National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-10

with the Board Of Puyis Worst A. dh not.
q. Why, hgv, do you say that you could notl
A: I presume thst fmade the wrong applica-
ton, Dir, lad not seek to have an audience
8. You msds no effort to have anintervisw'
By NJ, Hamilton; Q: Do you know whether
Mr.: Chitt,nden had any agency In procuring
any contracts for any other partissi A. DO
not, sir:
hr. Qhrissy. We desire 70 have Mr.. Cook
called before We continue the examination OF
Mr.. Mcclellan; - Mr.: Cook d the bookkeeper;
the person W whom he refers IS familiar WITH
Mr.. Bass: Wish to ask one more question Of
q. when this contract was awarded to you,
or subsequently,, at the Hme Of its execution
al any tfme-was there any statement or nego-
tiatlon upon the subject of tho location upon
being already graded, and thst the ordinary
contract, as understand II, that the person
putting down the pavement was also to do the
grading-thst the grading portion Of It was to
| 30 omitted IN your contract A. do not think
there was any street designated at the time; /
was not here.
Q. understand; but subsequently, when you
course they must have designated the street,
or We could not have commenced the work.
Q. supposed so; but the question ask is
this Was there any conversation or negotia-
ton upon the subject that grading had already
been done on the street where you were to lay
your wooden pavement at S3.50l A. There
was not that know of. was not here at the
time Il commenced. 30
O. Who had those negotiationsi A. Mr..
DeGolyer was here at that time. Mr.. Cook.
our superintendent and manager. was hero at
the same time; aud Mr.. Quinby was here as q
foreman over gang of men In my employ at
the same time.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN s. COOK.
John 8. Cook, having been called on be-
| hald of the memorialists, was duly sworn and
examined by the Chairman.
O. State your relation to the firm Of DeGol-
yer g. Mcclellan A. was IN their employ in
1872, and had charge Of their business in
Washington.
o. What do you know in reference to the
contracts between DeGolyer e. Mcclellan and
the Board of Public Works for payingl A.
know that DeGolyer & Mcclellan had an
award from the Board Of Public Works to do
| 150, 900 square yards of pavement known as the
DeGolyer No. 9, treated by the Samuels iron-
izing process, at IS so yard; and also were to
do an additional $4,000 yards upon certain con-
uisiohe, IA tneJ eSSePseo u ASJS~seo SAS~A I'LL
mediately. -.I.
Q. Did they accept or reject those conditions
A. do not remember. remember writing
letter accepting them, but l do not remember
whether 1t was delivered or not.
@. Were those conditions In writingi A. Yes,
sir; they were, in the award.
Q. When did you begin the work. A. We
commenced the work on the 28th or goth OF
July, 1S72-actually commenced.
% How MANY wards 0f this navino did v0u
lsyi A. DeGoiyer & Mcclellan laid, in the
summer and fall of 1879, 81 900 and some odd
yards, and In the spring of 1878 finished up
this Pennsylvania avenue east, and Eighth
street, about Q 500 yards, making somewhere
in the neighborhood of between 81 900 and
s., 900 yards altogether, believe. That Is my
recollection now.
Q. Was that all the pavement that was laid
under your superintendence and supervision
A. No, sir; that Is, 1t was in one way. In 1873
AFTER the death OF Mr.. DeGolyer, and Judge
Jenkins buying his interest, and Messrs. Ray
and Whitney, Of Chicago, coming In, there was
some work done for the firm Of G. E. Jenkins
s. Co.
Q. Did you do that work. A. Mr.. Whitney,
of the firm, was here, but was here at the
same time.
Q. Was that understood to be continuation
Of the DeGolyer g. Mcclellan contract A.
Yes, sir.
Q. How many yards of contract did you lay
under that superintendencyi A. About q, 900
yards, or perhaps between $4,000 and $4,000
yards.
O. When was that pavement lsidi A. 1t
was laid last summer.
Q. What timei A. We commenced some
where about the 10th of July, think.
Q. When was 1t completedl A. 1t was COM
pleted the day before Thanksgiving-thed day
after Thanksgiving this last year. That is my
recollection.
Q. Have you stated all the pavement laid
by DeGolyer and Mcclellan, or by Jenkins
under that contract A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did the contract provide for any grading'
A. No, sir; not the award. In the formal con-
tracts when they were made out and signed it
did, but in the award there was nothing NEIL
toned Of any grading.
Q. Do you know the circumstances connected
with the grading from First to Eighth street,
A. Yes, sir.
Q. State what you know about that, and
how you found the street? A. The contract,
pisi.th erect, WAS awarded by the board %
Welsh and some other contractor. I forget
the fgst nape-t was Welsh q Fitzpatrick.
Q. That Is from Eighth street TO the navy
yard gatel A. Yes, the grading. For some
reason or other the board annulled their con-
tract, and ordered US to go on and complete it
everything complete. Before tho time was up
the epizootic came on-the horse disease. We
could not get teams to do the work. We put
q gang of men at work grading with wheelbar-
rows, what was left incomplete by them, and
wheeled 1t out onto the side-streets, and pushed
the work as rapidly as we could.
9. And charged for 1t as extra work. A.
Yes, sir, we charged an extra bill for 1t.
Q. Do you know Peter Mcnamara A. do,
very we'll.
Q. Did be do any grading on any portion of
the pavement laid by youf A. He graded the
whole of Pennsylvania avenue, as understood,
ahead of US. Some of 1t had been done, and
after Welsh & Fitzpatrick's contract was an
nulled, he done o part of Eighth street. The
order was that we should do It. / went and
saw Mr.. Mcnamara, and said to him; "McNa-
mara will you do this grading on Eighth street
and take the board for 1t, under this order to
u.s." He said he would do It, and as said,
the horse disease came on and rather stopped
the work. wanted him to go on and do it,
and he would not or could not. We did it and
/ wanted to charge the extra expense that we
went to to him. He said no, we must take
charge Of our own bill, and he would of his
own. ..... B.. ..... ..ar ...
O. Was Peter McMamara grading from First
to Eighth street simultaneously with your lay
ing Of the pavement A. Yes, sir; part of the
time. As long as be was doing any work on
Eighth street, he was. .--..- .-.....-..- --..
Q. Did he put the street In condition for your
A. For larger portion of the
way he did. ;.- '' ---
Q. Then you had no expense for grading
from First to Eighth street, A. None what
ever. .-.... b.. ~. /. a
@. Do you know anything about the circum-
stance attending the original award of this con-
tracti A. do not. The first knew of 1t was
seeing the award. ... .'
Q. Do you know anything about this s97 900
spoken of by Mr.. McCleRani A. In the gen.
eral course Of business have heard something
Of 1t, and It has come to my knowledge In that
way. 1t has been reported to me at different
times to put on our books.
Q. What entry did you make on your books
with reference to 1T A. have had no instruc-
tions In reference to It. I was informed that
so much money had been paid out to certain
parties, and charged IL to what account saw
1T, and did whatever L thought best.
charged It to fictitious account called transit
account.
Q. For what purposef A. For one reason, I
did not know where the SIS 900 of notes went
10. It was reported to me where the SIS, 900
In cash went, but I put IL all into one ae-
count.
Q. Did you make an entry of the s25, 900 in
cashl A. Yes. sir.
Q. What entry did you make In relation to
that! A. merely charged 1t to transit &C
count, mentioning to whom It was reported TO
me as having been paid.
@. Do you remember who that ,wasl A. I
remeynhar that 4 I'M n00 If n vaa raporkad "a