National Republican., 1874-06-01
THOMAS EVANS RECALLED.


sand feet Of pipe 70 put all those quantities In.
You can get II on the map.
y. Make eyoIr explanation In regard to that
matter. A.. II states here freferring to Mr..
0ertly's statementJ that there are eighteen
traps and basins on s51 feet Of pipe:
Q. What do youzsay to thatf A--Well, TO
| put those eighteen traps and basins into that
quantity Of Pipe, think the engineer would
not know his business, becsuse e would take
eighteen 12-inch pipes to 60 into one 12-inch
pipe. In other words, II will take eighteen gal
Ions Of water 70 be put into one gallon Pit-
cher. should think this was made up 70 make
the statsment Of $40.
BY Mr.. Hubbell: Y. That Is, assuming that
the pipes were all flied at the Same time A.
Well, they would notp them without they
Supposed they would be flied, because they
would be useless. -..------
By the Chairman Q. You think that is not
probable statement A. No, sir. o. a-Hs77r7
Mr.. Mattingiy The certificate is as follows ::
hereby certify that have measured and In
provsment Of First street northwest, (trom Penn
bracsd in his blli dated octo5er b. isTa which
iio WORKS, (cOntrac. No. ss4,J and md IL correct
as to qusntity and quality, and that the work has
Ossr aSns and ld nasssa And labor furnished IS
oaAs. Z. BAkNEr, Assistant Engineer.
Dated October u, 1879. -
ApPEVfoo ootooor ~, lotS
The Witness. have nothing to do with the
engineer. T
Q. You simply say that it Is not practicable
A. know that is not practicable. i..-.---
Mr. Cluss. We do not see any smaller, but
l2-inch pipe. Il Is not said that this 12-inch
pipe is filed; three or four 12-inch pipes may
go together, and anyhow the connecting-pipe Is
not filed. But there fs another case: In the
very peculiar circumstances in which we have
hAan ha.s knn- kI.
board, frequently we had no credits, and we
had to put In an 1S-inch where 1Sinch pipe
would have done. There was twelve here, one
over, and with no 12-lnch to connect; and after
ward, to relieve the whole concern, we put an
1S-inch pipe in. That was the case more than
once, where we made virtue and necessity.
The Chairman. have here q statement, fur
nished US by the board, as to the floating in
debtedness of the Board of Public Works.
Mr.. Wilson. Who produces this paperl
Mr.. Msttingly. do not know, sir; have
not seen it. .1.H = .alrs7
Mr.. Wilson. A paper comes in here which
nobody signs. The chairman called for q state
ment of the floating indebtedness of the Board
OF Public Works, up to and including May 9,
1874, and this paper is handed in here, signed
by nobody, and certified to by nobody.
Mr.. Mattingly. / will take it, sir, have 1t in
quired into, and return 1t. 1855
srArKMxNT OF ). BLIcKENsDERvKR JR
In reference to the statement submitted by Col.
Samo on Saturday last desire merely to say
ment and mine OF the proper charge against the
United States for work at P-street circle It will
be seen. BY reference to the Governors answer,
page 400, that only i've sxths OF the carrage-Wsy
is charged to the Government, whereas the Colo
mel charges five sixths OF part and the whole OF
the SalTnss via tsS; ysrds He also estimates
which !, for reasons explained before, Testimony
2. 1850 have estimated q. straight c1Fbingi and
ind. These items, taken In connection with the
difference in the mode OF treating the street inter-
sections, explained before, (p, 19ol,) will more
emount chargesble to the Government Why
Ool Samo, 70 hfs statement OF Saturday, adopted
diffsrentrule than that BY which ne was pre-
the same works which appear In the Governors
| answer, he doss not explain. have uniformly
used the rule found applied in the answer.
" Scott Square.
At Scott square the same course Is taken with
the csrriageway for part Of It, five sixths, being
charged 70 the Goyernmsnt, and the whole OF the
balance, i,lis yards, whereas In tho GoTernor's
5 Gssz nv has s1a s.o Il hs
priss Of brick pavement from the previous price
% 90 cents t6t 81 per yard, and OF ourbing from
terseotions, more than make the difference.
- a Rsvlins Sqrsre. l s..I
The wood pavement, which Colonel Samo says
i omitted, Has not omitted, ept was measured Is
asphalt and e included In by quantities, (testi-
gate Say Rs s II. T rue % sSsn Il IS
yards and not s1 yards, as stated BY him, and the
proper oorreeslons 10 the amount only cents per
and asphalt pavement-on nvs siyths Of this guam
tity, instead Of the null price ave sixthI Of o.
lowing for the Intersections, and making ! few
slight alterations In the division OF the other quan
titles, parts Of which are all chsrgeable TO the
are so ohargeabie, and Which he does not divide
this, square. I do mot give the details Of these
former testimony. When ] stated fpsss 2Oooj
that had omitted portion Of the brick pave
amount Of Il In dollars IN my rst T .tass@ept % S of
the account, page 1851 The correct quantity OF
all the pavement appears In the tabular state
ment on pagelsSS and the corrected amount In
II viii be observed that the Colonel does not in
any case, except that OF wood pavement at Raw
Inns square, question the correctness Of my guam
titles but uses them instead Of his own in making
up his accounts. ... ..
.f Nep Hampshfre Gvenue. ..
With regard to New Hampshire avenue, Il have,
nothing l to ado 70 my former statements, except
ted I discovered that the Government was charged
on this avenue tAnswer, page 43l with $50 feet OF
sewer at that point and it therefore follows that
the entire charge for sewer on street ANSWER,
page to2 is nm overcharge Of onlyr ,sso feet, as
MSsS ns cGUns sne
attention to It. ION Monday last,D and he said he
would look intott: The embankmsnt claimed BY
Samo was not included In my account, because 1
could not find It, and It now appears, from the
testimony Of Murray, that over % 900 yards Of ex-
csvation which did estimate, should not have
been Included, because It was not done until long
after Samo'smeasurements purport to have been
made. .l-. n .-..'-. = -r.. ....
Maryiand Avenue.
On this avenue made up the amount which
had been charged to the United States (testimo-
ny 1870, 2Oo2) from the 9usnttIes In the Governors
answer Opp. 4O5 AZ, abb At Stanton place, $685.
on the avenue 2ss, o4s and again at stanton place
quantity IL viii be seen was aherWard entered at
6ss yards only, (answer l9I thui reducing the to-
tai % 2Sl sIe yards This correction 1sd made
failed 70 DO it In rating the number Of ysrds.
The rock, as Samo correctly states, is not charge
able teths gSysrnmsnt |, va, By mistake ,, sc en-,
,aAement Of Msrylsnd avenue. = '.;EFT'' 57'5
with reference noe 70 Twelfth street. that The quanti
ties reported on thai Street were not those deter
mined BY Mr.. Barney In the reduction Of his GROSS
ted on Increased breadth Of cnltng Of several feet
throughout, to allow for excavation under the
sodding. and in some places calcuiated for ths
building-lIns, TO allow for work which thought
his mode OF reducing the oross-ssoiions would
have excluded. nn0
- a-..f y mdryidho dpehue. .r ....I
Grading, as measured and sl-
lowed to contractors 21, ,2o8 yards.
Charged to Government 2Sl,S75 yards.
Excess s0,oUT yards.
AHoped to contractors, uf=:
Gleason: ~. -.- 'a-. -.' ...
l5e,022 yards grad -- r .a
ing, at 30 cents -t17,To6 90 .,....
ABS yards haul, at .s--. ... ....-gr
1, $50 yards haul, at
-. " cents - : 2oe % ...
10000 yards haul, --s
at cents u,70oo 90 -r
10, ,sos yards haul, at
az cents = AT 05
am yards rock, at .-r
10 cents 223 20 .r-..I
-. =. ..... --too,43oT
Murphy
Ing, & 20 cents s,sss 90 .u-.
1904 yards grad g 'g..- -
Ing, at 80 cents M,t0T % .
cents l,Hsm
s7,s2s yards haul, ct Erri.i
%. D Cents -a- SEi33 81 ..-