National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-24
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
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9. Except yourself, I meant A. No, Sir;
and no parties that represented in real estate
were ever interested In any .pavements thst
ever heard Of or knew of.
9. You mention here seven persons, why dd
not the balance Of them come into the srraoge-
menti A. Because they did not put up any
money to make purchases OF the machinery
and material, which was necessary TO have the
work done. II they had they would nave neen
interested with Us.
Q. win ask you to state how yen are In
.terested. The books Of these two concerns
VIA they showi A. suppose they VIII:
have never kept any accounts with them. They
have kept the accounts.
Q. You do mot keep any books yourself A.
8. How did you suppose you were interested
and machinery, and carrying ON the works.
Q. They made the b!dss A. o, yes, sir, and
applied orthem. / never applied for one.
Q. John 0. Evans s. Co. Who constitutes
that firmf A. do not know. I only know
John o, Evans Co. as far as the pavements
are concerned, with Clcrhane and myself Mr..
Evans was Q large contractor. He had large
amount Of business of all kinds. Who John
o. Evans and Co. are do not know.
Mr.. Christy. desire to pursue this inquiry
hrtle further, in regard to this branch OF the
case introduced by MIR. Wilson in his exam
ination.
The Chairman. Go on.
Q. Who originally composed this rinsi A.
can only state that, 80 far as any ring 10 con-
cerned as referred to In that letter. 1t consisted
of John o. Evans, Lewis Clephane, and my
self
9. Why did not the others, as enumerated
or belonging to it A. Because they all
talked of taking an interest and putting up
money.
O. Were these all that made promises to 90
into the matter with you and put up money, or
were there others? A. Those were all that
remember now.
Q. Those were all who had spoken upon this
remember any others.
@. MIR. Hun,ington's name is mentioned; did
Mr.. Huntington furnish any money! A. No,
sir; not to my knowledge.
Q. Did he have any interest, to your knowl-
edge, in any Of these contractss A. under
stand that he had an interest in a wooden pave
.ment to q certain extent, managed by Mr..
/Chephane; but to what extent do not know.
Q. You speak in this letter of certain pur-
chases made in Philadelphia and New York.
What amount of money did you expend in
these two cities, aggregating it, in the purchase
OF this material and this machinery A. l do
not think that we made any purchases in
Philadelphia.
Q. Did you purchase any interest in any
patent rights-letters-p patent covering pave
snents in Philadelphia! A. No, sir; we did
not. $50 4
kind in the city of New York; A. At that
time, | think, we purchased a steam-roller.
Whether we purchased asphalt or not, do nit
remember. ! do not know as we made any
purchases at that time but the steam-roller.
Q. You might refresh your recollection.
think this is correct copy. A. do not want
to mislead you.
Q. What you say in this letter here is: "we
bought steam roller to-day from the English
agent, who ordered it from Liverpool by cable
tonight. 1t costa, delivered, about IS, 20O"
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And then in that letter you 60 on to say:
eve shall secure another stone breaker and a
lot of asphalt tomorrow" A. Yes, sir.
@. How many stone breakers had you pur-
chased at that timel A. That / cannot tell.
@. You had purchased one! A. Mr.. Evans
made all the purchases.
@. You say that you purchased another;
you certainly then had purchased ones A.
Perhaps, do not know.
@. What Is POUR recollection as to the pur-
chase of asphalt or other materiall A. do
not know whether there was any purchased at
that time or not. / know l went with Mr..
Evans and Mr.. Clephane around examining
samples of asphalt; whether any purchases
were made at that time do not remember.
9. You speak Of your interest In certain
machinery. Was it the machinery you
bought at that time in New York from the
stone breakersl do not know whether they
were purchased at that time or subsequently.
. Q. But you did subsequently purchase the
.stone-breaker, and you say you still have an
interest in that machinery at this timel A. /
do not know about stone breakers; but there
was an apparatus that they used for mixing
this
Representative Wilson. Anybody can get
one of those.
Witness. think some thirty or forty thou
sand dollars worth Of machinery was pur
chased, besides the material. cannot state
that definitely.
The Chairman. Do you regard this matter
of the stone-breakers as Important
Mr.. Christy. Yes, sir; in one moment will
show the pertinency of It. If do not, have
acted upon a false hypothesis.
Q. I understood you to say your interest has
continued until this time in the machinery and
aivers others mattersf A. In the Scharf pave
ment was all this amount puid.
% You say the machinery and those other
matters cost you about thirty or forty Thousand
aollsrsl A. That is my recollection.
Q. What proportion Of that did you pay! A.
One tenth.
Q. Did you pay them in cashl A. Yes, sir;
I had 20 raise the money.
Q. Did the others pay in cashl A. Mr..
Clephane, Mr.. Evans, and myself. I won't
state the amount, but somewhere from thirty
or forty thousand dollars were put up. Mr..
Evans can tell you if he has ever called
definitely.
@. You refer to one John F. Kidwell; what
was his position at that time with reference to
the Maryland Freestone Companya A. Oh,
do not know.
o. Was he not president of iti A. He may
have been at that time. I do not know. I
never had any transaction with tn Maryland
Freestone Company. By rumor, l think he
was president.
Q. You say you have not kept any books
relative to those matters. A. No, sir.
G. Have you supervised the books kept by
either Mr.. Evans or Mr.. Clephanea Have you
Evans books. have never examined any of
Mr.. Clephane's books only those that con-
tainedshe transactions Of the Metropolis Paving
Company.
%. Have you received payments upon this in
vestmenta A. have.
Q. What amount! A. suppose in the
neighborhood Of twenty or twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
@. Under what contracts? A. Oh, I do not
know; TO: under any special contracts.
Q. Have you made any final settlement with
these gentlemen as to business. up to any stated
period! A have Tot. Sd
@. II still remains unsettled? A. As far as
Lewis Clephane, as far as the Metropolis Com
pany is concerned, wherein had an Interest,
think that it is wound up; although do not
think all the assets have been disbursed yet.
Q. How do you know MIR. j. o. Evans ha
kept a book Of accountsl A. do not know
that he has.
@. You have rot seen onei A. No, SIR.
@. You do know the fact that Mr.. Clephane
has KEEP. books, for you have seen them you
says A. OF the Metropolis Paving Company.
Q. Were you Interested outside of the Me-
.tropolis Paving COmpanys A. How do you
meant
Mr.. Christy. In any contracts that were not
embraced in tn. contracts let directly to the
Metropolis Paving Company! A. I think
was In two or three.
Q. Are you able to state what they werea
A. cannot. Some that Mr.. Clep have man.
aged.
Mr.. Christy. We are through.
The Chairman. Have you any questions to
ask, Mr.. Mattinglyi
MIR. Mattingiy. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. Please proceed then.
By Mr. Mattinsly: Q. Wys any member of
the Board of Public Works interested In your
purchase of this real estate at any time. A. No,
sir.