National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-27

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for him and 80 had Al1s9 thsloe ald tck pad
Tor Il and had giren reosaye. I ssiA tn 10. Il
I'm very bed conditioa, and I ha0 70 lll Il pess
i've fssf; Il was al hlli & green wntess Tie
superintendent airvelsd n Hrse 70 NJ that VI
and then go ON with the othsfs. I finished thqt
. little below II, and thenI vas ordered to stop.
Q. We're you paid for that work. A: Ycb,
cir.
Q. What amount think Il was u 1909.
Q. Your frm1 A.. Yes, Dir; Riley Clark.
Q. I nud on page l76 Of the report, which
they have furnisSed for 1873, the following e.
penditures Of james A: MAgToder: :. - ~ cssdh
Of the date of October 50, Of el,i5o.so: knY
q CLARK, Rhode Islandsvenu between Seventh
street M New Jersey avenue" Did you Do
sny work upon Rhode Island svenue7 A. Ne,
sir: never IN nv life.
/ q. How far was this lot situated from Rhode
Island avenues A: II does not tooch Il NJ al.
l suppose It b some $50 feet from the corner Of
Rhode Island avenue, and connects with Con
necticut avenue and the corner OF this lot. Tho
lot IL ON Eighteenth street.
Q. Do you know the history Of that lott Do
you know In whose name It was ct that timei
A. Mr.. Evans told me that Dr.. Blake was the
agent Of ia member Of the beard.
Q. Do you know that from any converts
tons with DR.. Blakei A. No, str.
Q. Your only information on that subject
was derived from this party with whom you
conyesedl A. Yes, sir; / DO not know whether
he was agent for the lot, o. whether. he owned
the lot, or anything about Il further than that.
9. Did tho 6rm al Riley q Clarke do any
work whatever on Rhode 1sland avenuei A..
Never. They never did stroke Of work on It.
l read the entire statement from the same re-
1 L. larlr
Rhode Island avenue between Seventh street
and New Jersey avenuep
Q. Did you do any work between these
points for the Board of Public Works. A. NO,
sir; l never did.
Q. Did your partner. A. No, sir. -.
Q. It 10 square 1917 A. Yes, sir; there Is Q
church in It. (The square was here pointed
out on the map BY the witness.)
| Q. How near the church was it-that
is, recorded upon the maps A. Some three Or
four lots between the church and this lot.
By Representative Wilson: q. south Or
north! A. North Of the church!
Q. About how far Cooking at the map) Is 1t
from Rhode Island avenuea A. don't know
whether it don't run back to Rhode Island
avenue-the adjoining lot of Mr.. Shey runs
clear back-whether It docs or not I am not
able to say.
| Mr.. Mattingly. Do you find, Mr.. Christy,
any charge for the work that he says he did
do in Colonel Magruder's reports
Mr.. Christy. Yes, sir.
| Governor Shepherd. Here is the original
voucher.
Testimony!
Mr.. Christy. We Will reserve 1t oy way OF
| argument hereafter.
MIR. Stanton. would be glad II you would
| tell me what the purpose of 1t Is.
Mr.. Christy. Through the carelessness Of
persons in charge. of this work, the charge for
the work was made against property upon the
avenue, which was in no wise benefited. There
was suggestion made that the person In
charge was q member Of the Board Of Public
Works. lexamined the witness far enough to
ascertain that that TACT was not within MS
knowledge from any conversations with DR..
Blake, and l, therefore, claim nothing from
that.
Mr.. Stanton. You do not, then, charge DR..
Blake with having appropriated
Mr.. Christy. No, sir; not at all. I supposed
when he spoke of DR.. Blake that It was on in
formation that he had received from him. l
understand him now to say that 1t was from
Mr.. Evans, and not from DR.. Blake.
Mr.. Stanton. Then no such imputation is
made by yous
Mr.. Christy. Not at all.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. Is this the receipt of
your frms A. Yes, sir.
@, Whose signature Is that A. j. W.
Clark.
Y. ID that signature IN his hand-writtngs A.
Yes, sir; he signed that. Mr.. Lewis j. or L.
Close also signed It. He Is the only engineer
who ever measured It, He is the only engineer
that ever saw about there.
Q. Is this the billl (handing witness paper)
A. think it is. (After examining some fur
ther.) Yes, sir; that is the bill.
Mr.. Christy. would like to see It before you
interrogafe the witness further tn regard to It,
q Have vor stated that vour ORIGINAL con
tract had ref.rencs to1 never had snv
contract; 1 did the work all upon an order Of
~. 800 .s p..,S:. We.,,. f ~ VI
'ne DUaru oi I UNIV "olAs.
Y. NO contract was actually executed, am
aware; but was not there Q contract contem-
piated' ferhaps can refresh your memory,
ITO grade by filling up lots in square lao; also
to mark Rhode Island avenue ON the north aide
between Connectic,,t syenne and Seventeenth
800. S.h.sss =. n..s, s ~ NJ Nr.n.,
A M s;r. that is,he Srs, time ever be.rS th.t
n Hav. von sh W. nr;S;naI orser nrdsr whsch
". nave you Inc orieinai o1ue1 unoss winch
you began the Workf
witness VII % DO you mean On Dr. Blske's iot' or
the lot VI. blake u salo 70 be agent Tor.
Mr.. MQttinply. No. this work have