National Republican., 1874-05-16

! $62, 1854 as dehited to that avenue There wal
charged the Unked Ststes Government 1Qf ,00t
yards of grading at 40 cents, and 104 900 yard
df haul at 50 cents, making S19, ,040, tw,
| thirds or which is S52 ,6g3.S5 The correc
charge to the United States Government woulE
| be two thirds of the amount credited 10 IN,
contfactors-that Is, two thirdsr Of $e2 S64
being al 909 S3. The overcharge. to the Gov
ernment, SO ,7Sf.
| By me Chairman: @ ecThat is on the assump
ton that the Government would pay what thu
Board of Public Works had paid2 A. hay.
assumed thai all the way thfough-the sam
| rule. lS'4A-A d - N'A1--"E 80 - -
By Mr., Thurman: Q, Have you anything
Nothing now; will refer to it again when
state TO you what did on G street, which in
| tersects the ayenue.i On g street., between
Twenty fourth and Twenty-sixth, the gradins
| upon this street was furnished wfth com
plete notes showing profile and cross=section'
throughout. / may say that in all cases whert
was furnished with these notes / took them
not only the cross-sections and the profile, bu
the original notebooks, and went upon thu
ground with an instrument and an assistant
aud examined them, whenever / could fne
points that would afford comparison to ena
BILE me to test the probable accuracy of thest
notes. became so well satisfied with then
that i thought they might be received, ant
upon that based my calculations.
The grading ] make Il, ,402 yards. Their,
was allowed TO the contractor 16, ,2S9 yards
There was charged to the United States Coy
eminent 81, 800 yards; over allowance TO tht
contractor, 3,837 yards oyercharge to thu
Government, 21 ,407 yards. -~
Now the statement in dollars of paymentI
to the contractors is ,S43 yards Of rock excava
tion at 81; 2,6Ss yards of hard gravel at A
cents IL ,75S yards of earth, at 80 cents; 10 ,23s
yards Of haul, at Is cents; making SSs61 As
There was charged to the Government of3S 80!
yards of grading, at 40 cents; 33 500 yards o.
haul at So cents, making S25, ,694 81 five sixth
of which owing to. the reservations lying oppo
site to it was $21 ,412 SO; the excess of grading
S12, ,55091. In this work there Is, besides the
overcharge on grading, an additional over
charge on sewer, the Government being charget
with Z, ,066 linear feet sewer, whereas there art
$50 feet on the work. This excess of l .33e
linear feet at S4.70 would be S8,279.20; five
sixths Of which would be IS, 1884, 81, making the
total overcharge to the Government of
ST, ,6S3.5S. r.
In ascertaining the quantity on g street and
on Virginia avenue, / calculated up the notes
and cross sections that were furnished to me,
make very little difference in the total reduc-
tions between those that were made by the
engineered ~ .. Do
culations, but made enough to satisfy me OF
their credibility, and received them; but gener-
ally went through so much oft that did not
think there was any doubt in regard to it; but
find that where G street and Virginia avenue
intersected each other-I have little map Of
it here-as said, found the reductions and
the total quantities tally very well with
what l made them, but l found where
street and Virginia avenue intersected, one
ginia avenue and another one for the work on
G street, and that both contractors had been
paid the full quantity of the notes, SO that in
that quantity-within lthe intersection-had
been duplicated; and have allowed the guam
tity to the avenue and taken it out of G-street
work, because l have generally taken the
course that the avenue-the whole length
should be allowed for
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. Does that account for
the discrepancy you stated few moments agoI
A. That is the discrepancy.
O. Who were those contractorsa A. Mr.. Van
denburgh was the contractor for the avenue,
and Mr.. Zug was the original contractor for G
street, but failed, as ! understood, and Mr..
Fletcher succeeded him and completed the
work. That explains this difference in the
number of yards, for it is just 1887 yards, or
within fraction nofit-over-payment. Of
BY Mr.. Wilson: Q. That is the oyer-payment
lowance to the contractors. cahfiot say here
which did the work first, but it is an over-pay-
mept to the man who did it last, / suppose.
BY the Chairman: @. The Governme paid
for both, l suppose, alsoi A. Yes, sir.
The Witness. Another place examined was
Maryland avenue / had notes of this entire
avenue furnished me. examined them in the
same way, and then calculated the results.
make the grading, as allowed to the contract
ors, 22l ,25S yards. The amount charged to
the Government is 257,775 yards, the differ
ence being sc, ,507 yards. The allowance to the
contractors in dollars is as follows: There were
two contractors on that avenue; one had one
portion, and another had another portion.
Gleason, 159 ,022 yards of grading, at so cents;
4,255 yards of haul, at ~ centsf4 ,SS9 yards of
haul, at 81 cents; 10000 yards of haul, at
cents; 10 1893 yards of haul, at 221< cents, and
3,177 yards of rock excavation, at 20 cents.
should say this 3,177 yards of rock is part of
the 159, 900 yards of grading, and they paid for
1t as grading at 80 cents, and, the pri of rock
being 81, they only paid him here the differ
ence, 20 cents, making altogether 500, ,4S9. 81.
To Murphy, the other contractor, IA ,222 yards
of grading, at 40 cents; 4S ,04 yards, at 30
cents; "a 800 yards of haul, at cents; 81, 1926
yards of haul, at 9 cents; making s24, =
The charge against the Government was
23S ,643 yards OF grading, at 40 cents; 23S, ,643
yards of haul, at Is cents; 6SS yards of grad
ing, at so cents; 12,2A yards of grading, at 80
cents-I beg pardon, go: little ahead of my
story-23S, ,643 yards Of grading, at 40 cents;
23S ,643 yards Of haul at Is Gems, of which two
thirds of it was charged to the Government,
being in the avenue. Then there was work
about Stanton place, that lies in the avenue,
where there was 6SS yards, at 80 cents, OF
which five sixths was charged to the Govern
ment; IL, pa yards, at so cents, of which all
was charged to the Government, being within
the square, and s, III yards of rock, as stated
before, 20 cents, two thirds of which went to
the Government, making altogether S92, ,S30.2
the excess in charge to the Government over
the total cost of the avenue, 81 ,654. .92. The
correct charge to the Government on the basis
of the board would be two thirds of the
payments to Gleason; two thirds of the pay
ments to Murphy for work on the avenue; five
sixths of the payments to Murphy for work
outside of Stanton place, and all the payments
to Murphy for work inside of Stanton place,
amounting to S62, ,909.77. The actual charge,
so, ,S30. 90; the excess, s29, ,92o.46. That COM
pletes Maryland avenue.
By Mr.. Mattingly; Q. On that, were you in
formed that old work had been done there
which was charged to the Government A. ]
was told there was old work done.
Q. Have you included that in your state
mentl A. No, sir; have not included that.
Q. You did not measure itl A. No, sir;
had no means of measuring it.
By Mr.. Stanton: q. Did the cross-sections
indicate depressiouf A. They did.
Q. As though work had formerly been done
therel A. Yes, sir. .- -.-- .- o..
By the Chairman: Q. Does that complete
your measurement A. On the avenue-no, |
measured one or two other places. made
some examinations around the Patent Office
and Post Office, for which work was also fur
pished. with notes and cross sections, and eY,
amined them In the same way On the ground.
The amount Of grading on F street, between
Fifth and Seventh, made $3.50 yards; on the
same street, between Seventh and Ninth streets,
II ,377 yaris-totsl, q, 1855 yards. This work
was paid to the contractor by days work ac-
count. He had men, as understand II, en-
ployed and kept their time, and brought in the
account, or what IL was for doing the work. II
included, understand, lowering the water
main or gas main, and adjustment of the fix
lures Of the pipes-I don't know exactly what.
didn't get full statement of It; but taking
the days work, It amounted by the vouchers
to SAL ,330.S6, which, If there was no allowance
made for lowering these mains, would amount
to S2.08 per cubic yard for the earth removed.
On Seventh street, between E and G, like
wise measured the grading, IL, $50 yards; 1t
was paid in the same way, amounting TO
s26 ,137 81, or s2.15 per cubic yard.
@. For excavation A. Yes, sir; Il was al
lowad In A oyja xporlr- acnounk. that Ia dfvid-