National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-16

great deal to be Learned yet L had some expe-
Fence; / had not capital. The rest Of the par
ties got discouraged, and It was for that reason
that 1t was changed on New York avenue.
Q. How soon after your testimony before the
Starkweather committee was given before that
pavement on Coates street, In Philsdelphia,
was taken upl A. I cannot say. 1t was taken
up in consequence of sewer being built OH the
street.
Q. Is all that you testified to on that subject
reported, or have you ever examined your tes-
timony as referred to in the report OF that COM
mitteel A. have read that to-day; never
saw 1t before.
timel A. think so.
@. Did YOU in that testimony limit the guam
tity of pavement, or did you state the small
quantity of pavement that you had laid upon
Coates street, A. do not know that made
any statement of the number of yards. have
laid very little on streets. nave iala, per
haps, fifteen or twenty thousand yards-market-
paving, foot-psth, gardens, cellars, slaughter
houses, and places Of that kind.
o. But not carriageways? A. put down
thousand yards for the Paramount Fark-about
three thousand yards.
O. Did YOU meet in the city of Philadelphia,
John o. Evans, Hallett Kflbourn, and Louis
CIephane, prior to the letting of September 1,
1S7ii A. think met Hallett Kilbourn there
and Louis Clephane. do not know about MIR.
Evans being there.
o. Where did you meet themi A. met
them at the Continental Hotel.
Q. Were there any other parties therea a.
Not to my knowledge, sir.
Q. Was Henry D. Cook therel A. think
not, sir.
q. Did YOU converse with them at all upon
this subject of the proposed testing OF these
carriageways in this cityl A. did not know
Governor Cooke very well at that time: 40
not think 1 ever talked to him about II unbiI
after had the contract.
o. You did not see him in Philadelphia A.
l do not think did.
on The subject of making bid for any of the
carriage-ways? A. l here may have talked to
General Bingham in general way, but not as
having any arrangement with him.
o. Was he here upon the day that the bids
were opened2 A. II remember rightly, he
was.
o. Did he come with you from Philadelhia1
A Very likely he did. We very often come to
Washington on the same sleeper.
0. Did he not say who were interested with
him in the Beidler keystone Paveing Company
| A. do not think he did.
O. Did any one tell youl A. do not think
SO.
O. Did you know that there were others be-
side Mr. Bingham? A. know that there are
Philadelphia, but who they are | do not know.
think Mr.. McManus is one of the stockhold-
ers. do not know of any others.
O. And you had no interest in that company
| A. None whatever, sir.
@. Where are the books thst you have kept
of your various transactions with Lewis Gle
phane and others! A. / do not know. Mr.
Clephane has all those books.
Q. Have you had any settlement after the
dissolution of the Metropolitan Paving Com
pany2 A. No, sir, not yet; have received
| some nav in bonds, l believe. l have S., 100;
that is all have got.
| O. Are the affairs of that company finally
adjusted! A 1 think not, sir.
Q. Do you know of any reason why they are
not settled A. That am unable to say, sir
o. When was the Metropolitan Paving Com.
pany in fact dissolved
Mr.. Mattingly. can tell you that they arc
being adjusted by the auditor of our local
| court.
| A. It was either last summer or summer be,
| fore, that we had meeting on New York ave.
nue. and dissolved, but my impression is that
| IL was last fall or last summer some time; per
haps it was in the spring.
| Q. Where did you procure your wood for this
paving here-for the wooden pavement that
you laid generally in this city: A. Mr.. Taylor
attended to the purchase of all the lumber.
never purchased any. We got some from Hol.
yoke & Company, from Wilders & Sons, and
John G.. Moore.
The Chairman. do not think that is very
| material.
Mr.. Christy. He stated that he paid $40 a
| thousand for lumber.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Where did those parties
treat that lumber? A. Some of it was treated
in New York, and some of it was treated here
| We have got some lumber for less money than
that. We paid S35, S36 and $40.
Q. And the lowest is 1857 A. The lowest i
SS5, I think. Perhaps there might be a small
lot which was S34. think S34 was the loves;
that have ever paid for lumber!
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. What was the whole
amount of your contract with the Board Of
Public Works? A think it foots up in the
neighborhood of seven or eight hundred thou
sand dollars.
Q. Have you been paid? A. have been
paid in certificates and some in money and
| some in bonds.
Q. Can you tell me what proportion you
have been paid in money, what in bonds, and
what in certificates? A. No; cannot tell you
1 suppose l received, perhaps, $500 900 ir
money; perhaps more.
Q. How much in bondsl A. 1 should judge
had $500, 900 in bonds; perhaps 500. 200.
cannot say exactly.
Q. And the balance in certificates A. Yes
| sir.
hold some and some are hypothetical.
O. Have you sold or disposed Of the others
A. No, sir.
Q. Never sold any, A. No, sir.
Q. You either retained absolutely or under
hypothecation! A. have traded off some fol
goods in Philadelphia, but / have never sold
any.
Q. Was William s. Huntington concerned in
any of these contractsl A. Not TO my knowl
edge, sir.
Q. Was he CONCERNED in the New York ave
nue. pavement contract! A. If he was it was
not to my knowledge. We had an agreement
which he did not appear in.
Q. If he was concerned you had no knoYl
edge of ia A. No knowledge of it at all, sir.
| Q. Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Clephane were, as
understand youl A. They were concerned.
Q. Who was the sub-contractOr therel A. Mr.
Baldwin.
Q. Do you recollect at what prices Baldwin
took the contract A. He took the contract al
81, I believe, but he skimped it and broke
down. We had to throw 1t up; we could not
do It that at price. We lost money.
Q. Then you had to take the contract out Of
his handsl A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Christy. Mr.. Jenkins is very anxious to
go to New York, and l desire to have the
questions propounded to him which have pre-
pared and submitted to the chairman, which
will necessitste our examination of Mr.. jenkins.
1 will say I submitted those questions to the
witness in order that there might not be any
sort of doubt.
The Witness am willing to answer those
questions If they arc those that read.
c. z. JENKINS RECALLED.
By the Chairman: Q. Mr.. jenkins, I want
to call your attention to some quotations here.
l will refer to letter, dated about the LIST OF
June, 1872, written by Mr.. Chittenden to De-
Golyer & Mcclellan. Do you remember any
| such letter. A. remember reading a letter
written about that time, and addressed to the
firm; it was written by George r. Chittendeu;
know his hand writing,
Q. Can you state the substance of iti A. /
can state some portions of it. / will state,
however, before do, If you will allow me, that
think the committee this morning may have
misunderstood me In regard to these letters.
The question that was put to me by Mr.. Wilson
makes me think of it. All those letters bear
date before the LIST of June, 1872; they run
along, say from the middle Of January or per-
haps the LIST of February up to the S0th Of
May, which think was the last date; after
that have seen no correspondence whatever.
This award was made on the 25th of June fol-
lowing that last letter of the S0th of May. In
that letter of the 30th Of May he commences
by stating that Colonel Parsons has arrived,
and goes on to say that things are looking bet
ter; that he is sure that he will get q hundred
thousand square yards, and very probably