National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-27

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Q. When Was b finally executedi A: Z
elAltted one signature 6n the contract, which
Vays about msuaA ego.
9. DID You sign your own name to any par
Of tbs confrsetl A. dgncd Il In three places
. the best Of my belief.
a. I signed 4 once about q month ago.
q. And also Won furnished surety about
monkh ago, who likewise signed III A. In
ouroty was furnished about three months ago.
, Q. How many sureties are there upon you
bondi A. Two.
M. Mattingiy. Does not the bond show 70
ftselfl am speaking Of the surety for anothe
Sovaver. for the reason that this witness state
Gnent as to the date of execution differs frou
the statement In the bond, a. ! understand 4
b. Where Is the bond? $500.
Mr.. Christy. Attached to the contract.
reuslemen desire we VIII have the contrac
produced. But We are not now attacking tn
contract to that extent.
Mr.. Msttingly. Go ON IN your own way.
G. DO understand you TO say that you like
I signed my name 10 1t about q month ago, bu
I should have done It.
Q. Did your sureties sign-did one Of ths
eureties upon that bond sign at the same TINT
with YOURSELF A. No, sir. nm.
Q. Did he sign It after or before you did! A
He slghed it some time before l did
Q. How long beforei A. was absent HOE
the city, and
o. Did Won make any arrangement with him
: to sign that bondl A. gave gentleman
power of attorney to see it done.
O. But not to him? A. No, sir.
By Senator Stewart: Q. What was YOU
contract A. Three-foot brick sewer on Tenth
street commencing at 4.
Q. How large contract A. The sewel
eyas about ZOO feet in length, Il included Q
pipe sewer on G street, between Four and-a
bali and sixth south, on the Island; and alst
Q pipe sewer on Ohio avenue, between Thir
tecnth and Fourteenth streets.
@. What did the whole amount toa A. The
whole amount Of the contract, think, wal
about $9O, 900.
> Q. Have you performed the contract! A
No, cir. 1t is only partially performed.
@. 1t is not performed vet! A. No, sir.
pipe is finished. The brick portion was de
isyed on account of water. There was no out
let.
By Representative Bass: Q. Do you know
the number-she date of the award A. No
sir, do not.
BY seustor Stewart: Q. Did you commence
before or after the award was madel A. After
che award was made.
9. Is there . regular price for sewerage! A
Yes, sir, 1 believe there is.
Q. Have you got your paya A. No, sir but
I have had an advance on it in certificates.
@. Does that advancement equal or exceed
the amount Of work dones A. That is about
twenty per cent. less than the actual amount Of
work done.
Mr. Harrington. L. your bondsman, Mr.. Sui
Hvan, real estate owner here! A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much real estate has he got In his
own nsmel A. / believe he is worth about
10000.
@. He is simply security for the performance
OF that contract A. He IL.
Mr.. Christy. What length of time are you to
keep that Improvement in repaira Will you let
me see the contract
Witness. It q stated in the contract, but do
not remember what It was.
THE contract was here handed counsel.]
Mr.. johnson, the clerk. The time is stated In
the contract to be one year.
@. What disposition did you make ofthe Ger
ti6cates! A. ! have them yet in my posses
sioa.
Q. And under your controls A. Yes, SIR.
By Representative Bass; Q. Is hatthe proper
contract number 608i A. do not know the
humber of the contract.
Q. see It Il marked in the Governor g
apswer, ''the work being abandonedp A. No,
Sr.
@. That Is Q mistakea A. Yes, SIR The
work was delayed or stopped on account Of the
weather.
By Representative Wilson: Let me ask you
question. With what sewer is this sewer in
tended to connect A. 1t connects with the r
street sewer.
Q. Docs your contract require connection
with that seweri A. 1t does In order to make
tho sewer available.
Q. But are you to construct the sewer until
Il does connect with the R street sewerl A..
That was left to my option. At the time the
Inward was made it was supposed the contractor
would be up before, and had tools and men
ready to 90 to work to make the connection;
bht he was delayed, and I went to work with
catch up In few days. He did not catch up
6ptil few weeks ago. r. -...
Q. Where did this work Of yours commence?
A. At the corfer Of R and Tenth streets.
@. And where does it extend to? A. 1t runs
Q. On what street! A. Tenth, and then runs
up to Fourteenth.
Q. Your sewer begins then at the < street
9. And your work begins ct the R street
eeweri A. Yes, sir.
Q. 30 that there is no space between the ter
Wination of your sewer and the R street sewer
that Is stul to be contracted for by somebody
hlse, or built by somebody elsei A. No, sir.
Q. When your sewer is completed there will
be Complete sewerage In connection with the K
Atr6et sewer7 A. There will.
ing Of this contract that you went to New York!
a. Yes, sir.
70. How long did you remain absent7 A.
was there about q month.
Q. Was the work progressing during your
ebsencei A. 1t was part of the time.
Q. Under whose direc;ioni A. Under fore
mans.
TESTIMONY OF v. RILEY.
. W.T.. Riley sworn. Examined by Mr.. Christy.
Q. Where do you residei A. On Eighteenth
street, between L and NJ streets, First ward
@. How long have you resided In the city of
Tsshingtoni A. Since 1895.
I 9. What has been your business during that
times A. Most of the time I was q soldier
during 1858 here, and was discharged in 1857,
and have been employed on the Government
grounds up to the 18th Of last June, under
General Michler and General Babcock.
9. What has been your business since then
since you left the seryicei A. was contract
Ing around the city.
Q. You may state first regarding any matter
the removal of material on street
In front of Fsrrsgut square, to your knowledge.
A. think sometime in the spring Of ~ Yves
ordered up there by Mr.. Brown, the superip-
tendent, that 10 the assistant superintendent
under General Babcock, to cut Rhode Island Az
enuc through Farrasut square, or Connecticut
avenue through it; and the morning We started
In the District teams drove up and took the
material away from the south side Of the
SQUARE. While We were standing talking, Mr..
Charles Z. EysDs' teams came up, and Captain
Foote was in command Of them, think; the
party that was there, and little man by the
name of Lewis, l think he called him, came up,
and they talked there Q little while, and then
a one armed man, Captain they called him, in
charge of the District teams, stood and talked
a little while with them when some one pro-
posed to go and get drink, who 1t was can
not say. When they came back the District
teams, the Board Of Public Works teams went
of in the direction Of Tweaty-frst street; they
said they had some hauling to do there. Mr..
Evans teams then turned in and tore up the
bricks, curbing and tagging and carried them
away, and also took good sand that was
there, four or five inches Of It, and carried It
away in the direction Of G or F street below
The avenue. do not know what street It went
to, but heard them tell some of them IN m IN