National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-23


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- Te 49,. " ~. ~ ~. 80 a., :.
showing 70 congress the amount that was que Tue
- - - $40. ~. so - uone " s.'
q + +hs..,. 80 u'e 80 ~ AZ. ,,,r-
80 r. ,.h,sh I, 49, asa, We. sir -
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| o. I want ycu to take this report Of 1879 and
lion 70 s !, nv Ptrss. Circle Won
have heard ~ that nIacss = A1l(lb yes. that
Is famiI;sr ~ me- P - ~
q. You find charge made there cf i a1a
soSsra ysr5s If h,scI e, Ssevs,,,so,, Ne. 81 :
| ID. Was n the-e ,-hs,, 80, T,sde that's At
nresnn,e so. iSi 20. ~. ,l,s,a 4, ,vorid mot he
entered her, " I" - nv 80 - "e w y
q n M s., q, ,v.s 49,, A. 7 IA bo,is,,.s
Il was there. n h was No. tbere Il would NOT 10
entered 49, = = 80 49,,
/ a W., 80. ,hs,, a1a, ,rd.sa. ana ,h.,s
"a orest a., ~ !, ,here - "-N 49, -
| - 0eWs,i 49,, - $3.50, T. a.. ,h.t
nayement vss tbers e hsca,,se y6,, erd !, IN
That Accounts a No s;r- k1osv there "a
ma cement there now - = - - 80
n VIZ. = ths, no,.r,sr., !. r,,,, $3.50
t,eth street mon p stroat n xrsa n-esn,na
nartiy around tba. CIRCLE - 40 f'''o'
pHor You saT there t was mart Of !. around tina.
crcei A. fdo 'i Re 1as know that
this amonnt mnss. have hcen tbere becs,,sa n
was 40 measnred at The time a oooJ manu-
/ changes have token nlaee where 6rick nayc,
ment has been taken nm and ssnhaIt spbsti-
trted :. - r.
o. Now. Won VIM find 1 $50 feet of sewers
CHARGED there do Won mott Al So. and i
guess YOU win find ali that there too. - :
. o. Was that there then when Won made ont
thai accounti A I have not e,,t ANYTIME tn
do With rnaI-ing n,,fs tbis Iaxo tn;r;,c, M,
This is notI - ''..- N - - > -" :
o. That ia the account that Won made ont
against the United States for the purpose of
getting the appropriation A. Yes, sir; see
t Is. I thought it was an estimate. - rs
o. Well. now. I ask YOU the question: was
that sewer there when YOU made out that &C
COUNT A. That sewer was around the circle,
and in connection with Il.
Q. You say it was therea A Yes, sir; if 1t
was not on the ground It would not be down
here. ',-- > - .
o. Exactly: I understand YOU. Now, turn
to page 4s, Scott statue. See if you find lot
of brick payement there, Was that brick pave
ment there when YOU made out that account
A. Well, think the brick pavement was, and
| II is there now, too.
o, You think that brick pavement was there
when that account was made QUIT A. do,
sir,
| q. And YOU think Il is there now, do youi
| a..
o. What is your reason for thinking it-be-
cause you find 1t in that account A. No;
know the brick pavement was laid there
| o. Now look st the circle at P and Thirteenth.
Do you find there 6,6S3 square Yards of wood
rayemepti A. find asphalt pavement here
Q. Do you find that amount Of wood pave
ment there9 A. No, sir: / find cess square
yards of asphalt.
O. Let me look at it. A. 1t is asphalt that
Is laid there.
Mr.. Merrick. Here is the report of 1872. It
! is written sWood nayement-P street circle
and Thirteenth street. at $780, 0'
Mr.. Wilson. In this book 1t is asphalt
The Witness. It is asphalt that Is laid there.
By Mr.. Wilson: O. There was not any wood
payement there at the time 1t was madel A,
No. sir: It is asphalt that is there. ..
The witness, after having been informed that
he had been looking in the wrong place in the
book, was asked: ..
o. Was there any wood pavement ever laid
there2 A, Not that know of,
o. Was there any concrete there at that
time? A. Yes sir.
o. Look at Farragut souare-0l616 square
yards of fageing"-do you find that A. Yes,
| sir. that is ali right,
B. Was there any laid there at the time that
was madei A. Yes, sir; presume that was
there. Ell.
o, Do YOU saw IL was theref A. cannot
say; of course it is charged here, and it must
have been there, and done at the time. do
not recollect ANYTHING about II now.
O. Now look at page 40, "City Hall Reser-
vatiou," see if you find on Fifth Street, 81 1888
square yards of brick pavement" A Oh, that
is an error
O. You find it there, do youi Aldo.
Q. Do you find 4,216 square yards of con-
crete pavement A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you ind ,443 yards of parkingl A.
do.
Q. And 1,240 square feet of copingl A. Yes,
sir.
=. And ,loO OF seWeri A. Yes, ST.
Y; was any Of that zone At the time you
MADE out that account A. The work that
was done there Wss done on u and Fourth
street,
Y. was any OF tnat zone When you mace out
that account a. There is an account Tor e
anu On account ior fourtn steeet-there Is
something wrong SPOUT TINS.
Y; was any OF That uone at the Time you
[nsae our una. account 40 you NOT Know r II Is
not eone 10 Inns Sayi "a. know tnaL rIitn
street Is not done; out there Is some confusion
suOut T III. tLas VS. " an r,n, n.
Y. Inst was not aonei a. on flith street II
was 1 n1s a1ne, ,o,o - .,,, H., NJ
Y. Anu Is noe aone W slis usy, a. w, slri
no- 10 ~ 80 " NoiOn'i SHAlAo vi
any oIner person. mn
" am noS .aihus ao0u' 'na'' Aha' "ae
Governor sbenbsrd II ,os an estimate N
subr,it IN the Gdvarnmant
NJ wilson II Won iooI at thu hood ~ I,
,,o, viii snd tb,; ro,, sav tbot a. poarS ~
Pnb,;c WarIs has done the worr and want tbe
rooraS
q look ot Ohio avenue and ace ~ va, And
% roo yor5s of wool navement nago b0 A
D 1oTS Se tSst !. s ~ p1s' w. a.
PS W, A. tha. tSoro yos s;-
you nna Iaat t sS rae, a. YES VS.. SIR
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