National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-21


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By he 4Ohairnan. Yoa coaeidef yours 9
vastly superior pavensa&fS z VIZ 9si
Witness. Nyseiff = IA
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A. would rather have the tplnion Of chen
than give On nysslf. I deot Ne 70 blow ny
own BON. H. work eps.hs e6 tssaf.
use of the patent 7 A. No, elf. 10 ! +.
Q: Can any oos else ~ ~ A. No, cir; moi
muchly without ny consent.
~ the CHAIRMAN Not q All A. No, SIR
em sole psops1seor Of tAat. -
~ SENATOR Stewart: 9. You have that I'D.
vantage IN laying this paEttcalar pavement n
the nc3 that you have the patent yourself. n
your aegregate you don't calc1lase snySnine
for TIE use OF the pateuta A. No, m.
g Thas = Just because OF your having youl
own pafenta A. Yes, df. 80
By Representative Wilson: Q. Do you have
any other contracts than thoes xou nave men
toned A. The company OF inomas Lewis
Obtained contracte for the paving o. Ninth
street, and Mr.. d. y. Aammk, gentleman
well known In the CITY presume, ne ooeameo
. contract for paving koofsn ssrces.
By the chairman: ALSO paving Nmth
street. a. ZEE, 0r; az NJ; aamnnk, gen.
tleman largely insereeteo IN the insurance ana
paving business m Wssn1gton.
IN these conuaesM 4. -, @ .
Q. For aymg your klnd or pavements A.
les, III; snes y W. 20 y isM eecofulng 70
the spec1ncstDm OF tine patent.
~ kePsesematiye wilson; 9. Were they
90 lafor a. NO. ar. .a- =.
Y. why nM a. inat cannot ten you.
l was on oS1 y the time SICK. COM
menced on fouftn street., at Indiana avenue,
and was ta9en 0ck when got just about
street-)9es soove ne Little church on that
strees. VAS sanea VI N tho prosecufion Of
that Work on Fourth street, betweea Indiana
evenue anu new IorK >avenne was taken
SICK on the an o. Sune, Ma. That was ut
ABOUT street. Amer that tho work was then
carried ON Dy Hewitt q Lewis, l being on my
Dack, and was very low that summer, NOT ex-
pecteo 70 i've: They completed the work rom
wnere left on out 70 New iork avenue, ana
then commenced on Ninth street, q femsyi-
wanna avenue, wnicn was an exsennon OF the
original contract, ana earned II up 70 n street..
Apout tne ms OF september was aDie 70 get
out OF my oed on crnenes ana went Gown 70
see now inc WIZ ass oelnS oone ana gong on.
got OUT on tine street an9 was aoie 70 take my
crutcn ana ueaA soe strect u nearly Gown 10
the ootuom OF sue r0ao Doa. aaRiseo the poo
pie on the nne OF tnat street tnat tnat pave,
ment was Hauo o9 themselves, on tne ooara
OF fqonc WORKS, ana on me as tine pstensee,
ana aoVlsed tnem not 70 pay tnelr assessmen =
wnen tney came along Tor tnat Pavemeat. l
wrote letter 70 ihomas Lewis C0;' aiso IN
reiersnce 70 Inat pavement, 1no o1 tnem 4
should enter q protest and have the work
stopped ana woui9 NOT allow them 10 go any
lurthei; Inc woIk taat tney. aone WOMB oe
very wilhnS 70 TAKE tne contract 10 90 as gooa
WORK ior $i.0o per yard. 81
hepresentatiVe wilson. Ula you wrlte 10 tne
Doaru OF ruphe WORKS on tnat suDjecu A.
40 not tnink dd: lthlnk instructed Ham
link 70 go 70 tne noard OF fuoilc WORKS. was
' very ~ az Inc Time, ana ~ was merely from an
accident tnat ! went out to see, because SO
many complaints had been inside to me. was
very weak haa oeen Gown with rheumatism.
~ mi9Tmea Mr. hsmhhK Dy letter, ana thak
Mr.. hamlink toid me that he would have the
tMng stopped; tnat tney would not go any
Iurther. mat was up to NJ street, on the
= = ourtn street consrac. from Ninth street up to
view 10TH avenue. mat street Is In about as
PAD connnion as any broken up street IN this
CITY. Ninth street since has been resuriaced.
z. AT whose expense, DO you know! A. Thos.
Lewis, believe, now. HE is the only one LETT
in the concern. l believe he done 1t at his
expense. But on the cross-examination In the
case that have now against him the other
Jay we ascertained that they bad made out
Dill to present to the Board Of Public Works to
Inc amount OF twenty thousand dollars for re-
pairing that street, and leaving Fourth street in
, very horrible coDoition which has nearly de-
stroyeo my patent. 1t broke up the sale OF 1t
n one city, and broke up contracts In Chicago
y. 10 you know whether they went on aid
hnisned up that contract In the manner IN
Snicn tne WORK was being done at the time you
'aw II. "A. 90 not understand you.
=. You say you went out on your crutches,
lnd you could break up the pavement, or what
'ver you called It. A. with my crutch.
Y. you protested against It, and advised the
'Ioperty owners NOT 10 pay the assessment on
= Do you know whether they continued
lno nnisned tne contract constructing the pave
nent IN the manner IN which that was con-
'trueted which you could break up with your
.rutcn. A.. NO, sir. 1t was beyond where
aao seen Inc WORK. Il WAS up to m. street.
v. Da tney stop there's A. Ihey stopped
mere inen ABOUT november or Decemoer
vas wen enough 70 go out with my buggy, and
went on t1e sLleet ana commenced 10 lay the
'ase aoove m streetLoet"een n: ana N: linen
commeneeo tne "ork ~ accoruaece Win my
VIZ piAns. mao t9e seone nealeo IN the tur-
'a Se,a anu Thnn n and Iaia up mere
senator thurman. Dld understand you to
ay that you were the contractor in the firm of
Inomas Lewis q Coz A. Thomas Lewis q
~. Mere Ine eontraetors: 1ney got my con
ri,h them tn aaaI 81 tne a IRA
shn 'ne"' Aney pun III tneH piQ lOr the
arisen pavement previous to my combination
~ ~ 1 Ma 49,, &c.,.
IA ~ 1 yoI JuS' onse 'ne" : rcyaIy, OF
rers 70 hsNe th, a f fonr.h a. a. w S tnes