National Republican., 1874-05-21
: -continllsd- from 6appltment

read as follows:
August 8, amount received from .,,, o,, :,
United States ss,2so 90
January IL. amount received from
States 1,IOs,5ss 90
states 4so,7os "a
July 5. amount received from United =. :, =,
United statos 5000 90
United States eso.2I 81
usited states % 5000 90
September %, amount received from ..... ;.
October 1, amount received from
United states i,ISI %
s,5s7.sOl Is
Amount received from District OF
Columbia, not including $iooO,ooo 49, =,
Amount received from vater.regIster- Isl, ,ool Is
| Amount received from gas and sewer
permits T. ok w
4,17s,7l5 70
| JAMES A. MkGRGDER,
Treasurer Board Of Public Works.
N. @. EMERY RECALLED.
The Witness. merely wished to say that in
giving the price OF tagging stone, twenty-seVen N
cents, it delivers them in the street.
BY the Chairman %. Not on the wharf,
A. Not on the wharf.
@. Is the price the same In every part Of the
cityl A. No, sir; am speaking Of the price.
have averaged tho whole.
The committee here adjourned TO 10 O'Clock
! tomorrow morning.
| WEDNESDAY, Nav ~. 1872.
The committee met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
TESTIMONY OF ADOLF CLUss.
Adolf Cluss sworn and examined.
| BY Mr.. Wilson: Q. Are you a member Of the
Board of Public Worksl A. am.
| Q. When were you appointed A. October
%, 1872.
Q. Have you been a member of the board
continuously since that timel A. Yes, sir.
Q. What is your professioni A. Engineer
and architect.
| Q. How long have you been engaged in the
proiessionl A. l finished my professional edu-
cation In 1915, and have boen engaged In this
profession for twenty-eight years. / served,
after finished my education, for about two
years as an assistant on one Of the first rail-
roads of Germany, between Mayence and Man
helm, on the Rhine Subsequently came to
the United States, IN 1S4S. served two years
on field work of the United States Coast Sur
vey. Afterward was employed in the United
States navy yard as q carpenter and con-
structor. wish TO say that the furnaces by
which all the brass cannon of the navy are cast
are of my own original introduction and con-
struction. Afterward I was for q couple OF
years in the Treasury Department, and had
charge of one room in the Supervising Archi-
tect's office. For the last ten or twelve years
have been engaged in private business here
| mostly as an architect, occasionally with en-.
gineerlng. As such have planned and super
yised nearly all Of the public buildings now
owned by the District of Columbia; that is, be-
fore came to the board.
Q. What position do you hold In connection
with the Board of Public Worksl A. / have
been appointed to what is understood as engi-
| neer member Of the board.
Q. BY formal vote OF the boardl A. The
following is the notification l received of my
appointment.
BOARD OF PUBLIC woRKs,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ,
| WASHINGTON, December q, IH:.
SIR: You are hereby informed that at meet
| ing Of the board held this day, all the members
present, the following order was made:
| That Adolpb CluSs, ESQ.,, the engineer member
| of the board bo requested to take charge OF the
engineer department thereof as engineer, and is
empowered to make such changes Ia its organizs-
| tiou as he may think necessary.
CHAs- s. IoHssoS,
Assistant secretary.
Hon. Adolph Glass, Board Of PuLiic Works. :
Q. What have been your duties in connection
with the board! A. Well, as a general thing,
when the yice-p president awarded a contract
lie notified me OF it, and with the request to
send II to the contractor. This l did. After
ward gave the necessary directions as to the
putting of the pegs, &c, all that was neecs-
| sary. I looked, as well as 1 could, to the work
as 1t progressed, making my objection when
tt,apa fbar mt n ha
right. Alter the work was mcasurcd-I had
| II measured by one of my assitants-all the i'm
portant measurements went over myself, as
far as my limited time would allow, SO that
no gross errors could occur.
Q. If there have been any difficulties in con-
nection with the discharge Of your duties in
connection with the Baard of Public Works
and its operations you may state them.
think 1t is due to you that you should have the
opportunity TO do so. A. We'll, the organiza-
tion of the board is such as TO seriously impede
the operations of the very best engineers that
could be on hand. found this state of things
when came here. l have done with firmness
and courtesy the best to remedy what seemed
to me lack of system; but do not think l
have been very successful in my efforts. The
vice president takes the assistant out OF the en-
gineer's Office and gives him private instruc-
tions to take up work and pass bills without
the engineer knowing Of It.
Again, the Government measurements, which
l think, according to the reading of the law,
are certainly under the engineer in charge OF
the Board of Public Works, and to be controlled
by him, and remeasured by the engineer in
charge Of the public buildings and grounds,
were done without my knowing word of them.
So all those errors, wish TO say, am not re-
sponsble for, nor the department under my
charge.
Q. They were not done under your supervis-
ionf A. No, sir.
Q. Have any of those matters been subjected
to your Inspection or supervision after they
were donel A. Which matter!
Q. Those matters in regard to Government
measurements, &c.7 A. The first l saw Of
them was in the printed statcment-in the
Governors answer.
Q. will call your attention now, In that
connection, to some matters which may have
attracted your attention. For example, there
was an account which seems 10 have been made
out which was made the basis Of an appropria-
tion OF 81 ,240 900 and upward; did you have
anything 10 do with that A. No, sir. wish
to say, however, that this Is one OF those cases
where an assistsnt-respons!ble to me-was
taken away from my supervision, and he,
under the direct orders of the vice president,
then made these charges. / am not respon-
sible for an iota of the whole. / saw 1t first in
print when the Governors answer was pub
lished. There was another account upon which
an appropriation OF 81 ,000, 600 was made, and
another upon which an appropriation of
nine hundred and thirteen thousand and some
hundred dollars was procured from Congress.
Q. Was that made under your supervision,
or had you anything TO do with either of those.
A. 1t was not made under my supervision. The
only thing had TO do with il was this. In one
case, think 1t was when this one million dol
lars was called for, paper was brought to me
for signature, calling upon the Secretary OF the
Treasury to cash that money. Whether the
money was obtained or not, do not know Of
fcially.
Q. You had nothing to do with the measure
ments, Il understand you'll A! No; nothing
whatever.
Q. They were made by some person detailed
from your oflicel A. Yes, sir.
o. Who were present. A. There arc two
assistants in my offlce-one Mr.. WIN. Forsyth.
Mr.. Forsyth has only been nominally subject
to my control. Mr.. Qertly, ON whom rely
for a great deal Of important inside office
work, Is the person who was ordered off.
Q. He was taken put Of your Office for
doing this worRf A. Yes, sir; have not seen
him for the last fortnight. E
Q. What is he dolngi A. / suppose he Is
making statements for you, but do not know,
Of course He told me once on the street.
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