National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-25

Q. Nothing with the Measurements Of itl. A.
II was done
| O.. What did you have to dowith til A, To
| make out the final vouchers Afterwards; but
this voucher here which was passed in this ir.
regular way, mean to say-i do not mean to
say there was any fraud In It. 1t was most
likely more, for the purpose of getting hold OF
money very fast, you know, and having the
partial estimate. ! mean to say that mad af-
terward I'm order to have this thing correct, to
make . final voucher for this, and these final
vouchers were mainly copies of these here.
That Is, in fact, how found out.
Q. The final vouchers which you say you
made were copies Of the partial youchersi A.
Yes, sir. c.L
Q. Is that your way of doing businessi A.
/ had Mr.. Barney to go over IL, and after Mr..
Barney had measured Il and had looked at it
of course that Is the way Of doing business.
| Q. State whether that Is signed BY you. A.
Under me the voucher Of
Q. just answer me that question whether
this is your signature. A. That is the final
voucher had reference to, signed BY Mr.. Bar
ney and myself 49, go
| Q. Final voucher Of what A. OF Farragut
square-work done by ]. o. Evans.
Q. That includes all the partial estimatesi
A. Yes, sir. In justice TO myself ! would re-
quest the voucher of September l, 1873, for
John o. Evans to be brought IN, and then
can explain. - .... : ... r..
Mr.. Mattingly. Any one you desire. 1.-THE
following Is the voucher referred to relating to
Farragut square: -r=-'--
Placements fer sidewalks and eGrrisgeudys.
- WAsaISeEos, D. o., September 30, 1879.
Board Of Public Works, D o. 49,
la,7so square feet Of tagging for crossing
| laid, at - cents per foot, 1928 40
Thereby certify that / have measured and in.
| speeted the work done by John O. Evans on the
m mr. m ami 0f haf n
going account, which work was done under the
STder q ne 30 BSsrd Of PSpic work. ;SrtIscS;
quality, and that the work has been done and
material furnished as per contract and specitea-
| lions. .. .. ..". .l- CHAs. E BARNEY,
Assistant Engineer.
Dated September 80, ls73 -
Approved September 30, 1873.
certify that the foregoing bill is correct in
FORM and that the prices are according to contract
and is therefore audited in the sum Of"
Dated -. 1877. -
$3.50: B. P. W. vol :, 1874; Cert; No. 4Ses.
for sidewalks and carriageways, September 30,
1S73. John q. Evans bill, for work done on Far
ragut square, (between - and = streets,l e..
Final measurement Respectfully referred 70 B.
p. W. for transmittal to auditor. Adolf Cluss,
engineer In charge. October Z, 1873. Respect
fully referred to the auditor Edward johnson,
assistant secretary. 10, Q, 'T3.
Q. Is this signed by you'll Handing witness
John o. Evans bill for work done on P-street
circle.l A. That is what have stated-tbe
final vouchers have signed.
Q. Are these final vouchers falsel A. No,
sir.
Q. Are they correcti A. To the best of my
Information and belief.
Q. And they include the partial vouchers, do
they mott
The Chairman. The final voucher of the P
trfsat n ral ie hu Mr. Nv
Cluss.
Mr.. MattingIy. Yes, sir.
1.-THE following is the voucher for P-street
eIrcle.l
Placements for Sidewalks and eGrrfdgsgGys.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September 81, Is.3.
Board of Public Works, D. O.,
To John O. Evans, DR..
II, 400 square feet Of tagging for crossings
laid, at 90 cents per foot s10, 494 90
hereby certify that have measured and in
spected the work dOne by John o. Evans on the
improvement Of P-street circle, between = and
going account, which work was done under the
order Of the Board OF Public Works, Contract
No.-,) and find Il correct as TO quantity and
quality, and that the work has been done and
material and labor furnished as pr contract and
representations - 90 GAS. E BSANEY,
dated ,d sePS 50 ls IS 1s-, Assistant ENGINEER.
- - .--.-. Engineer B. p w., In charge,
certlIy tnat Dill Is correct
and that The prices are according 70 contract, and
is therefore audited in the sum Of = -..'--.
Dated 1874 80. Auditor, b. p. W.
Cert. No. =. Account 1,S4O,. b. p. W., vol.
=, ls7I Payements for side walks and carriage
ways. Sept. 80. 1873. John o. Evans bill Tor
streets, 81. Final Measurement. You. isss, "a
Endorsed: Cert. No. -. Account B. p. W.
:. Vol. =, ls74. Payements for sidewalks
Evans bill for work done on P-strsot circle Final
measurement. You. 1899. ia
The Witness. Since the chairman asked the
question, will explain the working OF our Of
fee. Mr.. Oertly having been detailed to meas
ure the work of Mr.. Evans, Mr.. 0ertly meas
ured II, and in this case again Mr.. Barney, as a
courtesy to an assistant In the office, who is
equal with him, signed the voucher and the
measurement of Mr.. 0ertly. The measure
ment is Mr.. Oertly's. can show you at once
it is copied from the partial voucher, which
will have brought in.
By Mr.. Mattingly Q. Wasn't It your duty,
when you were making out final voucher to
be signed by yourself and Mr.. Barney, to see
that the proper amount of work alone was al
lowed, and proper rates allowed for it, to see
that It was correcti A. Certainly.
Q. Did you do thati A. / have explained
that before. have not understood it. There
are great number OF vouchers that have TO
sign. i generally go over them. would see
that they were generally correct.
Q. Here is Bill of John o. Evans for the
triangular reservation west of the P-street cir
cle-upwards of SO, 0O0-signed by Adolf
Mr.. Barney and myself. 1t is q final voucher.
This is measured by Mr.. 0ertly, and, therefore,
as far as accuracy is concerned, a sample now.
BY Judge Black: g.. Was it correcti A. o,
yesi =. . ---l.. - =
9. Is that trpea A. o, yes; have stated SO
upon the outset. .... .
Mr. Mattingly. He has said that everything
signed by Mr.. Barney and himself is correct.
Q. Here Is another triangular reservation
west of P-s.rest circle-nnaI measurement. Is
that signed by Mr.. Barney and YOURSELF A.
Yes, SIR. This ie o copy of the other. These
figures are inserted In the auditors Office.
Now, 1t is very clear sent two vouchers
down-one of them foots up S11 900 and the
other 81, 600. That will need explanation.
After examining two vouchers. There, ]
have got them now. tLaughter.1 Here, the
first time l saw this voucher, (referTing 70 un-
audited voucher of John o. Evans for Mount
Vernon Square, It was s1.24 a square foot of
faggiDg=23, 760 square yards. Here was q
voucher, (referring to audited voucher made
out at sixty cents, which makes 81 ,256. Here,
in the second voucher, 81 200 is taken out, and
then aflerward -. Well, you see, that is
one of the objections to the bills being left at
the engineers ONCE IN Dlank. instead OF the
auditor auditing he made the bills. Here Is
one of the Irregularities. 0'.. -
The Chairman. Please explain the vouchers.
The witness proceeds to do SO to theChair-
man.
The Chairman (after listening to explana-
ton of the witness:) There are two items
there; one Item ID at Sl.25, which was re-
duced by somebody TO 60 cents.
The Witness. No, go cents first, and then
afterward increased to Sl.25.
Mr.. Morris (clerk.) No, it was just the re-
verse of that.
The Chairman. It was made out at 81
and reduced to 60 cents, another item of the
same time; and the final voucher that went 10
the auditor is the reduced voucher.
Mr.. Morris (elerk.) l ask leave of the COM
mittee to make statement right here.
The Chairman. Certainly.
Mr.. Morris. I wish TO say that the ,2237 feet
of granite curb In this bill that Mr.. Cluss re-
fers TO was put In at SLAP, that including the
price of the curb; but 1t being ascertained that
the curb belonged to the board, the contractor
was consequently not entitled to receive pay
for II, and therefore was allowed, when the
account was audited, only thirty cents, the
price of setting. n made difference of 81. IL
a foot on ,2y7 feet of curb. ., --.--
By the Chairman: Q. (To the witnessl
Turn to that voucher, and you will find your
signature is on the back and on the face of it,
Witness. It always left my Office in blank.
have explained to the committee thai all tits
Thaao