National Republican., 1874-04-01
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION

DISTRICT INVESTIG
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cents . foot in building this feneei A. After
we had put up fence on Third street;
@. Was that reduced TO writingi Was there
any written contract giving you 80 centss A.
There wes not. = 81.
Q. That was verbal arrangement A. That
9. Who was that verbal arrangement made
With A. Mr.. Shepherd @
g What was the basis upon which you were
TO have ten cents additional from the contract;
did you claim ten cents additionaII A. 1t was
ten cents less The first proposition was put
up the fence at 80 cents. Then after we had
put up the two streets, by taking number of
other streets we offered to put up the balance
at 40 cents. =
Q. Does not that. however, show that your
first work was done at 40 centsl A. explained
yesterday. When we commenced putting up
fence II was to be ct 40 cents foot, one wooden
rail and two wires. The wires were condemned
These two wooden rails were to be substituted.
and we were TO have so cents q foot for It.
Q. What was the first fence you built A..
One wooden rail.
9. What did you get for that fsncei A.
Q. Now, what wish to know Is, when was
it that you changed your contract so that you
were to receive fifty cents, or ten cents addi-
tionan A. After the condemnation OF the
wires entirely In the fence BY the board. ItNas
examined by the board and the wires thrown
out. ~ -
/ Q. That was by verbal arrangement madei
A. Yes, sir. - ui.i-s. a, = 1sIT f5rE.7
4 Q. When was that verbal arrangement made2
A. My book may help me in finding that.
[ Q. Examine It and see If you can tell.
The Witness, CATER examining the bookC,
About the first Of June.
Q. Your contract bears date the 18th of
May, at forty cents per foot; did you 90 any
work under the CO ntracti A. did.
@. Then you changed IL back to forty cents
againi A. The order, which is noted in the
book, was of July 3-the proposition of July 3
was accepted, and we worked from that time
until we finished fencing at forty cents foot.
Q. Was that the same kind of fence that
you had been building beforei A. It was diff
ferent kind. We put up different pattern of
fence from the first or the second. There were
Q. How was it different? A. The first was
of the single rail. The posts were with o. G..
heads, and the same kind of posts with two
rails. Afterward, acorn-head posts with one
round rail.
Q. Do I understand that these sums that
you gave Judge Wilson-these three items, one
of SIS, SIT 81, which understand cover the ex-
the fence materials, s5,766.SS for individual
expenses, and 81 ,705.40 for paint-did that
cover the entire cost of this fegcinga A. The
price of cypress lumber should be addedt to that,
SO, ,5SS.
Q. That is not included in any of these bills,
A. No, sir; it was bought of James MacD cDougal,
of Baltimore. sr.H
Q. That covers the entire cost of the fence1
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Does this item of 5,766. .Ss include also
the amount or moneys which you retained and
have charged against yourself in that book
for the support of your family A. Yes, sir;
1t does.
Q. Then that amount Is 20 be deducted from
the actual cost of the ferce. The amount
which you retained for thu support Of your
family is not q legitimate charge against the
cost of the fence, is itl A. worked myself
Q. What did you sayi A. labored myself
every day.
Q. OF course; but you should be paid your
days service and not the amount of money
that you drew out of this fund for the support
of your family. How much did you draw out
during that time for your support A. Eight
hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents.
Q. Have you any memorandum or schedule
from which you can tell the amount of certif-
Gates that you have drawn for this work from
the Board of Public Works? A. have not.
Q. But you drew, or you supposed you drew,
at a rate of 40 cents per foot for all the work
except this TO- 900 tees, or about 10000 feet at
so cents per footf A. Yes, SIR g.
Q. Making, in the aggregate, about $50, 900;
so that the profit on this contract was over
SS0, 900; for the CONTRACTS which cost you $685.
600 you drew over SIS, DOOR A. have not
footed up the amount since 1 got the papers
to-day to see.
Q. Now you say that. Smith went into this
arrangement with you because Mr.. Smith was
10 advance you the money; can you tell by
your books how much money Mr.. Smith was
at any one time in advance to your Take the
month of May, the first month of your work.
How much money did Mr.. Smith have to ad-
vance you in the month of May over and above
what he drew from ycus. A. He never has
drawn any money from me.
Q. Did he advance you any in Mayl A. He
did every month was at v ork.
Q. You can tell by your book how much, can
you notl A. Five hundred and thirty-two
dollars and thirty cents.
@. How much did he advance to you the
next month, net, more than he drew out,
meant A. do not understand your question.
Q. understand you to say that the reason
you took Mr.. Smith into this contract was
that you expected you would have torely upon
his ability to raise money to enable you to
carry this contract. out. He was to furnish the
form this fontract With the pp6arl q Public
Works. What wanted to ascertain was, how
much capital was required at any one time to
enable you to perform this coptract-bow much
his investment amounted tol A. My answer,
S5S2, was merely the money that received.
The capital invested in that would have to be
explained by taking the bills of painting, the
bills of lumber, and the bills of manufacturing.
Q. Were those bought on his credit A..
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poor man, and he became responsible for
that. They were issued on my orders, hut he
assumed the responsibility.
Q. The bills were made out to him, and the
purchases were made in his namei A. By me.
By Mr.. Mattingly: @. This, then, is his
money that you received to pay your payroll,
(referring to books) A. Yes, sir.
!. By Mr.. Wilson; Q. Did yon have any ar
rangemenr with Mr.. Smith prior to the time
this paper was executed by youa A. Yes, sir.
@. When did your arrangement with him
begini A. About the 18th of May, think.
Q. Did It begin Immediately upon your COM
mencing this worki A. Before commenced It..
@. Has Mr.. Smith been interested with you
all the time In the manner that has been indi-
Gated by your testimony A. Yes, sir.
Q. When did you sign this contract lrefer-
ring to contract of September Is, 1881 A..
On the day It was executed; when first
It.
Q. When did you first see iti A. should
say on that day.
Q. Did you sign tina. contract on that day!
A. think did.
Q. Have you signed any paper within the
last three, four, or five weeksl A. ! have
igned no contracts.
Q. Were you sent for to 90 to the Office of
the Board of Public Worksi 4. was not.
signed the contract and got my bondsmen on
the day that the contract was drawn.
Q. On the day the contract bears datei A.
think it was on that very day.
Q. On the 18th September A. Yes, sir;
think It was that date.
Q. Have you signed any papers at the Office
of the Board of Public Works within the last
two monthsl A. No, sir. -
Q. None at al1 A. have not.
Q. Have you signed anywhere else in connec-
ton with any of your contracts within the last
two monthsf A. No, SIR.
Q. Have you signed any since that contract
bears datei A. The last paper that signed
relating to any OF the work that 1 have lone
for the Board of Public Works was the second
power Of attorney, as the first only ran to the
year 1873, so gave that second.
Q. When did you sign that A. On the 1st
of January.
Q. January lasti A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was that for work that had been donei
A. It was being done at that time We had