National Republican., 1874-05-29

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bout the sssoIaA q az Boansa Il PabiIe
MoTkss and You hare spoksp about thes N
fefuinr manner IN which the business Of the
board has lbeendoue.. NOW look q, the record,
and say whether the entries in that record in
dicate regular board meetings, or whether
they indicate something that was done when
which you had no kncwledgef A. These en-
tries do not certainly indicate board meetings,
as far as I understand them. November 81,
November 22, November "a, November 25, %,
2S, there seem to be daily entries, and am
positive about Il thst was not informed that
such meetings were held. In that respect I
might perhaps enlfgh the committee 9
littls, since we are tsikfng about these meet
ings. Mr.. johnson, they said, has stated that
frequently there was majority Of three, How
that is I can very easily understand. Up to
the 1st Of January the vice president had not
even Q room for himself. He occupied . little
desk In the clerk's room, but when, since Jan
uary this year, / insisted upon having some
weekly board meetings, then little room was
set apart where we had meetings. Before that, J,
ever since Dr. Blake was appointed, he was
active; ever since he resigned In me bank ne
came every day. Mr.. Willard would be there,
and Mr.. Blake and Mr. Magrudery who occu-
pies the next reomg happened 10 drop IN, there
would be q majority, and the board meeting
was held. You spoke, yesterday In your
formal examination, shout Mr.. OertIy being
designated by the vice president to make meas
urements on which moneys were paid. Nov, Il
called on Mr.. Magruder for some vouchers to-
day, and he hands me some, Of which this is
one.
Q. Sec, If that is specimen Of what you
have been talking abotrtl
The Witness. This one Of those vouchers.
Q. What is thati A. That Is the second Of
the series of three vouchers. The first bears
date July 3. 1873. 1t is marked informal.
have to correct former testimony. am not
positive whether this infoFmality was there
when first saw that voucher. Now the
second voucher is this voucher was s190, 900
All, excuse me, that is c. E. Evans & Co. This
is voucher don't know anything at all of; /
believe 1t was the second voucher of John o.
Evans; It bears about the same date; this is
something saw the first time.
Q. Just read what you have therei
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 30, Iza
Please make an estimate OF what Is due Evans
Concrete Company, reserying enough to secure
the board. A. r. SHEPHERD, V. p.
B. p: W. D.. C.,l
Hon. A.. r. Shsphsrd, esq, Vice Presf B, p. W..
SIR: 1 tind tine following amounts of work have
addition to the wSrs embraced In SCI schedule DAT dated
Respectfully, B. OERrLY,
D'p Eng.
Q. Just in that connection, Mr.. Magruder, 1
will ask you If you paid money on that
Mr.. Magruder. cannot tell you, sir. can
tell you by going over my certificates, (exam-
lining youcher.) Yes, sir, that Is paid. Re-
ceipted.
@. Now, give me that, If you please, a min
ute.
Mr.. Magruder. This paper that was handed to
Mr.. Cluss a moment ago bears date July so,
1873, does 1t mott
A. Yes. sir.
G. What amount Of measurement has Mr..
Oertly madel A. Seventy-one thousand one
hundred and seventy-fve dollars and seventy
five cents.
Q. On how many different streets A. Nine
different streets.
Q. That is what you call schedule on which
you make payments. A. Yes, sir.
O.. Now, on the 30th day of July, 1873, was
there q certificate issued for that amount of
money! A. No, sir; for So, 900.
Q. That certificate was issued on that meas
urementl A. Yes, sir.
Q. And that measurement was requested to
be made on the same day that certificate was
issuedl A. Yes, sir.
Q. When did you pay III A. It seems to me
here the measurement don't bear date of that
measurement; bears date July 20, and this the
30th.
Q. That is not very regular way of doing
business. A. That is a very singular thing.
This must have been made out before, or that
date might have been wrong.
Q. You think the Governor might have put
in the wrong datel A. Yes, sir; from the fact
that measurement is dated July %.
Q. What do you find on the back of thatl A.
"Mr. johnson, direct the auditor to pay S25 600
on this, and see Mr.. Clephane and Mr.. Magruder
and ask him to attend to it and give certif-
Gates" That is July 80. That Is very proper
on that. But this note, If that is what he
meant-that belong to this-this note ought to
have been dated, probably, before it is. do
not understand why dated 20 when the meas
urement was already made out.
Q. Whose name is it on thatl A. AR. Shep-
herd, July 80, 1873.
Q. That is pretty quick work. A. suppose
he could make those measurements, probably,
from data in the office. have seen Mr.. Cluss
make them from the map.
Mr.. Wilson. That may be. am not asking
whether he did or not.
Mr.. Hubbell. Did this pay all that was duct
A. No, sir; $25,oOo on 81, 900 measure
ment.
Mr.. Hubbell. That Is all.
Mr.. Stewart 1t is not yet paid in fulll A.
BE is not paid In full.
Mr.. Cluss. 1t will take the balance due him
to repair his streets, which are entirely out of
order.
Mr.. Magruder. believe you were asked to
find out what it would take before we agreed
to obligate ourselves to pay him any more
money.
Q. You kept back enough money! A. Yes,
sir.
Mr.. Stewart. That is all right.
MR. CLUss RECALLED.
By Mr.. wilson: Q. understand you to say
that here Is another of those same irregular
vouchers. On the I'd Of September, 1873, Al
bert Gleason asks for q measurement. Look
at that paper and see what 1t Is. Shall / read
it! A. Yes, sir.
Witness proceeding to read, the chairman
stated that there was no necessity for his read
ing that voucher, as It was already in evi-
dence.1
Q. That is the kind Of vouchers of which
you sag you have spoken as being an irregular
mode Of doing businessi A. Yes, sir; and
have referred to. ...
Q. In other words, your complaint has been
this that the vice president would direct
some subordinate Of your office to go and make
measurements, on which money would be
paidl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Or certificates be issuedi A. Yes, sir.
Q. Without going regularly through your
off1cel A. Yes, sir. And this Is the first /
ever saw as TO how the money was paid to
Gleason for filling up the canal. This is the
first knew of It. Before passing from that
voucher, since that voucher Is Just In your
hands, would like to impress you more earn
estly with my serious doubt about its regu lar
ity. In the same voucher there is-and found
Maryland avenue, from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
street, filled-Mr. Oertly measured !, ,074 AIS;
and again, Maryland avenue, from Seventh TO
Eleventh street, grading and haul to canal,
45S ,260. On page 463 Of these so-cslled min
utes the chief engineer was directed to cancel
contract No. 800, of James Alma, and prepare
a contract with Mr.. Albert Gleason for grad
ing and setting curbs, and so on, between
Maryland avenue southwest and Long bridge,
with bluerock, which viii be furnished by the
board, to be applied for within thirty five
days. Now, gentlemen, here was con-
tractor who took of the crust Of the
road and left 1t there during the win
ter, instead of doing it In thirty-five days.
He had the money in his pocket for doing the
work, which was not done. He left the street
in miserable condition, and so IL is to this
day. In the same voucher there Is another one.
This case is disposed of. In that voucher your
and fait AL apr{paar M Rl;oLapS