National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-21

By the Chairman: Q. Did you make eP ype
cost on II street from the report Of we DoAsH
Of Public Works. A. No, sir. -
9. How do you know that itNeost - ~
erty-holders more under the managemem
the Board OF Public Works tnan Mouio LAY
cost under tha commissioners; In other words
-hoW- do Won make I'D these hgureet-4.Weil
TmaaEured the street, In the first place, am
fhsV shoTed me their bills, what their charg
was Der front foot, and there are 80 many from
- eoT Who showed you tkeir.bfllsi A. Peopl
/, ON the ztneeti rGHison Brown showed m
his bills.
O. But understood You to say that dodue
fion Of Il teI eeutE vas snadeon one MI and
per cent. on Apetheri A-sNo, GS you have
not got the story straight.
O. Very well, then, -fwoald like to have I
Streishu A. i y this, gif; that. anG naa
made these figures they returned remeaeurec
fhe tlace-rs 1 ssessed. IN my statement ssJ
thef have got So per cent. more than they
were entiiIed TO- They returned 20 M. JAVA
.R5Faf cent. which he had paid, and Nj. Msght
said they deducted ~ per cent. nom htecd
q o., Now, do Fou know that they did not de-
duct from ell people on that stfeed A On
theY made reassessment sno oeauetea tfoh
ell Of them. .a.r p. -g5I. $50 E9lIlL2 sEg
- o. Deducted after JON made FOUR hgurerI
Governor Shepherd. rAfter Congrses made an
appropristion on that street TO pay for Fork
done on thai circle, tSat was credited back to
the property-holders, They received draw.
s back. That al appeared IN the lat inyestiga-
ton report! r-.zs.rrT a, -sl.F- -s..-..,,,ar =
b. tie Chairman, TO she vstness:) Q, Then,
you made up your original estimates from as
easements against property -holdersi A. Yes,
q. Did Won include IN that estimate the circle
Of which Governor shepherd now. speakss A,
Oh, no; Ionly went TO Vermont avenue .
q. Do you know why Il WIS that the board
Of Public Works made that additional charged
Have you ever heard any reason given for It.
A. cannot give any reason for Il, sir. = -
q, Was there any change In the contract
a. I an Informed by the commissioners that
there was none, sir. j si2g ttieE 81 1903
b o. Did the same contractor complete the
work. A. think he did cir. i was 20 IN.
formed. ts -rs1 IS .l1H -s-.F-5.5 --la, i
O. Was be paid this excessive sum. was be
paid the amount specified in his Original con.
tracti A. cannot answer as TO that, SIR
@. You do not knoWl A. do not know.
! Q. Who was that contractor q "A. stated q
awhile ago thought Mr. Glephaue was the
man Who laid.the bed of the road-the wood
paHement--snd, that Mr.. Thomas Lewis was
I. the CONTRACTOR for the sewerage: Now, this is
Q. Then you made up your estimate OF what
that should have cost from the contract which
I. was before you'll, A.. Yer sir, .-,x ,lgsg :.
Z @. You made -FOUR estimate Of what It DID
cost from the bills presented to the property
holders., No reply.1 sr,s4t r.,-f,, 10 ,---rr =
:. By Mr.: Mst.ihgiIa 2. ! would IKE. 70 ssh
him whether be estimated extra work done by
the board on, and not Included In, the original
contract A. There was law passed by Con
gress to. do certain work; that work meas
Ured. - -. -..--..,l.,t-.
5. lam not asking You as 70 your construc.
tor Of the law: I am asking simple Dues
ton OF fact. A. Well, If the Board Of Public
Works, under oath, went and did what they
. ought not TO have done, cannot help II. j
did not measuTe anything but what was N the
contract. - 3T7-. GID "a .
O. I ask you, as question Of fact, whether
the Board OF Public Works, on the line Of n
street, did not DO work which was not contem-
plated under she contract by the commissionl
A. They ran out the jats at the Intersection Of
the streets and alleys, which presume was not
included IN the contract. sa .aas ~ 2
O. Did they not do extTa work at both ends
of the street, f. Yes, str; there was work
done at the ends of the street over-on the east
side of Third street; but have simply meas
ured what was in the lawn the contract.
Q. And you charged to that, as / understand
your testimony, the cost of this extra work.
In other words, you charged the whole Of the
work as done By the Board Of Public Works TO
the commission A. / charged exactly accord
ing 70 the contract and the law as 1t passed;
that Is, from the west side of Third street to
the east side OF Vermont avenue, taking In all
the intersections, taking 1t right through. did
not allow IN my estimate for any going over
INTO other streets at all, .-.. 800
sost under the Board Of Public Works above
what It would lave cost as calculated by you,
II done under the commission, you have charged
he cost Of the entire work as done by the
board TO the work which was contemplated to
have been done under the contract Is that
not 1T A. / have not charged anything IN my
and IN the law. Hthe Board Of Public Works
did other work did not measure 70. am
sure that is plain answer enough.
The Chairman. On that point want to ask
you this: understood you to say that there
was work done upon that street not contem-
plated in the original contract A. No, sir; !
did not say that. ...E .-.... ,
Q. What Is the fact in relation to thsti A. I
said there were some juts at the intersection Of
the street. Now, for instance .r
Q. Wait one moment. Do you know whether
or not that there was any work done upon that
street not contemplated in the original con-
trsctl A. know there was work done along
there.
Q. That was not included in the contractl
Q. Do you know how much work there wasi
a. / do not, sir. .. ...-... -aas
Q. Have you any idea how much 1t Wasi A.
No, sir. Len.
Q. Did you IN your estimate include that ex-
ira work, whether 1t be little or great a. No,
sir; just went by the contract. -
Mr.. Wilson. That extra work might have
made up the deficiency between your calcula-
ton and the amount paid by the board; might
1t mott A. That could not possibly be, from
this fact: that they made deduction them
selves Of Is per cent.
Q. Did you make any figures on Seventh
street, A. / did. 1900. .. . :.
O.. Give US those figures, If you please. A.
There was . contract, and very careful one,
entered into for the Seventh street improve
ment by Mr.. Emery, who was then the mayor,
with one George Linville.
Q. What Seventh street was that-north or
louthi A. II is Seventh street south, sir. The
haures are as follows;
The improvement Of seven-ninths Of Q nile or
ltreet cost sle1 TsS.2, thus making the cost per
pile t2ls SO, or bad the bed Of the railroad
been paved, 2t0,4la6o per mile. There are 100
original streets in the city the average width OF
which is 90 feet and as Seventh street 10 only IS
added to bring Il up to the sTeraTe Width. thereby
Increasing the cost per mile ga I4lSo and making
the cost Of Q mile OF street. 90 feet wide, S75l,-
used, Il would have still Increased the cost psr
mile Sfp, e9O.ss. From this, however, must be de-
Quoted the allowance for new sidewalks and curb
linE Ia GleaGon's account, 4k,5o6.6s, and for the
Schnrf pavement IN LlnVille's, t2S6.2o, or a.
172.oS, leaving e1l, f9sS3, which, added to S2s,-
65b.7e, gives S26e 35kl2 as the cost per mile Of
street 90 feet wide; and aS We have 100 miles Of
street, to improve them, at this rate, would cost
o6S COL le966 But in addition to this there IS
miles Of avenues, containing 916 square yards
The improvement Of these, ct the same rate Fer
yard as that OF Seventh street. VIZ, t6.l0, would
cost Ell S00. $50, which, added TO t53 col tooS
makes tsl, Al, SHSs. = -.
By Mr.. Hubbell: O. What paper are you
reading fromi A. read from the only paper
that could get my estimates In. Il is the
Patriot. appealed TO Che press to publish nay
estimates, ard none Of them would do 90.
BY Mr.. JeJstt: Q. Would you be content TO
answer q few questions, siri IL. Yes, sir; l
VIII do anything you wish me to.
Q. Are you familiar with Second street westi
A. I have been over 10 very lately. tt
@. How Is il improved-with what kind OF
pavement A. Il Is improved with wood pave
ment. =
Q. What is the character Of the pavement
is Il goods It in good condition. A. II 10
about ae good as they lay here.
Q. Do you know what was paid per yard for
laying that payementl A. Yes, sir; made
some figures ABOUT II. This street has an aver.
age width Of street Of ninety feet, and from
building-li to building-line Il costs s4.34 per