National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-21

ahout d. n xrots him s-lester In which, Il
lhfnk. Iaskcd him for e4,o00<-s1 think could
haze 3oeoE 10000 on thft rod, and made
thsk road TT superior 20 what ikis now for
wear and tear. on course could not excsvste
10 uuHh, bat think Il e perfectly useless
tAsrs: end damaging % ne pnblz. some Of
%, hi1{ the price that Il would haFe brought
h9lofu III improvement Uss made. refer 70
| that atoot quart6r OF ! nils the other side OF
The ccmmer1eue1k Of the road ffom me
thound1fy 1Ire. Them 4 an snbanlIment there
nfteen feet high, and the person having that
farm down there-it 10 smaii piace-has no
csSsr psssons gTosnds fde sot ESihk tSss place
| will bring one-half what it wculd' before the
road was fixed.-f DO not see that tie road y
bens6tsd tall py that extensive improvement.
n they had simply repaired the culyerts epd
large hill BY deep stone drsin-an entire drain
% sstoiremoye ell the water and put plenty Of
gravel on the road at cost Of $1,000, the
road would have been far better and they
never would have had any trouble, This road
will be troublesome for yeAts and years 70
come unless they 90 the 3. Ehols q = and put
q, who did he engineering on that road,
A. ! DO not know. think M: Carpenter; he
/ By Mr.. Msttingiy: Q. Mr.. Crowley had The
contract FOR this road originally let TO him BY
public advertisement . the lowest hdderi 4.
q. You have spoken OF 1 great many things
THAT you have heard and belieye--what did you
hear and believe on that snojectis A. All I 10
| by b that report DO not know whether II
wss made TO him because he was ths lowest
bidder or not. ! DO not know sny one who put
10 bids. sni 81 ~ a1s.sfissl q = q
q. Their you DO not know whether Mr..
Crowley got that contract - the lowest bidder
Tor nctf a. 90 not know, y y,.faa q 2rs
L 90 DID not Mr.. Crowley abandon his con-
tract and run away from he creditors, and
swindle his handsf A. fheeonfract was given
| 10 another person.. There was trouble i
heard Mr. Crowley refused to pay his hands.
The sboard took IL away from him, but L did
not know whether 10 was 90 or not.f But that
was the rfmof. ,iri ogou brd f-ist, s2.Es Il y
O. Ithink you stated afterward q was let 70
Davenpon by public adyertisementt "A. see
| by the Goyernof,s answer II was given 70 zDa-
venporss 4 do not know why be did not purs
sue HE work. Eos - q, b. s san Il sr !
r. @. Did not you bear that Davenport refused
10 execute his contract; could not do III A. I
think Lheard he refused to execute Il. do
not know the reason, III ri go sgJsf e =
! @. Well, after Davenport refused TO execute
his contract, were you not constantly tmpor-
tuning the board TO have this work donei A..
| Twas, for the simple reason that Mr.. Crowley
plowed up the whole road, and put gravel on
the side of the road, and leaving the road IN,
a. might say, an almost impossible condt.
ton.I I know II winter came on with the road
In that condition, It would be impossible to
drive over Il. / importuned the board; wrote
| TO Mr.. Shepherd four or I'VE tmes-wrote sew
eral letters requesting him 20 DO
|; O.. Before the contract was let 10 Mr.. Crowly,
were you not importuning the board TO have
that road txedf A. Twrcte letter, as have
stated, and spokst TO Goyern6r Shepherd to have
s road sn S s had Ss s rso s aoS
on the road for the previous ten yeGrs. During
the war O. great uanss Of the Government
wagons passed Over Il and cut y up very badly.
The .eorrofation-she turnpike company-
placed some repairs on the ROAD, Dut they were
Every lhtle.7 Aftsf the road was taken away
and made b free road / thought, In justice to,
the people vine had been paying taxes and tolls
on the road, thought this road ought 10 have
something done with H.. si.i ja.ii sfsssi.t :.
h9BF Mr.. Msttingly O. As its enthusiastically
ought But after Davenport refused to exc
cute the contract, dh mot you know that the
board was endesvoring 70 get some one TO Ok
that road before u YVES let p MAJOR Yslden-
burgh7 DO not you know that they Hefe making
efforts to get somebody 10 do the work. A. !
Davenport had refused 70 take Il, but after that
Iheard Of nothing. I did not go there, think,
until Mr.. Yspdenburgh had the contract.
@ bid not you consult with, Nj. Carpenter
% to what was necessary to be done on that
roadi A. vii make this explanation I
spoke TO Governor Shepherd, and offered my
services, and offered to do all the superintend-
ence on that road free Of cost TO the District
government, for was living on the road and
Interested In it, and I thought was fully com
petent TO take charge OF Il, and II I saw any
thing going on that was not right would see
10 It. Mr.. Shepherd at the first interview said
he would give me charge Of the road, and that
he would have letter written giving me the
charge Of n. About week afer saw him
again, and I called bis attention TO the fact,
and he seemed surprised that bad not re-
eeiyed that letter. BE said be would give Or
ders 70 have me put In charge Of the road.
never received any letter. wrote tuo or three
letters after that calling his attentionto that
fact, but / never received any reply to them.
4 did not write any more, and did not ask to be
put In charge Of that road again. .si,.si \
@. Ny question was this: whether you con-
suited with Mr.. Carpenter IS 10 what was ncces-
sary to be done on the roadi A. Mr.. Carpen-
ter had profile Of the original road and ofthe
Improvements he intended to make. agreed
with him IN reference to cutting down, but OBJ
jected to having so much of Il cut down. I
IL. k,va th~o