National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-31
INVESTIGATION

DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
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mary to water the bricki A. Not where
o. where are you fromi A. Warrington
O. Worked here, have you, and never WEI
brick in summer to lay themi A. No, sf:
Q. DID you ever work In sewer befores 4
Ihave.
M. Mattingly. That Will do. -.-sa@-
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES A. FOX.
Charles A. Fox sworn and examined by the
chairman, (at the suggestion OF counsel fbr
n no Wbers 90 You res,dsi A. I rsaids On
Fourth street east and O street south.
Q. Have You any property on Pennsylvanis
ayenuei A. No, cir. 80.
O. Have you owned any there within the
last two or three yearsi A. never owned
any on avenues.
o. Have you ever been assessed for any i'm
provement on Pennsylvania avenue east A.
Yes, have. -eEsFe
@. On what kindi A. Special improvements
block pavements. 20
Q. Have you any papers in your possession
indicating thsta A. have nothing but the
bills.
o. Where are they'll A. have some of them
O. Let me sec them. A. Here are two for the
two lots, and 4. y ~
@. Please take this map and point ont where
your property is. WITNESS refers, and -
4. Square e19, on c street south.
svenuea A. No, sir, not according to the plat
of the city; it is q square corner.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. The eouth front is on q
reservation A. No, sir. There is Q reserva-
ton above me, but the avenue runs In another
direction from me.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. What is between you and
the avenue theres A. G street intersects there.
Q. Has \ been paved clear acrosss A. All
been paved with blocks.
Q. Are you charged with the improvements
on street and on that avenue in front of your
property A. There is no C street named in
the bM; II Is only on the avenue.
Q. Then they put 1t on under the name Of
the avenuei 4. Yes, sir.
Q. And charged you for your front, and
to C street; is that the complaint A. Theconl-
plant is, that C street ought to be in the bill
and not the avenue.
o. But they have not charged you anything
for c street; it is where they intersecti A. It
Is not specified there; cannot tell.
Q. Now, the only question is, the question
want to ascertain, Is whether Il is o double
assessment or an excessive assessment. In
other words, want to get the substantial
thing complained of A. cannot tell unless
have the bill in items. It is here In gross, the
caITiagewsy and footway. Il Is one of those
points where street comes in to the avenue,
and they paved clear across.
Q. It. Is all paved in 'front.' A. Yes, sir.
Q. A wide spaced A. No wider space than
anywhere else. Only when It comes and turns
of and runs in another direction. A reserva-
ton above me comes in from the top Of the east
line of lot Nos
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Has C street been psyedl
A. Yes. sir.
o. What With A. With blocks.
O. The avenue has been pavedi A. Yes, sir;
in Hike manner.
Q. Both streets have been paved in the same
wayi A. Yes, sir. /
Now, which way do lots and 'front.' Do
they front on street or toward the ayenuei
A, On c street. That Is, front of lots and 4. |
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. You are charged with |
the Pennsylvania avenue Improvement A.
90 by the bill; yes, sir.
@. Your lots front on c street, A. Yes, sir. |
Q. But is there anything between G street |
and the avenuei A. They intersect. |
Q. understand; but is there any division |
between Pennsylvania aYspus and G street. in
front of your lotsa A. No, sir.
Q. There is no division fence, or anything of
that kind, dividing the one street from the
other, In front Of your lotsa A. No, sir.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. To make this thing per-
fectlv plain, now, you have two lots, and 4,
in square s19; your lots fronting on c street,
o. The bills which have been rendered you
are for Pennsylvania avenuei A. Yes, sir.
Q. C street and Pennsylvania avenue inter
sect each other at the corner of this blocks A.
At Fourth street corner, but C street is next to
my property, between the avenue and the prop
Mr.. Wilson. So understand. |
Mr.. Merrick. Then c street is thrown up-
ward. Those cases occur in many parts of the
city where there is no intersection. The streets
are thrown on the upper side entirely on the
reservation, as is the case in this instance. |
Q. How many lots are in that blockl A.
only have three there. ...
Q. How many are there altogether in block |
619a Al There are, four lots on that lot.
Q. Are your lots the nearest to the avenue or |
the farthest from the avenue! A. The nearest |
to the avenue. l start from the corner Of the |
~ T.. sE Wil.sn. Do You understand this, Nj.
Mr. Mattingly Oh, yes, sir; but he is mis-
taken about c street running across his prop.
s s1snlss III ktb c one ss S;oSlh sss"e you "!
1.-THE map was here examined by the men,
bers of the committee and counsel. |
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Do you know Of any old
material being carried away from the front Of
tne properly making THESE Improvement a.
They carried away cobble-stone gutter and the
gutter Tagging from all around there, but they
did not take away my curbing or my paving
brick. That was all paved before. They did
not take that away. That was used again.
Q. Which was used again, your old material
A. Yes, sir. 4
Q. Did they take up your pavement A.
Yes, sir; moved It out. They took it up bat
put It down again. Il
Q. Did you get credit for that material that
was used of yoursa A. Yes, sir; got credit
on that line. l.
Q. Did you and others petition the Board Of
Public Works in regard to any proposed i'm
provements on Fourth street easti A. Yes,
sir. /
Q. What did you petition them to dot A.
We petitioned to the board not to park Fourth
street; not to change the line of curbing; to
leave it remain as It was. The carriageway,
In our judgment, was narrow enough. That
was the spirit of our petition, and it was done.
Q. Did they change iii A. They did.
TESTIMONY OF LOUIS HUBER.
Louis Huber sworn. |
BY the Chairman, lat the suggestion of |
counsel for the memorialists:) Q. Are you IA
miliar with tree plantingl A. Yes, sir.
Q. That is your businessi A. No; my bust
nes g Is W sS5spents e %gS,h y Sgs ,.
i've to eighty cents.
Q. Does that include the putting up, A.
No, sir; Just making.
.. What is it worth to put up box after It
is made2 A. About five cents apiece. |
Q. That is, including the haulinga A. No,
sir. |
Q. What is the hauling WORTH A. ] made
Q memorandum to the Board of Public Works
that would put them up and make them in 1
better style than now. l made q patent-two |
patents-of q better kind Of box than those |
they have now, and sent this patent to the |
Board of Public Works, and one had in the |
park commission TO Mr.. Smith, chairman Of
the park commission. I showed It TO him,
and also to Mr.. Cluss, the chief engineer. I
told them that I would finish them and put |
them up there, sticks and all, for el.25-this |
kind Of box that had.
Q. You think they are better ones than those |
that the board have been putting upl A. Oh,
yes, sir; four TINES. Mr.. Clu?s says himself 1t
10 10. showed II to him. .E
Q. What do you consider the real worth TO |
put up such boxes 40 are now put up around |
these trees about the streets, including the fur
nishing Of the lumber and making and putting |
them up; what do you consider them 70 be |
fairly worth A. would say u 10. |