National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-23

Very respectfully, a., Gas; 8. yeasscs.
n iss. ds..ls sssss'f ka:si.st ss1' f"sa'a
By the Chairman: Q: Did .you mako my
letter, copied from one which q nov On lebe-
fore the board, which + sent them.
@. Read that letter, If you, pleased A.
will state, beforeI read this, that on consulta-
ton with my friends sat down and wrote 9
letter which they Insisted must 9ot send
spoke OF the charges preferred as
/ thought at the time they de-
served, inasmuch as there was not q scin-
tilla OF foundation for such charges at the
time; but they oyerruled me and thought that
it would endanger me before the board and
would be the means Of taking away the con-
tract from me. them said that would not
write 9 letter AZ all. do not remember at
| this moment whether this letter WAS written
by Mr.. Forney or Mr.. Fsehtz, They persuaded
me to sign 1t, and this Is the letterwhich went
in as my explanation. -
1 re es Board Of Pa5iie Rorfs he btsiysa Of
SssTIsMEx: Your communication Of the 9Th
instant is before me, and In answer-I have to say
! that have not 'oiered money to obtain an en-.
shat II cost US large sums money to obtain our
/ present contract" NJ
grader, are based on . conyorsatiOn which j had
with DR.. Schmidt Of the Treasury Department,
and as have conversed upon THIS subject with
socfsted In this contract, win state that in said
conversation said that II DR.. Schmidt Was able
At present an additional contract, we could Afford,
Il he should succeed in rsnOTing MI. Mniietts
willing to see Mr.. Mullett and use his influence
with Rim to the desired effect, IS he was con-
Of Of
mentioned that he need have no hesitation 70 &C
espt our proposition, As nothing d i to
to secure another contract was OF vital importance
| to rs, on account Of expenses incident to first
BY this meant nothing dishonorsble or disre-
/ spectful to any member Of your board, and II any
other meaning was or 10 imputed 70 my words,
| misreIresented.
This is all have to offer in explanation Of my
charges are based, and, am willing to have my
explanation corroborsted or contrsdictsd BY DR..
Very respectfully, P.H. Rx1NHARD
The shove is substantially correct, and an
quite willing to give any additional information
that may Do desired on this c spG1sotF soHxpr.
BY the Chairman: @. The Endorsement being
| an explanation, was sent with the letter. A.
| Yes, sir. 1 told my friends that while that
letter was all true and right, Il was not the
character of letter WANTED 70 send. / had
| q plain letter-talkine plainly, and telling Mr..
Mullet in plain round terms that feared he
himself was not clear in his skirts, or else he
would not think of making such charges upon
/ q mere little conversation / had with DR..
| Schmidt, asking him TO intercede. with him to
give us an additional contract My reasons
were these: that letter does not state the
facts. gig
The Chairman. 4 do not think you had better
20 into all these explanations. We want the
! facts. and think we ought to have them,
however, If you have any.
The Witness. On the street on which this
pavement waste be laid there were very heavy
excavations being made at the time-large
sewers on both sides Of the street. objected
/ 10 laying those blocks on newly made ground.
would rather have waited until spring, and
until that ground settled, because If 1t gave.
way persons would give bad name to the
pavement, and not stop to think that it was
the foundation, and wanted to turn this ma
teriai that we had contracted for on TO another
), street. and then do that in the spring; that
was the object for asking for the additional
contract.
By Mr.. Wilson @. Who did the grading on
that street, A. I think it was Mr.. Gleason
am not sure. Mr.. Murphy was, think, doing
It at first, but he stopped,
O. Did you do any gradingi A. It was in
lcluded, certainly. We never had any contract
written. We never had signed any contract
with the board AZ long as had anything to do
with that contract. $500
4 By the Chairman Q. understand you that
this contract was afterward given in the name
Of Mr.. Faehtz alonei A. Yes, sir that is the
last hear of it-thst letter and my answer.
was no more connected with 1t.
@. Do you know why 1t was that your name
was left out of that contract A. No; ex-
! eepting on account Of this controversy that
arose Between Mr.. Mullett sndf
Q. Had you or had you not mentioned the
fact that this contract cost you money! A.
had not. never mentioned that to any per-
son. 4 told DR.. Schmidt simplyTthh fact-
l. @, No, no. Had you mentioned to any one
that Mr.. Forney and Mr.. s. P. Brown and other
people were interested with you in that con-
am pretty positive did not. have spoken Of
that matter since.
Q. Who made the application for this con-
tracti A. ISid. r-T
Q: To whoR Was 1t In writingi A. Yes,
, sir; think had it; but this Is an application
that made for an additional contract. wrote
an application and signed It together with Mr..
Faehtz, recommended at the bettem BY Mr..
Forney, and flied It beforetne board some time
the last of August or the first Of September,
1871. i leff the city and went AWAY was
away about-s month, and In my absence this
contract was awarded. 1880. Z
Q. Were you in the Treasury DEPARTMENT at
this tuiei A. Nd, SIR; was clerk to the
House Of Delegate. ISEI ~
4 Q. Did you speak to any member of the
board in references TO this contract personallyi
A. reallydo not think ever spoke to any Of
} them. I DO not fecoliect that did.
IRE. You did not 60 personally and say to any
plieation for q contract, sndI would be glad to
have you give, it to, meP A. IT. j did, Ger
tainly have no recollection Of 10 now. - -
Q. Did you know whether OF not Mr., Faehtz
did make such personal applieatiohf A. He
may have done 90. o. - rlf :. ,'-sd q 49,
!. Q: Yon DO not know whether he did or mott
A. I left a day ortwo after I. had prepared an
application, and what they did IN my absence
aid not Se, know Hn ! VeSsd = dispatch TO
4 q. do You know whether Mr.. Fornsy made
any such representation 70 the board-to any
member Of The board personality A. Mr.. For
ney told me that ne ana Mr.; HALL had been 70
II. @. That Is Governor shepherd } b, who
was ". then vice president Of the n a. Yes
I. q. wish you would.s1piaIn why II vas that
Mr.. s. ?. BrswATRIte.IR 10 interested in this
eontraeti a WslsS 1hs y was ! eannos tell
sssy , n, Forny and him 70 divide thu. one
~ ~ IL. sas , si j at til. .,n.A j.
So. They teld you ~ " r. For orn scI told
4 msxs :. taeti@ G Ae ls when I OBJ,
ieeted TO giving @, mHh@sng one half Of
I pay Mr.. Browg that Be- relied on II. Brown
4. Wss~ss T.% 5SaGS dosaieA would
!. enfitle him 70 Al Interest IN this contfacti A.
Wei, while i might not have been mentioned
In plain English words, the understanding was
that. q epaSe he va. 2 Sc thas this contract
is S Ge i YOU boS 4siy ubbomn him, A. I