National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-04


@. How much was that, would you suppose,
therei A. / think 1t was six inches; whatever
the specification required.
@. You excavated somewhere about six
inches, and how wide Is the footWay therei A.
think one side Of 1t Is nine feet and the other
wider.
Q. Did you put any sand under III A. Yes,
sir. - 80 s.- UU- tleT1.
Q. How muchi A. do not remember now,
but / think we put first layer Of gravel ana
four inches Of sand. s ~.
q. How deep was the CRAVEN A. ABOUT
two inches. / am speaking from memory.
conformed exactly to the specifications. re-
member of putting about half sand and half
gravel: the gravel at the bottom and the sand
next 10 the tagging. We dressed the Tagging
edges, Joints, jointed e, and took all the irreg
ular surfaces of-the lumps-and closed al
the joints properly with cement. =, a,
Q. Did you set the curb slsoa A. No, sir;
that was already set there. =
o. So that your work, 30 far as that flag
cling is concerned, consisted in gathering this
tagging together In the manner You have indi-
Gated, and dressing 1t up, and putting down
cementing the joints snd putting the tagging
DOWN. A. Yes, sir; the item, 65 cents, covered
also the grading Of the interior. We had that
all to grade and mound up, and SOW downgrass-
seed.
Q. How large space Is there in that TRAN
gle What is the length of the base of that
triangle inside Of the footwayi A. I would
memory could hardly do so.
Q. You can give Q pretty good idea.. or
course do not expect you to speak accurately,
having no papers before you. A. should
think they were 100 by $50.
Q. That is to say 100 feet base by 15o feet In
length7 A. Yes, sir.
8. And did you haul any earth and put it in
therei A. Yes, sir.
o. bow muchi A. I do not remember as to
quantity. We mounded them up.
o, Very muchl A. No, sir; we made neat
little mound and q nice finish to it.
@. Was there very large amount OF filling
done therel A. No, sir.
Q. Where did you get the earth from to
mound it upi A. declare do not remember
where 1t came from. We hauled good deal
of soil, and we would be little select, on &C
count of sowing 1t In grass seed.
| o. Who hauled thati A. Mr.. Drainsing.
Q. Do you know whether he got 1t from
where the streets were being excavated or not!
A. do not remember. We paid him for the
use of his teams and he got the earth and
| hauled It. do not remember where from.
| O. Who did the work for YOU In putting
down this faggingi A. A man by the name
of John Burns. -.
o. What work did he dot A. He did the
whole work except the grading; that is, the
stone-cutting and the sodding.
Q. Did he furnish the gravel and sandi A.
No, sir; we had teams, and the gravel and
sand-a part of the sand was furnished by D.
NJ. Davis, and the gravel was hauled from the
excavations at Tiber creek. But 1t was all
done under the direction of Mr.. Burns.
O. What did you pay Burns per footi A.
Mr. Burns and went into the contract jointly.
gave him an equal interest with me.
Q. What did he geti A. he got one half Of
what was made on the work.
Q. Didn't he get one half Of the cents, or
did hei A. He got one half the net amount,
after deducting all the expenses.
Q. What did you put down-the jointing,
dressing, and soddingi What did you estimate
that at in making up your account with Mr..
| Burnsi A. could not tell you. did not ex-
pect to be examined on that point. have
papers at home, if the committee desire to see
| them.
Q. should like to see them very much. This
contract, then, was given to you In your name;
Burns was jointly interested with youi a.
Yes, sir.
Q. But was not known in the contract A.
No, sir.
o. Now, Is 1t not q fact, Mr.. Morgan, that
you allowed Mr.. Burns 80 or 80 cents q square
foot for jointing, dressing, laying the tagging
and cement. putting in the sand and graveli Is
not that the factl A. No, sir.
Q. How was III A. 1t is just as stated to
you, exactly. Mr.. Burns received one-half of
the net profit on the work. He submitted to
me bill of all his expenses; what he paid his
men; the expenditure upon the work. paid
ali the bills, and the profit was divided between
Mr.. Burns and myself. There was no sub-con-
tract made with Mr.. Burns other than that l
have named. D..
O. II you will submit TO the committee your
papers, we would be glad to see them. Do you
know Of any other place in this city where this
old bridge-stone was used on footwalksl A. 1
do not.
40. Have you ever given that matter any at
tentioni A. have not.
O. You have not observed anything about It.,
and know nothing about 1T A. No, sir.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. In saying that John D.
Evans has tried to have the monopoly of the
tagging here, do you mean to be understood
that Mr.. John o. Evans had all Of the tagging
Of that kind that could be shipped to this
marketi A. No, sir. ......-
Q. understand the reason that you did not
lay the tagging was that you could not com
mand the necessary capital at the time to buy?
A. Yes, sir; and the board had it on hand and
furnished 1t to me.
TESTIMONY or HENRY GANTa.
Henry Gantz sworn:
By Mr. Mattingly: Q. You are of the firm
of Gsntz & Applemani A. Yes, sir.
Q. You had q contract for this B-street
sewerl A. Yes, sir; we built it from Seventh
street to Fifteenth street.
O. Now, Just state to the committee the
character of the material used in that sewer.
A. Well, 1t was first class and good quality.
A. No, sir. ~ ~ 49, 'N' '"
Q. What kind of brick were usedi A. Arch
and red.
Q. Do you know Mr.. sorreIli A. he is ono
Of my brickIayers.
Q. Mr.. sorrell says one-third Of the bricks
used in that sewer were salmon brick. Is that
truei A. No, sir; It is not.
Q. There is another one Of your brieklayers
who says that three-thirds of the bricks used
| in that sewer were salmon. State whether
any of those bricks were light in color, A.
Some of them were little light in color, but
it was all owing to the clay. The bricks were
perfectly sound and hard.
Q. Were the bricks wet before they were
usedf A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did your contract require that that should
be donei A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was that proper or improperi A. It was
proper. The brick laid in cement perfectly dry
in the summer season would not bind.
Q. One of your men here testified that the
brick were soaked In water In order to color
them and to give them the appearance of red
brick, and that he had never known Of brick
laid in o sewer being wet before they were put
in. As practical bricklayer, what have you
to say about that? A. am not bricklayer
myself, am only a contractor; but our instruc-
tions from the chief engineer were to have the
brick perfectly wet. Mr.. Phillips was the chief
engineer at the time, and he went over the
work every day.
Q. Was that sewer well constructed, or other
wiser A. Yes, sir; considered 1t trst-class
Job. endeavored to make irst-class Job of
1t, and considered 1t such. Il was the first
job / had here, and wanted to make a good
job OF it, and believe It was considered SO by
practical men here.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. Were these brick made
at the brick-yard you ownl A. Yes, sir.
Q. What was the color of the arch-bricki A.
The arch-brick are generally very dark-some
are and some are not.
Q. The other brick, you say, were redi A.
Yes, sir. There are generally three classes Of
brick that come out Of the kiln.
| Q. am aware Of that. Was there any O.
culiarily In the soil from which your brick were
made! A. i do not know as there was. Il Is
a very strong clay-considered so.
Q. Was there any popularity in the soil from
which your brick were made, and which would
give them q color different from that Of the
ordinary bricki A. Owing to the burning,
very often.
Q. Then, IL the brick were light, the lightness
was due to the burning, and not to the charac-
fA~ ar A r. A.