. 70, IN
Guiding excavation the Arlington pavement
was raid for at VI Is now engaged on Vermont
AVENUE.
his pavement Is laid. The pavement he IL now
laying Will be equal 10 II not superior To the ono
In front Of the Arlington, which he laid Goal
tar payements which are laid could be laid slx
inches deep for one dollar per yard. There
would be 10 durability some have been taken
up three times In one season In Brooklyn. Had
Examined the payements in tho Agricultural
grounds. They were vulcanlIed; might do Tor
light walks, but not for drives; were cracked by
ftost Would lay hls pavement Tor a hsavy
Travelled street In New York. He then gave 4
statement Of the actual cost of his pavement
which, aiter a carefully prepared estimate, he
said would cost " 20 por yard. There arc many
clAy holes In this city, a. described by Mr.
avenue, from X street 70 the circle. oouid Ger.
tninly md tho deprossionf, ne the heavy roller
was sure TO make an lndcntatlon.
Witness had laid the Arlington pavement
was not nt for the bed Of q concrete street a. IL
would naturally move by tho surfAce attritlon
There must be binder. II would not do 10
sprinkle u over anor II was laid, for II would
then, as soon as the sun struck IL, come up
through the pavement. Had examined the
estimates OF Capt Grant and Thornton Smith.
il would be Ridiculous to talk q laying pave.
mont TOR such price as IS cts He thon took
~ the estimate Item BY Item, and said that even
70 lay nye'ineh pavement with gravel alone It
Mr.. smith had estimated that four men could
lay $40 yards per days he was willing IN pay any
ionr men go per day each, who could FAY that
Mr.. smith also estimated that six Inohes 81
broken stone could BE- laid at from Is 10 90 cents
per yard' no was willing TO make a contract
Win any re,ponsi6ie person 70 pay him % cents
found TO lay such pavement AZ Mr.. Smiths on
PennsylyaniH avenue no wns willing to put uI
2 forfeit that Il would not last twenty. foul
port, and amer reading Il, said II was 20 ridlcu
lous that II was not worth answering
BY Mr. Coomes; His pavement ls the oniJ
one Grant and frederics had given fayorabl,
hr, Uoombs You see We have not found faui
with Mt. Patisen's pavement at all.
MT, chandler Oh, yes 700 have, Mr. Thorn
MT. Eidridgo. Yes, Mr.. Smith tes.ihed ia re
gard to the laying Of II that Il was with grave
and tar. HAD seen the pavement In 'front.' Of IN
| PIesldents; II was not like his. Don't know IN
relative cost; bis was the most expensive. Ha,
seen all the pavement being laid In the city
Had not examined them infinitely. and could no
Say the same Of the surfaee holes In some 0
| them Did not think much Of the cobblo stone
In this locality, they were sort Of sandstone
might DO worth ~ per cubic yard. Would no
use them as the base OF the pavement; II woul,
eost 81 Per yard TO break Il mp, besides cartinI
u TO and froi 70 be would not use them, under
stood that Evans had put the eobble stone dow
hrst, and then put bis broken stone on that II
might have saved seventy ave cents per eubl
yard BY this, not more. His contract Tequlrei
him TO keep his pavement IN perfect repair 70
three years. Rather diificult 10 say how lunl
they viii last, but recent letters from New Yorl
say that the pavements there, laid by him fou
years ago, were In As good condition a. uhsi
laid, and they said he was perfectly Gafo Il
guaranteeing II for i've years.
The base Il bound 10 remain intact for mn
years, and the. surface layer, which could b
taken up and relaid, say every I'VE years, ooui
be done Tor 20 cents; thus the entire repairs 10
thirty years would be st5o, which wss ehsspe
there would DO no ditiioulIy In placing Gnothe
suffaoe on the Arlington pavement WlthOu
picking the old one of; did not think that olI
but q SOu IA sss sT SSs 'SS
and bad offered to do 90 and guarantee IL
by Mr.. Roosevelt; 10 you know Of any cor
crete pavement which has stood any heav
witness. On, yes; think my payemsn, 4
Eighth avenue, Newark, has stood great veal
Had never seen any other asphalt paVemsn
| hut his own, although many claimed 10 IL
Had never yet rrpaifed q bquaTe Inch Of an
pA!sment ne hhd ever laid. All the contract
10 this city require them to be kept 10 Tepai
w thrse yehs, which was sunlcient guar
Ahteei UT, y ne pavement was not good,
would show Itself beiote that time Had seol
the EvAns paVemept and would not guarAnte
sSen pavsmenL mad ,esn the pavement o
more holes In II than there should be. woul
not .N piece OF concreto pavement In frost
weather. -,-.---
, sanuei SuOnE sworn and enamlnedi Is eet
the Slash Run sewer. Had seen the testimon
Of the experts, and had made a statement WhIe
NO Mlshei 70 submit ae his evidence, He the
read statement giving history Of tho origIna
oonIIact anu tne parties employed In doing th
rork: Inc work wss done 10 accordance Wit
tne SynIaeL anu was equally as good an
ouIaDle ~ any IN me city The best quality Q
~ toh ~ D'Sn, SenlSnt anu fa9d wero used an
We oest mechanics employed BY him. DuTinl
shs PIostSSs o. me Work portion Of the bIiel
sure OF EARN and water against It. This wa
teISiieu ah1 - DOW IN good condition,
msebSnss T nnd GOS lesri Number Of The Be.
noSppsd N am ar p 'Sn hs., nstcd Y and Prc
ISIPofahuon, ana they md made aindayita 4
IsohSfTs mnn mad ADJ 'He pest TSrsihSh az,
pIahehit o. masonry this IL as good piece o
WORK a. was ever done In the oityi never al
Ieeteh that I'VE barrels Of sand be put In one bar
aDiv e S1, me an viii stand any pressure
-. An iSTERRUrTIoN.
iho Nithess was mere interrupted by the ap
Thn dss,sst 70 nnn' oshoI'nAha reporter
wished 70 nave the remarks Of Mr.. OniwAy In