National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-17

could .srtify, upon his official responsibility. that
given lumber of feet Of Tagging had been
laidi A. Is il not all there stilli Il Is all there
The work Is done. The Government have to
pay for Cove -ument reservations. Now, II It
was not all Tiers 1t would be another affair,
It Is there.
o. The question Z ask you Is, whether when
you took Mr.. Same 70 this piece Of work and
pointed out to him Tagging which had been
laid, whether you knew that you were pointing
out to him particular tagging that had been
laid by the Board of Pu6llc WORKS, and for
which the Government Of the UDtsa States
had paid, or whether you geaerally polnted out
70 nm this whole TAGGING, snd asked him TO
measure the LOTT A. 1showed him tAe whole
Hagging.
2, But you did not stop to inquire whom IL
mad been laid or by whomf A. know & was
lad by the United States. Lift was rot lsd by
tnemr Il was either laid By the Board of Public
morxS or the et5. I knew no BiIl was ever
paid the city for T. \
Q. Has not that tagging been lai6thsre ten
years. A. No. SIC; know Il has nos bean laid
there for ten years There has been no ha9-
gtng laid there ten years. tell YOU know
because every bill for that work within the
last ten years. or almost every bill the amount
has been measured BY myself as Surveyor Of
the city, Now, have been surveyor Of the
city for great many years. have been
elected for i've consecutive terms, and lave
beendoing business In the city since 1850.
Q. So we discover. Vow, when did YOU
measure that Tagging befoFe-1S70l A. Never
Q. Had there been an5 tagging laid there
before 16T09 A.. WE'LL. there may have been
some of that Tagging laid in Mr.. Bowers,
time.
Q. am asking for acknowledge. Do you
know whether any of that tagging had been
laid before 1S70f A. No, sir; do not think
there was; not before 1869 OF 1870. It was
either 1869 or 1870, some part Of IL was laid.
Q. Had there been any Tagging laid before
June, 187t, when. the Board of Public Works
commenced its operationsl A. There was.
Q. How muchi A. Lcould not tell you ex-
actly; think part of It laid was across New
Jersey avenue, and part of 1t across Second
street, down from Virginia avenue and along
from Virginia avenue, laid to the bridge by the
board
Q. Did you yourself ever measure any hag-
ging around reservation II before the Board Of
Public Works was organized in. this cityi A.
Never.
Q. Now, L ask youagain, do you know, as q
matter Of fact, whether or not Tagging was
laid around Government reservation II before
the Board of Public Works was organized A.
Partly so.-
Q. There was sonnet A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much was laid before the Board OF
Public Works was organized A. There may
have been probably one-half Of the amount that
Is charged there.
Q. One-half of the whole of it, A: Yes, SIR
Q. Did you then point out the whole, includ-
ing that laid before the Board Of Public Works
went into power, as well as that laid sincel A.
did.
Q. You knew for what purpose he was
thereto measured A. Certainly; but it never
had been paid for by the United States TO the
city.
Q. You did not Indicate to Mr.. Same that q
81 khok koI l,oan A..
Board of Public Works had been organized! A.
did not; because knew that.
9. Did you give him to understand that the
whole of the work had been done by the Board
of Public Worksl A. did not. got him
just to go and measure the whole tagging there.
Q. Old and new alikei A. No, sir; It is all
new, good Tagging tagging.
Q. Do you know how much grading was es-
timsted for around reservation seYenteenl A.
do not.
Q. Who made the estimates of that gradingl
A. Mr.. Same made them.
@. Upon your representations A. Yes, cir.
Q. Now, Mr.. Same made the estimates
around "P" circle, too, did he motif A. He
did.
Q. And those were made, as you Indicate to
Judge Jewett by your answer, by pointing out
to him as nearly as you could, from the banks
left on the opposite side OF the street, how
much grading had been donel A. That is SO.
Q. You had no cross-sections at P-street cir
clel A.. No, sir.
Q. How did the Board Of Public Works man
age to pay its employees or its contractors, or
how did the contractors pay their employees
when they did grading by the cubic yardi' A.
They have done it upon the measurement of
their engineers.
Q. Did you go with Same to Rawlins square
when he made tho measurements therel A.
did.
o. Did you know the fact that be measured
about Rawlins' square for asphalt pavement
that when he made the measurements there Of
carriageways that he made his estimates and
based his prices upon the assumption that the
carriagewsy was asphalt-concretel A The.
place was covered with snow, and there was an
error made then, which was corrected when it
was discovered.
Q. You were present when he made those
measurements A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you know he was making an,errora
| A. did not know that; because If had
would certainly not allowed him 10 do, 1t; and
when did discover it apprised him Of it.
Q. Was thsre any place besides that reserVs-
| ton II, which you visited with Mr. Same, and
where you pointed out work-where you indi-
Gated to him the old work as well as the new
for his measurements A. Not that know of.
| O. Was that the only instance2 A. That is
the only instance that have any knowledge of.
@. Did you ever go with him to have other
old work measured A. No, sir. You ask me
q question about old corporation work-some
other old work-in relation to. whatever Old
measurements were made in relation to the old
corporation work. I explained that also. 1
| thought 1t was in reference to any
Q. What want to know is, (and If you do
not know now, you will please refresh your
recollection,) what the committee would like
to know in detail Is, what old work was meas
ured up by Mr.. Same under your direction. If
/ L., rs,lp hafOr
| again, to look over your papers, and see, If you
can, what pieces of old work were so measured
A. Any information that you want, that can be
given, you must have, and will give it cheer
fully.
TESTIMONY OF H. H. BINGHAM.
i By the Chairman: @. State your residencei
j A. am a resident of Philadelphia.
Q. What is your occupations A. am now
| clerk of the criminal courts Of the city and
county of Philadelphia.
Q. Have you ever had any contracts for
work in the city of Washington or the District
! of Columbia! A. had one contradiction
Ninth street to the circle on K street, for the
laying of wood pavement under the Beidler
Keystone patent.
Q. Is that the only contract you had in this
city, A. The only contract that / ever exc
cuted.
Q. That contract is made with Il. H .Bins-
| ham, Mere any OSler parties interested with
YOU In that cohfraeti A. The Beidler Keystone
Company, of Philadelphia.
Il Q. Is that a corporationl A. We have our
charter, but we never organized under our
charter. The company was organized in 1870,
in Philadelphia, at time when there was q
general discussion of the feasibility of laying
wooden pavements. The gentlemen who hold
interests in that company are all Philadsl-
phians.
|, O. Who are theyl A. have been trying TO
remember since have been here, not having
consulted the papers of the company since the
closing of the contract. Mr.. James McManes
Is the president of the company. Albert G.
{ Roberts has an interest; Mr.. Ferrara has an in
terest; Mr.. Miller has an interest; Mr.. Beidler,
, the patentee, has two interests. With regard
to Mr.. Miller, I would state he Is not the Mr.
Miller who is a member of the councils oil
Philadelphia. do that for fear that this re-
port might be telegraphed, and might in that
way do an injury to Mr.. Miller. / have one in-
terest in it-one-twelfth. There are twelve
shares in the company.
O. The shares are divided into twelvei A.
Yes, sir. The executive committee of the COM
pany consists of Mr.. Mechanics, Mr.. Roberts,
and myself.
o. Has Mr.. Hsrmer any INTEREST," A. He
has not any interest in the company.