National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-25

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seeptedl A. I thi1k 8 4 % $3.50. 80
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md loveet snd edded them torether.
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down with gravel TIE way you ara. IA WitSoui
using the asphalt, bds 6sine the tar: Vould
not you, With YOUR management, have had q,
much marein as the othera a ~. IN A No
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o.IThere would not have beSn a mueh mar.
sisi A!Ne: they had nov marxini thsn
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Won 10 sav thst the naxements IN nv tssm:a,
hches Thick, lad g they uers isid. sccor3ips
70 pour statemeat vith two inches a ooncrsis'
OF TIE cane fhickncesI IA, They would CO..
ne srsat deai len n I lsSa them. y
with your seuaE.' or their stufff Al. In I ~
laid them WITH nine, - =, =.
@, mean N ton had MA their. I'M In
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Question or uhsrrfnlwhich would Won ratbel
dol A. I, inthe hrst place, Would have 70 ~
you Whist material they did use. =
q. I thought yo1 described what they did
use. A. They saiA they used asphalt, md say
they did. not. 6sllr7 .7'sE 81 49,
q. The material That you nv they used; the
vay Won ssw Il dom. vtith hroken rcck-vhich
would you1rsther dcaaput n down the Wv you
ssv Il done theee = O.. s.. OF INIT your's down,
WITH ersyel.o e SS,9N A. q Would rsthct
hsve went and taken the broken stone, 1t the
way could have 80 4Acu. if thev hid eiven
me the cobhlsstoass for nothing, and laid n
WIN Two IucueSs teo- 1ey they 00 u, ana
would rather have had their margin than mine.
Q. suPposeyou had toget your own co66le.
stone Which had the mo6e Rargin On the bidl
A. think they had the most margin, after all.
Q. There was not mnch dfaerence, WAS therei
A. don't know - there WIS great deal, but
think they bad more, with only two inches Of
concrete on. Of the sig. 3 .1Is1 -
9. Taxa the BIDS the way they were in;
which had the mos. naFgini II thy lad dong
4 according to the contracts, which would hsss
had the most margini 4. Think would have
had them. zLeaT2 tz-L
The Chairman. Y0u think that you had more
margin to 20 on than they had II they had
gone 70 work honestly "A. They didn't know
that; they didn't know how much mine was
going TO cost; they hadn't Laid any. Il was an
experiment when they started.
~ Kepresentattve Huhben: Q. You didn't
teii sne Dosfu now much Jon mad to divsdes
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