National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-10

Chicago in the last year. Previous to that we
Q. Did you along about ls71-'7a A. Yes,
sir.
Q. How much did you get for that tbs,yz a
Wei, sir, l cannot answer the questi0a<
think It was about 81. Is to- 90 q SQUARE Ss,i-
l really think it was 1888 yard. Nv imS,e-
sion Is that It was that for South Park avenue.
Q. That was substantially the same as thiS
pavement A. Yes, sir; the same kind
l o. Did that include any gFadiDg9 A. That
Included Just the dressing up and forming Of
the street-puttfng 1t 10 order to receive the
Usyement IL was m old street, and had been
| graded pretty much before.
q. What prices did you receive for this same
class of pavement-sDy other paving which
you I'D in Chicagof A. The competition ran
so high with contractors to get that pavement
that think they ranit down to 81 so 3 yard.
Q. DID you do any &C 81 500 A. think We
did.
Q. How were the improvements made In tho
city Of Chicago, by your public authoritiesf
Were they BY competition between biddersf
A. Yes, sir; they were put up to the lowest
responsible bidder, reserviny the right tereject
any and all bids by the board.
Q. You laid this pavement, you say, In Co
lumbus, Ohioi A. No, sir; not this kind.
Y. What was thati A. That was what was;
called the Nicholson pavement.
Q. That was 3 wooden pavement A. Yes,
| sir.
Q. wha. did you get for that, Al got
grading.
Q. In additioni a. In addition. The curb
stones was paid for by the running foot.
Q. How much of that kind of paving did you
do in Columbusi A. I forget exactly 1t did
not come to quite hundred thousand dollars
at that price. lcannot say exactly how many
yards.
Q. How many cities have you put down
wooden pavement inl A. In Milwaukee, or
were interested In It.
Q. When did you put any down in Milvsu-
keel A. guess it was over two years ago.
Q. What did you get for thatl A. am not
able to say; cannot tell you the price now,
have forgotten. think it was upward of two
hundred dollars.
9: Exclusive or inclusive of the gradinga
A. think the grading was paid for extra, out
side OF that. We laid some there last year
also, since come to think Of It.
Q. In Milwaukee, A. Yes, sir.
| Q. What class of pavement A. think it
was the same as was put down here, with
the exception that It had boards under it for a
floor; cured lumber, the same as put down
| here.
Q. How much did you put down there, Al
think 1t was 5000 yardsi say II 900 or $1,000
yards.
9. Do you recollect the pricei A. do not.
BY Mr. Morrick: Q. You say that you under
stood the board here were awarding these pave
ments at fixed prices instead of to the lowest
bidders-thst is, prices established BY them
selves, as understand A. That Is the i'm
preston got when l was in Washington.
| q. What representations were made to YOU
by Mr.. Chittenden, or others, which prevented
you from making application to the board it
self, instead of paying this large sum of 800,
900 for the Intervention Of third partiesl What
explanation was made to you ftbe necessity
of paying such bonus, or any bonus at ala
A. Mr.. Chittenden informed me that be had
the matter in hand, and that 1t was better for
me not to say anything to the board, because
he had the matter in hand, and he was entitled
to carry 1t out, under his previous arrange
ment, because he wanted to make something
for himself.
/ Q. You made The previous arrangement, then,
to pay this $1,000 without any inquiry at ali
as to the manner In which contracts were
awarded herel A. No, sir; did not It was
after the award was made to US that he in
formed US that he required so much money.
Q. Well, but before the award was made had
not there been some oyertures between you
and he touching the compensation which he
was to receive for procuring that swardl A.
He was to receive one-third of the profits This
other matter was matter that he said he re-
quired 70 paw his expenses, which were heavy
remaining at the hotel and expenses that he
was at.
Q. That was subsequent to the award, then,
that this overture to pay 800, coo was madeP
A. Yes, sir. He said that he wanted a large
amount to pay that, and he wanted the balance
to help pay the national debt.
Q. Did you not deem it expedient to make
some inquiry as to the foundation of that be-
fore you paid such large sum of money! A.
I asked Mr.. Chittenden, who was the only
man that knew to go TO, what 1t was for, and
that was my answer.
| Q. You never took any further trouble,
therefore, to ascertain the necessity of paying
| this 500, 900 to procure this contract, except
| the communications between you and him! A
/ That was all; because did not know where to
60 unless went and asked the Board of Pub
| lie Works here, and he told me that / had no
business talking with the Board of Public
Works, because he had the matter IN hand; he
| would manage It.
@. And 1t was simply upon his say so that
you paid s1OO, 900, without taking the trouble
| to inform yourself at all as to whether you
could procure . contract without this undue
influenced A. Upon what he told me in the
matter; and he told me that, under my hgur-
ing in the prices of pavement, it did not cost
to exceed SO cents yard, anyhow, and the
margin left was sufficient.
i Q. Therefore, there being such large mar
gin, you were willing without further inquiry,
to give the half Of the margin to him, and make
no effort to secure any of it YOURSELF A. beg
your pardon. l did take care, and tried to save
portion.
Q. Any large portion meant A. would
have been very well satisfied i'll had made any
thing near that amount.
Q. You used no effort at all to save yourself
from this expenditure of $4,000 A. Not at
all, sir. The award was got upon the under
standing that he was to have one-third Of the
profits.
Q. That was the basis, was 1t, of the original
matterl A. Yes, sir.
o. What obligation of faith was there be-
tween you and him, he having procured the
contract upon the stipulation that he was to
have one-thirdl What obligation of good faith,
or anything else, was there upon you to make
this enormous additional compensation of $780,
600? A. None other than to get the contract
| Q. If the contract had been awarded, where
was there any further occasionl A. Suppos-
ing had refused to pay Mr.. Chittenden, he
might have it awarded to somebody else.
O. Your idea then, was that you were in his
powerl A. That was 1t, exactly.
Q. That, although It was awarded, he had
the power to take It away from you, and you
could not secure the fruits of that award with
: out paying that additional sunni A. That was
it, sir.
: By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. In order to ascertain
, what Is the amount OF profits for the division
into three parts, was the SIS, 900 to be included
In the cost of the work. A. Well, SIR, do not
. know that was TO be included. never cOuI0
: understand how we were to get at that. told
Mr.. DeGolyer that thought we had right to
: charge that to Mr.. Chittenden; and it has been
a matter standing in the books from that day
to this, whether we should charge it to Mr..
Chttenden, in proportion to his interest, for the
portion of the profits that might arise from
the contracts. It has stood that way ever
since, and 1t is on the books that way to-day.
: Mr.. DeGolyer died In the meantime, and it
stands thsrged up In the way that Mr.. Cook re-
presented.
Q, In what capacity was Mr.. Quimby en-
|: ployed by your frml A. Mr.. Quimby was en-
! ployed as foreman on q street over gang OF
} men, to keep their time and see that they did
their work, and did it as they were instructed
to according to specification.
O. Did Mr.. Quimby tell you at any time
that unless Ray and Whitney paid him a
, thousand dollars he would burst your contract
or your patent-destroy your patent, or any
thing to that effecti A. Mr.. Quimby called al
! nv Office last summer in Chicago, and he
seemed to be very much out of sorts on account
of the treatment that he received in Washing
ton from our people here. He said that when
DeGolyer & Mcclellan quit Washington, that
the parties then managing the business did not
seem to want him around the office, and gave
him as much to understand that they did not
want loafers In our office. He became very