National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

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tfactl A.iNegef, an. FL
q. Didyou erscute boods for the faithful
performance Of your coniract, and 70 keep me
work ID rod orceri 4. he azTangement u
think Il wa iost sightof or overlooked. ItWasl
BY me, until great many Of my contrscts hsd
been extended In the manner you have sug-
rested, and they became % burdensome that !
WAS asked to 20 and sign and furnish bonds on
entirely new contracts; that 10 10 say, 10 make
out new set Of contracts and furnish bonds.
O. When did that occuri A. The bonds
were really =nexsr properly presented 70 the!
I Q. They have mover really been presented 10
the board 10 this dayl A. No, SIR. hia isiss ize
/ @. Just describes, nov, what has been done, 7
and when 10 was doneao AssAftsr repeated mo-
tices to ms from the board to come forward
and sign eontracts and bond contracts, a. d con,
ference with Colonial Cool, the attorney for the
board, Itoid him frankly that I had lost 20
much money here, and the panic having come
on,I was In no condition 70 get anybody to
giyebuch o large amount, OF bonds ss was
wanted, and that I did not Ike 10 ask IT, The
work wassabout all finished then; As under
STOOD ell the board would really require
would be bonds for keeping the work In repair,
Colonel Cook told me that i could give bonds,
but that 7, could give bonds in this way: II
would bring anybody from the East who was
worth the money In real estate, or who, -coula
produce from the county clerk evidence ma
they were worth that money In unincumbered
real estate, there would be no difficulty In the
board accepting the bonds. - - 80. /, 40.
o. Wen, now, how long ago was that A.
That, Ithink, was Last fall sometime In ocsoa
Der or November. = ~ zss5;. ,Isz ~ - :
: q. You say that your work at that time had
been substantially completedi A, VERY nearly
80. It was wholly completed early In Decem-
q. Many contracts had already been com
pletedi A. Yes; most all of them. -. r.rlI.
o. Had the money beer. paid or settlement
been made for most Of the contractsf A: A
hMwhat they call money here-eertiacates2
@. Then the result Of It all was that your
wife signedi IA. was going TO say, i brought
my wife on with the certificates that required,
and delivered these bonds TO Colonel Cook on
his word Of honor, pledged 70 me, that he
would not deliver them TO the board, until the
board had assentcd that IL they received these
bonds, to keep nothing back on my account
and to give me auditors certificates on the
balance. The hoard never having assented to
that, keeping now, alargs balance, as think,
for the faithful performance, as they claim, OF
my contract, the bonds II delivered to the
board Il do not know that they were
regularly deliYered---z1C e lf7lf a-g gs-.' ) ~
o. 30 that you only lsft thsm In his custody
to be delivered upon conditioni "A. Yes, sir.
Q. Which condition has neyeryet been COM
piled With A. No, sir. l'1siEsE ts--. a..s 70
O.. So that for your contracts there never he's
yet been executed any bond; any security A.
Not unless that Is called q security,
Q. Well, the committee Will determine that
do not ask you 10 express any opinion about
thsti H.. I wonld like to say this: I have said
that,my contracts here were from nine hundred
thousand, probably, to miilion,of dollars; but
large portion of that was for work that re-
quired no bond. a Il was for setting curb, Dig
ging trenches, putting in lateral sewers; for e1-
cayating. A man does not require a bond after
the work Is done for eIcaysting. did large
amount OF that; probably one-tenth OF my work
or more was for excavations. y, .e--g 10 f.5..- gs
Q. What proportion OF all of your work was
for that class OF work; what proportion Of all
your contracts was concretei A. I should
think somewhere about fourtenths. ~ i. - :,
Q. Four-tenths were for concretei A. Yes,
sir. - -.-. 20 -.. r.. al. : ~
9. The balance for excavation and setting
curbsi A. Setting curbs and sidewalks, and
putting In lateral sewers. + i ~
@. What kind Of sidewalksi A. Brick and
asphalt; both. -' 7,.Ns ~7 -i-.. 70
Q. You put in good deal of asphalt side
walk, did you nots A. think somewhere
about !, 900 yards, If remember correctly, and
several miles of brick. 'T1s- r. = s'.s
@. At what rate did you get paid from the
board for this concrete-asphalt sidewalki A.
think it was 81 IS yard. That Is my recol-
lection. o. ID ".-- 90. o rar---as8 IsI.'1-'
@. Are you quite sure that you never were
paid at the rate Of $3.50 yard for concrete
A. If We did don't know it. 1
never knew It. z-.-srE15T a sos. sls-a l-E
Q. If $3.50 yard had been paid for concrete
sidewalks, did you or not get the monsyi Al
got the money II it was done. by this company
the Evans Concrete Company. Il just occurs
10 me, sir, that Ibid some work called concrete,
that Is, artificial stons. That may be 10 What
Q. Where did yoa do that work. A. On
Connseticut avenue; one side, think Il was.
Q. At. what rate was that paid fori A. /
cannot answer that. do not know. II was
something between three and four dollars,
think. = o. -...-- .-s.-.-- - =
Q. Did you do the concrete around P-street
circlei A. did. 60 - ... 49,.
Q. Carriageways and sidewalk both A. r
think did the sidewalk; some Of 1t 1 know 1
did.
Q. You say that you incurred great loss, IN
other words, that there were no profits herel
What was the reason that there were no profits
here ON the work that you didi A. think
here two good reasons, probably three, the
drst Is inefficient managers. My employees
were, to very great extent, inefficient. 1only
coming here asl could be spared from my rail
road business, was great objection.
Q. What NEXT A. The Lext is, that in the
hurry of laying the pavement It could not be
aid in as economical q manner. The grades
we're changed often after we got ready TO lay
,he pavement, or sometimes; and in the change
If grades think there was money lost in that
manner. The third was that that portion Of
he work which we had to take pay for was
,aid In certificates, and we had to dispose Of
hem at large discount.
dispose of themi A. All the way from forty-six
o ninety eents-forty-six to ninety cents on the
lollar, mean to say. 11 % -.
@. Forty-six TO ninety cents on the dollar !
understood you TO mean. Now what proper
ion Of your pay did you take in certiicatesi
l. could not answer that; do not know
vhen away from my books; should think fully
islf -1a. lza- =
Q. VIII you please state TO the committee
Fhat material you use in laying and what It
'ost to put It down, where It Is done In O
md without undue haste, giving fair oppor-
unity to the contractors to exercise proper
A. Well, cir, tbs cost varies accord |
ng TO The localities. zrs 5H
Q. am speaking Of this cityi A. Even in
his city To eost varies.
Y. Well, then, put Il on an average. Take
n average of localities. A. We ought to lay
/ for $s.55 to 40 yard actual cost. / have
aid pavsments that cost me over a.
Q. What are the ingredients Of your pave
nenti mean, how is It made. A. or broken
tone. 5000 q ,-- i.
Q. What thicknessi A. It never ought to be |
aid less than six inches, but have laid It four
eet thick in this city. ,--.,..s.
Q. L. that the kind Of pavement that would