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Of - street, (between AND -streets,)
-in--he hereby certify that the work en-.
braoed was done under the order.of the Board Of
Public Works, in conformity with the contract
and specifications.
Superintendent.
Dated -, 1873.
spected the work done by d. r. Smith, on the i'm
provement of First street northwest, (from Penn
sylvanla avenue to street, in square -, en-
work was done under the order OF the Board of
Public Works, Contract No. SS4 and find IL cor
rect to quantity and quality, and that the work
has been done and material and labor furnished
as per contract and specifications.
CHAs. r. BARNEY. Asst Engineer.
Dated October q, 1879
Approved October q, 1873.
Engineer Board of Public Works, in charge.
form, aud that the prices are according to con-
tract. and is therefore audited in the sum OF
s3,27l.oS. ]. q. LAY,
Dated December 10, 1878.
By Mr.. Stanton, Ito the witness:) Q. Are all
the vouchers made out in that same forml A.
Yes, sir.
@. Then at the bottom in each case there is
a certificate by the engineer that he has meas
ured and inspected the work so embraced in
the billl A. Yes, sir.
Q. And that 1t is found correct as to quantity
measurements and surveys madel
The Witness. Do you mean these vouchersl
Mr.. Stanton. Yes, sir. A. think the origi-
nais were mostly made by Mr.. Bodflsh, and Mr..
Barney went very carefully over them, and
finally they were signed by Mr.. Cluss, the en-
ginecr in charge.
Q. Most of the certificates, then, are made
by Mr.. Barney! A. Yes, sir.
q. Now, in that other statement respecting
he init a "a ara
in the same form there as to the certificate Of
an engineer, respecting the measurement A.
Yes, sir.
O. Your statement there also, then, is based
upon the record of a measurement by an en-
gineer! A. 1t is.
D. In respect to the avenue, by whom were
most Of the measurements made and certif-
Gates given; by what engineer A. That is
more than can answer correctly, but think
the bulk was made by Mr.. Barney.
By Mr.. Stewart: q. Let me understand you.
You say that these vouchers were made up by
actual survey, and certified to by the engineer
who made the survey A. Yes, sir.
Q. What did you mean when you said that
your statement was made on no survey A.
You will perceive that those vouchers gener-
ally cover a contract; of that there will be only
one portion due to the Government.
Q. Only portion due to the government
A. Occasionally It may be entire, but gener-
ally only portion.
8. Then in making up the statement against
the Government where did you get your data;
where did you get your facts from which to
make iti ..
The Witness. Do you mean ia this schedule
of mine which handed to the committed
Mr.. Stewart. Yes, sir.
A. prepared that from the map, to the best
of my knowledge.
Q. From the map exclusively A. From the
map exclusively, because think it is fully as
correct.
Q. Did you look at anything else in making
up your statement, except the mapl A. Well,
no, strand the voucher of course.
Q. You did look at the voucheri A. To get
the cost; yes, sir.
Q. You looked at the voucher to get the cost
of WHAT A. To get the cost of the Govern
ment portion of that sewer.
Q. You looked at the voucher to see how
much 1t was per footl A. Exactly so; per
foot. -
@. That is what you meant A. Yes, sir.
@. That is the only purpose for which you
looked at the voucherl A. Yes, sir.
Q. Then you ascertained the number of feet
from the mapl A, Yes, sir.
Q. How did you ascertain the number of feet
from the mapl A. BY scaling.
Q. You got the rate per foot-what else; did
you get from the vouchers anything elsel A.
No, sir; ! wanted to get the length, due by the
Government. had to ascertain from the
map. .. ... ...-...
O. How did you ascertain whether the work
had been done at all, or moth A. In most
cases, think, know that the work was done,
from personal observation; but, certainly,
had to rely on the voucher, and the voucher
never would have been given If it had not been
done.
Q. Then you looked at the voucher to ascer-
tain what the cost per foot was, and further to
ascertain whether It had been done all along
in front of square, for instance, that is the
way you didi A. Yes, sir; the voucher gen.
orally gives the limits and the location of the
work, and off that took what was due by the
Government. E..-.-r.r-
Q. Are you certain that the map was correct;
did you ever test It enough to know whether
the map itself was correct from which you
made that statement A. o, the map is cor
rect.
Q. What is the scale of the map that you
worked FRONT A. 1t is not this map; 1t ought
TO be up here.
Q. say what is the scale of your map, A.
Two hundred and fifty feet to the inch. This
one that you see there is 500 feet to the
inch.
Q. It Is q larger map than that A. Yes, sir;
twice as large; but wish you to understand
me in regard to the scale.