National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-21

over, petnap6 0unQfe0 Oh Two tnOubauu ooi-
lafs. do not know the amount; but 1t was .
refused I'd be paid by the bank. They did not
take those certificates, but refused 70 take
them. How they fixed Il up afterward, do
not know. That was the ground, however.
They held the money because Of the over
drat when went into office. .e,L u.s.
@. What books would Il be necessary for rs
10 have In order to get at the exact status Of
that school fund.- A. suppose the bank
book. will show exactly. Do you mean the
q. Yes; what corporation books would show
the exact status Of that school fund at that
timei "A. The reports made at the end Of the
yeaS as published, win show; the report Of
the comptroller perhaps.
QAFhat reports are theyi A. Every yearly
repot. Il think Mr.. Baker made report.
Yes, Mr.. Baker made report to the Legisla-
ture, and Mr.. Wilson's report Of the school
fund shows how they were paid; that shows
the number Of months that paid the teachers
They were five months In arrears when went
into Office, think unpaid. paid Il at OF
partly with those certihcates-perhaps two
months of It with those $40 certificates, and
the other part with cash; that is, Of these five
months that were in arrears, and then paid
them along regularly; perhaps once we paid
TWO months at one time. The school teachers
were all pau IOf tuc year ny W VIC 1et uay
of May. The check shat / gave on the last
day of May was passed over into the hands oil
the new school treasurer from the old one
They changed the treasurers. / see IL is re-
ported as carried over. But as to the cash
account for the old corporation, Mr.. Baker
made report showing all the account, to the
Legislature, soon after the new government
came in, by resolution passed by the Legisla-
ture.
o. How those checks were paid you are moi
able to stated A. No, sir.
O. Do YOU remember the amount A. Dc
YOU mean the amount Of the checks issuedl
o. Yes, sir. A. do not know; some s. ,00(
for the white schools for the month; between
Is, 600 and $4,000.
By Mr.. Stanton: Q. Then understand YOU
to say that when Jou became mayor the sala
ries of the teachers were five months In ar
rears, and, besides thst, the account OF thu
corporation at the bank-at the designated
depositarJ-was very much overdrawn. Am
right A. Yes, sir.
o. And of that five months two months wert
paid only in certificates authorized to be 10
sued, and the other three months In CASH. A
Il Is reported in the school board how II is paid
Q. am asking you now what your remem
brapce is. A. That Is my remembrance, sir
Mr.. Wilson's report shows how II was paid.
O. Then, If the money which you depositsi
to the credit Of the CORPORATION Vas Properly
credited up against the overdraft Of the eorpo
ration, there was no money to meet the check
which you last drew to pay the teachers, wa
therel A. When ] went in. the overdraft ex
listed. Mr.. Cooke and Mr.. Huntington assisted
me in getting the law passed TO get those T.!
certificates, In order that they might be pait
that they could get their overdraft In ths
way, and proposed TO take them, as others pro
posed to take them, for the Indebtedness. Blu
their excuse for not paying my checks at tn
latter part Of the year was because Of the over
draft.
O. The overdrait then did exist, did ii not
A. 1t did when went into Office.
Q. And if the money which you deposited
to the credit of the appropriation was properl!
applicable to that oyerdraft then there was M
money to meet the last checks which you drew
to paw the teachersi A. That was so, but ! diG
not consider that it was applicable.
O. That,was your opinion, and the officers
the bank and Of the deposita-y thought differ
emily, did they moth A. They only violated
their agreement.
@. Did they not maintain that they had I
right to deposit your money against the over
draft A. To apply the money; PES they did
at the last.
Q. This price-list which you furnish, doe
that relate to assorted sizes of faggingi A
Three feet, 3 feet 9, 4 feet, feet 9, 5 feet,
feet 6, and feet stone.
0. Then It is in these sizes coming assorted
Now, in considering the cost as stated In thi
price-list, are you not to consider also tn
breakagei A. Yes, sir; consider that in thu
price in the cost of the pavement.
Q. The percentage covers that A. Yes
cir.
O. That percentage covers not only reasona
Bile profit, but also the loss which actually &C
crues by reason Of breakagel A. Yes, sir.
Q. For that purpose you put on pereentas
of some 25 or or 80 per cent? A. No, sir; tina
IL the profit Of work.
Z @. That is the ordinary profit in addition h
the breakagei A. In addition to the cost.
made up statement Of the whole cost Of
piece of work so much foot, then We woult
usually charge IS or so per cent. / stated, as
profit.
o. Well, does not that cover breakage a
well as profit A. No, sir. will give you tn
items as made them up, If you wish them
The stone, delivered here In Washington ,woult
cost 81 cents-that is, such stone as has beef
used here on the average-the cutting and lay
ing, 10 cents; sand and cement, cents; break
age, 3 cents foot, ayerage-that is, as near a
you can get at it-that makes A cents. Now
FOR that work l should charge at least 65 cent
o foot, If you were to ask me TO do 1t.
Q. Have you ever done any work about TIL
A. / have never paid for ordinary tagging
over 65 cents, except in the one case that
have mentioned, 10 my knowledge.
O. Where was thati A. The one have al
ready spoken of, in front Of the War and Nav!
Offices. .....
p, o. That was In 1857 A. Yes, sir; that wa
three-ineh Tagging, however. | did the flag
cling here in front OF this buildiny-these cir
cles; but il Is four-ineh tagging, With perfec
r. A. HkTUa Nha VNHf0
got; perhaps 80 or 90 cents; but7it is an en-
tirely different thing, and costs double thu
other, work and trouble. Ihave paid 20 cent
q foot for cutting and facing and furnishin!
tools. -.- -a- ~
q. Have you ever received from the Govern
ment only sixty-five cents for the work TO
which you indicated that rs q REASONABLE
pricei A. do not know OF any except, as
say-exeept the cases that I stated.
Q. Can you mention any case IN which yo'
received sixty. FIVE centsl A. suppose m.
books will show fry places. &.
Q. For the Government A. No, sir.
Q. ask you whether you can mention an,
case in which you, have charged the Govern
ment that price1 A. have not done much To-
the Government. I did the Tagging srounC
this building when It was finished and somt
since-the wings; but It was an entirely dideren
quality of stone from all that spoke OF at thi
price which have given you here.
Q. Have you ever done any Of that kind
that G5 cents for work for the Government A
No, sir; but 1t is ordinary tagging put dow
without facing, two or three inches thick.
Q. Nor for the corporatitni A. do moi
know whether have done 1t for the corpora
ton or not. j have furnished bridge stone fo
the corporation, four inches thick, great dea
of it, which is a different thing, and costs
more. a. -..-..
By Governor Shepherds: Q. In the price yor
name, sixty-fye cents, you do not include any
parking, do you! A. No, sir. N0ntE
Q. If you did nineteen feet parking, whai
would that amount to, added on to the sixty
five centsl A. l never did any in my life, and
cannot give you any idea.
Q. Would 1t not be worth ninety cents to dc
that nineteen feet Of parking and grading and
setting the faggingi A. It Is specified here
the prices are given in the testimony, and vary
from twenty-five to fifty cents q yard.
Governor Shepherd. Twenty-Five cents wa
the first price; then, upon the recommendation
of the parking commissioners, irwas advanced
to fifty cents. ,.-. ..fs4
The Witness That would be about six cents
foot, nine feet to the yard It would be five
or six cents foot, If that is all that parking u
worth, fifty eents yard. It would add thai
much to Il. 70
BY the Chairman: Q. Have you seen the
tagging that is put down on B street north, or
the line of the old canal A. Yes, sir.
Y. Have yea looked 1t over carefully A.
have.
Q. What is the size Of that iaggingi
The Witness. Do you mean along the front
of the gardeni
The Chairman. Yes, ST.. A. It Is the ordi
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