, 1874-04-09

A.-ItAt mnttGf was utect1AaG0.
Q.-Was It Btntcd to hive been condemned
A.-uoy. Shepherd said to mo that Bome ono
had written to him oondemning that process.
replied to TINT
KNEw NOTHING ABOUT THE PROCESSES:
that did not desre him to hayo tho balance of
process ,waH q good ono; tlat the parties who
I cA1no to aid would furnish him such testi-
1nonials NJ would aitfsiy him that tho charges
which had beon made woro unfoundotl7,
Q.-Did ho Bay whether or not ho had any
faith In 1t at TINT time
A.-No, sir; ho said ho did not know.
o.-Were those testimonials furnislod7
Al never inquired; I don't know.
Q.-You do not know whether thoy had been
laid before him at that timo or not?
AL do not.
Q.-This was in scptembor.
A.-Ahout tho middle OF September, "a now
remember.
Q.-WaB t1oro any condition mnde to
THE TESTIMONIALS
rs 70 ita value and durability, that thoy nhould
DO furnished beforo tho contracts should DO OK
tentled.-anything Of that kind?
Al nm not quite sure, but think thoro was
gontlomen wore hcro, ond they proposed to fur
niall M that kind of testimonials bofore they wont
on with tho work.
Q-Did Doaolyor and n1colollnnd mako any
boen made?
Al don't think hayo conyoracd with any,
body on that subject Bince then,
Q.-You hnvo no ieason, then, to bclievo that
tho request WAS not fully complied with 7
Al suppose 1t WIS. l lad no reason to be-
love to tho contrary.
BY hte Chairman will ask ono other quos-
tion, Had you any interest in my manner or
form in tliH mattor Of your constituents?
A.-Not a dollar.
Q.-You simply came on hore at their request,
they being In trouble
A.-As 1 havc stated, havo como without foo
or reward, simply to oblEgo my friends or my
c!onstituonts-for no other reason, and at great
As will be soon from tho above, Mr. Farwcl1
removed Gov. shephord'a scruples. and the
contrnctora wero allowed to 60 ahead and uso
up thoir material. That Mr. Quimby was cor
rect in his estimate of tho Do ,Golyer No. 2 can
paved by tho Dc Golyer Il MClelland contracts,
Entire blocks aro in all atagcs Of decay. The
following
LETTER FROM 01n. Qu1a1DY 70 GOV. SHEPHERD,
when takon in connection with tho statement OF
A1r. Farwoll il quito interesting.
WARRINGTON, D. O., Dec. IL, 1879.
Mx pE4a Sin: leg pardon for lntrudtng upon
lhat ance i became known to tho Irotztng Company @ any
that had Furnished you with rarnl evidences Of tho
utter worthlessnoss Of tho ironizcd wood, ayo been
On friendly terms With them: aud. Us understand
tasy na1 are ~, to rrosfe with the work IL
AEE tuAt tAb EuAul153lDQ OF congressman Ear.
sssssstal ons @ Whoa ;fS. asked 5Snf Lin fos fos
letter to you r. hts store II Chicago ola him that
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Law nos ss* Sa * my soaso Of 1cSsss asssc has
prompted to o for tho betieat Of the public, who
ysF dSr a9
ass!s!snss sf a. ''a po,sa Sia
your Patience must bo nearly exhausted. I would
therefore aaf where san receive those papers that
oposo to s nfa naM aroo au 1sGm @ e Ma
Whole transsstloa relative to this Infamous swno
s1aa sS M to s5 sF* sstrs e tn @ s9
this District, whoso public aaira you have latoy
main most respectfully yours, 80 " .. Il. Qu1a1r. "
Mr. Mcclellan, Mr.. Ray, Col. Jackson, and Mr.
Nicolson, Of lChlcago. viii be examined to-mor-
row regarding their connection with tho De-
Go!yer q AlcClelland contract. Ex-Gov. Cooke
the memoriaGsts, hayo for aono mysterious rea-
8on not been reached by the officers who hayo
lal subp@nas for thom for several dnys. Cooke
is Haid to haro lott town yesterday, although he
must havo known tint ho was wanted BY the
Committee.
Ito tho Associated Prtss,l
TESTIMONY OF CHICAGO NAN.
WAsH1SdroN, D. G., April S.-The District of
Columbia Investigating Committee this morn
inE examined Q. Il. Qnimby, Of Chicago: with
rs tho DoGolyor No. 2 which was laid under his
for the Board of Public Works
on tennsylvnllla avonuo east, OIL Eighth Btreet
to the Navy-Yarl, tn this city, in tho year 1874
Witness testified TINT, about q year utter tho
completion Of this work ho discovered, for tho
first timo, tlat tito irontzing treatment to which
tho wood b1ocks wore subjected under this
patent proccss, luid in chiongo, mado
them begin to decay. Ho returned
that decay Ind begun in the work done thero
nudor his suporntendcnco, and notified tho
Board Of Public Works, who at onco gaye orders
TINT tho ,ronzing treatment should bo discon-
tnuod. The wortllessness Of this pavement
was not discovered or known to tho Board Of
Public Works until witness discovered it. and
informed them OH his return to Washington.
Tue work cost tho contractors $1.60 per square
yard, aud they received $3.50 per square yard.
ttinuIng the uee of this pavement, Congressman
farwell camo hero in tho interest Of the Payo-
mont Company, according to Witness informa-
tion and boltof anu the Board OF Public Works
resumed the use Of the samo pavement to somo
extent,
DR.. Goiyoor aud Mcclellan for grading. Wllon
asked il he thought the grading charged for had
been done by them, he said that no such amount
Of grndtng lad boen done. Tho wood pnyo~
4lI4lt WIS II WUfIHloH8 0nG OGChllEc OF the 1Tn-
ceHa by which wood was treated. A letter was
shown to him in his orose-examinntion, which
he identified al having been written to
Gov. Shepherd, complaining Of the
pavement. III 1t, an allusion WAS made to.
THE HON. q. D. TA1lWELL,
member Of Congress Of Chicago. subsequently
that gentleman, appeared bofore tho Committee
and nlado u sworn statement to tho effect that
in September last ho was called upon At his place
Of business, i'll Chicago. by A1cClo]land, Jo,itinB,
and ex-senator Doottlo as attorneys. They
informed him that Dedolyer and Me- Clel!and aud
been stopped In tleir work at Washington, and
that they had q great many blocks Of trcatod
wood In tue city which thoy wished to use
up. They said il they could could get
tile material uBod up thoy would not as1
for any more contracts, but would loaye tho city.
Witness aaid ho calno without fee or oonBllera-
ton, from Chicago, at his own expense aud bud
a. conference with GOV. Shepherd. lle aBltot
tile Governor to allow tho firm to use up what
wood they had on hand in Washington. and he
aHsontea WitnosH Ind novor l,eard the DoGol-
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