National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-21
ArTERNooNss SESSION.
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On tbs comnlttes rcassenbline, Wrlekk
Rives was recalled. = y - !.
By M. Wilsons q. when you wers hers b.
fore ron W1rc requested TO mske ont = 1<ato-
ment IN regard 70 various uatfsr5 Ard brfn4 q
hero have you made such s<1f1feentl a.
have copied great many q t1sm, buk h ~
been inpoesibIe % SCI al toGetber
~ 4,zs yos @sas OF stsfs2sss e g
but bsfore I proceed Win the testimony,
.uuutdssy ~ Nh. Forsyth b here, and he says
there o some discrepancy IN my estimate thai
.1wohId lfkeso have him ekpiaii that. m q
for the committee, OF course, 70 sxy xhstflsr be
shah Do se7aexTotrst- =suhssqueut time
IksRIlpeyfseily .Eillipg % leave. the matter
where ! Z. md 3 lille ni.taks, but ! an
E T WIS., Il 81 i3 sSssa dseDsnc, !. !.
RIyoaS fofmsr tsstia6ny between yos sndJ Mr
FORSYTH, We wtll gfye you Cd OPPORTUNITY here
amer to make ~ explanation y Say ffs,s I
m WItness That WIN Be perfectly sssisfAesory
am willing 70 lot it stand where Il Is. q go
esos 4 VIII ask you thea 10 furnish the com.
mittee with statement in'reesfd 10 the Bis
densburg roed.I A. Thee CONTRACT was giver
originally 10 Crowley, for grading, Erav
eiing,s eulverts, and ssHars, the esttmsfsd cosl
bstngt u; oeo. i .eesa Goyernoe's answer 70 the
EtnyesttgAting committee, page 262, contract
Nor s10ss3 Previous 70 Shls, or 4 should say
since chen, The Lcgislature made an approDris.
tionof e23, 900 for that road. In July, fs72
Crowley . contractWa eunulled u end the Board
of Puhlio Worla advertised IN the Washington
city pspersS for proposals. TO fnish the road.
sworkgas finally given 70 J,f.W. Vanden,
bargh, on August 81, 1877. Contract No. 4se
page 2Sa Of the Governor q ensEer. 80, ~
{ In looking over the prices L zee contracts.
see contract No. tBT 10 Davenport was for the
Bladoushufg road, but Tshdenbureh 4nally
got IT, I have understood from . reliable
source that Mr.. Wand nburgh was not only DC
bidder, bat he did not put "a any bid whatever
This contract was Tor grading and graveling
II. Schroeder had preriousiy received the con
tract 10 build calVerts, &c. See Governors an
swer, page ~, CONTRACT No. $50, dated August
10, 167o.te 70 GggTasiss u al ae,ir5sfs ~ {
1otfhs estlmste for yandenburgh's contract
was e29, HOO.j The estimate for Schreider's wal
81, Gas 81. 5 L understand. and have reason tc
believe, that II 4 90, that In this case this Van
denburgh contract was let TO Mr.. Vandenburgt
without any contract prices being named, bui
that was left to Mr.. Barney TO decide after the
work. Was fnished. This contract, under
stand, was not signed by the Governor until
some time In December, tS73-or November
somewhere, along there, from September. II
was NOT signed until then, notwitk standing the
road had Been completed pretty nearly year
or the bills had been sent on pretty nearly {
year. They were sent out In March. On page
81 Of the'report ofTthe Boardo Public Works
for i678, the Columbia turnpike, Total cost
$50, 6246 so. 0nS page R48 Of the Governors
answer, contract $40, Crowley received u, 900
On page 661 of the Governors answer, Vsnden-
bqrghb received "a, 94.os; the. report stats.
he sGosefnor's answer, Henry Schneider, con.
tract sNos 4Sos reoeiveds $3.50. 81, 2,ool 50,
actual cost over estimate. Now, all the work
Crowley, Fsndenburgh, and Schneider; there.
fore the amounts they received should be the
.eessref the road and 5pee cent added; adding
these together, We get e32, 624. "a Is the total
cost Of the road, according to the reports In
the, Governors 'ansWer-the amounts these
contractors received. @ -, 4
Inthe report OF the Board Of Public Works
OF 1873, page ,6S, there. Is for Columbia road
sIs4l7 Is that was, q Il states there for tiles,
bank and sodding the same, snd the cost Of the
sodding. There was some 81 500 for labor.
As far Is that q concerned, cannot ind what
II 10 for uniess Il q for labor to be- performed
on the road where they put down the tiles. e
The United States pays 20 Der cent. OF this
whole amount Taking 20 per cent. we get
tS,40s.6 deducted from the above cost, say
SSS, 20 a. The total cost OF the road, 60
matter how you az It. -, !, - 80 n
! Mr., Wilson. Have you made out the differ
ence In the cost as shown in this contract, and
the amount they report as the cost Of the road
Hare you substraoted the ore from the otherf
street thst from S52. SCI. ss. ' =
Mr.. Wilson. It makes difference, Il End, Of
SIS, 1oo 80. -'.l,. =
BY Mr.-Merrick: o, The property-holders
as / understand n, are assessed on the basis OF
the total cost Of $50. S24 .6S, A, Yes. sir. "a
q. II there q anythinr else YOU know IN con-
nection with the BiadensburR road, please state
It. A. Mr.. yandenburrh was allowed one cent
for each 100 feet Of fall. The board prices
were cent and hail. i think. for every 100
feet over the frst 200. BE was allowed one
cent the first 100. q1;E - e 81 2 -
O. How do YOU get that factt Ash 4
paper here which has the actual cost of the
surveyor OF the county, who was charged With
these roads. BE sad be could not give il TO
me unless obtained & permit from the mem
bers OF the board. Imade application to Gov
ernor Shepherd, who was vice president of the
board &C that time.is He gave me that permis-
SION. kept Il, and Il Is embraced In this
paper. From that I find that Crowley was al
lowed, under his contract, only twenty nine
cents per cubic yard for excavation, and Van
denburgh was allowed sixty cents for the same.
By the Chairman: @. That is, fol- hard red,
white or blue clay, or loose rock excavation
A. There is no rock On the road; lust simply
clay. g-s5y b 80 = 80 :
J q. Il don't say whether It Is soft or hard
clay -sF : $500 -, $500 10
The Chairman. There are three kinds Of ex-
cavation in the contract. For excavation for
the first two feet, 40 cents; the additional loose
earth excavation 30, and then hard, hard red,
white, or blue clay, or loose rock excavation,
80 cents. i simply call attention. to that. A..
I have never seen the contract. I have made
several applications to get 1.-TWO written ap-
plications and three or four verbal applications
but was never allowed to see the contract.
BY Mr. Jewett: @. What did they pay-at
what ratef A. Sixty cents. Crowley received
go cents, Yandenburgh received 60 cents, and
think, In one instance, 20 cents, according to
that table. Vandenburrh received 20 cents for
sand. Crowley was allowed 90 cents per cubic
yard for cutters, and Vandenburgh DO cents.
You will find by table 40, II you viii examine
t., in the report of the Board Of Public Works
for 1879, Columbia road, gravel, 35, 392 $40
square Yards, at s22 796. I'D. = If YOU will exam
inc that table. that table MARRIED A, YOU VIII
fina tbe whole amount ef Yandepburrh 80. $50
square Yards. at sl6. e9S !O6: Crowley 8,13l
SQUARE yards, ct s4$s.S4, making a total
amount Of S6.olS SQUARE Yards, ut $f7, 4S1 40.
In the tables s22 ne. deductiug the above
we have a difference of S5.367 Sc In the price