National Republican., 1874-05-29

recb ngures. Again, there was N eW Jersey
avenue st that time which was not paved, but
It Is paved now, and so / considered II right
and proper to include New Jersey avenue that
was in It.
Q. Do we understand you 10 say that the as
sessment had been madsTup against the street
before 1t was completedi A. No, sir; the as
sessment had been made, and then afterward
Mr.. Wright Rives comes before you, 1t appears,
and makes certain charges that II is sfncorrectly
stated. After that the Governor refers Il TO
me and had the whole thing gone over!
Q. Who assisted youin going over iti a. Mr..
Danenhower. He is one of the assistant engi-
neers. We corrected the whole. For In
stance found that the old bluestone pave
ment had been lying there. This old blue.
stone psvement-2o cents yard-was charged
for taking it up, when no credit was given to
the old material-so as to leave it to every In
diyidual citizen If be wanted to get anything
for bis old stone. I think such things ought
to go into the assessment sheet; at least if you
charge
q. We will not discuss the philosophy Of
this thing. / simply want to get At what has
been done7 A. just made an assessment
sheet with all the items that thought were
legitimstely belonging TO IT, :.
Q. Do you know whether Mr.. Barney has
been over this same work. A. Yes, sir.
Q. Since you went over iti A. Mr.. Barney
was along also. ,-....-... -. %
Q. Did you and Mr.. Barney agree abont #
A. Oh, yes, sir, fully.
o. How do you gentlemen and Mr.. Rfyes
agreel- A. l do not know that showed 1t to
Mr.. Wright Rives. -.
Q. You have seen his statement A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Did your work differ from hist A. Well,
It does differ some from his For instance, in
that street there Is In one square, q Col
ton fence that cost 30 cents foot, and in the
thara q n rxrI,i
sS foot. Now did not think 1t was right
and proper to charge the whole street all
through-the Que who gets the Cotton 80 cents
foot, TO let him pay for the brownstone cop
ing In the next square. I made general esti-
mate for each square, as to what was proper
assessment for each square-for that which
belonged to that square.
Q. Were there, or not, any other charges
there in regard to paving or anything of that
kindi A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you recollect the amount of themi A.
l think, you know, there were about 1000
square yards too much brick pavement there.
Q. You were interrogated by me when ex-
amined you before in regard to the account
upon which the appropriation of 81 ,2tO, 900
was procured. II understood your suose-
quens statements in regard to It, you say that
you were referring In your answer to my ques-
ton to the voucher upon which the money was
drawn and not the account upon which the
appropriation was obtainedl A. That is It,
Q. Did you ever look over that account upon
which that appropriation was made with q
view Of ascertaining whether all the work that
was specified In that account had been donei
A. Yes, sir, I have; but find there glaring
omissions and very glarlng inaccuracies. l And
for instance, there Is Fifth street fronting Ju-
dietary square, where 1t says there Is new con-
crete payemept, new brick work, new curbing,
new brick, wheh there has nothing Of the kin,
been furnished. a.
By Mr.. Mattingly: @. Let us understand
this. DO you mean that applies to the state
mont on which the money was obtainedl
Mr.. Wilson. Oh, no; am calling his attsn-
ton specially to the statement upon which the
appropriation was based, and not to the one
upon which the money Was drawn from the
Treasury. .-
Mr.. Mattingiy, understood him to say, II,
answer to your question on direct examination,
he was referring to the statement upon which
the money was paid.
Mr.. Wilson. Not at all. he did not refer TO
that at all. When asked him the question
did ask him question with reference to the
statement upo1 which the appropriation was
made; upon which the appropriation was pro-
cured-he said he misunderstood the question,
and his answer had reference to the vouchers
upon which the money was procured.
Mr. Mattingly. ask him now whether his
statement applies to that7
Mr.. Wilson. No. Now ask him the ques-
ton whether he has looked over the statement
upon which the appropriation was secured,
with view to determine whether he was ac-
curate or not-whether he has looked over
it, and IL there are glaring Inaccuracies in
It, and he instances Fifth street west, on Judi
clary square, and he was proceeding tofustance
others.
The Chairman. The Governor In his testi-
monY stated that was mere estimate, and
that good deal of the work was In progress
and some of 1t not done.
Mr.. Msttingly. l understand that has all
been gone into. wanted Mr.. Cluss to under
stand what he was talking about, that is all.
The Witness. In the report OF 1872, page AZ,
here is an account of the United States and
the Board Of Public Works for work done on
Pennsylvania Avenue northwest, and so on.
MIR. Wilson. You say that was not an aecu-
rate account, and that 1t is not controyerted
The Governor says so himself. He says It is
only an estimate, and not an actual statement
Of work done.
Mr.. Hubbell. That has b.en admitted all
along.
Mr.. Wilson. have no further questions
to ask you myself. If you want to make any
further statement, you are at liberty to do 80,
as t-r as am concerned.