National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-16
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
ICOnsin,tsd from second pags.l


Q. You think the fifty cent part was con-
dned exclusively to the backl A. think 50;
am not certain. am almost sure OF 1t, put
Iwould not like to speak of it as certainty
The voucher will show that.
Q. Do YOU hold now any certificates OF the
Board of Public Work. A. Yes, sir:
O. About what amount A. Well, 90 hot
hold many. 1 have got the most Oh 'nem
8. You have been paid in certifcatesi A.
i have been paid in certificates and In oonas.
o. In what kind of bonds have you been
oaid1 A In permanent improvement bonds,
and we have been paid in some eighteen-year
bonds, and been paid in the sewer ooIus'
o, What amount of sewer bonds has been
vaH 70 youl A. l could not tell exactly.
suppose 10 the neighborhood OF $4,000 or
C." O. Al what rate did you take the sewer
bonds? A. took them all at psr-sn the
bonds we took.
O. Do YOU know Of any combination having
been formed among these paving companies to
have the control and fixing Of prices Of paving
in this cityi A. No, sir; l do not know any
thing of that movement.
O. Prior to the first letting; A. No, sir.
Q. Or since the first lettingl A. No, sir.
o. You saw that YOU slb-let one contract for
laying Willard wood pavement at seVenty-one
oentsa A. Yes, sir.
Q. To whom was that sub-leti A, To Mr..
Baldwin.
sir; and graded the streets.
b. What material did you furnish other than
wooden blocksl That was I'd lay the Millsrd
wood pavement, was it notl A. Yes, sir.
O. What material did you furnish other than
blocks? A. think VIC furnished the compost
ton of the tar. Eo$, am not sure about
that, but that Is my impression, we furnished
the composition and hauled blocks and graded
the street. That is my impression.
O. What is the cost of putting down the Mil
lard pavement A. The actual cost is about
S2.75 to SIS to 90 cents.
O. What is the shape Of the blocks3 A.
WedCed shape. There are four below and three
below, by any length.
Q. Can you give the committee detailed
statement, or an itemized statement Of the cost
of that pavement
The Witness. To lay that pavement
Q. Yes, sir. A. Yes, sir {; the lumber cost us
$40 thousand.
O. That is treated lumber A. Yes, sir.
o. Does it cost that treated! A. Yes, sir.
mean il cost that to treat it and put it here on
the wharf. There is about fifty feet in the yard
From fifty to fifty-two. About fifty-two, ]
should Judge. Now put down grading 20 cents
gravel 10, sand 10, composition from 10 to 10,
klabor Is TO 20 cents, and royalty 1Ocents Inat
icomposed it, with the exception that we always
had 10 cents for incidentals, clerk hire, travel
ing expenses, keeping horse, &c. That is what
the Miller pavement cost, net price. VI course
some Of them do not come as high, but you
cannot lay the Miller pavement less than ss.9U
or $50. -
cents fo7 grading would depend upon whether
there was grading to be done or not! A. We
ALWAYS mske that calculation. 1t most always
costs Us that.
o. Dc you mean 90 cents a cubic yard for
gradng7 A. Yes, sir.
O. Do YOU estimate there will be a cubiC
ward of grading for every yard Of pavingf A
Not always; but in some places there is more
o. And some none at all! A. Yes, sir.
Mr. Wilson. Three dollars fourteen cents il
would cost in one aspect, according to you
calculation, and 50 Oh in another!
G. That 10 a good pavement! A. guess
It is a standard pavement in wood.
By Mr.. Thurman: .. What streets in this
city were laid with thatl A. Eleventh street
part Of it. Part of Pennsylvania avenue wa:
paved with It.
20. What part of Pennsylvania avenuel A
From the Capitol gate to Four-and-a-hal
street.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. That is not treated
A. No, sir; that was laid under the old govern
ment-the old CORPORATION. / laid that.
think ] eot So .95 for that.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What is tie size OF thest
blocks that you laid!
@. Do you mean in height
Mr.. Wilson. Yes, sir; the dimension.
A They are not all the same dimensions
They are five inches high, four below aDt
three above, by any length. It depends on thu
thickness of the timber. These blocks wert
cut out of seveninch timber and split and ruI
on an inclined plane that gives your form, snC
by reversing the blocks you gain small trif'
IN the lumber.
9. By what machinery are the blocks made
sawed outg A. By circular saw.
Q. How far apart are these blocks placed
A. They arc put right together.
Q. Is there 10 spaced A. The wedge being
four below and three above gives an inch above
but they come together below.
Q. And the interstices are filed in will
gravel and sandi A. Gravel and tar and com.
position.
O. What kind of wood do you use? A. W,
prefer the spruce here. 1t is considered thu
best.
Q. On account of its cheapnessl A. sup
pose it is somewhat cheaper, and you canno
get it here less than forty, treated and Gu
into blocks. 1t cost So cut into blocks a thou
sand.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What other wood pave
mcnt did you lsyl 4. have laid the Fiber
& Taylor, plain pavement without floor
ing.
O. Did this pavement have a flooring unde
It? A. The Miller, certainly, and in the others
you save the flooring.
Q. What do the others cost to lay them? A
There is difference of nine feet Of lumber il
it-about Sc cents difference.
Q. This ffty-two feet Of lumber you give t.
the square yard includes the flooring! A Yes
sir; the Miller pavement, which is the fool
pavement.
Q. Whist is the difference, now, between put
ting down these other pavements and this witt
the flooring underneath it, A. The difference
is just the flooring in the Miller.
n Arvd ffJaraDra In he 1r0rl-7 70 CIV
Q. No difference the labor-putting it down
A. No, sir.
O. The only difference is in lumber A
Yes, sir; about nine feet of lumber to thu
square ysrd-about &c cents cheaper.
O. Do you give this as the actual cost Of lay
ing the Miller wood pavement A. Yes, sir
there may be difference.
Q. And the actual cost of laying the othe
would be about thiTty-six cents less than that
B. Yes, sir; lumber at forty cents, or at $40
thousand; grading the street at thirty-onG
cents.
Q. Your contract only called for two feet o.
gradingl A. That is all.
Q. What was grading worth herel A. 1 an
always glad to give it out at thirty cents tc
anybody who Will take it at board prices.
Q. Two feet would not make a cubic yard
A. No, sir; not always il would not.
Q. 1t is only two-thirds of a cubic yardl A.
Yes, fir. Grading am always glad to give il
out at thirty cents. have always done that.
By Mr.. Bass: Q. You are glad to WHAT A
To have any person take It off my hands.
Q. How long have you been paving! A.
have been at It four or five years.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. Have you laid any o.
your concrete pavement in New York Cityj
A. No, sir; have not.
Y. But you laid this pavement in Paramount
park, Philadelphia A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. Mattingly. have here letter from
Theodore Schuyler, the superintendent or chair.
man Of the committee of plans aud improve.
ments of Fairmouht park, dated April 4, 1874
Which l should ike to have read.
The Chairman. The committee viii look at
that letter and see what Mr.. Schuyler has to
say.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. What was your first ex-
perieuce in Washington city in laying pave
ments, as TO time; when did you begini A.
The first pavement that laid here was laid
when Pennsylvania avenue was first paved. I
had the contract from the Capitol gate to Four
&nd-a-half street.
Q. Who were interested with you in that
contract? A. Mr.. ClePhane and l got from
Ninth street to Capitol gate. We organized
the Metropolitan Paving Company, or 1t was
I1roDOsed to nut IL into q eOmnany