National Republican., 1874-05-09

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: The Witness. ADVERTISE ,t
Q. Yes. A. I think not. tfffnk we askei
= for proposals from two or thrse parties, if m!
IS memory serves me right-two OF three partie
, dealing in tagging. n
+ Q. To whom did you make application fo
o proposals. A. One firm of Van Brint & Co.
= think, in New Fork; Mr.. John o. Bfans, and
c some other company, the name Of which
:. forget.
Q. Were your proposals made to persoss who
Il had quarries and were supplying that kind Of
:. materfali A. Yes, sir.
e q. John o. Evans has no ssch quarry, hss
$ hea A. John o. Evans was dealing qaite
: largely I'm work Of that kfnds Do you refer 70
q the caHal-the work on the mail!
Q. am speaking Of the tagging that has
n beenused about the city generally. That flag
Z ging has been placed around Government
: instances,
r O., How nsuch was bought from John o.
Evansi A.. That cannot say. -..
: O.. Will your records showF Al. Yes, sir;
: the auditors accounts will show It.
, O.. WIN it show the rate at which It was
E purchased A.. Yes, sir; show evssSfhing con-
: nected withit.. -
O. Do you reeoIlect the rate at which II was
purchased from: Johu o. Evans? 'A.I9o' not
know; 1 think in the neighborhood os 50 cents
for street tagging.
. Q. Did John o: ,Evsns furnish therfsgging
| that he laid dosnion b street northl AT. Yes,
!. sir; think he did. -..- p. --
O. He furnishsdi that himself A. riihnk
50. -.,
Q. Did you ever examine that Tagging A.
Yes, SIR; had seen that tagging.
Q. Is that anything: but quarry-faced Sag
ging, with occasionally; knot knocked offof
It! A. 1t is good stout tagging. There is no
dressing or finish about IL or anything of that
kind.
Q. What is the price of'such Tagging as that.
What can it be purchased att A. I should
| think at about 80 or 40 cents. -.
Q. Did you see the priee-Iist we had here;
the other dayl A. / saw sprice-list Mr.. Tee
meyer had; some one handed 1t to me one day,
and showed it to somebody do not know
| where 1t is now.
Q. Have you examined the price-listi A. I
have not. The price paid Mr.. Evans is about
the same price that has been paid by the Gov
ernment here for the last five, six, or seven
years.
Mr. Wilson should ldislise to take the
prices-the Government rates-as q criterion
by which should want to make purchases.
A. In regard to this tagging, Mr.. Cluss fixed
time, because referred the matter to him as
an expert in such things. 1 do not think / ever
bought two feet Of Tagging.
| @. What want to know Is, whether the
board took any means to get the lowest bid for
tagging, or whether they confined their pro-
| posals for bids to two or three parties? A. /
| do not think there are over two OF three par
| ties IN the country who deal largely in tagging
| at first-hand. To illustrate here in regard to
work on the canal, and the way in which Mr..
Evans came to have this work, was simply this.
| Congress adjourned the 4th of March, and was
very anxious to have the canal filed and that
| improvement carried out. The appropriation
was not available until July. I sad to him,
''If you will do this work, raise the money and
| go on and fill the cana, and lay this pavement
and tagging, will give you the order for that
purpose" He did raise one hundred and fifty
or two hundred Thousand dollars, and had the
work well under way by July. II we had
waited until July we would not have been able
| to finish It.
Q. Just in that connection, lest should for
get it. He laid this Belgian stone pavement
there, didn't hei A. Yes, sir.
Q. At what rate per yard? A. think 1t is
Q. Does that carry any grading with it3 A.
Yes, sir; carried great deal Of grading with il
there.
Q. Does that class of pavement provide that
| the party who puts it down shall do two feet of
grading where necessary A. That l am not
certain about, but think he did two feet of
grading there.
Q. Ny impression isl may he in error-that
that kind of pavement does not require two
feet Of grading. If l am in error shall be glad
to be corrected.
Witness, suppose, Mr.. johnson. you get that
contract for work done on the Mall, between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets!
2. In looking over your answer / see
1t purports to contain the cost
of the improvements that have been made by |
the Board of Public Works. That is in refer |
ence to the question put to you by the commit |
tee at the outset. l do not find in that report |
in the statement Of cost of boxes-trce- boxes |
and tree-planting. A. The cost of tree-boxes |
and tree-planting was fixed by the parking |
commission at So. Mr.. Smith gave the details |
in regard to that the other day. In that mat |
ter, and the several matters of that kind, the |
board was governed by the representations of
these men because they had had great deal |
of experience in it.
the cost Of these Improvements does not EN-. |
brace tree-boxes and tree planting, so far as / \
have been able to discover. Now, do you |
know what the cost isl
The Witness. Of tree-boxes and tree plant |
ingl
Q. Yes. A. The tree-box cost all the way
from 80 cents
Q. understand that 1t Is SO q tree; that is |
your figures on it? A. Yes, sir. |
Q. What is the actual cost and the aggre- |
gate amount Of the whole thingf A. can tell |
to dollar.
Q. 1 am simply referring to It with view of
getting at the exact cost of all these improve
ments, because that is to be added to it, unless |
it is embraced in your report; think it is not |
embraced there, at least have not been able |
to find lit A. l can tell to dollar what 1t |
cost. The tree-boxes were purchased and au-
dited; the trees were purchased and audited, |
and the time spent In planting them was |
audited in pay rolls, and all went into the ac-
count, and now it can be sifted out, and let you |
know exactly what the trees cost.
Q: 1t will be necessary to do that in order to |
know what the Improvements costi A. Yes,
81; will have it done.
Q. Now, in that connection, Mr.. Smith, the |
other day, in making out the amount of the |
aggregate cost Of each tree, spoke Of the paving
about each tree, and he put it at sixty cents.
Is there any paving put down around the trees,
other than simply to put or set the bricks on
edge againl A. A great deal. In digging up
they have to go along the street and lake the
brick from around the tree. In removing the |
brick, they frequently loosen the pavement for
two or three feet around the tree, and, rain
coming on, in many instances the bricks are
washed out.
Q. They replaced themi A. Yes, SIR
Q. understand your statement about that;
now, what becomes of the brick that are taken
outl A. They are hauled to the property-yard
and stored there and issued for other work.
/ Q. Then how do the property-holders get
credit for these brtckf A. 1t hardly pays for
hauling them. Still, as a matter of discipline,
we hauled them to the yard and stored them
away. After you have hauled them away
and stored them, &C., it is about the cost of
the brick.
Q. That don't advantage the property-holders
anyl A. 1t would be very difficult matter.
1t would only be matter of few cents, if
anything at all.
Q. That is a clean gain as far as It goesl A.
do not think there Is much gain.
Q. That is the way 1t is done? A. Yes, sir;
right or wrong, that is the way 1t is done.
Q. Does your account show the amounts
paid to Dufour & Co. for iron railingl A. The
auditors account shows.
Q; But am speaking Of your answeri A.
No, sir; that does not show, except in his ac-
count. 1t shows in the gross.
Q. / was getting at your statement in regard
to the cost of the improvements, in answer to
the question Of the committed A. Il Is in the l
gross. 1t is in the auditors report.
Q. But 1t is not in your answerl A. ! gave
his report as my answer. That is all
By Mr.. Stanton: Q. It Is incorporated as part
Of your answeri A. Certainly.
By Mr.. Wilson: @. To get that we have to
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