National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-05


ing to q, 600 ,000i think did.
Q. What did you make that up fromi A
Mostly from the vouchers we had, ! think
nothing else. 49, asssf.l ~
Q. What else did you have besides the vouch.
ers to make up that statement fromi A. Did
Il state expenditures Isuppose the statement
Is Of the amount Of sewerage done because that
which no actual settlement, no inal settlement
had been made YET.
@. Well, have you made up statement
showing what would be the cost Of completing
this main sewerage systemi A. think ] gave
. statement Of the kind.
Q. Did you make up the statement In the
report Of the Board OF Public Works for 1873,
showing the amour. necessary to complete the
main sewerage system A. I think II Is signed
by Mr.. Cluss, but think prepared state
ment. szas.,s a-.-f r.l.,,r1 81 ..-4i Z. - ~
Q. You prepared the statement yourself A.
think did. @ - q 8
g. Was /. examined by Mr.. cluss A. Yes,
Dir. 80 .ssl -, -
Q. Turn to the Report of 1873, page 81. Did
you made up tint statement showing that
b, 056, 565.67 would be- necessary to complete
the main sewers A. Yes, sir; at that day and
that way, about the amount estimated at that
time
Q. Then did you. make up the statement
showing the aggregate cost Of all the main
sewers Turn TO page So.
The Witness, after referring to page SO of
the Report as requested.) No, sir.
Q. Turn back to page and you win find the
charge there for main sewers Of 3d. $40, 6Sl SO.
Did you give the figures upon which that
charge was madei A. No, sir.
Q. Are you able to state to the committee now
what the whole cost Of the main sewerage
would be In this city when completedi A.
No, sir. Icannot give II to you. If you win
allow some days time, lean do so, but haven't
It now.
Q. I referred to the main sewerage-not
these laterals, these private sewers-not the
ordinary street sewers. It will be, according
to these figures about % 600, 900 or SO, 700, 600
the whole cost; Is that correcti A. Yes, sir.
It will be over 81, 900 900.
Mr.. Wilson. should like to have your fig
ures tomorrow as to what these main sewers
when completed win cost, and your figures as
to what they have already cost.
Q. In making up these statements do you
embrace the prospective sewer down along the
river
The Witness. For the completion
Mr.. Wilson. Yes, sir.
The Witness. did, In one case.
Q. What is the length of that sewer A.
could not tell you from memory; but 1t Is not
included In that statement. think l included
1t in that statement which was prepared for
drainage sections.
Q. When you make up your statement to-
morrow want the cost of the main sewerage
that is now either constructed, or In process of
and which enters into this table
to which have directed your attention, pages
81 and 50. A. Thirty-three Is not my table,
but 81 is.
Q. Where did the earth come from that
made the filings on fifteenth and Seventeenth
streetsi A. That Is more than I can say. 1t
came from cellars, some Of It. Fifteenth street
had been In q general lump for quite long
time, and Seventeenth street.-The bulk Of that
filing had been got from various other streets,
and portion also from cellars.
Q. Who got paid for the grading on Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streetsl A. The grading on
Fifteenth street was paid TO L. M. Hoffman, I
street there were several contractors who got
paid for It. I could not exactly state now.
Q. That having been general sort of dump
ing ground for the city, how did you manage
to estimate the quantitiesi A. Just because II
had been such general dump, and had been
so very irregular, we were In that instance
pretty careful to put the cross sections close to-
gether.
Q. Did you have cross sections and profilei A.
Yes, sir; In both cases. But, as say, on FIJI
teenth street, which had been very irregular
surface, we put the cross sections quite close
together.
q. That is ell all the way across therei A.
Yes, sir; on both streets-a heavy fill.
Q. Who took the cross-sectiops therei A.
The cross-sectious on Fifteenth street think
were taken by Mr.. Partridge, who was then as
sistant engineer, and those on Seventh street,
l think Mr.. Mcintyre took them. He had the
profile made.
Q. Amer the contract was let for grading and
paving Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets, where
was the earth taken from on which the grading
was done' A. That, indeed, could not say.
As far as l was concerned examined the
quantity filled. o. 1 did not sign any voucher.
did not have anything more to DO with It.
think Mr.. Barney examined where the earth
came from. Il came from various cellars and
places, and what final disposition was made Of
Il carqQt say Just DOW. y
3. Who can tell Us about that A. About
street, think Mr.. Barney can give
full explanation. can give you pretty full
explanation about the amount of It, but not
about the final disposition of the voucher.
Q. Tell rs about the amount. A. The amount
found to bel have forgotten what 1t was
fifteen or seventeen Thousand yards. went
over It carefully, because In two of the cross
sections there had been some slight mistakes
made, aud corrected them.
Q. The earth, then, that had been dumped
n there prior to letting the contract by the
Board of Public Works, was not embraced A.
Not at all; not yard of 1t.
BY the Chairman: Q. understand you that
nothing was paid by the Board of Public
Works for filling the canal; that the amount
If dirt put in there was charged for as excaya-
ion on the streets and for haul. Do under
.xactly. The auditor charged 1t, but in
sur Measurements OF course we ascertained
he excavation on the street; then measured
he length of the haul, but I could not say
low the auditor charged it.
9. The contractor had contracts for grading
he street; for example, Twelfth street? A.
les, sir; and that dirt was hauled to the canal
md thrown in.
q. of course you paid for the gradingi a.
We paid for the grading and hauling.
2. Now, then, did you pay also for filling the
ANAL A. No, sir.
Q. In no instancei A. No, sir.
Q: But simply the grading and haulingi A.
hat Is all.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. But you charged the FILL
az OF. the canal up to the Governments A.
2. Then you made the property holders on
MS street pay for the grading and the hauli
!. That possibly may have occurred.
Q: That did, didn't 1t. They paid for the |
rading and the haul, and the board got the |
loney back from the Government A. sup |
ose that may have occurred.
Q. Did you give the property holders the |
sneht Of that little operation, or how did they |
et the benefit oft? A. suppose the District |
ot it finally, and the property holders, too.
Q. These particular property holdersf A. |
hey may not have got It. That may be the
ise
Q. Is not that the casef A. It certainly Is
Try plausible.
The Chairman. find here in Mr.. Magruder's l
port, page l62, an account of Albert Gleason
E filing Of the Washington canal. What
nal is thati
Mr.. Magruder. There are a number of such
arges. We paid for filing the canal.
The Witness. It may be that the haul only
IS charged In that filling.
Mr.. Wilson. It charged 10 cents.
The Witness. That would not be haul-ofl
urse not.
Mr.. Wilson. Do you know where the earth
.uled from about the Patent Office and Post
nee Last summer was takenl A. Il all went
the canal to my knowledge.
Y. You charged the Government with the
,rk around the Patent Office and the Post
Ice, did you mott A. A portion of IL.
9. Between the Patent Office and the Post
ice It Is all charged to the Government, is it
II A. Yes, sir.
Q. And five sixths wherever there Is private 2
1perty oppositel A. Yes, sir.
@. That was all hauled down to the canali
I think It was all hauled to the canal.
Then II the Government paid for that ex- 9
ration and haul around the Patent Office >