Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-08

Considerable has been said BY the memorial
ists IN regard 10 the fact that the District goy-
eminent, after stopping the laying OF the
DeGolyer pavement, perm tilted the contractors
to again proceed with { e work The follow
Irg' IL Gov. Shepherds testimony yesterday,
affords the explanation:
q. State why the board permitted further
amount OF the DeGOlyer pavement to Dc raid
after having ceased 10 allow II? n. AS 1 stated
IN my former testimony, there was great com
plant IN regard 10 this DeGOlyer pavement,
AID 1 felt iEdispOse to have any more OF IL
lad 1heIe were various applications and
statements made II egaId 10 the lumber which
they had Ire Ated, and that If hey All to reship
", II would cost . great deal OF money. They
csntended that their pavement was equal to
any pavement which had been laid After a
considerable time Lad elapsed, said to Mr..
aIwel, i think, that II these parties would
furnish evidence from Chicago tn Al their pave
niSnt was considered there a good payemeut-
that the paVements which they had laid were
in coed OTder-the board would allow them 10
Tut down what they had here. They sent on
this certificate, signed BY the Board OF Public
Works OF Chicago, which | will read. That
was addressed TO Ray x Whitney, the gentle
men who had bought out DeGOlver X McCIel-
Ian, and who became Possessed Of their Lnanu-
factory. IL IL a. follows
OFFICE OF IHE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. .
C.TY Hall, CHICAGO, UctO0sI /, l5is
Mss. hag 3 - tuHey-
qGsItiiy, e1nditio5' Se, ~ the :.roniI SD1
pavement IN this eity, would s.Y there has benz
Ian Il 90 TGS pavement Al present iiGs Is ~ ap
parent gCOd aud sound condition 1t has been ia g
periehce with II, and in cORstq usnce 1ab.e 10
fern any accurate opinion Ia regard e. the lasting
.Slt 81 y Ins Pres Cso only say that the
BespseIialy, '1 v, a. CARTER,
Il. PRINUIyILLE,
J. Il. ThOMFsoN,
Csc. W WILSON.
s;so. i9ois oe,o6:r isis o.T:sf, Il S spd
relative g. I'm S err s'sie; ia reply 70 iogS airy
10 Zen 6oaut les 10 square ards laid since tall Of
1ooS au1 y AZ u - ~ Ia soo1 condition. thai, IN
onst QGsIe Of the short time IL has been d1gn they
s s r9b Hnit - eL Periencs with IL.
" ashiDgtOn, November ., 1873 ResnaStfn'iv a.
Isrrea 10 y On Adgl C;uss, engineer in charge.
CleIk. - n'Nsi eh'ei
Respectfully returned TO B, P. W. for ne. Adolf
Cluse. eugi neer In charge. January s, l8y4
would state further, in this CONNECTION tina,
the board were very anxious to get the work
Done which they had undertaken. The street
were cut up, and upon this presentation OF the
case they did not think they would be justified
IN preventing these parties from At least laying
down as much a. they had proposed and were
ready 20 DO.
BY Mr.. Stewsrt-Q. What amount was that?
A. Twenty fOJ housand yards.
By the Chairmsn:-Q. I will ask you TO state
your own opinion a. 10 the reasonsbleness OF a
sJ!ce Tor pavement which would allow a bonus
a hIty cents square yard to secure q contract?
bonus TO be paid If their work was properly done
ard they guaranteed IL for three years
e. But they did propose To pay a bonus In
TIE very beginning? A. Well, that WAS q thing
- which i knew nothing at al, and had
t-oNn IL, they never would have laid q foot OF
: roent in Washington.
f 8ut still they seemed to think that the
would justify them in paying 50 cents per
."Te yar1 Tor securing the contract? A.
NtlI NJ Chairman, 1t strikes me that that