National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-17

the Botanical Garden and Fourteenth street,
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you examined any other tagging in
this cityf A. Not particularly. I have seen
some that cost great deal more in price, be-
ing dressed differently different character
cut and dressed over the face, which requires
q different kind of Tagging.
@. Extra qualityi A. Yes, sir.
Q. Wherel A. Some is put down around
some of the circles.
o. Have you examined the Tagging around
P-street circlel A. have noticed, in passing
the P-street circle, that it was dressed on the
top.
o. What is IL worth 10 put such Tagging
down as Is around P-street circle' A. That
tagging would only cost the additional cost
of the material and the extra dressing, which
would probably be about Is cents, added
to the other, making about IS cents super
fetal foot.
@. Would you put that tagging down for
that pricei A. think would, now.
Q. You say you would now. Is It worth less
to do II now than last yeara A. No, sir.
Q. Or morei A. do not think any more;
about the pane price.
Q. just state what you include in your esti-
mate of cost A, include furnishing the ma
terials, doing the work, doing the labor.
By Mr.. Thurman: Q. Do you include grad
ingi A. No, sir.
Q. What would have been a fair compensa-
ton for the grading at those places of which
you have spokenl A. am not able to state
that; do not know anything about grading.
@. You do not know how much grading was
done therel Q. No, sir.
BY Mr.. Christy: Q. DO you include the fur
nishing of the sand necessary to make the
foundationi A. The price varies little, &C.
coriing to the amount Of sand used. Some
places require more sand than others.
Q. At fifty cents, would you include the
necessary sandi A. Yes, sir; for ordinary flag
ging, tagging not dressed except on the edge.
Q. Why do you say that the tagging on P
street circle is worth 25 cents more foot than
the tagging around the Botanical Gsrdensl
A. Because there is that much extra labor on
It.
Q. In what respectl A. On the face par
ticularly. It has been dressed over. The
other tagging is Of natural face.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Where does this Tagging
come FRONT A. From the State of New York,
Ulster county. 1t is what is known as North
river tagging.
Q. Do you purchase any tagging therei A.
Yes, sir; but no considerable quantity.
Q. How long have you been in this businessi
A. have been in the business for IS years.
Q. How long have you been in the stone
business in this cityi A. About IS years.
Q. From whom do you purchase your flag
ging on North riverl A. Different parties.
Q. Do you know such q firm as Burns &
Brainardl A. 90.
Q. Did you ever purchase any from themi A.
have.
Q. Do they furnish such tagging as this you
have been speaking of-the same quality Of
fagginga A. Yes, sir.
Q. The same kind of stones A. Yes, sir.
O. Look at this price list, and see If it is their
price-list for 1872 A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now, look inside, and see If you can see
there the kind Of tagging that has been used
by the Board Of Public Works; and if you find
1t, tell me what the price is for which they fur
nished lit A. In my opinion, 1t is on the fifth
line. That is one character oft. OF course it
varies in price all the time. That is eighteen
cents.
Q. What is it worth per foot to transport that
Tagging from that point to this cityl A.
Judge that is the price delivered in this city. /
see it says there delivered In Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington for the same price.
Q. And that is the cost of the tagging deliv-
cred in this cityl A. Yes, sir. o.
Q. What is It worth per foot to haul that
tagging to points where tagging has been laid
in this city, averaging these pointsl They are
not all the same distance from the wharf. A.
Well, generally make calculation of about
not over three cents-from two to three cents
q foot. 1t does not cost that, however, fire.
quently.
Q. What is It worth per foot to furnish the
material and put the Tagging down after it is
on the groundl / mean furnishing the sand
and doing the necessary jointing to lay this
1agging-where it is not dressed or axed upon
the surfaced A. When the tagging is on the
groundl
Q. Yes, after It is delivered on the ground
to joint properly! A. could not furnish the
materisls then. could only do the work.
Q. 1 am now getting at the work. What Is
1t worth to trim the Tagging and to lay IL and
furnish the sand necessary to lay it, per foot
A. l think could do it for 20 cents.
@. Now, if it is axed, or dressed on the sur
face, what would that be worth per footl A
I think that would be about 25 cents more.
Q. Whatever grading was essential to put IL
down would be In addition to thatl A. To the
cost of laying the sidewalk presume so.
Q. Did you examine any other tagging other
than around P street circle and the Botanical
Gardens, with a view to determining whether
it was in its rough stated A. No, sir; my at
tention was called to the dressing of the work
by the men who did the work themselves.
@. Was It dressed! A. Yes, sir; P-street
circle was dressed.
Q. am speaking about places other thar
P-street circle. A. l am not familiar with them
Q. Was the Fourteenth street Tagging
dressedi A. Only trimmed on the edge.
Q. am speaking about being dressed on thu
surface. A. No, sir; it is what we call thu
quarry-face-natural face.
Q. That is on Fourteenth strcet2 A. Yes, sir
Q. The same around the botanican A. Well
yes; on the south side of Maryland avenue it il
of the same character.
Q. Is that, as far as you observed it, supe
rior or an inferior quality of fagginga A. 1t 4
fair for the kind and price. You viii notict
there is difference in the price list. There i
some down to thirteen cents; some is rough AMI
some smooth, and the size makes difference
in the price. It runs from eighteen to twenty
five cents.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. You are in the bushes
of laying down tagging, are youl A. am il
the general stone business.
Q. Then you have laid down considerable
faggingi A. Occasionally--not great deal
don't have it to do.
@. Wherel A. No particular places that
can name now. We have laid down smootl
Tagging and rubbed tileing. D..
Q. Can you name some job you have done II
the city, A. I put pavement down on tn
avenue rear the corner of Twelfth street; 1
was smooth Tagging finished tagging.
Q. When did you do thstf A. Several year
q. What did you get for that A. I go
about dollar q foot.
O. Was dollar the price you gotl A. 10
but think we fixed It at q dollar afterward.
Q. How many years. A. could not tell
However, we could do 1t now for the SAINT
price. The price Of the material has moi
varied,
B. Has the price of labor varied2 A. The
labor has varied q little from ten hours to eight
that is all the difference.
Q. Where else have you laid any of 1t down
A. Well, I have not laid q great deal. i
doesn't come in our way much. don't recol
lect of any other places now.
Q. How much did you lay down near Twelfth
on the Avenuel A. Between 700 and 500 feet
Just one pavement in front of store.
@. Is that the only pavement you can thinl
on A: That is the only one just now.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. What Is the size o
that Tagging st Is cents on the price-listl A
Five and five-sixths.
O. Where the Tagging Is to be of uniform
length and width-five or six feet long-wha
would 1t costi A. That would be an extri
price, of course; can only tell by reference
to this book.
@. Can you tell by reference to that book
A. Yes, sir; there is special contract.
@. From your experience in business, VII
ask you If you have ever bought any of tina
kind Of haggingi
The Witness. whichi Such as laid on -Four
teenth street,
Q. No; tagging of uniform length and uni
form width five or six feet longi A. II wan
Tagging five feet-they don't come much les