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

not take any measurement for this reason: that
1t Is unnecessary. To find the Intersection OF
Third and E, find the exact area, what should
be charged to z, and what CHARGED to Third
which is one-half. In order TO do that would
state that First street was one of the first streets
finished in that portion of the town; that Is,
| laid with wooden pavement. Now, to find that
| area which l have designated as "a !" you mul-
| tipiy the width of the wooden pavement on
Third street, which is 40 feet, by the distance
from building line TO building line on street,
which is 30 feet. That will give you the num-
Der of square feet In that area, which have
designated "a" Divide that by 9, and you get
the number Of square yards, 24S &c. Now,
since Third street was finished first, the wooden
pavement was run into each of the cross streets:
that Is, run in to the distance of the building
line on Third street. Therefore YOU have on
each side of Third street two small areas,
which i have designated "B" and aB %
in which we have 70 find how many square
yards 1t contains. In order to do that :,
we will take the distance from Third
street curb stone and run back to the build
! ing line Of Third street, which Is S5 feet.
Then you multiply that by the width of the
pavement on E street, which is 80 feet, since the
E street wooden pavement Is 80 feet wide, and
divide that result by nine, and 1t will give You
the number Of square yards on one side of the
street. Since there are two of those, we add
them then together and get 64S-8g square
yards. In order to find out the cost YOU null
tiply this by $3.50, the cost of the wooden
pavement, and you get $2,21.1 IL. Since one
half Of this intersection is to be charged to
street, divide 1t by two, and you get 81, 135 S.
In the report of the Board of Public Works
for 1879, page "a one half of the intersection of
Third street Is 81 ,130.50. But In this measure
| ment Of the surveyor or engineer he did not
take into consideration the curbstone, which
should be charged. This cursstone was put
down before the wooden pavement, and there
| fore, in order to put down wooden pavement,
this curbstone had to run back on street, or
the different cross streets to the building line
of Third street. All this curbing was charged
to Third street. The curbing on two of the
four corners should be charged to E street;
that Is, from the building line of Third street
TO the wooden pavement on Third street, IS
feet; and from that intersection down to the
building line on & street Is 30 feet.
Add these two together, and you get O.
feet for one corner. But since YOU
have four corners, two of them should belong
| to Third street and two to E. Double this,
and it will give you 12S feet of curb, which
should be charged to street. But an iron
trap has been placed on three of these corners
since the street was finished, although curb
was put down In the first instance and charged
for. But allowing three feet for an iron trap
on each corner, and giving them four instead
of three, we would have six feet for the two
corners. Deduct six feet from 1913, and It leaves
122; multiply that by 81 40; the price per foot
for curbing, and it gives s173 %, overcharged
on Third street for curbing. But since three
feet OF each corner was circular, at 40 foot,
we have 249 minus st.42, equals s1.06. Null
tiply that by six, that Is the number of feet,
add you get S6.42, to be added to the $173. "a,
making S179.66. That should be charged
Therefore there should have been charged to
street 81 1858 for wooden pavement, and
Sl79.66 for curbing, making S1,315.21, and
theirs is 81 .130.50. ..
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. They have charged to
portion that they ought to have charged to
Third street? A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What difference do YOU
make on that intersection 4, One hundred
and eighty-four dollars and seventy-one cents.
Q. That difference ought to be charged To-
A. To E street, since Third street was the first
laid. 20,
Q. Then Third street has been charged when
E ought to have beeni A. Yes, sir.
Q. Third was first built, and 1t was charged
to that, and then not deducted A. Yes, sir;
the surveyor there was not careful in his meas
urement.
Mr.. Wilson: @. Did you make any calcula-
ton to see whether there had been any over
charge as to the wooden pavement, or ANYTHING
else; whether there had been an excessive
charge?
of wooden pavement laidl
Mr.. Wilson. Yes, sir. A. No, sir; could not
calculate that very well, because did not
know the width of the wooden pavement on
the other crossings. There are seven or eight
crossings, +, G., H, Massachusetts avenue, and
K street, and did not know the width Of the
wood pavement, but think that charge has
been made on every crossing, because they did
not calculate 1t correctly in the first place.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. You have not measured
TO see whether there was an excess of the work
measured and paid to the contractors! A. No,
sir. -...
@. Your measurements were only to ascer-
tain whether the charges had been made to the
proper streetsi A. Yes, sir; whether they cal
culated that,area correctly or not. go
By the Chairman: Q. Have you paid for this
work. A. 1 have paid for portion of it.. I
have paid the whole of Third street and a por-
ton of E. ..... =.
Q. There has been no controversy between
you and the board, then, in relation to this!
A. Well, yes; there will be. BE-.
Q. I mean involving paVements? A. Yes;
there will be now.
O. Have you stated all you desire to state in
connection with these measurements A. Yes,
sir.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. Are there any other
streets with regard to which you have made
any other computations A. E street.
Q. State what computation you have made
there, and what results you have arrived at.
A These whole returns of the curve, since
Third street was laid first, all the curb that
was laid, was charged to Third street, whereas
portion of II should be charged to Z. Since
this area of curb was found at the intersection
of Third Street examined this book to see if
that was counted In on street. First, Sec
ond, Third, and Fourth streets were finished
before z, as the charge to E street for the diff
farant init Is 0f First Saoond
Third, and Fourth streets-will show from this
book report of the Board of Public Works.
The amount of curling, therefore, should be
equal to the amount oftaxable property on the
street, or, rather, to the whole building front,
since the church is on the corner Of Fourth and
E, and therefore exempted; and the frontage of
that church Is not stated In this book. Square
532-and take the figures from the report of
the board for 1S73-the length Is 1873 feet
inches. Square 531 directly opposite, is 153
feet inches. These contain 81 feet Z inches
embraced, which belongs to that church prop
erty, and which has been deducted In the board
when making out their report here.
By Mr.. Merrick: Q. Leaving 119! A. Yes,
sir; square 56S equal to 1856 feet; square $40,
directly opposite, equal to 1886 feet; square 569
equal to 3S4 feet 4 inches; square 57L equal to
1884 feet inches; square 629 equal to % feet
inches; square 627 equal to 6S feet 4 inches.
Adding that, you get /, 1867 feet 10 inches, the
whole building front on each side Of the street,
and this, therefore, should be equal to the curb
to be charged. In the report Of the Board of
Public Works for 1873, page 1873, find AIN
feet inches new curb and 81 feet old curb,
making 2,208 feet inches as charged by the
board. Deducting the above; that Is, 1867
feet 10 inches, leaves difference of $40 feet s
inches, amount of curb overchsrged on E
street. 81.
In the same report and page find six feet
of circular curb. Since all the cross streets,
that is, First, Second and Third, and Fourth,
were finished before E, there were no circular
curbs laid by the contractor on E street. If
you take the amount of wood pavement laid by
the contractor on E street, of course First,
Second, Third, and Fourth streets having been
finished first, all the intersections of E were
laid by the streets first finished. As The wood
pavement on E street is SO feet wide, in order
to obtain the number of square yards you must
multiply the building front on one side of the
street, or one-hslf of s67 feet 10 inches, since
this is the building front on both sides, and
that equals 933 feet IL inches as the total
length Of one side of the street. Multiply this
by SO feet, the width of the wood pavement on
street, and we obtain 90 ,8851 feet. Divide this
by o, for the number Of square yards, and you
get 5, S21 square yards.
The Board of Public Works report of 1873,
page lis, states 3,s42 10 square yards of
wooden pavement laid. Deducting this from
ab0ve we have 52i K snuare wards of wooden