National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-05

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ST bonds ior them.
thsse bondsf A. Some Of them. Those par
ties who hcld than did with them Is the
pleased. 81
DID the Board Of Public Works take aud
\ ceftt6cetes1 A. Yes, sir.
| Q. Wan that dons for the purpose Of enahlinl
4 Jon 70 diatriouts these smaller certificate
reason | took them from theboard.
4 %. That twas why they were issuedf A. No
4 Or; not with references to that; but they wer
tssued In that way to any one that wantel
them:
y. That was the practice or expedient re
sorted 70 By the aadltorl They did resort .
into smaller ones to the end that vhoeve
desired them might use them In smaller sums
A.. Yes, sir. Hs II lfzarH sll+ ts5s ra
4 9. And o. those you took some ninety odd
thousand dollarsl A. Yes, air. 5-.-sg I
\ 9; You divided them among your share
noioersi A. portion OF them; not AL OF them
OF course rg1 gcz.yf-T ~
y pa your snarenoiders afterward convert
i snen mo sipklng-iunn ponds OF afterward int
l p msnsn'--il1 " pondsi a. Judge
me .ney u,u !! -, rom tne iact that md In the
sreasurels report mat am charged there with
me scas S1sh the vouchers as per schs
uuis, WHICH e,nDrace tnese very Things. II VIII
AZ DC enargee 70 ms, aitnougn old not re-
| '' o. Do VIM l.nov uhs.hs- .,v,,,,s A., -
me oppos; ;sn an1euse them o. converting
svsrvscdv hsd thas .;1sht oyuys a. 20 slr;
recsivsbis siso e.. t.ras sainA snsy Were
n srSs,, ~ eS "a. Ss,oT coo =,
H.s . VI y. Wis eSy. ~ ot oonps tnat you
srs thsS ots .sn y So ca 1o
N tSts an o1o snas esV,oOO
| NJ s,,hsts ne - s-e s"N1s s''iis' a.
" a Vs. Tssa-s ne ssa- ooo =.
,sce,vsd n h,,ds s,s snas yo !.
was nssriv ec,,;s. y, "as ~ snas =, y
70 Tsag . ed,s.ens 70 casm a. NOT ~ an
~, ~ lucy we.e aoout wortn casnr a. 1 nave
sIso 'Nus yes, ' suu nave lne sewer Donds
O II On, .ns.r .,,o,,, .hs, ., ,. W..
have them yef h,,s a. ,h.t ,ha,. ,. nou
xor.h aho., rsyhg ~ ~ sna -, salns 'ney "ere
n w. Is az a. ~ 90 IN, no - 4. ,
do not fnow'' = s ~ s1'OoO'o0V 'o'1 As4 a
o. Don,t Won tnovr .h.. ,r.s .o,a :, OK ..,,s,
Il. -" s.Hs W., ~ soiu ~ % cen's'
n ! W Wy m,gns . nave e oeen soia =. that.
that TINA 'ddn,t 'yos sT consI sS sps
snas suso, su you, a. SonssueIeu sne
wbcn rn, ru.'e ths ~ G bons.,
~ ~ y ~ ~ ~ 80 sno se"St oonuSi n.
n-nh sJ Nh nare osoa inots ieeeI' uon Aiio"'
Y,
,hS,, ha's yoo 'noSs Sesi A. nave sonie oi
'u n u- 80 80
s.i1uus " y ~ Hoie !. INV oHn A. NO. ::
Wy. vs.J nahSi pfoosoy so'VVo OF soioVO worth Oh
0
,,r y; a 70 you 9ola N yopr OWE rgnt OF IN tne
1,sns u sne Mesropohs raylng company a.
e rvRn g. ts Gompsny, Mnisni noiu ss e.
sulity ios mem. srles W0gi1 come 70 get
.neu olVioenoe ana tney Wouln oepaid In these
'niIgS 5us. Is tney came.
VI TaAt ~ amount on aualsor ce.unsates 90
wv holu-un you recelYe--o1. Oh ILLS sggre-
gase Amount tnat you IecelVeot A: Ioe pal-
lance, possipiy, IN settlng my accouns.
.oS o Inc wnoie amount received Dy you was
so 1919 a. les, SIT. .ooo a.,
Ous VI ING Who ono S n1o ., tne eoSo,VV,
you received aoout eoO,VVV Oh auoitors certi-
nc q S.,, a inat may Ce possible.
WEI nAVe you oone WIZ tnose suiitor
ser.incases, a. Rooo many Oh tnose USED
ID sne purcnsse OF material.
:, " are you neiding any OF them now A. 1
Wnas amount.
y, Aoous wnat smoqnH a: could not say;
possibly eiV'OV OF them, ana perhaps, over
that.
fnen your coutFacts nave been pretty wen
Raio up ey the bosra OF fuonc works. A..
iney are al paad up by certihcates.
Q. The amount Of certificates Is rather smalli
now. nave used them.
Y; Then al that you ever received Is about
Soo,ooo,n UNDERSTAND you a. we received
'nem an an IN eersi1caees'
V. But you oad NOS nave any dif1culty In
converting them Into money or bondsl A.
fes, SIT; very great dIncnty
4. Y. lou got ns Al got finally, from time
70 lime; fl-
y; Mneh aio you close up your work. a.
tni p I ne las. loo. nao was IN september.
oy nI. ote"aT NJ Y. mnen was tne most
VOTE oone' a. lac Toss OF ny Work was
uone " WE Tue cary par 81 toIzr snihk-
v. lou gut WORK before the government
securities got 50 depreciatedf A. never had
very many contracts anyway
". lou Were one OF tne cary Contractors.
a. ies, sur nao AL tne iacinIles ior ooing
.ns worh-sa" mllt, SUI Al VIZ aPpiHncesi
a s;aa as , sIe 49, NJ, 70 ave
piece OF work Done IN q snort time' they gener-
ally gave me the contract.
VI Inose VINO esue alser you-wno. oid tne
VOTE iast year-ener eeitlneates, or evidences
= .nueotcunes T WeIe noe so gooi a.. NC, 81;
! tulnh nos. lhers u general oepreciation OF
'ne oeu IuSs5 No..
" mnen III sne M. y; oi slie
I'LL. 49, n Ia. Ia = uiole tlian
IA say iney nave oeou soins uo"n ior sotne
'i ~ A vh., -o ,ro...,,,.,. A
~; a yeAE aso mnas WeLe tney AoouH a
naruiy Ano"' sneY "ere oe''er tn4A. tnsy are
Hv ~ pa,,o 49,,
.ssi 90 upasns agv man tney are now'
a. les, sni SINCE TINS lnvestlgatlon commenced,
:, 0ourSe' sueS nave pesun W ueprecia'e even
n = ~ w. -. -, -. -,
,rSc,o,, Tu I y9q Al, mo DOnos Dsnore sns ae
~, S nj usu a1s s sSa AZ ~. sneuI al
,nso IUn as ncluuss sySVV waicn,lr re-
49, ~ "a 20 tr - ~ eLov eer
VIM. passsu on W osner Parttes, Snu w r,l
u'e 1917 oeeu saAsn ", supPoey, " MnSs Ooso-
~. uer ~ us rePoss cais Voucners per
. Luss was noS paul ~ me, ai.nougn
acoouns iof II 10 having Feceiseul In tnat
way. 1u,.o -. =.
Colonel MaornJer,s rcTorts ,,at ttass s,,n-,.,ts
nave heen maid IN moocvi A No. ,h.t L ,,.,ss
II. canno. ten vot, anything ahont th.t -"
o. MD Won aver Slray any roo,ev f-or,. r,,I
onei Hscr,,der On thsss sino' cs-tia.atssf
No. afr. ., : w. '''S
O. What capI,al did vour Metrono,is Chm.
panv start With A. Il s.arted Win q cash
canjtaJ Of ahont slo OO0
q paid ma a Yes sir
o. Was that eapItai aftarwsrd Increased,
No sir. We ,srar bsd -sei,v nno,s ther ne
IN se aUsIr c asS caDts more 'nan 'ne
n H. 800 s.osi-holSal. "a, 80,
The outso.i think possiSIy tSore INV were
about twentv.5v or thirty oo '' W."
ou. W WEN bss u Ne o s,ocI Soot., A1h.vs
Mr Wilson We will he Glad 20 have vo,
brin, ,ha s,nclr no. or booSs an Mondse |
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