National Republican., 1874-05-13

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suppose all the way from six months to two
months. would state this in that connection
that when proposal was made to me topay mt
Board of Public Works certificates, generally
accented it, for the reason that / had no doub
as to the kind of security, and thought that
was doing proper thing, so far as upholdins
the credit of the District was concerned.
Q. Did you sell this property-where yoI
took certifcates-at what would be considered
ordinary cash prices, with the usual payments
| A. did in every instance.
@. Taking certificates dollar for dollar, O
did you take the certificates at discount, o
increase the price of property in consequence
taking the certificates in payment A. tool
them dollar for dollar, at the market rate To-
the property.
tract or street-cleaning contract under th'
board2 A. No, sir. He had q contract fo
moving garbage, which he took at public ad
vertisement. He did not get along with hi
contract, and expressed himself unable to carry
it out, and / annulled It last week.
@. Who was that contract originally ISSUED
to- A. To him, by public advertisement.
Q. Did Emmert s. Smith have contract fol
street cleaningi A. They had contract fol
sweeping the streets. Mr.. Adams had q con
tract under the Board of Public Works fol
street sweeping. That was made by Mr.: VII
lard But the contract Of which speak wa!
for the removal of garbage, which j, as Gov
ernor, let at public advertisement.
Q. The contract which you say was let By
Mr.. Willard-was not that originally let t.
Emmert s Smith? A. think they originally
had the contract, and failed to go on with It.
O. Then It was let to Mr.. Adams, was it
Docs Adams still have that contract A. No
sir.
O. Who has it nowl A. 1t was let to a mar
named Wright, Of Chicago, along in the fall
some time-probably about the first of the
year-let BY public advertisement.
Q. When this contract was changed from
Emmert & Smith to Mr.. Adams, was there
certificates of the Board of Public Works fol
his payl A. l think not.
q. Was that contract in writingl A. Thai
the records of the board will show. It was
let after ceased to be vice president of the
board, and am not familiar with it.
Q. Do you know, or have you ever heard
from any members of the Board of Public
Works, or any one else, that Mr.. Adams was te
get his pay for that street-sweeping In certfd
Gates at Is cents 10 the dollarl A. There
never was any such arrangement; know thai
we'll enough.
Q. Aud to get Is per cent. bonusi A. TherC
was an arrangement to pay him Is per cent
upon the net cost of the work; but the certi1.
Gates have never been offered by the board al
less than par.
Q. How was Mr.. Adams to do this street
cleaning-how was he to be paidl A. Well, ht
was to Ge paid out of the resources Of the
board. ..
Q. At what rates? A. If my recollection 1:
right, as have heard it, he was to be paid the
net cost of the work and Is per cent. addi-
tional, he furnishing all the tools, &c.
Q. How was that net cost arrived att A
Upon the payroll.
Q. Whose pay-roll2 A. Upon his pay-rolls;
the whole thing being under charge of the
Works.
Q. Who kept his pay-rollsl A. That I dc
not know.
O. Was that party acting under the super
vision of the Board of Public Works, or of Mr..
Adamsl A. Under the supervision of the
Board of Public Works.
Q. Who appointed that party to keep the
pay.rolls' A: There was one of the superin-
tendents of the board detailed for that pur-
pose, who certified to Mr.. Adams bill and had
charge Of it entirely.
Q. So that mode of paying was this: He fur
nished the necessary appliances for carrying on
this worki A. Yes, sir.
@. A superintendent appointed by the board
certified to his billsl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was there any agreement between the
Board of Public Works and him as to what
should be charged for the use of wagons
or carts, or the per d1en that was to DO
pau 10 emp1oyeesT A. Yes, sir; the prices
Q. By whoml A. By the board.
Q. Were they regular board prices? A. No;
it was The net cost of the work to him. For
instance, laborers and carts charged so much q
day; just what they cost him. The time-roll
was made up and fifteen per cent. added to the
amount TO pay him for his tools and things of
that kind and for carrying on the work. The
same arrangement existed with Emmert &
Smith.
Q. Do you know what became of the brick
that were hauled away from New Hampshire
avenue north of P-street circle7 A. do not.
Q. Do YOU know whether they were hauled
away from that avenue and used elsewhere in
the city1 A. know nothing about it. The
report Of the superintendent Of property will
show.
Q. Do you know anything about Q street,
east of New Hampshire avenue, as to the brick
on that street, A. know nothing about It at
ALL It is a matter Of detail, of which an officer
of the board has cognizance, and think that
you will find they were all properly accounted
for.
Q. Mr.. Thomas P. Morgan a few days ago
testified in regard to lot of tagging that he
put down at some spaces adjoining Mount Yer
non place. You will remember, If you were
present, that he stated that he had used q very
amount of this old gutter stone, or
bridging across the cutters, and put It down
there. Do you know whether any credit has
been given to the Government in any place for
that bridge stone1 A. The Government is not
entitled to any credit. The bridge stone be-,
longed to the District.
Q, If you will look ct the report to which
called your attention last Friday you will find
$4,000 charged for old tagging; what is
hiatt A. That is the Avenue entirely. This
was from the different streets. That was the
tagging which was put down on the Avenue.
Q. 1t is put down here, "Flag-crossing,
s116, ,662.40." Is that the flag-crossing at the
AVenuei A. That Is not the description of
stone. The stone, think, we used there were
mostly what we called bridge-stone to put
across the cutters. If you recollect the old
streets, there were bridge-stones across the
cutters.
Q. Yes; understand that. Is this flag
,rossing that is put down here exclusively
that was on the Avenuel A.
presume SO. 1t Is put down in three strips
generally at o wide avenue.
Q. What amount of money did the New
York Avenue Railroad Company pay for the
Improvement of that avenuel A. 1t is shown
1y reference to the assessments of New York
lyenue. l do not know what the exact
amount was.
Mr.. Stanton. That Is the Columbia Railroad
companyl
Mr. Wilson. do not know what che exact
lame Of 1t is. 1t Is the one that has its rail
Dad on New York avenue.
The Witness. If you will turn to the report
or 1872 you will find on the table, New York
venue, Ninth street west, Fifteenth street
vest, and the amount charged to railroads is
z, ,214.40.
Q. All that that railroad company has paid, |
hen, for the completion of New York avenue |
5 that sum, 81, ,2l4.40l A. That is the assess |
nent between those points.
Q. Is that all that 1t has paidi A. That
10 not know. ! only know what the record |
hows. ....
Q. How much space does that railroad COM
ANY occupy in that avenuel A. Well, New |
FORK avenue is parked all the way In the cen
re from fifteenth street to Ninth street. The 1
abroad company's proportion would be very
mall, because their tracks were not disturbed
nothing but sodding was done, you know, |
longside Of their tracks all the way out be-
ween those points. You recollect that, do you
Io1
Mr., Wilson. Oh, yes; recollect It.
The Witness. The concrete pavement does
ot come up to 1t at all it comes up to the |
urb, but their charter only compels them to
ay for two feet outside of their railroad track.
Q. understand that but so far as you know
hat Is all that they have been required to payl
|. Yes, sir that Is all that know of.
Q. ! forgot whether you have been interro-
ated heretofore in regard to the railroad tracks
round the Post ofllee and Patent Office De-
ar+nants np treat and Seventh stresf