National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-06
in thisl A. Yes, sir. That was the AsphAl
Paving Company.

in thisi A. Yes, sir. That was the AsphAl:
Paving Company.
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM L. WILSON.
| William L. Wilson sworn and examined.
By the Chairman: Q. What Is your business,
a. y Ma anu Of sewe. and drain pipes.
| Y. what 10 the name OF your hrmi A. WI
liam L. Wilson. The Moorehead Clay Com
pany is the name Of the works; William L. VIII
son Is the name Of ths firm.
Q. Did you sell the Board Of Public Works Of
the District o! Columbia any Of your manufsc-
turei A. Yes, sir.
o. To what amount A. Some $4,000 or
$4,000 worth-something between those
amounts.
o. When was that A. In 1872 or 1873.
Q. Did you sell them this material at your
regular prices for similar waterfall A. No, sir;
we did not.
Q. Above or belowi A. Very far below our
regular prices
Q. For below your regular pr.ces-hcw far
belowl A. We'll, I suppose 1t would average
between 80 and 40 pc: cent. below our caro
prices.
Q. Do you not sell TO everybody below. your
card pricssl A. No, sir.
Q. When you sell largslots Of pipe, do You
not sell below your card prices largely A.
Not necessarily; only to certain parties.
Q. Why do you do so to certain parties and
call our price TO consumers For other trades,
with other matters which could influence trade
| for us or do US some service In return, We took
OF certain percentage. IN
Q. Why did you take of 90 large q percent
age to the Board of Public Worksl A. We
had pretty large surplus stock, and wanted
money. .-
Q. You got rid of one and received the otheri
A. Yes, sir; or hoped to.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Have you been paid
yeti A. We have been paid in manner; yes,
Q. What do you mean by in q manneri A.
There Is a part of it that We were spaid in
sewer certificates, think they call them; the
| balance was In cash.
Q. How much did you receive in CASH. A.
some $4,000 or $50 900; do not remember
the exact amount; somewhere between those
| amounts.
/ Q. And the balance in sewer certificates
A. Yes, sir; some S12,750, think, In sewer
certificates. r..
I Q. Where is your place of business in Phila,
delphiai A. We have two places. Our office
Is at the corner Of Tenth and Market streets,
/ and our upper warehouse Is Twelfth above
Girard avenue; 94l Market street Is the num-
/ Der.
Q. Did you come here and sell this pipe
make a negotiation for this pipel 4. We'll,
was here personally myself, on the business
/ "
| Of the SALE.
Q. How often were you here before this mat
ter was Jco6eludedi A. Well, was here,
suppose, two or three times.
| o. Two or three timesl A. Two or three
times; somewhere about there. I had other
business in Washington, and came on on that,
and sometimes saw about this also.
Q. Whom did you see when you came here,
| A. Well, the first ones we saw preliminarily
| Wa q nj nn1ersinnd
to do the work. don't remember exactly who
they were. We had some preliminary talk
with them about what was going on here, and
about what was going to be done.
Q. Do you recoilect who it was that you saw?
A. Well, Mr. Shepherd is the only one that l
can remember particularly about; Mr.. A. K.
Shepherd, now the Governor.
@. Waom of these contractors did you see:
A. Indeed could no, tell you, sir; sometimes
they were men that were on the street. about
the ditch, working there, ana presume they
were attached t" it, and stopped to get infor-
nation as went to anil fro on other business in
/ Washington. ...-.
Mr.. Wilson, Ito counsel for the District gov
ernment.) / would be glad to see these bills
before this witness gets through, if you have
them. mean the hills for this pipe that he
i has been .estifying to.
/ BY. Mr.. Wilson: Q. Whom else did you see
beside Governor Shepherd A. do not re-
member distinctly. Some of the gentlemen
saw dill aot then know their names. i saw
they were attached to the work, and stopped
for information on this, that, and t'other point
Q. lam not speaking about the men who
were working about the bitches or the contrac
tors; but, aside from Governor Shepherd, with
whom did you negotiate for the sale Of thi:
pipel A. Myself, personally; did not nego-
t1ate with anybody else, nor with Governor
shepherd.
@. Who finally consummated this sale2 A
My confidential agent at that time, Mr.. Jen
kins, contaminated It under my Instructions.
O.. Have you any letters or papers in connec
ton with this transaction A. | have noth!n!
but Mr.. jenkins memorandum of the price
that were agreed on.
Q. Where is thatl. A. Ihave IL IN my pocket
Witness produces it as fOllows;l
Contract as GuesSSS