National Republican., 1874-05-29


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Auditor Board Of Public Works
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRoPERTY,
pot ., p,,,,tv tWMAsattSGwTSSi Msats w1y July Il ls7s
qENTLENEN: have the honor to report that I
have inspected and received, on the 9Th instant,
from Van Brunt 3 Bro. per schooner w. NJ:
him assigned to the board, the following mate
rial: -...-.
sis square feet Of +.foot bluestons tagging.
Broken and rejected.
% square feat Of iiOOt bluestOne tagging.
E.B. TOWNSEND,
Superintendent Property.
tIndorsement.l
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, }
WAsHINGToS, July =. ls73.
Respectfully referred to the auditor.
By order Of the board.
CHAs. s. JOHNSON,
Assistant Secretary.
Q. In what way or by whom were the con-
tracts made for the purchase Of this faggingf
A. The other day Mr.. Mattingly brought up
certain papers, in regard to which I think Mr..
Mattingly as well as myself have been led q
little astray. find, but have not been able to
trace II yet, that reference is made to the or
der of December "a, 1872, which is previous
about six or eight weeks, to the time when 1t
WAS mentioned TO the engineers. In fact you
will find, January 20, that 81, ,905 had been
paid for Tagging, and then these very papers
be brings in here are later. Here is the price,
List of the Board Of Public Works; and find
on the fourth page tagging for three crossings
per square foot Is cents, laying IL cents; total,
go cents. Most likely this 4S cents has, some
time or other, got TO be IS cents; and in that
special order, whenever we can trace it, and I
have in vain asked It, so far most likely oc-
CURED that for common street crossings 48
cents; and most likely this tagging few cents
more. That Is the only way can account
for It.
Mr.. johnson, In regard to the purchase of this
tagging, should be glad to have you intro
duce It. I should like to see the minutes of
the board upon the subject Of the purchase of
this Tagging.
The Chairman. While waiting for it, will
ask the witness one or two questions.
Q. Does that statement you have read in
clude all the tagging that has been laidi A..
Yes, sir; don't think l missed anything.
Q. It is only confined to one yearl A. You
see In the first year not much Tagging was
laid. It seems to me that year tagging must
have sprung up in December, 1879. Before
that there was no Tagging laid except
@. This covers all the tagging that has been
laidi A, Yes, sir; excepting for crossings and
the gutter, fagwsy and the like.
Q. What do you know, If anything, in regard
10 the board making any contracts for the pur-
chase Of Tagging from John o. Evans, or any
body elsei 4. I have asked for the paper, but
It could not be produced.
Q. Do you know anything about I'll A.
Nothing, whatever; that is, besides these later
dates. This know, they made contract with
him for Tagging, because the material in all the
contracts after once the price is fixed for the
material it is routine matter and inserted after
wards. - ra.
@. In these prices find John o. Evans Is
paid some 90 odd cents for the tagging upon p
street circlea A. For the laying.
@. Does that embrace the cost Of material,
or just simply the dressing and putting It
downi A. Dressing 1t and putting It down
only. yrl y,.l-.l b.
Q. And then the board furnishes the mate
rial in addition to iti A. Yes, sir; he u the
furnisher, also, under different head.
Q. Tell rs how that Is, Did he sell that
tagging to the boardi A. Yes, sir; 90 It sp-
pears from the record. he first furnished the
tagging; thsn- he got go cents for laying that
frst tagging down. .ll
Z By the Chairman: q. Where Is that shown
BY the recordi ! did not happen to catch that.
4, The Witness. Mr.. Evans was paid on JAN
uary 20, for 45,642 square feet Of tagging, at
So cents per foot, and then afterward he was
paid for hauliugit 20 Fatrsgut square and to
P-street circle, and to Sixteenth STREET reserva-
ton, at 5 cents q foot. II go further down
here find that he Is paid here for IS, ,739
square feet Of Tagging dressed and laid at Far