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

lsSs 90 90 40 40 Ssls-t
i lsss 90 90 DO Ia g. /;
is % % Do SO SO
i isa 4. So11eidsr, To1-rail,ng 2,kll !
ao,. p sppEOas;Shi,s sno, 4oa :
2osa 60 DO lls
800 J. ". vsndorDurgh, slops-wali -
e77o James Hudson, painting q I
s1s4 J.T.W. Vandsrburgh, templates g
| Total io5,as0 =
The amount reported By B. Severson, on pag
I6o Of the testimony, viz: 81, go, simply repre-
sen .sp payments to the kellogg Bridge Compan.
whereas the amount reported by the Board Q
Public Works in its report Of ls7a viz: elO5 $50 q
applies to the bridge and the approaches thereto
painting, and all the required masonry, as show
In detail BY the foregoing statement.
| Q. Have you indicated where they can b,
found In this statement A.. Yes, sir; giyins
the vouchers here, as reported by Colonel Ma
gruder in his report. .--
| tracts with the Board of Public Works In youl
individual capacity, and as president of The
Metropolis Paving Company, state the gross
amount of these contracts. A. would state
that the whole amount of the contracts for the
Metropolis Paving Company with the Board Of
Public Works amounts to S195, 5S214.
Q. Your individual contrsctsi A. NY fndi.
vidual contracts amount to S1S5, 462.60.
Q. Now please state what proportion Of the
amount that was done by the Metropolis Paw
ing Company or By yourself was received In
cash, and what in other modes Of payment,
A. will state that the aggregate amount OF
contracts of the Board of Public Works and
my own amount to $3.50, 954.74,
Q. That includes the Metropolis Paving Com
pany contract A. Yes, sir. In this state
ment, gentlemen, you will find that 1t varies
from the statement given by me of the
amount Of my contracts. You VIII remember
that In these contracts they charge US for ma
terials which go In to make up the aggregate
account in this. That is ali deductedethe
actual amount received from the Board of
Public Works.
By Mr.; Merrick; Q. Less the price Of ma
teriail A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Wilson; That is the whole amount
received on account of your individual and Me-
tropolis Paving Company contractsl A. Yes,
sir. j have received only cash to the amount
of about 81, 900 for the entire work, and about
S2O7 900 in bonds. The rest was in auditors
certificates. -.... $780, 49,.
Q. And somewhere from 20 to IS per cent,
you received in cashi A.. About that.
Q. Can you give the committee any fnfor-
nation as 70 the cost of wood pavementsi You
have had some practical experience in laying
wood pavements. A. can. Twill state that
made up statement from my books on Feb
ruary %, lS72. That statement was presented
to my company as the basis of the cost of work.
and, therefore, not made up for the purpose OF
this investigation at all. That would take In
contracts which had for the paving Of Penn
sylvsnia avenue, which, of course, do not come
under the Board of Public Works. made a
profit on that work of about 81 Al yard
Q. What was the price of the wood pave
msnti A. For portion of i'll got, for II, 961
yards, 1896 yard; and for x, 500 yards got
S3.75 yard. For the N street work got
10 yard. Imade on that work rs cents a
yard.
Q. Were the M-street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. both untreated wood A. Yes, sir: for
Market Space; that did under the Board of
Public Works; the wood was not treated, and
made 81 cents yard profit on that.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. What was the contract
price of that Market Spscel A. Three dollars.
On Eleventh street made SO cents a yard, and
Nineteenth street, q portion of It 65 cents, and
for portion Sc cents yard. The larger por-
ton was So cents.
Q. Treated wood A. That was not treated
Q. Give US the amount paid in these IN
stances. a. On that pavement It was 50 a
yard. On D and Seventh streets I made only
IS cents yard. That was treated wood. That
was $3.50 yard. On Twelfth street made
about 20 cents o yard. That was treated wood.
That was $3.50 a yard. IwIlI state this: these
prices are the actual amounts over the actual
cost. Such do not include, OF course, the ex-
penses of Office and clerk hire, and such things
as that.
By the Chairman: Q Is that an estimate of
what you received at part A. Yes, sir; taking
the certificates at par.
Q. Not including any loss on thisi A. No,
sir; taking certificates at par, think, is fair
estimate Of the cost Of wood pavements. We
could make sometimes more on some streets
than we could on others.
Mr.. Christy. As suggested to the committee,
there is one branch Of this inquiry that we pro-
pose TO suspend until the books of the Me-
tropolis Paving Company are produced. There
are, however, some questions that we may ask
in the absence Of the books, and now proceed
to do so; of course, reserving the right to call
for the books hereafter.
Mr.. Mattingly. If the committee think the
books are material they will be produced of
By Mr.. Christy: Q. You say, on the 10Th day
of February, 1872, that you made statement
of the condition of the business of the Me-
tropolis Pa ging Company A. Yes, sir.
Q. State the names Of the parties who were
interested In the Metropolis Paving Company
az that time, In any form, directly or indirectly,
ana tnoee tnat, 70 your knowledge, had an In
terest IN tnat company. A. IL was regular
STOCK company, and there was quite q number
of stockholders. cannot remember all the
names;
. 9. DO your books 100 show the stockholders at
tnat timer A. VI course.
Mr.. Christy: We desire to have the books
proouced' as tne "iIness cannot speak rom
memory.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Who has the oooksl A.
my Office. II the committee insists upon hay-'
ing them, can produce them on Monday.
MI. wilson. We shall want 70 see them.
by Mr. Christy Y. Are you still interested
IN contracts under the Board OF Public Works.
A. am not.
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