National Republican., 1874-05-29
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION
Gates with your A. No, sir the report of
1878 will show It.
CONTINUED from First PGgs.)

The certificate was charged to Rhode ISLAND
avenue, and after the report came out hunted
It up, and it shows in the report that il wa'
charged on Rhode Island avenue, between seE
enth street and New Jersey avenue. 1t 10 on
the certificate where the work was done.
Mr.. MattinglY. That was in evidence before,
when you were on the stand.
The Chairman Exactly, but l am asking
again about 1t. ITO the witness am try.ns
to find out now, sir, what connection al This
had with Attorney General Williams prop.
ertyl A. Well, Attorney General williams
propertY-this work WAS done In August, and
the Attorney Generals order never was in for
work until the 18th Of October. II does not
attach to this at all 1t has no relation to this
at ALL It was given on the 14th of October,
and / went to work on the morning of the 18th.
This work was done in August. f..
Q. Let me see If understand you. Whist
did you do on the morning of the 15th7 A.
went to work at Attorney General Williams
plsce grading down his yard; then grading the
lot and cutting the alley up through the square
up through square 159, 1 think. A portion
of that dirt went into square 40, and por.
tion sent to B and Seventeenth streets.
Q. Where is square 1907 A. 1t is q square
or two to the left Of thst.
@. One of those lots to be flledi A. Yes,
sir. There was some to be filed up, and most
Of the dirt went into an alley. There was an
alley went into square 14O. .... e.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Was it a public alley
A. Oh, yes, sir. There was very large alley
that goes through it; an alley, If mistake
not, that is to be paved; a siX-foot pavement
one way, so have been informed. 1t is 80,
foot alley.
By the Chairman: O. Where did the rest OF
the dirt 60 tot A. sent-I think the carts
were running from three to four days. had
eighteen or twenty carts running. Mr.. CLARK
was filling at that time at the corner of Sew
enteenth and B streets-way down at the ca
nal, nearly three fourths Of a mile haul-and
be asked me if could assist him in giving him
some dirt; that he would not have enough from
street to finish. 1 did so, and never got
anything for that haul. think 1t is q thou
sand feet.
Q. Have you made out a bill for this work
which you speak of now? A. They sent the en-
gineer up and measured It when the work was
done, and paid me a portion Of it. 1t is there;
/ think gave it to you.
Q. A bill for this work. A. Yes, sir; have
little memorandum here showing what was
paid on it, and what the whole thing cost.
Q. Wait a moment and let me see II car
understand It. This is "Washington, D. c.,
March IS, 1874, Board of Public Works, Dis.
trict Of Columbia, to Riley & Clark, debtor p
This is q very late bill. Who made it ottI A.
1 had that made out myself since the commit
tee sat.
Q. Who made it out for youi A. Mr..
Thompson, l believe; DR.. Thompson You
have the order for the work there, haven't you!
gave it to you with the papers.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. That order that " as made
by Hinl
The Witness. Yes; sir.
Mr.. Wilson. Yes; that has been read.
The Witness. l just had 1t made to show
what had been fatd. ard what was coming to
me.
By the Chairman Q. Wait a moment, /
want TO get at this, if can. You have charged
in this bill g. 1877 yards of grading, at 20 cents
yard. Where did that dirt go! A. Into square
40 and to Seventeenth and B streets.
9. You have charged ,4S7 yards of haul, at
121z cents yardl A. Yes, sir; they allowed
me thousand feet haul; but the dirt l sent to
B street was near three-fourths of mile, but
never claimed anything, and let 1t go in with
the other. When / went to do this work l
asked Mr.. Hill if he had any place designated
for me to deposit this dirt. "Damn the dirt, ="
he says: put it wherever you please; make 1t
the shortest haul you can get" Square 140
was the shortest; and when I sent the other
down to B and Seventeenth streets, did mt
claim any haul for it, because 1 thought they
would say l wanted to make as long haul as
could.
Q. Had you contract for filling square 14O,
A. No, sir; no contract at all. There were
some parties there that had some lots that they
wanted filed, and all have charged them for
1t was-I have to tear down q back building
and take the lumber and lay 1t up for them,
and then take down their yard fences, wood,
and coal sheds, and pTiTies, and all such things
as that, and Furnish the men there, and shove
the dirt in under the houses. do not think
any man paid me over $50. 1t would not
amount to paving for tearing down the build
a,,l Thn For H,ir fho I;.t;
Q. see here that sS8.70 of this was charged
to Rhode Island avenue. Why was thst2 A.
It was given TO me in five different certificates
There Eas one certificate -.
g Iyst answer my quessaSSSs. a, That is the
ONLY way can explain It to you.
Q. Well, want you to explain it; $500 Of
this was charged to Rhode Island avenue. A
Yes, sir.
Q. Was that because some dirt was put upon
Rhode Island avenuel 4. None of il at all. |
It was all done clear inside of the pavement.
did the terraeing right up in front.
Q. am asking you where this dirt went to; |
did any Of II go into Rhode Island ayenuel A. |
No, sir; it ali went to where have told YOU
square 40, and Seventeenth and streets.
Q. Then there is 1858. 10 charged to alley in |
square 1891 A. That is all right, sir.
Q. Did any Of the dirt go IN there7 A. No, |
sir; 1t came out of that; cut that alley.
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charged TO square 40. A. That is right.
i @. You filed that A. Yes, sir; the larger
portion of that dirt went in that alley in square
40, which 1t needed; il needed q good deal |
more for 1t; there was dirt enough there to fill |
he whole thing; l had TO stop; there was q |
rood deal of grumbling among the neighbors;
here was good deal Of dirt there; the alley
was very badly needed.
q. Then no part Of yours went into DR.. |
olraIa 1oS9 A M fhot ad
along in the latter part of August.
By Mr.. Stewart: q. There is 81 ,S92.l7 not |
oaidl A. Yes, sir; the Governor refused to |
pay me.
8. What did you do at Attorney General |
Williams, outside of this lot; you graded an |
alleyI A. Yes, sir; graded an alley, and took
lis yard all down.
q: You graded the slleyi A. Yes, sir, and
graded the yard.
Q. How much was there in that aIleyl A.
indeed don't know. Mr.. Franklin measured
L altogether.
Q. That was q public alleyi A. Yes, sir;
hat is, he measured, sir; but he made the bill
1ut altogether. don't know how much there
was in the alley.
@. Then you terraced the frcnl A. Yes, sir.
Q. The street was a good deal below the
house, wasn't iii A. The street is still below
,he house eight feet.
Q. So that the street was actually below the |
1ousel A. Yes, sir.
@ You terraced the 'front.' A. Yes, sir; |
here was bank Of gravel 80 high, [indicat- |
ng.1 / took off that and hauled soil and put |
here. dumped the gravel into square 140: !
i was this red gravel, loan, Of no benefit.
@. That was in q street; that terracei A. II |
was clear inside Of the pavement.
Q. Was it in the street, or In on the private
property A. On the private property, but in
front of the building-line
@. Was it inside or outside of the building
Iinel A It was between the building-in and
the pavement.
@. Between the building-line Of the street
and the pavement a. The building line
where the house sets on. The house sets back,
| think, of the building -line; any way, IL was
between the house and the pavement.
Q. The Board of Public Works have been
parking, have they Dotl A. No, sir.
Q. In different places over the cityl A. Oh,
yes, siI; in some places.
Q. Eetween the sidewalks and building-line?
A. Yes sir; frequently. But that is not the |
case there. Her terrace comes right out to it. !
She is not going to have her place cut in at
all. |
Q. But, instead Of cutting Il down, as they |
do in many places, grading II of on q level |
with the street; this was terraced upl A. L |
was great deal above the street, and was cut |
down. -. ..-E -.--.. |
Q. Was It graded with the level of the |
street, A. No, sir; It was terrsced there |
First and Second. |
@. Then this work in front, you did not |
rrrada a. down the street the f1Ii vVidth NJ enc