The sun., 1873-11-14


pIiuebi Proof Conclusive Tho Tabular
~iairiaeuts Iiccciptoi liiii .rom the Board
81 ruhnr nrh-- ~hrphcrd'- Voucher and
Bahcnek's NoH,hcr Compared.
ccrrc.tonCeteco rh" sun.
WA~uINDroN, Nol. 81 have herrt fore
demonstrated by the u'dmur1ched evidence -
q com cteut, rlcticnl engineer that cen. -. =.
Uab,uck aid u and ab,'tcd iu dc,raudins the
United States ~ vast sums of money boy certify
ing measurements tu he correct which were false
in every particular have quoted from The an
nual report of the Board 81 Pablo Works the
official figure and statements TO sustain the
sworn certificate Of Mr.. DE Maine and TO contra
dict Gen BdbcuCk.
There l. nota court in christendom that would
hesitate, ou the evidence have adGuccd, 20 pro-
uDunon judgment aEuu-, Con. BAhtprh. For
he 1t remembered there j. no Iic1 OF iu-tncatiuu
that can be entered In tni- ca-,. lie cannot
plead a divided responsibility the mist-hc, or
incompetence Of hts sunordiu1fr-. The law IS
positive. II SAYS "that all payments under thi-
" ropriatun shall he made onS upon vouchers
approved by the olicor In charge Of the publ'c
uuildiLgs and grounds Of the District d0'r fnu
t1dn,iHatton di,d measurement Of tt, .ti hHpror'-
meRis oad ne ogpiDrdl ~ N, price ,ldim,i u.'r.-
f0r.'
In this letter | propose TO convict GEN liao-
cock Of certifying to false measurements and
false prices 10y evidence which is furnished cxclu-
slyely b, the Board OF P.blic Work..
viii take, for instance, { street north. or, as
it fra commonly called, Market space, from Sew
enth to Ninth street West. This Is tine very
heart Of the city, and so easy Of access that
every citizen and every visitor
CAS- TEST THE rRrIu
u nv statements by per,on1l examination,
.g.l
street was raycd with wood during the fall Il
ISL by Lewis Clephone, acting for the Mrtr,-
uoltan Paving Company uudcr the following
contract
rms CoNrRAcr. made arI concluded thl. six
teenth day Il Septcmbcr in the year one tnou-
sand eight hundred and ,tNcnty-ouc, hY ana be-
tween Henry u. Cooke, AleAmder H. shepherd,
| James \. Magrudcr, \. Is. Mulctt, ana :. T..
| Brown, constituting and COMPOSING the Board
! of Public Works Of the District OF Columbia. Of
! the frat part, and Lewis tlcphane If Washing
ton, ID. c., ol the second part, wtnessoth flt-t,
| that the said party OF the second pait has
! agreed, and by those presents doth agree, Ni,h
tue sad party ut the trrt part, Tor the con-
! sdcrdtion hereinafter mentioned aud contained,
| and under the penalty expressed in bond
! bearing even date with these presents, and here
| unto annexed, to furnish al his own proper cost
| and expense all the necessary materials ami
| labor aud in good, hrm and substantial man
| ncr to lay aud put down along Market space
| from seventh street West t. Ninth street West
ia the city OF Washington, ID. G., the pavement
all respects IN conformity with the plans and
specifications following, 10 wit. THE speciiica-
tiOns are omitted, M linessentnl in thil Connoc-
tiOnl 1t IL further agreed that the said party of
TIE second part shall receive the following price
as full compensation for furnishing all materials
and labor which may be required In the prose
cution of the whole work Ia be done under this
| agreement, aud IA all respects completing tie
same, to wit, Nffc 90 dollars per square yard.
| In witness whereof the uartles to these pres
ents nave ncrcuntO set their hands aud seals the
| day and year nrat above wrtecn,
| II. u. COOKE, l.. =
ALEN. H. SHEPHERD, H.. :.
\ ). T.. BHOWN, L.. +.
\ A. 49, MTLlFrr, L.. 81
\ JAMES \. MAGHInFIt H.. T.
| Board OF Public Works Of the District o
| Columbia.
H. tIEpH ANE,
President metropolitan Paving Co., Contractor