National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-21
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION


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Q. Do you know what his salary isi A.
think he gets 81 800 year there.
Q. Some one win please hand Mr.. FeIsytl
The report Of 1872. THE report being hsndet
Witness.1 Turn to table twenty; did you maxi
cut that tablet A. The expenditures wer'
made out in the auditors office. The latte
part has been made out In my office.
@. Who did the engineering upon which tht
table is made QUIT A. cannot tell you that
Q. East Capitol from First TO Eleventh
street east7 A. cannot tell you; believe
Mr., PHILIPPE was the CHEF engineer; he had
some of his assistants there.
o, Did you know whether you made thsi
out or mott A. didn't; suppose there was 8
paIt Of It made up IN my office; that n thu
sidewalks; probably the sewers, and also thu
brick pavement.
Q. Who measured the rcurbingi A. meas
Sred the sidewalks upon this, or rather nv a.
sistant did, and also the sewers, 1 think.
Q, Did you measure the curb. A. Yes
sir.
Q. How much curling is charged up on that
street, from First to Eleventh. A. Please got
the vouchers.
Q. There IT is right before. A. No, sir; |
don't 60 BY this. Get the vouchers that were
ssent TO me.
Q. Can you sxplairPit from the face Of this
pspera A. They have charged here for taking
up and RESTING curb. That IS the cause Of
Q. Can you explain It frUm face of the
Spapsrl A. No, sir, cannot.
@: Then If you cannot explain II from the
face OF the paper, how do you expect any one
else to do sol Ididn't make out the statement.
Q. did not either, but find It there. A.
This shows the aggregate Of all curling that
was set and taken up and reset In consequence
of the changes there. They were going to
have the street parked In the centre, and then
the people demurred against It and wanted to
have railroad track laid there, and then the
curbing had to be taken up and changed to
some other place.
@. Twill ask you question or two about
, this as long as you say you cannot answer 1t
from the face of the paper. just take that re-
: port. Now look and see ifyou ind 4, $40 linear
feet of curbing charged at $1.42l A. Yes,
sir.
Q. That is not simply sesting-that is the
curb and the setting, is 1t noti A. Yes, sir.
@. Run down the column and see If you fad
S.oi5 feet charged at Sl.42l A. / see that
also. 800 .-. ...
Q. That makes Is, SCI feetl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now, / ask the question, will YOU find
the total number of front feet for 9 ,2N In the
: left-hand lower Garner.
Tho Witness. Where is the statement of this
street.
Mr. Wilson. Never mind about that.
The Witness. There is no use going on until
have the papers here.
O.. Iwil give you the amplest opportunity
TO explain.
Witness. There is nc nse in going over this
except you get the explanations as you go
along. H.
Q. will give you the amplest opportunity
10 explain it. Six thousand two hundred and
ninetyone feet. That is front feet on both
sides of the street, A. cannot tell you that
except 1 look at my papers.
Q. You have it before you therei A. Yes,
sir; that is both sides of the street. ..
Q. Can yop put 1867 feet in curbing in that
spacea A. Not well. =
Q. You cannotdo Il, can youi A. No, SIR.
@. You will not complain, then, of the people
not understanding what these things arel A.
I did not make out this statement. This is q
statement made out by tina. auditor. There
have been several changes In the curb. There
was old curb there that was taken up. Then,
there were several changes there from parking
in the centre and curbing on the street and
extending sidewalks, which make up the
q, COO.
Mr.. Wilson. That is the way, presume, thi,
got in there.
Q. Now, want to know If you know what
became of that curb that was set in the centre
and afterward1 renoveii A. know nothing
about it.
Q. Were you upon the street while this work
was going oni A. No, sir.
Q. Who was there experimenting iti A. 1
cannot tell you. -
Q. Now, look at that again. You End 2,61s
feet inches at 80 cents. That was for setting. |
That is new curb. Then there is 4S2 of old. |
That is setting, also, isn't itl A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Wilson. But you see that viii not do, be- |
cause this Is 1857 feet Of curb is all new curb
not old curb. Now, can understand how YOU |
might charge them with the cost of setting and |
reeetting and taking up and putting down again |
half dozen different times, but cannot IN |
- 4 mn
new curbing there for which you have charged |
the property holders.
The Witness. Mr.. Winters, where Is our state /
ment from the auditora
Mr.. Winters. had It just now. It is the |
same thing.
Mr.. Wilson. We have looked at that. 1t is
the same thing.
The Witness. You have Just exactly what 1 |
have. Nine thousand and ffteen is what the /
actual measure is.
O. That is what they ought to be charged |
with! A. Yes, sir; that is there now.
Q. You had charged them with that much, \
but they are charged because the assessment
more than Is 900 feet; how do you account for
that A. There is no way can account for Ct,
except that the curb was hauled there, and
when they were going to park the street in the 1
centre, and afterward II wes concluded not to \
do so, 1 presume the curling was hauled away
again. -
e. Why didn't you give the property holders
credit for it-why charge It up to the streets
A. These returns, as have stated to you, have
been forwarded TO me. / did not make out
this statement sent TO me. It was made out in
the auditors office and sent to me. It is not
my measurement. You have my statement
there. ......
Q. That is not satisfaction to the property
holders, however; they have to pay the moneYi
Mr.. Mattingly. l understand from Mr.. VIM
tiers, Mr.. Wilson, that there has been an error
there, and would Ike for him to explain It at
this time. ...-.-.
Mr.. Wilson. Perhaps It would be better 10
wait until I get through with the witness.
The hour Of five O'Clock having arrived, the
COMMITTEES at this poipt adjourned until to-mor-
row at O'Clock, p. N.