National Republican., 1874-05-20

measured. It Is hard for me 10 got at the
amount
Q. Can you not give ms an approIimati9ni
You have some idea, presume; give us the
best estimate that you can. A do not be-
Heye / could come within SIC, 900 eft.
Q. If you can come within e1o, 900 Of Il that
would be better than nothing. A. Taking u
at the lowest, I should say $S0, 900:
O. OF unmeasurei worki A. / think 50, sir;
wait-one moment; let me correct myself-no-
yea ef unmeasured work, and percentage kept
back on the other contracts. ,.-
o. How much or that do you think IL un-
measrred work. A. Well, say $4,000.
Q. Do they owe you anything In addition to
thaa A. Well, as first remarked, in the
sweeping contract contend theA is def
paid according to the contract.
@. What was the contract IN regard to the
payment A. Cash.
2. They were TO pay you cashi A. Yes, sir;
or It's equivalent In bonds or certificates OF the
Board of Public Works to make It cash.
Q. Was that the original understanding be-
TWEEN you and the board, that they were to
pay you either cash, or that they were to give
you enough certificates to make It equivalents
TO cashi A. That is the wording of the con
.tract-cash or its equivalent In bonds or certih-
Gates of the Board Of Public Works.
Q. Was that the sweeping contract 4.
Yes, sir. ~ ...
@. Was there any understanding as to what
the certificates should be received at by you'll
A. Not at all, sir; there was nothing men-
toned. Il .
@. Is there any other amount due YOU from
the Board Of Public Works than this you have
already mentionedl A. On the B-street con-
tract contend that there Is balance due me.
O. How muchf A. About $4,000
Q. On what account Is thatl A. On account
of not being paid In cash.
@. Did you have similar agreement therel
A. That was cash. think It mentions cash
in there. 1t is Government contract. / am
not certain; 1t is to be paid in money, think
Q. They paid the money! A. No, sir; they
paid me q portion, and left the balance. They
paid in certifcates-a portion Of those certif-
Gates they paid.
O. You say there is about $4,000 due YOU
still on thati A. Fifteen thousand dollars 10
SIS, 1000.
@. Is there anything else due youi A do
not remember anything at present. 1 can give
you full statement OF It, If you desire.
@. Did you get this contract directly from
body sisei A. Directly, sir; my B-street con-
tract did not; that was indirectly.
@. Whom did you get that ffom7 A. From
man by the name Of Riley. Twas running
large sewers. 1, however, did not get il for
myself. ! got 1t for some other parties, but
they failed 70 do the work, and took hold of
| Q. Who is Mr.. Riley9 A. Well, he is a man
doing business, believe, down on B street.
@. What is his businessl A. Coal business.
Thomas Riley, believe, is his name.
b Q. What was the amount of your contract
A. There were two-the F-street contract and
the B-street contract; the F-street, SIS, 900,
and the B-street, s92, 900.
@, You got the B-street contract from Riley 7
A, Yes, sir.
q. Did you get the other from Riiey-theF-
street contract A. Yes, sir; that was q small
job.
Q: What consideration did you pay Riley for
the B-street contract A. The two were in
cluded. forget now. It was a small amount;
in fact, i cannot give you the exact amount;
somewhere in the neighborhood of thousand
dollars, I think.
Q. Had he done any work on iti A. He had,
q portion.
q. How long had he been at work on It
when you took It? A. ThatI cannot tell you.
@. Had be done any considerable part Of the
worki A. No, sir; think not.
9. In what way did you pay Riley for this
q. wasit just thousand dollafs that you
paid himi A. No; cannot give you the exact
amount: In that neighborhood.
Q. Did you pay him thousand dollars or 0
percentagel A. No; just paid him outright.
They had contract made to him, and !
bought the contract. 1t was afterwards trans
ferred to me.
@. Was It the original understanding that
this contract was to DO awarded to him and az
terward ii was let to you, you paying him shis
anount Of money! A. Let me understand you,
sir.
Q. Did you have an understanding with Riley
before he got the contract at ala A. No, sir.
did not know him at the time. He had the
contract long before knew him.
@. But you got II afterward, paying him q
thousand dollars for both Of the contractsl A.
Yes, sir; for both contracts.
Q. Are there any other contracts in which
you have been interested which you did not get
directly from the board, but which you got
through the Intervention Of some one elsei A.
None that came to me directly.
Q. Have you had any other contracts through
the intervention Of any other personl A. Not
through any Intervention. am doing piece
of work now for another man.
@. Who is thatl A. Mr.. Gregg.
Q. What contract is that A. A ten-foot
sewer out at the Eastern branch.
@. What consideration did you pay for that
contract a. gave him w per cept.
Q. How much have you paid him on account
A. have paid all that owed him.
ss'Sod. now mo'0 Is 'n'' a. i''ink II Is ABOUT
b. How are you to pay Mr.. Greggi A. In
certificates; such pay as get.
Q. AS they are Issued to you you pay his per-
ceptags 70 hint A. Yes, Sir.
9. pa you sfsi seS any contracts directly
Q. To whom did you make application A.
Mr.. Shepherd and to the board itself.
Q, Where did y9a get Jour contracts; where
weR You wheh GoftEaets were made out to
youi A. Here in Washington.
0. At what point in Washington
Mr.. Wilson. Well, any of Eheml A. was
living in Georgetown then, at the Union hotel.
o., 9; | AZ sY ~. speaking sa q wheEs you were
contract. Were you and Mr.. Shepherd to-
gether, for instahcei A. No, sir.
Q. Where did you get themf A. applied
by letter and the contract was awarded to me.
Q. Was there any bidding for these sewer
contracts that you are aware of A. Yes, sir;
there was bid for B street. put in bid
for Il.
Q. Was there any advertising for bids A.
Yes, sir.
Q. You put in your bid pursuant to that ad-
vertisementl A. Yes, sir.
Q. And the contract was awarded 70 you
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What did you get for this Boundary street
sewerl What was the price paid for 1t A.
There are two or three of the Boundary street
sewers; which one do you refer tot
O. We'll, / will take the one that you are
now constructing. A. We are rot working on
any of my contracts now.
o. The one that is in process of :onstruc-
ton. A. We are working on the Gregg contract
now.
Q. Very well, ] will take that. How much
do you get per linear foot for that sewer3 A.
l think Il is thirty-six dollars and some cents.
Q. How was that thirty-s dollars and some
cents made up in fixing the price of that
sewer A. II was made up on the excavation,
on the price of material, labor, &c., / suppose.
Q. Is there anything In there going to make
up that amount In regard to discounts on eer-
tihcatesi A. Not that ] know Of. When We
bid for It we generally make discount.
Q. Because you have to take certificates A
Yes, sir.
Q. Do you know what that is estimated att
A. No, sir.
Q. You. do not know what that was put in
att A. No, sir.
Q. You did some paving, believed A. Yes,
Q. On what street, A. B street and +
street.
O.. Any other street, A. No, sir.
Q. Did you do any gradingl A. Yes, sir.
@. Did any other person do grading on thest
streets before you put your psyements down
A. Yea. sir. L. .. g., .Hl..s =. j.