National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

been distusbsar' He ssy5, ri know noeAing
Ds. ssr s.o. ds..u.sdT s.y. 1, II IN pa.
pose that ought TO costi' And he told me N
don't know. about ono dollar yard" / then
told him that should IKE to have reduction
upon this bin befess I pad T.. fT
Q. What was hi rsplys A. Hh reply v a.
ton upon the face Of these bills.
: 9. Was there any reduction madel A. None
at all. We paid the bills, and there having
year and some days elapsed, he charged me
ten per cent. interest upon the whole amount
Of the bills, to which demurred; and he then
told me that my only way was TO make an aP.
plication for drawback TO the board. Idtdn't
know the form and told him % drsw gu
for mo. He gave It to me verbally, and at
down and wrote It out. I appended note 1t
the bottom, stating that this footway had never
been disturbed; that there was not Q brick
taken M or put down, and could not possibly
see how they came 70 charge the property fbg
that. Afterwards went 10 SEQ Mr.. johnson,
the secretary Of the board. I asked Mr.. johnson
how long It would Be before I could get an an
swer; he told me tin the course Of seven or
eight days" We waited for about six weeks,
and when passed there several times went
In to see in regard to n, but could never get
mything definite about Il. Finally Q letter of
drawback came to one Of the co-oWners, which
stated that they allowed . drawback Of
t4O.57.
Q. What would have been . proper allow
ance for the drawbacki A. should judge,
from . calculation that I carefully made, about
S1o5 and interest, because We had paid interest
| ~ Iuar of1 IN nor
Q. Did they allow any interest upon that
amount A. They allowed the total snm Of
S4O.57, which I considered 90 paltry that have
never been near the board to ask them to cash
the bill; but one of the co-owners sent for his.
Colonel Magruder repliedthat he had no FUNDS,
and God only knew when he would have any.
Q. The drawback has never been paidf A.
Never paid-any oft.
Q. In what part of the city do you do bust
ness. A. Fourteenth street, S01i and also IL
and 16 street northwest.
O. What knowledge have you Of any i'm
movements made by the Board Of Public
Works on C street, between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth. A. Last summer Mr.. Stephen Tally
had q contract extending from Tenth to Four
teenth street northwest on c.
Q. Will you produce the contract A. No;
hold on q minute.
Mr.. Harrington. Suppose you let Mr.. Christy
have II at once!
Witness. am making preliminary remark,
if the committee please, so as to bring this in.
want toa nswer the question.
BY Mr.. Christy: @. Make your remarks and
produce the contract afterwards. A. Mr..
Stephen Tally had O contract on C street, be-
tween Tenth and Fourteenth northwest. When
near finishing on C street, near Fourteenth,
(for he commenced at the east end asked
Mr.. Tally whether he intended to complete
the square to effect his improvement ali the
way to Fifteenth street; he told me his con-
tract only extended to Fourteenth street.
asked him by what means l could get the
Improvement to run also between Fourteenth
and fifteenth on c; he told me would have
to see the board. There being several prop
erty owners on that square
Q. Can you name theml A. Mr.. Marcellus
Harvey owns one lot of 100 feet, and James C..
Hall, whom I represent, owns IS feet inch;
David A. Windsor owns IS feet inch =;
100 feet on the nc rth front square $50; on the
south side, between Fourteenth and FIT.
teenth, square 225, south side, bordered onthis
street, is owned by George T. Rolf, $50 or 100
feet; Mr.. Henry Willard owns sixty some feet,
and Mr.. Augustus Hirsch, German, ow d the
asked what objection they would to having this
pavement laid between Fourteenth and Fif-
teen.h. They told me that II 1t was done judi
ciously they had no objection. sat down and
wrote q letter to the board, and asked them If
they would consider the matter and do IT, stat
ing, at the same time, that Of course Nc would
like to have 1t done as economically Ind judi
ciously as possible. The next thing we knew,
instead of Mr.. Stephen Tally getting the con-
& Fletcher got the contract-to dig the surface
of.
@. What was the condition of the pavement
A. There was no pavement at all. II was un-
improved; it was gravel.
Q. What amount of grading was there re-
quired to be donea A. They merely took of
sufficient to put a sufficient quantity of sand
down to pave on, and when they came to the
sidewalk or footway don't think they took
off-there was q bank of ashes-more than
about ten or twelve cart loads on one side, and
fifteen or twenty on the other side. That was
all the grading l saw.
@. Where was that deposited A. That was
deposited on the east end, being little low.
Q. Same street and square! A. Same street
and square.
Q. So that there was NO hauling. A. No
hauling of any account.
Q. It was subsequently paved with what A.
With cobblestone; forty feet roadway from
curb to curb. There was . new curb put
down, and new pavement. There had never
been any footways along there only ten feet
wide. 80 :
Q. What was the assessment on the property
for that improvement! A. The original assess
ment!
Q. Yes. A. According to the bills which we
received!
Q. Yes.
By the Chairman: Q. Why do you say
'originalP A. There is Q corrected bill, and
don't know but what we will get another.
By Mr.. Christy. desire. first, to show that
here was an assessment, and then will pursue
he whole matter and show the corrections.
Witness. October II, 1873, for lot o, square
80, owned by James c. Hall, of which have
control by lease, and must pay all taxes and
assessed that lot $406.40 for
.arriagewap and footway.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. Does that include the
,idcwalki A, Everything, ~
By Mr.. Christy: Q. For the entire improve
nent that was the sssessmcptl A. Yes. sr.
didn't think that was anything very wrong:
hat Is, taking my bill in consideration with
ILLS sent TO other rropcrty-holden On the same
,quare. thought would confer with some
II them, however, and see whether they ac-
.orded. I went to Q friend, q peiohbor. and
lsked him about It, and asked him 20 chow the
I'LL; II was Just exactly like mine, for he had
he same number of feet and inches that had
-S4OS.40.
We talked together, and made q calculation,
md measured the street and found we could
~ q, .b> .nvv< him, liz That - ~ t.,