National Republican., 1874-04-01

never seen the Bscessary quantity, ths. Z, . .
inches OF gravel and sand, put on any OF that
contract work. In fact, there are payements
being put down there now that there h not
well, It Is or inches below any sand, down
into the mud; hundreds Of yards Of It at least
4 inches below any sand; Just hole dug down
into the mud and rammed down.
By Mr.. Wilson. O. GIVE Us the streets where
that occurred. A. You will find on Eleventh
street, in my neighborhood; there Is no sand
under the pavement:
o. You say that there Is no sand under the
pavement, at what points, A. 0n Rhode Is
| land avenue, from Tenth street to Ninth street,
wooden payements; there Is no sand on that:
O. We're you talking about wooden pavements
or foot-pavementsi A. am talking about
| Q. This Is q wooden pavement you were talk
| ing abouti A. That Is, wooden pavementj there
Is nothing under Il but clay.
BY Mr.. Mattingly: @. Are you talking about
carriagewayl A. Yes, sir. -
BY Mr.. Wilson: Q. Put right on the clay7
A. Yes; nothing but clay; some call It loan
and sand, but It is nothing more than clay. l
wilI bring q specimen Of Il tomorrow, If you
O. TEN me of another place where the pave
ment Is put on the clayi A. Covington street;
there Is no sand under thst.
Q. What kind of pavement Is that A. That
is in square 364; that Is eoblestone pave
ment. - 81 --l- d n Z
%. That Is put on the clayi A. Yes, sir;
and all the alleys In that square.
O.. Are they all the same wayl A. Yes, sir.
have noticed generally around that there are
great many Of the payements that there Is
very little sand on.
Q. Is there any place In the city where you
say that the brick footways have been laid on
sSa 5 gay 2s %E S sb sg %ase Ssn Saant O6s
two inches Of SAND under IT,
Q. Give US the places. A. On Tenth street,
between Q and streets. | +
Q. Footways laid with bricksi A., Yes, sir;
laid with brick. .--.- r-.. -....-., ii.
Q. On what street, A. Tenth, northwest,
between Q and r.
Q. What. amount of sand do you say was
under thatl A. There was no more than an
inch or an inch and half on that bank-poor.
Q. Any other placei A. cannot call to mind
now, but 1t is q general thing along on Rhode
Island avenue, # Is the same thing. ! have
been Informed by others Of certain streets; but
that don't know anything about. ,ar
Mr.. Wilson. ] do not care about any other
points except those where You saw hem your
self. . 1900 --....- .--.--..
BY Mr.. Mattingly: o. understand you that,
in the case of Ninth street, the board had
charged an item Of s297 for lowering water
maini A. Yes.
o. And you say that the water-main was not
lowered; that there Is also charge of l. 400 and
odd dollars for sewering, and that no sewer
was put in that street by the boardl A. The
sewer was already there -r,
o. You said that it was an old sewer built
twenty years agol A.-A portion of It was built
twenty years ago; but there was portion put
there under Mayor Emery.
Mr.. Christy. will cali Mr.. lille. desire to
say, in regard to this witness, that we caused a
subpoena to be issued, which was not served.
We then sent q messenger for him, and he
came, the messenger suggesting to him that
there was q subpoena for him. -------r
Mr.. Mattingly. Here he is.
Mr.. Christy. Yes; but desire to say this in
justice to the witness.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY HmR.
Henry HiIe sworn. ..... u-
oftree-boxes, he having had 9 contract with the
board at one time, at o pricce agreed upon, and
having furnished tree-boxes to the board.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. What do you know about
tree-boxesl A. had q contract for making
tree-boxes, at seventy-Aye cents apiece.
Q. When was thati A. That Is the order,
producing paper.)
O. Did you you put up the boxes according
to the contract A. Yes, sir.
Q. How large q contract was TT A. The
contract calls for 500.
O. You put up I, 800, at seventy-tvo cents
apiecei A. made 400 and some odd, and then
was ordered to stop. r- ....
Q. You were only to make them for oeventy-
two cents, as understand. Were you to fur
nish the lumber alsoa A. Furnish the lumber
and make the boxes.
Q. Did that include putting them upi A.
No, sir.
b. You had q contract for 500, and stopped
at the end of 4OOl A. They stopped me.
Q. You were stopped by the boardi A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Why were you stopped A. They told
me It was too late to plant trees at that season.
Q. You made all that was required for that
seasoni A. made four hundred and odd; /
was to make 1,5O0. .....--. .-s--e ~
@. Did they require the 1 ,5O0l Did anybody
else make them that seasoni A. Yes, sir; there
were other parties making them.
Q. How did it happen that you were cut off
Was 1t a fact that they had stopped putting
them up at that season. A. That am not
able to say. -r
Q. What season was lit -..
Mr.. Bass. 1879.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. April, 1s72i A. Yes,
sir; about the 1st of May.
0. What time did you deliver the lasti A.
had nothing to do wtth the delivery. They got
them at the place where they were made.
Q. What time did they take them awayi A.
/ can't say the date. rUr.rT ~ r.
O. You don't recollecti A. don't remem-
Der the date. made them as fast as they took
them away. % r--r-.--.E r.#.. r---#l
Q. Couldn't they plant trees after thatl Had
the trees been planted A. Yes, sir.
By the Chairman: Q. DID you furnish them
800 weekl A. furnished them as fast as
they hauled them away.
Q. That is not my question. Did you fur
nish them 800 weeki A. am not certain
about that; never took notice. I furnished
them as I took them away with the carts.
The Chairman. see your contracts read
1900 q week."
BY Mr.. Stewart: Q. Was seventy-two cents
reasonable pricel A. Yes; I could have made
them for that, If could have got them at that
time. y q
Q. And they paid for all they deliyeredi A.
Yes, sir.
O. Could you make them for that price nowi
A. 1t Is rather late in the season now. have
other work now that pays me better than that;
but in the winter time, when get nothing. ELSE
to do-in the early part of spring-it pays well
enough. aa....
Q. 1t would not pay in the spring after busi-
ness commencesf A. No, sir; not in the busy
Q. What would be fair price nowi A. Ten
or twelve cents in addition to that-about 81
cents. r-s
Q. Do you know what the board price is nowf
A. No, sir.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. 1 desire to know
whether any objection was made to the boxes
that you furnished1 A. No, sir; they were
pronounced the best in the lot; as good as any,
at least. -....-
Q. Was the contract given to any one else at
that timel A. Yes, sir; think q contract was
given to one or two other persons; pretty much
at the same time, or Immediately after got
mine. ..-.1L .a
O. Was 1t at q reduced or increased price
A. That / am unable to state; don't know
what they got. H
Mr.. Wilson. We had several of these con-
tracts before us the other day. They were
ninety cents in money, or one dollar In certii-
Gates. Think stated correctly.
Witness. found out subsequently from Mr..
Pumphrey that he was getting ninety cents.
Mr.. Christy. The point we intended to make
was, that this witness had agreed to, and did,
furnish them at a certain price-seventy-f five
eents-and that the increased price was given
to other parties.
The Chairman. That he stated.
BY Mr.. Stewart: Q. At that timel A. Subse-
quently; TO the same party before he had fin
ished his original contract.
O. During that timei A. Yes, sir.
Q. While you were at work at yoursl A. After
I was at0nnad