National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-02

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v. want you 70 state tne iact AND nos tne
reason, 4 want 70 snow tnat trees Dave pesh
cnaIeeo as . t1ee Price, N al instances,
sssinss p.opsIsy -noioeEs, anu yes sNely ~ Iess
ul1erence ansne varieties and qualities plan5 go;
sr. aallnson. Inat Y an argumens,. ~ ~
your qusse,on; yeu aasea VIVA. you Ean.sS ~, -
snom. ASK MN distinctly Wnat you "hnt hiln
70 s.a,s y,rss,J ~, s,,...a, ~. .h.r,,sa
sne sane prices LOT trees WHOM leisrenc1 ~
me Cue, 70 the bos,d OF rup ,n woIA 49,,
nave charged notnng. We nase s s.npd
ss rs tnas anliofin pi'ee' W sna's
l'I D. me .fe x5- W.; $40. No. s,,rer,n-
,.n9s1 th,e hns;nsss ,,srsonsi rS ss udsr-
sta~Ss aJ ba,s ssSs1, n cood deal of per-
sonsI a.te;,.;on nv 'l - - Ta5sl
70 H.. s,n,, .,t,,.,,v snrertntep5ed the
,sn,,n m W trses IN ais citvi A. No. sir.
f' a Y9n - have onIv recommended scheme
.n9 Mani And seer, that the trees were
nSs a., 1shss y;s,tsd the vorkrnen every
Az, ~hsn Srort vas eoin0 on : - - :
Nv M. Cbristv: q. You sneak Of sodding,
and state this: that II done according to the
snecihcations of the board, so cents . square
ward would not be an unreasonable price.
Have yo,, given the matter Of LAYING the sod
arv sttentton, have Won observed the soddine
done for the Board Of Public Worksl A. Yes,
Sir. :,
q. state the uiaces where YOU have seen these
specffcatiops complied with in this city. A.
Around the Botanical Garden.
b q. ANY place eisei A. On some of the streets
leading from there.
o. What streetsi A. Maine avenue, think,
In mart, 1 did not see It all.
: 8. Any other street or avenue, A. No, /
could not name any other street where they
have been. NV memory would not serve me
as TO that. :, yr.z
O. As to Maine avenue, Won say that you
saw the plans complied with; that Is what you
saw-six inches Of dirt and eight inches Of
loan placed under the sod two inches deepi A.
NOT ebtifeiy. IN part.
O. what pa-ts Of II did Won observe. or part
of it2 A. Near the gardens. opposite the
square, nesr -Four and aehalf street.
%, Then. YOU only sneak positively of the
soSSing aro y the BotsnicaI Garden and ia a
small portion on Maine avenue, that is near to
the Botanical Gardenl A, Yes, ar. could
not sneak nositiyeiy e. N Maine ayenne
q. n not this tbe fact. that vonr general oh
seryation teaehes Won that the speei6cations
have been disrecaraed2 A. think thew have
NOT been comniied with.
q. 10 Won know how the plantinp of the
trees = maid forNwbetber thew are nisnted by
tha iIav,s vvork1 Dav,s u,orir en.irelv
RV NJ Wilson. o + have Hooked az vour
renort of vonr marking commission for is7o
and for 1873 both. and Through the Goyernor's
answer and cannot And "A .any Mace
snv statement' as 10 what this tree onera-
Hon has cost Have Won kent anv acconnt as
20 wh.t :. has cost, I've di5 mot the
BOARD of Public Works attended to that
matter : : - ! -1-0-| =
l q n won know wbstbsr the Ros-a os pnh.
l,c Works Eent snv acconnt Of the cost of these
trass, Tbev Tent an accnunt of the rnan,s
time: Il is kept regularly where thew are at
vorf :
q This noatter of the cosr of trees tt
A irhitrary. entirelv arbitrarv
q Ts not HAT a IittIs sort III fancy sketch,
sirS a Not a b,t N n sir '>'
@. How Iarpe SIRE those holes ding, A. We
tooG a rore ya-i Of ,nsterisi
a IN fbe first nIace- Won took mn the nave-
,,sn,i a Az yes s t.S'' ''0 sA W 'A' paw
y Tben Won dusr ont the holes and cartad
ausv the dirtS EYes sir. tbe All, here Is verv
moor -" ~ =
n understand that. Now 7 notjca IN yo,,r
s.sfen,ent that Won read here a n,oment 400
that Won CHARGED 40 cents for LAYING that nave
r,c,,t dosrn ssrain With The hyict al r.
reoSy 20 nor, 6and Is not n a. a li,tio .taer,S
A Ido MT tbinl- n is :
o h Won th;nl, that &c, ce,ts "a a reasonable
nrice Tor Iayinc down a yard of nsyeroent a nd
he br;cts ali f,rn;shedt a Won have ~ M nav y
= b,oh, ,rice Cor tha hrtctIs,e, snd tbs byict-
Iox ar ovQr fr0ta f1r[ t1oN-
-. a 7 nas;ce here tbat.. the b;ls }nr ,,,,ttirer
down h,icE naven,ent ana T,rnjsb;no The br;cS
q onlv IN cents . sono-s yard3 A Yss. hut
tou nsn % I.v sansrs nard oncteT ,b.n von
can mt an edoi19 on Won have cot tn br AZ
vo,,r brscL '&N
O. That ia vour estimate as 70 the nrice9 A.
Va sir. reosrJ n as very reasonable aIvovs
rsnIaced If thew die. For instance Won NAV
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three times. If horse drives over the tree
hoy that has to he renlaced' and n Is no further
oI1sn Dsa ~ tbs ~ n-n,,eItySoids- " 10 ~
X M tree o,abt m AZ if r. "a r1.n,ad &c
Won nlsnted yonSs herei A Oh. YES n will
with the best physicians. people die. and as
with them so WITH trees -
By Mr.. Thurman: o. How deep is the ex-
cavstioni A Two and one,balf ~ three saet
Nv MI. Wilson: o. have one word further
I see Won have CHARGED s13. 2s6 for trees and
hores an Massschnsetts avenne and want IN
know whether tbev will grow and make IL me
most magnifcent avenue In The world If
they are caref,,Iiv attended N after thew are
PLANTED. and we have a good class of' citizens
fifvino IN II. because thaf is one of the great
troubles. with low proereries and such
nIaces We cannot keen trees alive 10 save onr
sonIs That IA the grestest troublr We have
Gentlemeu who kee5 mean liouor of any kini.
It acts on the trees 50 as to XIII them at once.
trees on mssssebuset,s av n s"ss an Amsr
lean linden.
O. Is that what the common peonle call the
linn treei A. The linn treeWthe basswood'
By M. Wilson: q. That avenue has been
selected as being the plaee TO nut these linden
trees onl A. Yes. sir
q. Are those REGARDED as the most extensive
treel A, THEW are q yery ernensive tree. slow
10 Get m To a proper beiSht. =. :
q No Won think Won can nlant then at AZ a
pieeel A. Yes. sir. -
o. wby can Won not plant the cheaper trees
at a pood deal less pricei A. We were To give
a Recommendations that would be general,
o. II YOU were to plant In front of nv Drop
erty a trae that "a worth a ouarter of a dolIar
and in front OF Senator Thurmsn,s property 4
tree worth a dollar and a Quarter, II would not
be- fair to charge me the same price YOU ala
him. would itl "A. Well, YOU see. YOU only nav
for one-sixtb. as / uuderstaud-
o. II does not make any difference whether
pay for one-sixth or pay for the whole, In the
view take of III A. When that IA divided Il
comes 10 be a small matter.
o. But Won know these drops mako nm an
oceanl A. That is true, and the object ihad
In view was To pet these trees osrsfnIlv ~
tended to and well planted.
d. You wanted to get everything maenia-
GENTLY fixed up here3 A. Yes, sir; that was