National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-26

sneo. WnaL eetlme1cs are tuoec Nnsc1 wv
refer 10 asSmade during thu East yeart 10
you mean the u t24ei 0o8. the eel3, 900 and the
IL ,ooel 90of- Afess and onss or two smaller
ones-elii made. -. -
@. Now you say the result Of the present
estirnatel shown thst the previous estanAkee
are largely under the actual amount doaeI A.
Yes, 81 rs - 3. !.
q g suppose you mean ~ that n shows that
according % the stssements made BY forsyfh
and oertly 70 you and not from any knewisdgs
that you hadi- A. NO, slr .- -
Y. lou 90 not pretend 70 nave any knoWi-
edge from any actual WORK that VOW have doee
or inspection thar you nave made that tnat is
corrcct, br. you msks- .stasement upon
the faith O. the statements Of Messrs: Oertiy
aud Forsyth uade 70 your "A. EXACTLY.
q! fou 90 not Know the sexual smoont tnat
had been done except as theyinformed you'll
A. could not Know nst poaaveiy vitnou'
rene rsment, = To- -........u,,.,-,
~ the Chairman: iou SAY tnat you
went Win MI. ehcKensderset over new Ramp
SHIRE avenue. "A. over . par OF IT, =
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tesuItA 5oI SaI, psiS
ot SomPutstlonsii - Al Il o IN nov ..,l5
Haa nei a. oeiioxe mr. onck ensae ca
naoi r VIII no. % Posnise. -
Lhoro ~. epeae.es oes" w yoa.
measurements lana ms wers tnGe nos'l "A.
hee' Sn. A- ,.l
y. Oiu nc ASK youto naae Ell iantIos WIZ VIZ
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ms, AZ o1e Po,ut pesmeen rsetee. s,fo ~
sna Lne Dounasry lnao maze : mis'ake N
pustlng 1oNn ste names u sHo ss,ee.s' pI
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Aho n,i uels,e, anu hsu i mlstake lnsre; a.,
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a. M ~ 'u NY -
noIse WIEN NC pi1 Hlc snas ne eoJu IL
maze tnis s .l % ssuinS oe,neen ~
| 800 Sn'-Y. ~ t.e ~. - T 49,
detaiieo slateme9t Of tnaI parI Oh New lamp Y.
SILLY afcnu auu .pese W. 20 "a
saia ne eouio not nna toas encavaIon. S SI,u
u. MN u. ms pUsi.ae ~ -. an, .n ,
70 ~ GUY VIVA me sne.e W.. t r,,hs ~
,Suna Intt msI s, ~ .d Say ~ ~ os
IN. INA. poin.--snns Wv 80 t uNu's '.
'DS W, 49, h,,, a. o.cornna nv vo,, 20
NJ si,,ra ..anns, idi3 and he
u e'eA~>' - :
A, N, p,;os.r.d.,fa,,s room At the
E,b;,, 49, AZ ,,,,,s - so oyer ali the
,,ooS,,ra 800, a. bS bt1,i All what
measuremsnts made oy MINI a. al y, rai..,o,
q. Sca-a-nr ~ 1919 4 r vent over M
" ve'',e....sr ,.h AZ, pI,ctsnsderfsr vhat,
a,ar aSoa,, v,ra;n,s arer.,s and New Ham,
shtrai o1,eupa - "a strest
n Ma ba not sbow von all the work that
boT IA Snno, a No a. =
NC "a HA ~ oS Az - sho IN, MARYLAND ayenue,
W 80 ~ t,,d nc boyv he bad srrived NJ
a. ~. ss,I,.nn Mor,,srd syenne, - =.
'N n What Ala voS SOW 20 that, A. lido not
roSar'ha- ,S;nt ta,d him how mad
neosnreJ. that I tool The street al I found Il.
s,d tb.t nv -r.ssnrarDants would include all
,ro,,s thot "a e,s, heen So,s an that ayenue
n Old "A ,s,,l a 0ld md nav. -
| n Ther he toG Won about MARYLAND avenue
a. ven =. he othsg sysnuss, A. Yes. sir: he
Told me thst there was difference there
b tUsJ o him Sra, and sI1 me "A' '''N-e
| a And Won told him that YOU had included
old q. n we'll y as new new work. A. Yes, sir.
| a Won sea the roint that I desire to get at
NV this 90 Question, r. "a imply this: Dd Mr..
RIcLsn sdeTfer IN sny manner seek to withhold
from Won ths results of his operatious herel A.
Us did not ''-' - =
| @ ma not he eyincs disposition to give to
Won fuIlv and tboroughIy, the results of all
bis measurementsi A. Only on those avenues
that have mentioned,
q Dd he msts snv measurements around
| Government reservations, or on avenues, about
which he did not Communicate with you at ALI
A I did mot see Mr.. Blickensderfer make any
measurements, -. - = :
Q. understand that, but after he had made
these neasurementstand YOU called upon him
nr he l,Don you did he not talk over generally
with vou ali the measuremepts that he had
lmadei If he ana not. what were omitted A..
i MI. Blickeusderfer told me that he was going
Ito make a tabular statement (this was pre-
vious 10 mil interview with him, J saving
how he was qoing TO put Il down. In one
i column he would but nv measurements, and
In another column his measurements; but
tbave never seen these tabular statements, until
IT saw them IN nrint. neither have seen any of
i bis calculations Ia regard to any work what
ever exeept those avenues,
o. Including Maryland avenue7 A. do
not think saw the calculation for Maryland
avenue.
4 Q. Well, he told you generally that he diff
fered with you, and he stated the amount Of
the diferencei A. Yes, sir: 1t was not prob
ably necessary for ms to zee that.
9. Your explanation was tina. he had in,
Icluded work which you did not include, was It
mott A. No; my explanation was that had
Included all the old work, but that the cross
sections indicated that there had been old work
done in the avenues; and bthink he said II that
was included It would probably come some
where in tho :nsishhsrh00d Of the quantity
Q. In other words, your mutual explanations
necessary for you and BIO together TO 60 over
Msryland syenne A. Yes, cir.
Q. He evinced desire to furnish you fully
all the information he had, did he mott A. On
those syenuesl =,