National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21


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Wh6ae a. ik-eaRht fhCuS1nd vSfas. laafs. 4. /
Z, q. YOa1ssd 3he psyenesf a Jaekson Place.
"A pa xpsf rs, q, 4 VIZ bad Westhsr. :
q. Twas ab0ut % ssk yoa sfter that psye-
nsat ~ la by yss, al, q dM you no., y
1fartho las9se portion orr have % b takea upe
a. I saSnsa II Oh 70 = aImose immediately,
an bsgan 10 tann y ~, bscause I could kick
u 10 pieces bs1bre I tool tho rollers a. i laid
q n Deeemher, ana January, ana fshrussy,
vhea = y impoaaihle 70 lay pavsnsnts, a. /
seatsa hs1ose. / stated I ha4 to 10 over the
whole ofthet. On mild day would put On
men, a1d there was no trouble to take Il Oh
and Pat down nsw matter. Altar I got that
down, v aood better than ! ever supposed Il
would seana 4.sga1 e.; - ,s5
hsve mads mistakes somstinss, and put them
down g that thsy lWouh diantsgfatss A. No,
dei Mt n H. proper eeaeons. - sss,; -
9. M condition. Of that pavement, then, was
OWING 20 the mclemency OF the weather st that
seasooI A. Yes, str; + wls very cold when I
Wes laying r.. 10 s1s J-ra...L
Q. Ana thAs defect was cared By relayinS the
@s.ss-sssssurfacsnss a. NO, or; not by
ree9z1cm9 toya - a.sT,, -. 80. -!
! q D1 yoo tske up the toundataonI A. NO,
-. xoa sssurasced y then. did You noti A.
!ee, ycu may ~ res1rfscing y; took Oh the
OLD SURFACE Ana PM another on top Of u. III
y. u1oefcee6 you 70 say that IN the car
na9oWey On 1aascon place there was no As
pan 49, 4. 1Aas e ? what stated. ~
And ~ your opinion, that pavement, -
lad qnoer tnas pssenf, noe equal to the pave.
mene iaM yoos a. NY %; yes, az; Il has
psoseSG .scH ~: -.
eomcsn1ng hee oeen sald mere ABOUT John
Q. Evans q 90. taking up the cobble stones ON
fennsylvaMa avenue sno crusnlng them, ana
using tnem IN iaymg pesements. were tnoee
cooble stooee, 70 lax snem up ma use them,
OF any advantage 70 snoee gentlemen, OF would
tnave neen less e4PenMve, os more e3pensave
% them no ions o. an nad oeen tneret A.
nsvef .conoefea any gieas aovantege 70
the CONTRACTOR, 70 isr - Pons was concerned,
IN taxing stones ups earning tnem away, Dreak-
Ing them, caring t9em oeck, ana grading
them on the street. !! never considered tneFe
was mucn IavantaSe N snss 20 me CONTRACTOR,
over ana aoove Wnas you wOuia pay 70 nave
stone delivered u % mncn . cumc yard nom
the quarry. .zE
Q. THERE'S no special advantage TO the con
tractor to nave the OLD material IN the street
paved IN that way, a; inere = some aavan-
tage, 70 % sure; tnefe Ne Ptont IN II; Dut nos
such . large prodt, BY any means, % great
Q. Is worth much, II any, more than the
cost Of repairing ~ A: suppose the eo6ble
stones could DO taken on the streets, carted TO
9 lot, broken up, and put back again at about
% cubic yard, whereas We would have topay
from es;5Q 70 1913 for stone hauled from the
quarry; broken angular stone. ss
Senator Thurman. Wasthere any grading ON
that Pennsylvania avenue JOB from Fifteenth TO
seyenteenth stree. A; yes, sr.
cobble stone pavement to be taken ups A.
Certainly. You could not have laid the pave
ment any way II no grazing had been required.
You must have angular or broken surfaces.
You cannot lay on cobble-stone
. Q. The contractor, then, was either specially
bound, II he was paid Tor grading or 30 much
. square yard for al the work, he was bound
70 take inc copple-sSones uP suyAows a. Aes,
cir; of course. -
Representative Wilson. You say the proht
on that stone was my to seventy-hve cents
square Zardt .g.sg ~
Mr.. Harrington. think the Senator misun-
derstood your question, or at least did, when
you said the cobble.stones would have to be
taken up q part OF the grading.
Senator Thurman. asked you If that were
the fact. Htwere graded up the cobblestones
could remain; In was graded down the cobble-
stones would have to be removed. That
was my o3lectCss 70 wnetner the grade was
raised or depressed there. LIT were raised, the
eobblestones might DO LETT; If It were lowered,
the cobblestones would have to come up.
Would theyf "A. Yes; and In any case the
cobblestcnes would have 70 come up, because
they could not lay their pavement on top OF
the ccbblestone pavement already laid.
q. They could put pavement on top, II 1t
was graded up, couldn't theyf A: Yes they
could put one pavement on top OF another;
admit that
g. Whist was the fact-was the grade
changed there BY lowering the grade or raising
~ A. The gfade, think, up 70 where we were