National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09

throughout it's entire length, from First stree
| to the navy-yardl A. No, sir. -
2. wish you would state to the committee
tnen, where you laid this DeGolyer & Nc
Cienan pavement. On what streets. A. w
laid 1t nom First street on Pennsylvani
avenue TO Eighth street, including. reservation
oetween Fourth and Sixth streets, and O
Eighth street We laid It from Peunsylvani
avenue to the nsvy-yard gate.
2. This was all done under your supertntend
| encea A. Yes, sir.
Q. Can you give an estimate of the tots
value of grading done by DeGolyer 81 McClel
Ian on these streets named by your A. coul
not, but think $500 would pay for 1t all.
judge that that would pay for it all.
Q. Can you give any estimate of the amour
of grading already done when you began tina
contract When you began laying the payemen
there you say it was done, except dressing u
and filling inf A. lcould not, although thin
the superintendent can. In our measurement
we claim that there was about three feet Q
grading altogether on the Avenue. That woul
make cubic yard to every square yard of tn
pavement that we put down.
z. How do you claim that A. That wa
between the superintendent end myself as W
measured the work He claimed that Their
was three feet of grading done on the street.
Y. Done by youl A. Done by Mr.. McNa
mara. We did no grading at all. This wa
Peter Mcnamara.
Q. Who paid Mr.. McNamaral A. do no
know.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. You mean by his CLAIM
that he stated that that amount of grading hst
been done by Mr.. Mcnamara under his con
tractl A. stated that all l know about thu
amount of grading is what Mr.. Superintendent
Hilton, who was at that time our genera
superintendent, has stated in his report.
By the Chairman: Q. To whom7 A. To tht
Board of Public Works.
Q. Mr.. Hilton, was he the superintendent OF
the Board of Public Worksl 4. He was over
our work there, and he and measured somt
of the work. assisted him one day in measur.
ing some work, and he said to me that he al
lowed them for three feet of grading.
Q. Allowed whoa A. Mr.. Mcnamara.
Q. What amount of grading was DeGolyel
81 Mcclellan paid for? A. That I could moi
state.
Q. You do not knowl A. No, sir; only
know what kept the time for.
Q. Were all these blocks laid six inches in
depth? A. All that were put down.
Q. None of them fVe-inch blocksl A. No,
sir.
By the Chairman: Q. You say that the
Board of Public Works issued an order at
ter you made this statement to them, pro-
hibiting the further use of the DeGolyer pave
ment! A. 1 understood so.
@. Was that order Afterwards rescinded, do
you knowa A. presume so, from the fact
that saw them going on with the work after
wards.
9: Mr.. Peter Mcnamara you say did all this
grading! A. He did.
Q. Do you know the cost of it? A. think
he was to have 40 cents cubic yard. think
that was the price.
Q. You do not know the amount of grading
done by Mr.. Mcnamara? A. No, sir,
Q. You are not now in the employ of this
firm of De Golyer & Mcclellan? A. No, sir.
Q. When did you cease to be? A. The LIST
Of January, 1872, l ceased to be in their en-
ploy.
Q. Are you not mistaken in that, You say
you began to lay this pavement in July, 1872,
and you continued from that to the LIST of JAN
uary, 1922 A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. That was in July, 1873,
Tou brought on these block? A. Yes, sir; we
putting down these blocks in July
The Chairman: Mr.. Christy, the committee
iecline for the present to ask few questions
hat you suggested are in this memorandum.
MIR. Chnsty. Very well, sir; brought the
ttention of the committee to 1t, but do not
eem, at the present stage of the case, that it
5 of the slightest importance.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. You say that you brought
hese blocks on in July, 1873. What did you
10 after that? A. was at work on F street,
rading for the firm Of Hilbert & Taylor.
g.. They also put down pavements? A. Yes,
If; wooden, block pavement.
Q. They have had a patent for the wooden
avementa A. think they put down the Bal
ard pavement, and, if I remember right, some
oncrete.
Q. And you worked for themi AlIwas at
'ork simply on grading, not putting down any
avement at all.
Q. You did not put down any other pave
lent; you simply had the grading contract A.
10, sir.
Q. AS the superintendent A. 1 was the
uperintendent for that
9. How long did you continue on that A.
was perhaps five weeks altogether.
q. Then that took you into September some
me! A. Yes, sir' That was about the time
the panic here. I quit at that time.
Q. Where did you 90 then7 A. went on to
'oston, from whence went back to Chicago.
Q. At what time did this conversation occur,
hat you speak of with Mr.. Hopkins! A. This
7as, l think-it might have been in August
august, 1872. The first year we did the work,
S72. We were then at work on the reserva-
ions down here between Fourth and Sixth
treets.
Q. What kind of looking man was the man
hat Hopkins brought you from the Board of
ublic Works. A. l think he was rather a
L
link perhaps about thirty-fve years old.
Q. How did you know he was in the audit !
rs department.! A. Well would not be pos |
i've that he was in the auditors department, |
ut know that Mr.. Hopkins told me he was |
one of the departments.
Q. Department of the Board of Public Works? |
D.. Yes, sir; and he said that the Board of |
ublic Works wanted to do something for him,
I'd gave him the privilege of a contract.
he Ghoir fply
Ups, would know.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Do you know where Mr..
opkins livest A. do not. saw him in the
ON yesterday, and met him and spoke with
m.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Do you know in what
lsiness Mr.. Hopkins is? A. He was general
perintendent at that time of the work-over
lr work there.
Q. What is his business nowi A. 1 do not
low.
The name of Mr.. Hopkins was subsequently
certained to be j. NJ. Hopkins and a sub
ena was ordered to be issued for him.l
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. This firm of De Golyer
Mcclellan paved Pennsylvania avenue from
rst 70 Eighth street. Is that right? A. Yes,
Q. Then Eighth street to what pointsi A,
D the navy yard gate.
Q. Then Eighth street from Pennsylyania
Tenue. What other streets did this firm
Ivel A. They paved the street across here.
do not know the name of it. simply know
their being at work on that street. was
1t superintendent on any other street. l know
cir contract called for zoe, 900 yards of paw
e. That is what their contract called for.
Q. Their original contractl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever see any writing between
lat company and the Board of Public Works9
d.. Not scrap.
Q. How are you enabled to state that their
,Dtract called for 2O0, 900 square yardsi A.
r. De Golyer and Mr.. Mcclellan both told me
lat that was the amount of their contracts.
Q. That they were to have 200 600 square
lrds of pavingi A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now, do understand you to say that on
avenue, from First to Eighth
rect, and on Eighth street, from Pennsylvania
'enue to the navy yard, De Golyer g. McCIel-
n did no grading of any consequence A. No,
:; they did not.
Q. The street was ready prepared for the
except the trimming to which you
we alluded A. Except that these little
eces of grading that were wheeled out at the
les.
Q. And for which you charged extra. A.
Is, sir.
Q. What kind of pavement did Taylor &
lbert layl A. They were laying q concrete
and also the Ballard wood pave
ent. think it is the Ballard pavement.
Q. Did you do any work for Taylor and FIJI
rti A. superintendent the grading of q part |
F street, at the corner of street and Thir-
enth, think IL was, and along near the |
otel there, in front of the Ebbitt House.