National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-31
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2; Ard ycs ~ yoa ware pasa b the Boase
OF Pubic Worksl A. Yes, Or. After that
Il Q. What dN they say TO youl A. The Co..
emor was not IN the city Ct the time, and
went TO Mr.. johnson, the. chief clerk there, a1d
ne told me, "You make Il out in writing 40
send Il to the board, and We win attend to r.
2. Did you do III 4. Lveut then 70 ~.
OF the committee. thought he was gente-
man, and could explain It better to him.
Q. You did explain 1t to him and gave HIM
J Ill the factsi 4. Yes, sir; and he gave It 20
; DR.. Wallace to look about that matter and 70
attend to It. DR.. Wallace was inspector Pr
streets. So DR.. Wallace came to me and told
me he was sent by Mr.. Cluss, and he wantSd
me to give him all the facts and witnesses, ard
all which way It was done. told him 81 could
do it no longer. OF course / am citizen, ard
Q property holder here, and wanted satisfac-
ton to the board - well a. to the people of the
city" He asked me why didn't make r:
port the drst time, .wAenI knew Of si.sI told
him knew It would amount to ncthings that
Mr.. Smith was superintendent Of the parking
commission, that he had brought this Lingsr
here; that he was . stranger here altogether,
not citizen at all. And I told him II would
report him right of he would discharge me.
knew / was not . particular friend Of Mr..
1
Smith before for little things, and had to suf
fer for It.
Q. What was the result of It ain A. Mr..
Lingar resigned then. After finding out 10
many cases going against him, and It being
proved over and over again, he resigned. He
was three weeks longer there, and be took hs
pay, and was going sway. asked Or. Wallace
several times about It, what he had made out
of this-what was coming out of It. "You see
he has gone now, and did not want to be
bothered with 1t no more, 30 that does not
satisfy me II he Is away. So I went to the
board. Mr.. Smith hsd done, then, all the harm
he could to me, and he was determined that
should leave, myself"
Q. You notified the boardi A. Yes, sir. II
| could not get him away any other way, and %
he said afterward, +" The board got no money
no more, and want no more carpenter; don't
want two no more; nc use for carpenter, ard
can't give you no mort work." Then went
to Mr.. Shepherd and made the whole thing up,
and gave Il 70 Mr.. Shepherd himself.
| Q: What did he dot A. BE sent me downto
Mr.. Willard, the vice president that IL now,
and Mr.. Willard said, "Well, we viii attend to
It you come here In four or i've days" I
went there and after I was come there, he
went to Mr.. Shepherd and asked him, and he
says, 81 know nothing at all about It," i
waited for 1t myself. He wanted to see which
way It was. could not get nothing out Of
him. made come tree-boxes. I put up some
tree-bcxes on private places under this Lingar. |
marked it down on paper here 90 should
not forgetft.
By M. Mattingly: Q. Who was Lingars A.
Superintendent under the parking commission. |
I put up four iron tree boxes for Mr.. Thompson |
on e street and street, between Fourteenth |
and Fifteenth, and 50 We set . double line Of
trees on N and Eleventh streets for gentleman |
by the name of Mr.. sheckles. We had no
viohf IN IN that
Q. How had you no right to do I'll A. It |
was not on the street or anywhere else except
on that place.
Q. You do not know whether he paid for
them or mott A. No, sir. Lingar said himself
to me that at that time that we had to do some
men fayors who was well with the board &C
quainted, 90 have done several; not on this
place alone, but on several other places. had
more iron boxes around the city In different
places.
Q. Where do you ivei A. Corner Fourth
and East Capitol streets.
do you know anything about the change
Of grade therea A. Yes, sir; they changed 1t
three times.
Q. Wheni A. guess 1872 and 1873.
Q. All changed in one yeari A. Yes, sir; at
one time-once right behind the other. They
would get the curbstone and set the curbstone,
and after they had set It they would take the
curbstone away. They would first take out
three or four feet Of earth; then tear the curb
stone out and make another grade, and then
they would throw this out and fill 1t up and
bring the granite there. Two times it was blue
stone.
Now, in regard to this fencing, will say
that wanted to get that job, for l had made a
patent for those boxes, and showed it to Mr..
Cluss, and he said it would be benefit to the
board; that it would look better to the citizens
of Washington than the kind they have now.
n Ia h-ol Sv
your life. I went to DR.. Wallace, who had q
clerk. His clerk in his Office told me eff you
want anything 1t is the wrong way to 90 about
1t, the way you have been doing. You must
60 down to Mr.. Smith. He has strong hand
BY Mr.: Shepherd, and can get anything he
wants from Mr.. Shepherd" This Mr.. Smith
was chief reporter of the House of Representa-
tives. So went down to Mr.. Smith. He was
not at home. And went back to this Demo,
Mr.. Wallace's clerk. L
tims q that. ' N ~
Q. Did you see Mr.. Smith at any timei A.
Yes, sir; went with his foreman that he had
Q. Mr.. Frank Smith, A. This Demo directed
with Mr.. Shepherd, and of course he reports Ill
these facts what goes on in the city.
@. What had Mr.. Smith to do with this work
of putting up trees and tree-boxesa A. Only
that should get It through his influence. This
clerk said he could get anything he wanted.
Q. Did you see Mr.. Smith, A. Yes, sir;
went down. --.- I II
Q. What did he say to you, A. went |
down to this man, who had the work for him.
His name is Coulton. went to Mr.. Coulton,
and Mr.. Coulton told me he could no nothing.
The man Demo says, "If you cannot zee Mr.. {
Smith, you go to Mr.. Coulton. He is fore
man Of his. I went to Mr.. Coulton. Mr.. .
Coulton says, 81 cannot do anything; am only
of this work Mr.. Smith IL the
Q. Did you see Mr.. Smith, A. Yes, sir !
went with Mr.. Coulton there.
Q. What did you say to him? A. He spoke
to Mr.. Coulton, and told him of his boxes. He {
told him how Mr.. Coulton and could make
them together. I said, "There is money
enough in this thing to make it," I
Q. Then Mr.. Smith said nothing to you on
the subject A. Nc, sir. |,
Q. Do you know of any materials belonging i
to the Board of Public Works being used BY
private citizensl A. No, sir; only what was
there Lingar gave away. |,
Q. You say you worked upon three different
houses when you were in the employ of the
Board of Public Worksa A. Yes, sir.
Q. Barns and canriage-houses, and so ona
A. Yes, sir. II
9. Used the material Of the board' A. Yes,
Q. And was paid by the boardl A. Yes, sir;
at the same time Mr.. Lingar had o man, %
Mr.. Wallace told me, on his payroll, who 1
told Doctor Wallace was not there. 1t was
some man by the name Of etanner or Stanley.
I told him that did not know of any such
man there.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. should like to get
the names of these parties for whom you built
the carriage housesl A. stated them once.
Mr.. Stewart. Let me ask the witness few
questions, and will have him, in the course of
my interrogatories, repeat the names.
Q. Mr.. Lingar was the superintendent under
Mr.. Smith, who was chairman of the parking
commission A. Yes, SIR.
Q. And who has charge of the Botanical
Garjensi A. Yes, sir.
Q. Mr.. Lingar employed youi A. No, SIR;
had my employment from Mr.. Shepherd, Of
the Board of Public Works.
9. But you worked under Mr.. Lingari A.
Yes, sir.
@. He was your boss or superintendent A.
Yes, sir; was recommended by Mr.. Morton 10
Mr.. Shepherd.
Q. Aud you were given employment, and
assigned othis duty in the parking commissioui
A. Yes, cir. |
Q. Mr.. Smith who has charge Of the Botani-
cal Garden, 70 the chairman Of the parking