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

more material tnan can De put on Inc 5tlccbs
In this calculation have not allowed tn
board for the small portion Of brick payemen
on q corner, from building line to where
meets the cross street pavement, as shown Of
this diagram marked en-" as this is NOR
than counterbalanced BY various spaces occu
house.
Q. Is that all the calculation you have made
A. Yes, sir; so far.
By the Chairman: Q. You have made up thes'
estimates and statements from the know
width Of the streets as laid down in the map O
the eityf A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Merrick. Yes, sir; and as reported BY thu
board itself In this very tabular statement.
The Witness. No, sir. I did not take thu
width Of the street from there. 1t is on The
map Of the city. Third street, for instance, Il
one hundred and ten feet wide; E street is ninety
feet wide.
Mr. Merrick. But say the figures which he
has given of the dimensions correspond to the
figures Of dimensions which the board them
selves give. .o..
By the Chairman, Ito the witness:) Q. I:
that truel A. Yes, sir; with the exception OIL
that church property, which they had deducted
and have added the feet in. .....
Mr.. Merrick. The explanation shows that the
measurements are identical.
The Chairman. Yes, sir. That Is one of the
points desired to get at. ITO the witness
Q. You have stated that you were an eHgf
neeri A. Yes, sir; said that was part of my
profession. I have studied the subject.
BY MIR. Wilson: Q. Have you measured any
other places IN the cityf A. No, sir; I have
made no measurements.
Q. Have you made any calculations as to any
other parts Of the cityi A. Well, yes; have
made various calculations.
Q. Let US have some more of them7 A
They are just on slips Of paper. have not
got them here.
Q. Where have you made calculations; as to
what localitiesl A. have not made any cal.
culations thoroughly in regard to any in par.
ticular. have not gone through any street.
@. Have you measured any portion of any
street with reference to getting results A
No, sir.
Q. Have you made any cslculationsl A. Yes
have In reference to some streets; now, for
instance, here on Louisiana avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets, think there the e1-
cavation is too much.
Q. How much too much is lit A. About
four thousand yards.
Q. How did you make that calculation A.
Or rather the Government Is charged that much
too much.
Mr.. Wilson. That is matter in which am
interested; am looking after the interests OF
the Government somewhat. A. / took the re-
port of the Board of Public Works for 1872
Louisiana avenue, from Ninth to Tenth streets.
Witness looking over report to find the esti-
mate. -
Mr.. Merrick. You will find 1t on table IS, in
the report of 1879.
The Witness. In the report to the board for
1872, table 25, there is charged S,S37 cubic
yards of grading, at 80 cents per cubic yard,
and the same for extra hauling, % cents and
13 cents. On page Ali Of the Governors re-
port, at the bottom of the page, there are G, 1888
cubic yards of grading at 40 cents, and 6,319
cubic yards of grading at 40 cents, making
over II, 800 yards of grading. And the whole
report of the board is only S,837. have paid
no attention to keeping those papers. Twill
state to the committee that, as part of my
profession, took great deal of interest in
these measurements. They are interesting to
me. just laid them aside after had made
them, and kept only those where was con-
cerned myself intended to call the attention
of the board, and meant to have called the at
tention of the board to ii before this time, and
had the mistakes rectiied, for suppose they
would have 1t rectifed on calling their atten-
ton to them. ..... ..---
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Do you know where that
grading in Louisiana avenue, the earth, was
hauled to that was taken out of Louisiana
avenue! A. That must be filling there.
Q. Then do you know where the earth came
from! A. No, sir; don't know where any
earth was hauled to in the city.
Q. The whole amount of grading charged in
the report of 1872 seems to be s, sS7 cubic yards
A. Yes, sir.
Q. This 319 is charged at thirty cents, and
2,51S at twenty cents. A. Yes, sir. Then the
hauling at twenty-five and thirteen cents.
Q. The Government is charged at forty
cents. A. Yes, sir; stated in this book.
Q. Now Is there any other point In the city
to which your attention has been directed A.
As say, have great many memorandum.
Q. Do you remember any onea would like
to have you mention Missouri avenue. What
is there about that! A. There is too much
wood pavement laid there.
Q. Give US the facts in regard to that. I'M
derstand you to speak of discrepancy between
the report of 1879 and the report of the Gov
ernori A. Yes, sir;I think there is a discrep-
ancy.
The Chairman. 1t so appears.
The Witness. 1t does to me. never inyesti-
gated, however.
@. State If you have examined in any way to
see what amount of earth or filling was put
there. A. No, sir.
Q. Since the report of 1872 has any grading
been done at that pointi A. cannot answer
Q. Do you recollect when the wooden pave
ment was put down therel A. No, sir; the
Belgian pavement.
Mr. Merrick. point of fact, I think there
Mr.. Wilson. / simply wanted to ask that
question. In table Is of the report of 1879
there is charge for res square yards of Bel
gian pavement. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Is that as many square yards as could be
put into that spaced A. never made the calcu-
lation.
Q. Was that pavement put down in 1872
A. could not tell. don't recollect when 1t
was put down, but it was put down by the
board.
Mr.. Mattingly. I understand you to say
there is a discrepancy between the report of
the Board of Public Works and the answer of
the Governor at page Ali, relating to Lou
isisna avenue, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, In the amount of grading. desire to
call the attention of the committee and the
witness to the fact that the grading stated in
the answer of the Governor, on the page re-
ferred to, was grading done by the old corpora
ton of Washington, and that in the report of
the Board of Public Works was done by the
board on that street. The two are distinct
items, and not intended to be the same.
Governor Shepherd. By reference to page
AL you will see this statement Is one made up
of the avenues, and that by turning to page
4l6 you will see the total summing up of 1t Is
81 ,O05, $50 70, and the amount of appropriation
deducted is $1,000, 900. This estimate for
Louisiana avenue, you will notice, includes all
the grading that had ever been done on that
avenue, embracing that done by the corporation
before the Board of Public Works came into
power. If you will look at that item you will
see IL says: "Deduct amount appropriated JAN
usry, 1873, $1,000" This estimate includes
all that had been done by the corporation Of
Washington, as well as by the Board Of Public
Works. .-
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. will ask you, Governor,
to state who made the surveys for these mea-
s,,ror,apts under " hieh this Al 000 0O0 uraa--