National Republican., 1874-04-01

money transactions In connection with thaE
fsncei A. Every cent. - ''--s
Il Is there another book besides this I'm
which entries were made in relation Ia the
money transactionsi A. Orders Wers js.,,aS
for one-half payment to the men, a. Won iii
see BY my blank sheet, on groceries. othervise
/ which Is not included In that. Those. n
check-books for orders merely; II Is all In
cluded in the balance sheet
Il By the Chairman: q. Which Is riaced In tha
hands Of the committed A. Yes, sir.
4 By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Before we 20 further, YOU
said you wanted to make some explanation.
| You may make that explanation now, before
we proceed furtheri A. In my statement
yesterday, as to my cash payments, made Il
about 5000. find Included the cypress
4 lumber, which should not have been counted
twice, as II would be In that hare noted on
the balance sheet what the cypress lumber was,
/ In pencil-mark fST
Q. Is that the only explanation you have to
makef A. Yes, sir; unless it Is the removal Of
Q. win ask you about that in moment
Is not there book from which balances have
been brought forward into this book5 A. No,
/ sir; / have not any.
9. Who has IN A. do not know that there
q. Who kept this booki A. rdid
| g. Nd you make all the entries in 10 A. I
| 9: When did you make thsni 4. At the
dates, as they occur.
Q. Just as they occurred herei A. with the
exception Of the first Eve leaves. When corn
merced work mixed IN the debts and credita
l afterward transferred them 10 the aye leaves
further back.
Q. You say all these entries In this book
were made as Of the date that they appear on
the face Of the booki A. Yes, SIR.
| Q. When did you cut these leaves out of the
front of this book A. Amer closed my work
and before Mr.. Smith went away; say two days
perhaps. l transferred what was on those Ave
leaves further back IN the book to cash account,
which was on that debtor and credit, as it went
down mixed together. I put II further back on
the hye leaves on the back part Of the book,
that It might be more intelligible. have those
to-day --r---I = -
| O.. WI you produce those leavesl A. Yes,
sir; have them In my possession. I can pro-
duce them this afterno on If necessary.
| Q. Have you figured up this matter 50 as to
enable you 70 state what your cash payments
were? A. have done no figuring since 7 wa
here last night, for was sick when I left the
stand, and am not able to appear even TODAY,
have done no figuring since was here. I
/ selves.
/ O. Take this book now, and lool a. the
amount on the top Of these two paees-the irst
amount on the top, and state where those
amounts came from. A. From the bottom Of
that page there, Qndicating,) and then com
mence here. / turn two pages back The BAL
snce was all carried forward. Mr.. Boyle's and
my own nane you win find on leaves at the
back. The rest-an the accounts when the
page was full-were carried forward.
| Q. Look at the amount that Ishow you here,
(tndicating,) and tell US where this came from.
A. There, (indicattng.)
Q. That you carried forward from away back
herei A. Yes. sir: all the balance of those.
Q. hand you back these papers. Now tell
me what you paid out on account Of the mate
rial for that fencipg-what you paid out on ac-
| count of setting the fence and painting. A. The
largest account was for lumber and mRnufac-
turing, SIS, ,877.61. Ny cash expenses were
res, 1903 .sS; paints, 81 ,708 40.
| Q. That Is the totall A. That Is the total,
sir.
Q. Are you enabled now to state with sny
more accuracy than you were last evening the
amount Of certificates issued on account Of this
fencef A. am not.
Q. Can you, from papers, state exactly how
many miles Of this fence you have constructed
A. My statement yesterday was as correct as
could give It.
Q. Something over twenty-six and half
milesi A. Yes, sir; about tWenty-six and =
Q. Your contract price was forty cents, you
stated yesterday A. My contract price was
forty cents on all but two streets, for which
got fifty cents, which makes some difference.
That for which wei got ffty cents was not under
that contract.
Q. What did that amount tot A. New York
avenue, 55,os5 s-1O feet; Pennsylvania avenue,
4 ,979 feet.
Q. For those you got fifty centsi A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Is that in addition to the twenty-six and
half milesi A. No, sir.
Q: That is part Of the twenty-six and
half milesl A. Yes, sir.
Q. understood you to say yesterday that
Mr.. Smith had no interest whatever IN this
contract; did understand you correctlyl A. I
think did not make that statement.
Q. What did you ststei A. stated that
had given the power of attorney to Mr.. Smith
to COLLECT all deots from the boardA
Q. Were they your contracts or his7 A.
They were mine.
Q. He was simply doing business for you;
furnishing you the means with which tc trans
act the bustnessi A. Yes, sir; was to receive
an interest in the fencing from him after he
had collected the debt-collected the money.
Mr.. Bass. understood him to say yesterday
that they were to divide the profits of this
contract.
Mr.. Stewart. Yes; and he did not know
exactly how.
The Witness. Yes; that is what said.
By Mr.. Bass: Q. But the contract was taken
in your name with the understanding that you
were to divide tie profts, but you had not de-
termined upon what division you would m4kel
A. Yes, sir.
BY Mr. Wilson: Q. Look at that paper ard
see II that Is the instrument that you executed
to which you have referred. A. It is.
Q. VIII you read 1t! A. have read It once
to-day.
Q. Read IT so that the stenographer can take
u down.
ga. For value received I hereby eel and
transfer to Francis 81. Smith any and all con-
tracts or orders to me from the Board of Public
Works, District Of Columbia. or by their author
ity, to furnish and put up wooden fence adjoln-
ing any of the streets or avenues of the city Of
Washington given or b'ing given during the
year 1878; and hereby authorize and consti-
tute said Smith my legal attorney to collect
any and all proceeds of such contracts or orders,
with full authority to do any act in my mama
necessary thereto, with power Of substitution,
as fully as could do in my own name.
"Witness my hand and seal this the Sd day
Of July, 1873, at said city Of Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia.
"lSigned by myself. ]"
Q. Did you do work In the way of construct
ing this fence prior to the time that you made
your proposal to the board to construct iti A.
think the proposal was made-I am certain
the proposal was made before any fence was
put up on the streets.
Q. Are you confident of thati A. To the
best Of my recollection 1t was; because could
not have commene ID the work II I had not had
some basis.
Q. find In the minutes Of the board, under
date Of July 10, 1878, this entry:
H. V. Coulton was authorized to put up
wooden fences similar to that on New York
avenue, west Of Ninth street, 40 cents per linear
foot, as per his proposal, Sd instant on the fol-
lowing named streets, namely: Massachusetts,
avenue, between Ninth and Fourteenth streets
northwest, on north side; Massachusetts, avenue
between Ninth and Eleventh streets northwest,
on the south side; New York avenue, between
First and Seventh streets west, on beth sides;
Twenty-third, Twenty-hrst, and TN ny second
streets, between Pennsyivania avenue and r
street, on both sides, northwest; Sixteenth
street, between L and streets northwest, on
both sides; East Capitol street, between First
and Eleventh streets northeast, on both sides"
Q. Is that the first proposition you made, or
did you make mort than one proposition to put
up fenced A. am under the impression that
there was proposition about the 11th or 18th
Of May, because we commenced putting up the
fence on the 18th Of May.
Q. Have You copy Of that proposition A.