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constructed 27,0s7 lineal feet or over nve miles,
OF sewers, from to feet in diameter. at an
ment 20 ger 'eal ead LOVe ntoan '' thst
sewer only one foot six inches larger than the
smallest SIZE and two feet six inches smaller
than the largest size composing this 2iNS' lineal
feet OF sewers would cost els per foot, the price
lowed by Gen. Babcock.
IL may be pretended by those who desire to
Furnish an excuse for the dishonesty of Shep-
herd and Babcpck that the contract price for
this sewer. as copied from the Board ~ Public
WORKS statement Of liabilities. was only an APP
proximate estimate, and that tho sewer might
cost much moro and no one be guilty of dishon-
esty. This excuse
WILL NOT ANSWER.
The Board Of Public Works Ia cut or from anv
such defence bv the following, which | quote
from Tue communication to the Legislative As
sembly, June ~, 1871:
Another Objectionable practice which. 10 some in.
I ns prSI TO IN , of
Gp Vii se Ia yaIsd S%9ng e. e ~, amount Of wPrh dons h
lhe exact qgsnili,so Of escn Kind Of work 70 be
outed anu thus when contract Is entered into the
10 mcred.e cdn mer.Joyede dtor>d " ne ie,ms N
Iite atty coaact has tse@ ade ',@g c,@ g,s"S 1g@
., aFmo,s,ng erud aaOeoaHce" or compensation"
This is conclusive The board declare ,ha,
they are able To- " establish in advance Inc exact
quantities of each Kind II WORK to be executed
ana mat not only they. but even the Lelisla-
i've Assembly i5 prIhlhtod fon granting or
authorizing 'CNtra allowance or 'cumpcu -a-
ton {" tue contractor II neither the board
nor tho LEGISLATIVE Assembly have mower IT,
grant cAtih AL once g. 81 ..utractJr, 10 J. LIh-
cult 90 see how % I'd. l.lY.ort cln.
Ihr' '.n" art .ret fur tuis Sewer J.. s3i. .s'e g-.
Il. b. u.t uult Che contra. Dri .ea-. .i... ..I.cl
D., the 0. ard 8lt The arIull r0.t a. t.... r
ported .t DOB t.H Pre- itut. iue lrr.I 30 flu.
se"c, 0-.u- aJj .,u, lt.t, DO ,..t, ac, .t4lu. 90
uoss SHEPHERDS OWN rIDrHLs,
fraction over 81 ier liueai foot. This includes
ih' mann .eWcr. utnh .lcs. traps. anI 10 Twelve
inch lat,rel ~ feet in length which nave mot
lucldrI. Mr. De Nuno puts the total e.. 81 at
3, r. ptr i',t at thg ,itce' fixed blythe 30 ri
siaiti by The board, and only lttle more 4. an
one-thrd n. Wucn a. Gen. Babcock allows. The
difference between Boss Shepherd an1 Gen.
Babcock IL $li per foot, or 40 per cent.
~ IS worthy VI note that the Board Of
Public Works made no charge against the
other expenditure in Eighteenth sire t br.
tween and y streets. No charge of any kind
ran be found between the two covers " any
edition Uf their annual report II is certainly
verv remarkable that they should overlook n
Just, e-pe, tally when It il known that their ycrv
existence depended upon their being able to gct
4 iaist sum ,ailrolri9ted bi Consre 7s 70 reini-
property The truth Is, this charge as well a.
many Others was
TR.NrEp TIP ny SHEPHERD.
ard allowed Toy BAhrocs To- swell the boards
fun amount appropriated hy Cunsre~t after fur
iiem- which had been proved fraudulent hy tuc
"Sn hooert Il. hoo;cy'lt we're d,ducted.
Nnh"OcN fhis sewer htN fsnt long Womb cost
"',in 'r nearly two-tniris the amount winch
the Board cd Public ur,s claims i've miles of
sewers from four t. nine feet In diameter cost.
u j. evident tnat both Gen. Blbcock and 49,.
Sh'ph"ri have l-ihod ih regard To- tue cost of
this scwcr-the former in stating the cost three
times atcr than should hc, aud the latter in
undcr-~titiug lt nearly one half The object Of
Gen. b,ocock was to obtain all the money be
could Tor the Iluudcrci. vita whom hr was a-
liel. while the object OF BI~s Shepi,, rd ISL. H.
deceive Congress and ulake q show of ccoultuy
by kct ping uOWn the rum total of their uabui-
t,-. N"'tL"r "i them dreamed of being uctrc.-