National Republican., 1874-05-29

circle ana Scott statue.
/ Q. At what rate was he paid for putting th hsi
tprics woald beI IS. cents. The cost for
hauling makes 80 >cenis, and go cents again
for putting Il dorn-$1 90, and thus, in fact,
did not understand myself the other.day.
By Mr.. Wilson, q. Before you leave that
want 20 get the record on the subject.
The Witness. Here is the letter that was
| looking for. II is dated Washington, D. c.,
and addressed TO the Board Of Public Works.
He eays In this: "I have the honor to report,
in compliance with Instructions from the board,
lated December 81, 1879, that have received
from John o. Evans" &c. I just wanted to
refer TO that for the purpose Of the date, the
sith OF December. guess it must be on the
board book Of minutes.
Mr.. Wilson. Here are some papers In con-
nection with this Tagging I wish you would
examine, (handing witness certain papers)y
Mr. Mattingly. Just read aloud that paper
handed YOU by Mr.. Wilson, If you please. =
The witness read as follows: -,
WASHINGTON. Jan. %. Is7a
tENrLEMEN: am proceeding With the Work OF
dressing the tagging at P-strsst circle, Farragut
g1ar' sIs circle S' per SS1a.
ancc with our understanding for the work. viz;
propose TO do the cutting and jointng OF the stone
wind and dressed TO IN even or level surface; the
work to be equal to axed work Of same character
done by the Government about the Capitol and
Treasury Department, In this city; the stone 20
be Jonted square on the edges, an average OF tive
inches down from the top. I also propose to SET
the stone In cement, flush st the joints, and sroui
the sAme with best cement; also 70 grade the
| walks, furnish say four inches sharp sand and
gravel, ssd 90 tho work complete in the best man.
ncr' Tor sIty,nys GsSJ cents per square foot &c.
very respectfully yours &g;, go,z, q Ev1rs
Hon. geara Of Public Works, Distrtct si GoiG@Sia,
Hashfngton, ID. @.
rIndorscmcnt.1
Refer to Mr.. Cluss, to examine and have ths
con5iest prepared II o. X. A. r. s.
~ rIndorSement.l
rscrnsd 80 the charge
who WIN examine and have thscontract prepared
Ry Rit ar5s. r,sn q, tbs bo.-d 7.s -
EDwARD JOHNSON, for Assistant Secretary.
Mr.. Mattingly. Now just read your report
please. WITNESS read as follows:
CIndorsement.l
Respectfully returned, contract having beer
prepared In accordance with instructions and sub
mitied specifications. ApoLF OLTss,
FEBRUARY 4, 1873
Q. Then you think it was all 80. K.p A
I have no doubt at present that asked for the
price.
Q, You did not ask for 1t at that time, did
yoai A. had nothing to. do with the pun.
chase of materials at all, and l do not know.
/ ". ludL leIIcI VI ENdus
| to you to make the report, If all was right
everything was 80. K.1" A. Yes, sir. .
Q. Before you made the contractl A. Yes
sir. -.. '. 'Sr~ 49,,
Q. And the natural inference is that you
| thought Il was 10. H." is it nota A. Oi
course; but what we are looking for is the cor.
respondence in regard to the purchase of flag
ging, and not the workmanship.
Mr.. Stewart. This Is the workmanship
The Witness. Yes, sir.
G. Do you mean to say that the workman
ship was all rghs-tbas that was fair price,
90 centsi A. II we paid In certificates worth
81 cents below par, it was all right.
[WitIess then read the following letter:1
WASHINGTON, December q, i72
GENTLEMEN Rays about sixty thousand
square feet Of Hextfa lafSs" bluestone tagging,
say 5000 feet six feet iShg, and y oO9 feet h7e
IL sss gsT Tde bSsnSs n from Tvs 70 two and
half feet wide, running from TIVE TO three inches
thick, which 1 propose to deliver at our wharf,
About three fourths Of the lot are here, and can
be delivered at once. --...
Very respectfully, yours, 60,
Hon. Board Of Public Works. Dfstrtct Of cOIEmSfs
Wdshtneton, D. G.
The Witness. This is no Endorsement on this
letter at all, it seems.
Q. Please refer to the minutes and read what
Is there stated.
WITNESS did so, and read the following j
Extract Of minutes of the meeting of the board,
held December a, 1872:
square feet Of the extra large bluestone tagging,
to wit: So 900 square feet feet long, and q 900
square feet feet long, and 95 per cent. 21& 10 Q
wharf, free Of wharfage and expense, at IS cents
per foot, would be accepted by the superintend-
ent Of property, for use around Fsrrsgut square,
P-street circle, Sixteenth street and Massachu-
the auditor notified"
@. Who was present at that meeting of the
boardi A. The board met in the usual way.
It Is one of those constructive meetings.
CHARLES s. JOHNSON RECALLED.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. should like to ask Mr..
johnson how these minutes were made out!
A. That particular item, I think, was made up
as explained yesterday. The entry was
Mr. Evans notifying him of that transaction.
Q. Do you know by whose order that was
done; BY whose order that letter was sent; by
whose order that entry was made on the re-
cordi A. The letter was sent, probably by
the order of the vice president.
@. By whose order was that put on the re-
cordl A. There was no order given.
@. All that was made up Of your own mo-
tion: from the papers, as you explained on
yesterday.
Witness Cluss. The record itself shows that
this is not regular board meeting.
ADOLF cLUss RECALLED.
BY Mr.. Wilson: Q. Now, Mr.. Cluss, is the
tagging that has been laid down the kind of
tagging that was described in that letteri A
Well, would have to read that letter little
more carefully.
The Chairman. Il Is described In that letter
you have Just read.
The Witness. The letter Is dated December
%. It says here running from two TO three
inches long. I should think that Is about the
quality; two inches is the least that you can
split.
CHARLES 8. JOHNSON RECALLED.
BY Mr.. Wilson: Q. Now, Mr.. johnson, Is
there any estimate Of John o. Evans for any
other laggingi
The Chairman. Let me see If I understand
this. On December 30, 1873, John o. Evans
writes letter TO the Board Of Public Works.
That letter is referred by the vice president.
Witness Cluss. No, sir.
@. What is the date Of that letter.
Witness Cluss. Five weeks later.
@. What Is the Endorsement upon that letter
the letter you have just resd5
Witness Cluss. There Is no Endorsement
but the minutes of the board give
the key to It. The vice president directed the
order to be made on the minates Of the board.
The vice president accepted this and notified
the superintendent Of property to inspect Il,
and ordered 1t paid.
Q. Does he do that entirely on his own re-
sponsibilityi
Witness Cluss. Always, or gets IT done. That
has been the rule.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. State what was the
price there, and II there is anything wrong
about iti A. thought II little odd that they
should have gone to ship dealer in New York
city-to ship broker and freight agent, in
stead Of going to the quarrymen on the North
river, when large job was to be done. While
the price might be ordinarily sixty cents, yet
for large job like this, II IL were put In COM
petition, you could get 1t at almost half that
sum.
Q. A few weeks after this, when another
letter of John o. Evans was referred to, award
ing fagging-thst letter with Mr.. Shepherds
on 1t, II o. Z. to make . contract
why didn't you advise them at that time that
you thought they could get this tagging much
cheaper by buying 1t directly from the quarry
meni A. Because neither the Tagging, nor the
pipe, nor any of the material was in such
shape in the engineers Office -
Q. That was referred to you as chief engineer
to make q contract for laying that fsggingi A.
II 1t was all right.
Q. For laying tagging, and the workman
ship, and the prices, and was namcd in the let
teri A. Not the price Of tagging.
The Chairman. Mr.. Mettingly, the letter
shows for itself, and perhaps you had better
not spend any more time on It.
Rv Mr. Wiison. O. Whon did thia mafker of