National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-01
q 5ssTEE A. BARTLETT.
Lester A. Bartlett sworn.

Lester A. Bartlett sworn.
BY Mr.. Stanton: Q. Were you present at the
meeting called by the Board of Public Works
December II, 1871, of the persons who had
bids for work. A. Twas.
Q. II is stated in the 4th and 9Th specinca.
lions under the first charge of the memorialists
that some persons were excluded from the
room on that occasion. State your remem-
brance as TO that fact. A. could not state
whether there was any one excluded or not;
but my remembrance of the fact is that tho
doors were open, and that the contractors, and
any one who chose, might 60 in or out.
Q. Persons were going in and coming out all
the While1 A. Yes, sir.
Q. You did not see anything 10 indicate It was
not public meeting, to which everybody had
free accessl A. There was no door-keeper and
nothing TO indicateit.
Q. Have you any remembrance as to the rates
fixed by the board on the part of the contrac-
torsl A. know there was q general dissatis-
faction.
Q. For what reasonl A. The contractors all
considered the prices too low. know there
was great deal Of talk among them. Some Of
them expressed the opinion that they could not
do work for that. One or two made speeches
to the beard to TIA. saset; ] think GoyeEpor
slh.spReYI tod th>t..I tney must remember these
prlees were established upon a cash basis; that
they were TO receive cash, and that heretofore,
under the city gobernmert, they had to sell
their naPer Il DISCOUNT: aud the board pro-
posed Is bay cash, and for that reason they
could afford to do the work at q less rate than
they could have done heretofore.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. You have received cash,
in all instances, for your work. a. ! am sorry
to say have not. al -
LS2 What bass you received A. I have been
paId il cash, in sewer certificates, and in Board
Of Public Works certificates.
Q. Are you still holding any Of those GER
tifcatesl A. / am holding some, aud some
have had 10 sell; some have been sold for me
on account of my inability to take up my
notes.
Q. How long is It since you have had any
money from the hosrdi A. 1 think it was Ger.
tainly after the last appropriation.
Q. March, 1871 A. 1 was thinking 1t waS
along in January.
o. The Aptf6priation of the sth January
1872 A. guess that was the appropriation
Q. Have you had any, money, excepting
Der. It was one Of az. :R !I,,:sStt5prlaiIoas.
~ 9. Wbs amount of certificates are you ho!a
~ nowl
au litor's certificates
Mr.. Wilson. / want both.
A. Well, my sewer certificates think the
are all sold with the exception, perhaps, Of TEL
thousand.
O. What is the amount paid for those certif
Gates in this city, A. About 65 cents,
think.
O. Now, what amount of auditors certiG
Gates do you hold A. Something in the neigh
borhood Of one hundred Thousand dollars.
O. What are they worth in this markell A
think about IS cents.
Q. You are constructing the Tiber Cree
sewerl A. Yes, sir.
O. Do YOU know what Is the whole amour
ofwork that you have done since the LIST G
January lasti A. We have not done but yer
little; / could not tell exactly-perhaps thre
hundred feet.
O. What price arc you getting for putin
down the Tiber Creek seWerl A. We &c
$3.50 foot.
o. And furnishing all naterisli A. Yei
sir: and doing all the work and making all Tn
excavations to width. II there are caves, sue
as you saw the other day, OF any importance
of course we expect to have extra eompensa
ton for them. The estimate for that work
founded upon the engineers statement,
about IS feet in width, think, and so man
feet in depth. Anything that should cav
beyond that we are to receive extra compensa
ton for.
o. What is the actual width of your excays
toni A. The actual width Of the foundatio
is 80 feet think, and slopes out IS feet at tn
top, think.
Q. What caves beyond As feet you clair
extra fort A. think 1t Is As feet. The en-
eineer's statement will show that, upon xhic
the contract was based,
0. For what length did you get paid $3.50
foo.i A. For the whole length.
Q. What is its lengthi A. / guess It /
about forty-five hundred feet
Q. What is the deepest excavation on tina
seweri A. Thirty-seyen feet; but that is onl
in the hill at one point.
By Mr.. Thurman: Q. Where does this sewt
begini A. At street and North Capt.
street.
Q. Then your work is all on North cspit'
street, A. Yes, sir.
O. Yon have not the contract northwest
North Capitol street, A. That is in the Adam
contract, Adams contract empties INTO ours
North Capitol street apd 0 street.