National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-26

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Q. Don't You know that when that lumber
cane here the Board Of Pubic Works refused
% psrmit It to 90 down in the streets, or TO let
any contractor take Il from him, because he
hADpened TO DO the son of member of the
board; was that not the reason that he failed
% sell III A. Ican't answer that.
Q. You don't know that of your own knowl.
'edgss A. can't answer that; don't know It
of my own knowledge.
20. Do you know anything Of that fact, that
tia board would not use his lumber, either d.
rectly or indirectly! A. ! heard such rumors.
Q. Ifhe had been permitted, I'm the market
here, 10 stand Nike other lumber dealers, could
not that lumber have been disposed of to other
coptractorsi A. have always thought he
could have sold It.
o. Why was it that when other dealers were
ceiling their lumber to contractors here that
large amount of lumber which Mr.. Brown had
could not be put in the marketl A. I don't
know.
@. Is not the reason for II to be found in the
fact that his father happened 10 be Q member
of the board, and the board would not permit
that lumber to 60 in the streetsi A. I have
heard that rumor.
By Mr.. Christy: 9. Who owns that treating
process. A. I don't know whether Mr.. Nick
erson or Mr.. Roberts-Mr. Nickerson, l think,
owns 1t.
By the Chairman: Q. What ID this process,
A. Burnetz;ng; we were irouizing when first
took the c0ntr act. -.--
Q. You have got to burnetizing now, have
youl A. The board ordered me to change It
to burnetizing.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. Was the person who
subjected It to the ironizing process Mr.. Nick
~erson, or was it some one else! A. Mr..
. Nickcrson. ! think Mr.. Nickerson turned
It over.
The Chairman. Anything furtheri
Mr.. Christy. Not of this witness.
By Mr.. Harrington: Is there any special
advantage in forming q contract to be laid
down at 50 with un.reated wood, and q con-
tract to lay down treated wood 1t $3.50! A..
would rather lay it at 80.
O. Untreated! A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Christy: Q. How much do you
pay for treating it! A. told you Just now
5Ocents thousand feet.
@. How many superficial yards will that layl
A. have made no calculation about that.
Representative Bass. Twenty was just
stated.
Witness. / merely undertook to &c. this
lumber of, and get my neck out of the halter,
i'll could.
By Mr.. Christy Q. Then it did not cost you
fifty cents square yard to treat it? A. We
had to handle it several times besides /; we had
to handle it two or three times, and haul it and
everything of the kind. All tn ose blocks were
handled three or four times-trcating them !;
and then we had to change the process of treat
ing.
y. w ny QlQ YOU Change IL! "A. IL Woe Aooo
by order of the board.
O. Were YOU not instructed that the ironizing
process was injurious to the wood! A. don't
exactly recollect the phraseology Of their or
der, but was requested to stop tronzing and
to burnetize.
o. Your contract called for the ironizing pro-
cess, and you were instructed by the board to
burnetizei No; don't think the board named
the letter awarding the contract named three or
four processes of treating.
By the Chairman: A. l understood you to
say, while ago, that you sold portion Of this
lumbera A. Yes, sir we did sell . portion
of it.
Q. Did you sell It at the market price for that
character of lumber! A. Yes, sir.
@. What did you get for it! A. let Mr..
Smith sell it; ! don't know exactly what he
got for it; he has to replace the lumber to me;
I let him have it to supply his customers.
By Representative Hubbell: @. He was Q
lumber dealerl A. He was q lumber dealer,
and let him have it to supply his customers,
and he is to replace it to me whenever l call
for 1t.
Q. What is the average price of that lum-
Der per 1,000l A. think they paid $3.50 q
Thousand, or $40, / am not sure which.
Q. How many square yards of pavement can
be made from 900 feet of this lumber! A. As
1 have answered the question once or twice, l
have never made calculation, and could not
answer it.
Representative Wilson. This gentleman over
here stated it.
Mr.. Stanton. Twenty yards.
= Witness. made no calculation at all.
Mr.. Harrington. think that Mr.. Jones has
misled you all in saying that he pays fifty
cents thousand feet for treating the wood.
The Chairman. One thousand superficial
feet.
By Mr.. Harrington Q. think he means to
say that he pays $40 thousand and fifty cents
yard for completing it. Is that what you
meant A. $40 a thousand.
Mr.. Harrington. In other words It costs him
fifty cents a square yard for treating #.
= Witness. Mr.. Nickerson can answer that
question.
Representative Hubbell. How much Is #.
Mr.. Nickerson. The contract is SO cash, but
then, when we took certificates, we charged
$l1.50.
Representative Hubbel One thousandl
Mr.. Nickerson. Yes, sir.
The Chairman. am very much Obliged to
counsel for correcting it, because was very
much misled by the statement. 1t shows the
value Of having two witnesses upon the stand
at the same time.
J. Z. Miller swoln. Examined by Mr.. |
Christy.
Q. Where do you resides A. Washington
city.
Q. How long have you resided herea A. |
About fifteen years. |
@. What knowledge have you of the cost of |
sodding! A. / have q limited knowledge of |
Q, What is the result of your knowledge As
to costs
WITNESS examines paper1
By Mr.. Stanton: Q. What is your paper? A. |
Receipt from sodder-from . man who At |
tends TO it.
Mr.. Christy. We do not propose to offer the |
receipt in evidence, but the witness desires to |
refer to it to refresh his recollection. Task him
as to his knowledge of the cost of sodding.
Representative Hubbell. Has he been en- |
gagged in the business
Mr.. Christy. i understood him to say he had |
sodding done; and now he proposes to refresh |
his recollection as to the extent of that knowl- |
edge, and the price to lie paid for It.
witness. referred merely to the receipt to |
lind out the date when paid for certain sod
ding: have never been in the sodding bust
ness. November IA, 1872, 1 paid one Joseph |
Jenkins for sodding two back yards upon C |
street. engaged with him to do that sodding
1t seventeen cents per square yard. / had l.
other oilers at twenty and twenty five, but he |
being the least, land he said he understood his Il
busness,) l gave it to him, and he did It in /
-ceipt.
@ What kind of soddinga A. can't tell.
He hauled it in his carts, and saw it while he
was doing It and after it was done.
By Mr.. Mattingiy. Q. Did he put soil on I'll
A. There is good soil on 1t; he removed the 1
top dirt and cut it down and put the dirt back
again, and put the sod on it.
By Mr.. Stanton. Q. That is the extent of
your knowledge! A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Mattingly. Q. Do You know Whist he |
paid his mem A. He did 1t himself.
Representative Hubbell. Call your next ex-
pert.
Mr.. Christy. desire to examine him further
= on several subjects.
Q. What knowledge have You Of any i'm
provement made in front of lots Nos. 81 and
%, on Fourteenth street in this cityl A. There |
was a wood pavement put down there on Four
teenth. A contract, believe, extending, do /
not know how far it ran north.
Q. Was there any other improvement madel
Was there claim for any Improvement being
jmadea A. Yes, sir; there was Q claim made
for roadway and footway.
Q. Explain that.
By Mr.. Harrington: @. Claimed by Who'll A.
The Board of Public Works, here arc the bills.
The bills are dated August q, 1872. Carriage
way and footway, $3.50; in front Of lot q,
square II. August 81, 1872, in front Of lot g,
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