National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-08

catien to the board asking to amend my con
tract to include parking. They sent me let
ter stating that all over nineteen feet was u
be paid for extra In width.
Q. ofparkingl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did your original contract embrace nine
teen feet of width Of parkingi A. 1t did moi
mention parking at all. Ny original contract
mentions stone work exclusively.
Q. It never has been settled between you and
the board as to what you were to have for TIL:
parkngf A. l never considered It settled Al
all. do not know what the board considered
Q. Who sent for you to sign this contract
A. think DR.. Wallace met me on the street.
g. Where did he ask you to goa To the Office
Of the contract clerk.
Q. And you went to execute the contract A.
Yes, sir.
Q. Can you tell now about the date you did
thatf A. No, sir; l do not remember. II may
have been a month ago, or six weeks.
Q. Was 1t since this investigation beganl A.
Yes, sir.
Mr.. Wilson. I see the contract calls for
eighty-four cents for parking and laying the
nag footways. Did you put down any curbing
therel A. No, sir.
Q; Did anybody put down any curbing there'
Q. Since you have been at work. A. No,
sir.
Q. Has that curbing been put down RECENTLY
A. 1t was put down some time before went
to work
Q. Did you know where the curb came from
that went down there2 A. No. sir.
Q. Did you have any sub-contraetorsa A.
No, sir.
Q. Do you know Mr.. McHenry9 A. Yes, sir
He worked for me.
Q. And Thomas Lindsayi 4. Yes, sir; they
are both working for me, but not as sub
contractors.
Q. How does It happen that you have never
received any pay whatever for this work. A. ]
do not know. I would like to know that
myself.
Q. Have you never called upon them for a
settlement A. asked Mr.. Shepherd on one
occasion for couple of thousand dollars
money.
Q. When was thata A. I think it was last
November.
Q. And you asked for nothing since thatl A.
I applied for certificates.
Q. Why did not he issue the certificates to
you'd A. After went to the auditor thought
I could complete my work without using them
Q. Is there no other reason than that A.
That is the only reason know.
Q. What does your whole job amount tol A.
I do not know. have just completed the stone
work. It was measured last week, and
amounted to 1890 feet-a fraction less than
80, 900 feet.
Q.Who measured this work. A. One of the
surveyors or engineers.
Q. Who was that A. do not remember
his name-the surveyor or engineer.
Q. Was it Mr.. Forsyth A. No, sir.
Q. Mr.. Oertlyl A. No, sir.
Q. Don't you know the mans nsmea A.
would know It If heard some one call it.
Q. Have you ever had any other contracts
with the Board of Public Worksl A. No, sir.
Q. Have you ever been contractor beforei
A. No, sir.
Q. What has been your businessi A. Well,
I have been in the grocery business, and secre,
tary Of the fire department under Mr.. Emery's
administration. am stonecutter by trade.
I have not worked at 1t for some five or siz
years.
Q. Have you been under the employ of the
Board of Public Works in any way recently
A. I had previous TO that contract.
Q. What was your positioni A. Special So,
perintendent.
@. Ofwhatl A. - Street.
Q. Any other? A. Fourth street.
Q. What street, A. Third street.
Q. Any otherl A. street.
Q. Any otherl A. No, sir.
Q. How long have you been In the employ oil
the Board of Public Works. A. think Twas
there two years.
Q. Were you in the employ Of the Board OF
Public Works PIP TIL the time you got this
eohfrscti 4. NJ, sir. , -
@. How long have you been out Of their en-
ploymenti A. Some months-some four or five
months, believe.
Q. Have you surplus capital' A. No, sir;
not now have not.
Q. How did you get the means, then, with
which to carry on this work. A. had some
ne fha nd haH
here.
9. How did you get the means with which
to carry on this work. A. l had in my posses
sion some two or three thousand dollars.
Q. Did any one furnish you means with which
to carry on this work. A. No, sir.
Q. None at ALI A. No, sir; I have borrowed
great deal of money.
Q. From whom did you borrow It? A. /
gave deed of trust on some property of mine.
Q. To whoml A. A gentleman by the name
of Mr.. White.
Q. ANY one else' A. believe Mr.. Mattingly
here. + S.EsJs>-S. \ L.
Q. Who else7 A. And Mr.. Carusi; think
they were the assignees.
Mr.. Mattingly. You do not mean you Dor
rowed any money from me7 A. No, sir.
Mr.. Merrick. They were the trustees.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Was this really your
own contract, or somebody elsel A. I have
answered that before. It was my own.
Q. want to know If you deny that nobody
had any interest, directly or Indirectly A.
No one has any interest, with the exception of
the stone-cutters employed by me.
Q. What interest had they in it, A. do
not remember. l have never settled. I pay
them so much day. At that time was in
some other business and could not give it my
whole attention.
Q. What other business? A. I was then en-
gagged in the feed business.
Mr.. Bass. The park that you speak of is the
tagging between Pennsylvania avenue and the
gates Of the Botanical Gardenl
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Never been paidl A. No, sir.
Q. That is the tagging on the east side of
Third street westl A. Yes, sir.
Q. In front of the Botanical Gardenl A. Yes,
sir.
Q. And It is also described by tagging be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the gates of
the Botanical Gardeni A. Yes, sir. =
Q. Did you do all that faggingi A. Yes,
sir. o. xSs r. =
Q. And never been paid anything By the
Board of Public Worksl A. No, sir.
Q. Can you tell how much Tagging was done
by you on the east side of Third street, In front
han eighteen thousand feet, think. Between
seventeen and eighteen thousand feet.
Q. Is there any brick sidewalk on that street,
n that vicinity A. No, sir; not on the east
'ide of Third street.
Q. Is there any on the west side of Third
'treeti A. No, sir; It Is concrete, think.
@. What Is the fact about thatl Is the
pavement on the west side of Third street, be-
ween Pennsylvania avenue and Maryland ave- |
luei A. That is q concrete.
Q. All the wayl A. think 1t is. cannot |
ay.
Q. Do you know who laid the asphalt side
walks on the west side of Third street, A. |
70, sir.
Q. Have you presented your bills to the |
Board of Public Works; your account claiming |
compensation for the tagging which you did |
herel A. No, sir.
Q. How long since 1t was completed. A. I |
ompleted the stone work. The contract Is |
lot completed. All, with the exception of
ONE parking. The stone work is all COM
leted.
Q. And there is due you, according to your
ontract, then, for some 19, 900 feet of tagging
nd more, at the rate of 81 centsl A. No, sir;
{, 900.
Q. Where is the balance of itl A. On Mary
md avenue, fronting on the Botanical Garden.
Q. Immediately in front of It'll A. Yes, sir.
Q. Ten thousand feet of tagging therei A.
es, sir; nearly II, 900 feet of tagging.
Q. So there is about $4,000 due you under
our contract from the Board of Public works
)r flappinp1 A Yes sir