Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-18


three reasons; LIST had inefficient m.nasers
. nd employees; ID. In the harry of lavinstbs
| svement Il could not be laid ecouomicaiIs. IA.
he pay Was In certificates. and hal 10 siis-
I ose Of them At = large discount, AL the Wv
from forty 20 niDetv-six on the dollar; pre-
supe one half OF my pay was in certificates.
vi ness explained the manner Of laying the
Evans concrete pavement and said Il cost mon
= % 10 s215 per square yard, has laid pave
ment IN the city which cost HIM - % per foot,
can lay pavement cheaper in New York thsn
! osn N Washington because limestone And
sand are cheaper.
BY Mr.. Stewart.-Connecticut avenue l. a
good pavement, with the exception OF the Sur-
face; there IL nowhere in thai street whsre
there - not AZ least twenty inches OF stone the
surface OF the pavement IL not good. Il ~
.St mSu oS one o. my smployes smsFAbrams,
who believe testified before the Committee
that the connecticut avenue pavement wAsa
BY Mr.. Bass th,nk fully twenty per cent
OF the pavements laid by me IN this cify NJ
need repairing. l would like % add als, tb.t
Il will be repaired. AL OF my contracts AZ.
finished.
A CONTRADICTION.
Mr.. Warden asked permission 70 make state
ment, but was requested 60 wait until the Goa
cluson OF the examination OF Mr.. Chtttendeu.
lie said there Was not one word OF truth la tls
statement concerning him made by Evans.
CHITTENDKN RECALLED.
George X. Chittenden recalled and eNamiNs
by Mr.. BNss..witness recognized the eNPg,-'
receipt given him for the notes sent from CaI-
csgO 10 kiTtsud. The receipt set torta tua
u Wa a valuable package containing papers q
the value OF 500.
9. DO ou expect 20 receive any portion 81
the profits or proceeds OF these notes A. Nbs
one dollar. l know nothing about Mr.. Hpimc.
N relation 10 these notes, the bank OF whisu
Holmes II president hAs gone into liquidation.
BY MIR. Hubbell:-O You state in vour s~oru
statement that the letter You wrote DeGciyer
y Mcclellan concerning the way they were
laying pavement was Substantially cop.
What DO YOU mean by that? 4. The letter wss
made up from memoranda, I did not keep q
copy; l have the memoranda from which IL wAs
made NJ the Arlington.
Mr.. Hubbell-PrOduce that memoranda
The witness will.
By Mr.. Stewart.-The notes we're not paid a.
they came due; Col. Kirkland spoke 10 me About
it some time Ina the autumn Of lsse, the notes
came 10 Chicago TO see Holmes, with whom he
bad negotiated the nOtes; Holmes discounted
the nOtes, Col. Kirkland told me.
-. Ii he discounted the notes and sold them
absolutely, what Was he In Chicago for A 4
suppose be wanted ca arrange about the notss,
II Col. Kirkland II placed on the stand he can
tell VII az became OF those notes.
MIR. Stewart don't know whether he can
or would or Lot.
Witness rcsuming.-Don't know what interest
Kirkland had with the bank regarding tue
10 Washington DE GOlyer aud Mcclellan A.
lowed me 50 cents a square yard . get the con-
tract; used IL a. IL suited me best; thought
with n margin OF 50 cents per square ward
could get along better than without n; Kirkland
claimed TO have inf uence, don't know whether
he had any influence or not; NV dealings sin
him were contingent upon an aWa ard, IL NAV AZ
pear from your stand point that acted foolish.
from mine u was not 70; wanted the contract.
q. Have you any reason % believe that YOU
did not get the contract entirely on the sTgu-
meBtsOi Mr.. Parsons and Mr.. Garfield alone,
A. l can't answer that question; 4 have ust
thought of the subject ln that light. I taink
Kirkland helped me.
.. How? A. lie said that he used his linda
enCei took has word for H. when came here
adOI ted my own methods of securing the con
uaci. whether the arguments made secured The
contract do Lot know, nor 90 know ~ ktrt-
land or Brown could have got II unaided, al L
know u that got the contract all 4 hal q 10
was 10 keep within my allowance OF ~ cents a
yard. ! would have employed anybody Tat
could have got the contract.
BY Mr. Allison:-Q. You say you made con-
tracts with others A. Yes, sir: they were Al
contingent contracts; had arrangements with
Mr.. Page and Mr. Rice.
q. You had these contracts outstanding. AMI
you settled with Kirkland? \ They we're nor
outstanding, because neither OF the t~O could
get the contract within the time named, aud 4
snnulled the contracts; l did not restrict Col.
Kirkland a. 20 time.
.. Why did YOU not deal with Brown aad
Kirkland i'm writing? A. Because I saw them
three times day AZ my hotel.
Mr.. Wilson read a letter written by Chitten-
den 10 NickeTsOn, saying ''Our matter a. nDS iu
such shape Il Is best 70 be exceeding cautious
witness Identified the letter.
q. Can YOU now refresh your recollection aud
tell as about these peculiar surrounding circum-
stances? A. The Information came 70 me that
NickeTsOD was interfering with our arrange
ments and thought II best he should not be over
anxious. think one of nv agents told ne that
had better write o. Nicker-On and advise him
10 be cautious. NIckersOn was interested in he
Samuels irOniZing process.
Q. Where did you write the letter which ap-
pears IN your statement complaining ABOUT tue
DE GOlyer pavement: A. Since 1 came here
g. Who wrote your statement? A. Some
cOPylsts.
Q. Who were they? A. I don't know: the
Higinal was drawn up by myself aud my attJr-
ney Mr. Storrs, my attorney, procured the
q. In one Of your letters TO Huntington, you
state you think your figures win be satisiac
tory TO BIN" what figures do you refer TO: A
l thtUk 70 the cost OF the pavement. That l. it,
price per square yard % the District.
g. Were you not At that time advised thai
the board had already established q schedule OF
prices Tor wood payements? A. 4 was not. Mr.
Huntington al that time was attending 10 nv
AFFAIR.".
MIR. Allison read a letter written BY McClel-
Ian TO Chittenden, advising him 10 shake OF
The 90 between men, aud apply direct 10 the
board.
Q. Whist impression did that letter make en-
you? A. None at all. 1 thought could judge
a. TO the course 10 pursue better than Mr. Nc
Clelsn, who was In Chicago; 1 wss here, and
was the best Judge.
Q. This letter is dated NAV 2sth, 1872. Toto
that time had you made any communication
pavement? A. L do not know; possibly. now
ever, had, with reference 70 the merits OF the
pavement; Mr. Mcclellan calls Brown aud Kurt
land middle men in his letters; 1 simply called
the IN assistants.
kir. AllisOn.-I lind in a letter dated March
Sd, lSi2, from Mcclellan 10 Chittenden, the
words, al hope you are in glowing spirits.
Keep mum; L Ind 10 the best policy" What
was the reason for keeping "mam?" A. Ihaye
not the slightest idea; L suppose he meant, 70
keep my own counsel; never informed Brown
Was negotiating with Kirkland, nor kIrtland
was negotiating with Brown; both, however,
felt an interest in the pavement; Kirkland
knew had the services OF Col Parsons; my
idea was ~ concentrate all influence TO ger the
contract.
q. Explain to thi. committee why you made
no application in person to the Board OF Public
Works. A. thought others could do IL for me
quite as well; / thought Brown could aid a.
well, and perhaps do better than 1 could my
self; went with my counsel before the board
when Col. Parsons IN .de his argument; Brown
WAS also there; can't remember when the argu-
ment was made; spent nearly all my time ina
the city at the Arlington; saw Kirkland there
two or three times day; he came TO my room,
and went to bis.
Q. With whom was he in communication in
regard TO this work? A. DO not know. saw
him once in conversation with Mr.. Page. 40
not know with whom ne dealing. IL nos
occurs TO me that one day SIR. NickersOn, Mr.
Mcclellan and myself did 90 TO the Board Of
Public Works and speak of our treatment NJ