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M. Herrsck. sHas n M not 6oen the prac.
tice 70 make these assessmepts without respect
70 the particulsr Character Of the improve.
mental
Governor Shepherd. No, sir: I think this d
the onlv ipstsuce TO which nv attention haa
been called,
By Representative Wilson. Q. Do you know
how the balance Of the street was psvedi Il
seems that there were two or three dtdereni
kinds Of pavements put down on this street,
A. Yes. sir.
@. Yes. A. A understand It there an
two -cobblestone and Belgian block
three contracts.
q. Was there any difficulty IN regard to the
assessments where the Belgian block was put
DOWN. A. None that have ever heard Of
There was difficulty between the Belgian bloch
and our pavement-that 10 to say, in the space
intervening between Tenth and Fourteenth
Mr.. Phillip6 owns ground On the corner o.
Fourteenth and @; his work was done by Tally
and the second contract, between Tenth and
Fourteenth-he came to me when he heard that
l had had corrected bill, and asked me how
got it-how did I proceed about it3 told hin
what statements we had made: We had writer
letter to the board :
Representative Hamilton. You needn't repeat
that.
Witness. I told him that Wheeler had told
me that in consequence of these three contract,
having been connected, and an average taken
that is, as they had reduced our bill between
Fourteenth and fifteenth, they must necessarily
make up the whole amount Of money that the
street cost from Ninth to fifteenth added on to
the bills between Ninth and Fourteenth: and
told him that I would advise him not to try tc
get his bill reduced, because there would be
another bill sent to him, of course, increasing
his instead of decreasing.
Gov. Shepherd. l simply state that that wa
done, and happen to know it, because was /
sufferer, for It increased nv assessment, back
of my store, o. Q foot-$8 and something, in.
stead Of wha. Il was. - lE- - :.
Witness. Mr.. Phillips didn't take my advice,
but he went down to see the board and got q
reduced bill, also, which he showed to meebe.
tween Tenth and Fourteenth. :.
Mr.. Christy. desire to have procured the
contract under which the work upon this
square was done.
The Chairman. Cobblestone contract
Mr.. Christy. Yes, sir. The point We make Is
that this was Q separate and distinct contract
with different contractor, 90 that there was
ing.
Governor Shepherd. will lust call attention
to the minutes of the board In regard TO this.
GReads as follows:1
Whereas errors appear to have been mad
vertently committed with assessment of C street
north, between Ninth and Fifteenth streets
west, made October, 1878: therefore be It
Resolred, That the assessment above referred
to be Cancelled, and new ones made out, and
that the bills delivered under the old assess-
ment be recalled and new ones issued in con-
formity with the assessment Of this date. page
LTD, journal B, November Is, 1872
By Representative Bass: Q. You found the
audited biili A. No, sir; Mr.. Windsor found
the audited bill. ,r... .r.. g.. ID
Q. Did you make new estimate to ascertain
whether your corrected assessment was in con-
formitv with the bill A. audited Nv the hosrfi
W. =, "a md. . c.IcnI.t;9n IVA a.
a. ia, " we m.ue . cxicuataon. we nno
that; as Ior the grazing dion't allow any
grading; the audited bill, understand, calls
for 100 feet can't see where thew rot Il. I
w.6e a c.lcnlation Ihsve sIlovca Z eiA 4 q
..,.s. r.rds 81 ro.dvav A. ..rsrts-a,r -.
per square yard. understand the contractor
got seventy.
O. I simply a K Il qu .stion: You ascertained
what the audited bin wssi A. Yes, Sir. $1,000
linen s so you ,S yoo made new cal
cuis.on y " no~ Iucn w. ss.1ssment ougnt
to be upon the basis Of the bill Is actually
vas srbsta ntiaIlv cornectV < M sir A.
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corung W tne corfeeseo oAil nno tnas VIC are
charged TOO mucn.
30 O. / want to know whether or not after
vour examination Won made n eomnutsfion IN