National Republican., 1874-05-09


,ly! A, Until quite recently; yes, sir.
@ Now, assessments have already been MAJ
on Massachusetts avenue, have they not! 1
L thiGk not beyond thS circle.
Q. Looking at the report of 1873, find thi
they have assessed the squares out to the en-
of the street. l see that squares 66 and 61 al
6embraced in the assessment of Massachuset
avenue. Look at the report, if you pleas
and think you will find it so. 1t will be foun
ut page 152. You notice squares 66 and 67 a.
embraced in the assessment A. l observe it
O. Sixty-six, 81, and 81 and 95, also, you wi
find them bn the map which | hand to you
A. (After sxaGaiuing the Rap.) Well, SUI
pose that the assessor made one assessment
the whole street, the bulk Of the work bein
done. 1t has been done since / was vice pres
dent of the board, .-,.
O. The grading, however, at the time ths
was done, had been done there? A. Well, tina
is a question that caRnot answeS,
Q. Well, they have been grading there unit
quite recentlyi A. They have been grading Q
Twenty-second street, filing Twenty-seeoa
. street, making the grade of TweDty-secoD
street to conform to Massachusetts, avenue.
Y. The carriage pavement is not laid there
a. 1t is not laid beyond the circle, DO yo'
Q. Is IT. A. 1t is laid a part Of the way be
yond the circle. 1t is laid up to Twentietl
street. There are two squares yet to be done.
Y. And the footways are not thcre4 A. No
sir.
@. How did they ascertain how to- make Al
assessment on Massachusetts, avenue until 4
was complettedl A. Well, it was very cas-,
Ito ascertain; all you have got to do is to meas
'ture the number Of yards Of paving IL woul(
take to pave it, and the number of yards o
tootwalks. You can tell exactly what it Woul(
cost. They estimated it into the assessment 81
as to make the assessment for the whole lin
4.of the street.
@. Do you know whether that has been dom
5n this instance or not A. do not; pre-
ssumeit has, however.
e.. Q. Who has that contract out therei A
That / cannot tell you.
@. Did you urge upon the District Leeisla-
rture the passage of that sewer billi A. / did
Q. Did you send to any of the members Of
the District Legislature and personally inter-
'cedewith them to get them to vote for this
.billl A. I think l spoke to most of them
yes, sir.
Q. Did Won make any promises to any OF
them in order to induce them to vote for the
billa A. did not. Several of them wanted
-promi>es, but there were none made.
Q. Senator Thurman yesterday interrogated
s you in regard to the indebtedness of the city
that had been-contractcd. find, in looking at
your answer on page AGA, the statement, 'cer-
'tificates issued in the prosecution of special
Improvements done under contracts 81, 294
O94.f7, and for special improvements outside
OF contracts, including material furnished, not
included in measurements, s., ,665, ,460.04; and
on account of miscellaneous expenditures other
than special Improvements, and payable by
special appropriation, 81 ,S29 ,0l025, making a
total of Sl6, ,275, ,46G.i3." Then turning to page
1863 6nd that Mr. Lay, as auditor, gives the
net cost of improvements under contract paid
as follows: By certificates issued to con-
tractors, S1O,S96, ,005.4l; by property issued,
81 ,S9S OS9 90, making total of $l2 294 ,0944
the amount that gave you at first. He then
states that there is due on account of unsettled
and incomplete contracts $500, 600; is that in
tended to represent the cost of all the contracts
up to the date of this reportl A. presume it
Isl yes, sir.
9. Then, if understand you, there has
been paid out on account of contracts some
thing over Sl6, 900, 900; is that correctl If it
.is not, / wan: to get the correct amount. A.
The 4G4th page gives you complete state
ment of it-total amount of certificates of set
tlement issued, 81, ,546, ,654 90, and the items
are all given there. Then 1t gives for the fol-
Towing purposes, giving the details of them.
Q. have left out.of my statement what you
paid out on account Of expenses and pay of
employees, &C, and ON account of water fund,
1870, ,077.G5. Then the S17, ST, ,654.09 show
the cost of the improvements A. No, sir !;
that shows other things You will notice one
item there on account Of miscellaneous expend-
iturcs other than special improvements, pay
cludes building market-houses, and things of
that kind.
Q. What want to get at is your statement
Of the cost of these improvements that have
been made by the Board of Public Works. A.
I think you will find that in that upper state
meut-the statement about the middle of the
page-"total amount of expenditures on ac-
count of Improvements, SIS, ,652, ,6S5 .25." That
he gives as the total amount Of expenditures
on account OF improvements.
@. have the register of the auditors Ger
tifcates Of the Board of Public Works, which
gives the grand total of certificates issued at
SIS, ,l12, ,999.2O if the footings are correct, and
they are made by some of the clerks of the
board. take it for granted they are correct.
A. Up TO what date is thatl
Mr.. Wilson. 1t is up to the 23d of April,
1871.
A This (the awards) is up to the 2sth Of
February, 1874. Mr.. Lay is there; he can
probably explain it to you.
Mr.. Wilson, Ito Mr.. Lay.) This is just the
aggregate amount up TO that date? A. Yes,
sir; that is the aggregate amount up to that
date.
Mr.. Wilson Ito Governor shepherd.) Are
you familiar with this recordl-( referring to
book.) A Well, l am familiar with it mas
much as | know what it is; but am not ia
miliar with the details of it.
Q. Does this record contain any certificates
other than those that were issued on account
OF improvements! A. That, as / understand
It, contains all the certificates issued by the
Board of Public Works since the date of its
organization.
Q. What does the auditor of the Board of
Public Works issue certificates forl A. For
work done under the Board of Public Works.
Q. For anything else2 A. think not.
@. That would show, then, that there have
been certificates issued up to this date, on ac-
count of work done by the Board of Public
ofo = -
statement.
Q. That seems to be what this shows Now,
what amount of appropriations have been
made in all on account of improvements A.
] can have you a statement made up. / can
not tell you just at this moment.
Q. In the first place you had an approprla-
tion Of 100000, had you notl A. Yes, sir.
First, you can put down the 81 coo 900 900 loan.
The S2N,OOO in bonds was in anticipation of
the 81 100000 loan and taken out of it, and
was part of it, virtually.
Q. What was that made for! A. To make
good the deficiency in the 81 600 900 loan in
money.
Q. But that only made the 81 4,OOo, 900 stiIll
A. Ii only made Sl,0OO,GO0 in money-S4,2 ,240,
900 of appropriation.
Q. Yes; but you had only 81 ZOO, 900 of
money! A. II was an appropriation of "a, 600,
900 absolutely, but the bonds did not bring
that
". Exactly, ana Lnen a1terWarQ you maze II
up TO 81 ,OO0, 600 by the $40 900 appropriation
A. Yes, sir; but it was an appropriation of
S4,eOO, 900. If you are going to treat it as an
appropriation, you will have to treat it in that
way.
Mr.. Stanton. In money resources to the
board, the two laws together made up 81, 900,
,oOO
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Exactly; that is what l
want to get at. There was first an appropra-
tion of 81 ,0OO, ,O00l 4. Yes, sir.
Q. But that "a 900 900 was put in the shape
of Londs negotiated at discount, and there was
subsequently an appropriation of $240, 900, in
order to make up that deficiency A. Yes, sir;
to make it up in money.
Q. So that you really had, in money, an ap
preparation of a 200. 600, although you had the
two appropriations, one of a 900 900 and the
other of S24O,O00l A. Yes, sir.
Q. What other appropriations were there?
A. An appropriation Of $560, 900 to reimburse
the board for certain outlays.
Mr.. Stanton, Ito Mr.. Wilson.) 1 think you
will probably find some of these ppiopriations
on page 42S of the testimony, the answer fled
to the second and succeeding charges up to the
18th. That ought to be reduced, however, by
the appropriation of S240,0OO, or whatever it
was; it went in TO make up the 81 900 600.
Mr. Wilson. ] will get at that point.