National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-11

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treasurer the last year of my term.
Q. Were you treasurer up to the time when
the new District government went into opera
: toni A. Yes, dr.
O. State to the committee what was the
condition of the colored school fund at the time
that you went ont of Office, and turned over
the affairs to the new government
T A. At the time my term expired, which was
the first of July, 1871, the District government
! had Just been in operation one month. Then
all Of the bills-every Indebtedness Of the
board to the last of June was collected, and
every dollar paid-stationery, teachers, fael,
furniture, and everything else, and found
debts, q, 700 and some odd dollars. 1t il in
my printed report. ] cannot state the exact
cent now; It was some ~, 700 and odd dollars.
That turned over to the treasurer, and have
his receipt in my possession.
Mr.. Merrick. That was up to the first Of
July, 1871 A. Yes, sir; my vouchers for all
expenditures for the year, which amounted to,
l think, &126 200, were filed in the office Of the
Secretary of the Interior.
Q. Handing witness q document.) Please
state what that is. A. That is my report CIV
ing correct statement Of the vouchers As fled
with the Secretary of the Interior.
Q. What is that you hayea A. This Is the
Council Journal up to the first session of the
Legislative Assembly.
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report made to the Council in answer TO q
resolution of that body.
Il Q. On what page is it to be foundf A. II IL
PACED from 100 to 102.
Q. How much money did you receive during
that year? A. This is taken from my vouch-
ers. will tell you precisely, this is strictly
scs.o7 40" ms'n o'o you pay QUIT A. 'iS''-
Q. Have there been any contracts made on
account of school-houses during the time you
were acting2 A. Yes, sir, during the last
year.
Q. What schooi-houses the last yeara A.
We made contract for the Lincoln school
house at the corner Of Second and c streets
and the Summer school-hous on the corner of
Seventeenth and n. Also made contract for
q small school-house down in the Sixth ward,
and made contract for an additional story on
the O street school.
@. What was the contract price for the
Sumner school-house. A. I have stated 1t
here clearly, but the original contract thatl
filed with the trustees will show. 1t is fifty
thousand and some hundred dollars. 1t Is set
forth here in this report.
| @. VIII you point out the place in the report
where II can be found3 A. Yes, sir. The
Sumner building was to have cost $50, rs. 3S.
@. How much work had been done on that
| up to the time you went out of object A. It
mencing the third story, on which I had paid
$21 900 to the contractor.
@. On the whole cost you had paid 81 900!
A. Yes, sir. On this CSC, 900, as have stated,
had paid $21 900. It was all that was due
upon the building at that time, all that would
be due upon 1t for the next three months-that
is, until the next year. And the school-house
ss1 go. WIS '''''- '''' '"' " "
O.. Was that what II cost or what was paid!
A. It was the cost, and Il was paid for. That
was the building. The cost was $31 ,944.12.
That was entirely paid for, and the vouchers
fled with the Secretary of the Interior.
Q. Now 60 to the next one. 4. The so"
street school,. that is the Improvement on the
o street school. The additional story was to
cost a 200, that was just commenced. We
commenced that only few days before my
term expired. had paid 81 900 Oh that. The
school-house in the Sixth ward was contracted
for at 90, 1853 of which 81 900 was paid.
By Mr.. Allison. Those are all colored schools.
By Mr.. Jewett. These amounts weyeincluded
in the amount reported as disbursed during
made.
By Mr.. Wilson. Do you know what finally
cost to finish the Sumner buildinga A. I do
not. I understood
The Chairman. Never mind about what you
understood. If you do not know, you need not
state. A. I do not. I have not seen the con-
tract since I handed 1t over to the trustees.
@. Who were the trustees to whom you
handed that contract A. Mr.. King, Mr.. John
son, and Mr.. .Wormley were the three trustees.
By Mr.. Allison: Q. Which Mr.. Wermleyi A.
Mr.. w. H. A. .Wormley.
Q. The young mani A. Yes, sir.
Q. What is MI. Kings full name? A. Charles;
and Mr.. Johnson's first name is Henry.
The Chairman. Gentlemen, If you have any
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you will now have an opportunity Of doing 20.
Mr.. Merrick. i do not think that thereis any
thing that we desire to ask. The inquiries Of
the committee embrace all the points that we
would desire to have the witness examined In
regard to.
Mr.. Shellaberger. I will ask the witness one
or two questions: Did these contracts for the
various school-houses you have named, provide
fully for their complexion A.. Entirely 80;
that is, they did not include the furniture or
anything like that-jnst the building.
Q. Do you know whether in the subsequent
prosecution of their completion those original
contracts were departed from or changed
Witness. Since left the boanda
Mr.. Shellabarger. Yes, sir.
A. No, sr, Il do not.
@. As matter of fact? A. cannot say as
a matter of fact, for I do not know.
@. As they were constructed, and as you
have seen them since they were constructed,
were they completed in accordance with the
contracts as they were nade-when you were
connected with the trustees? A. No, sir; the
buildings that contracted for in the Sixth
ward. I contracted for four rooms. It was to
be on q lot down by the poor house, and after
left the board the trustees changed the build
ing. Think they made six rooms Of the same
building, and transferred It to another lot, or
another location.
O. That was onea 4. Yes, sir. That was one.
So far as the Sumner building was concerned, I
see that they have made change. That is in the
water closets. Ny contract was that the water
closets were to be I'm the building. They have
moved those outside. That Is changed,
see, from my original contract. Those two
see. They have had the hall frescoed. That
WAS not In my contract. There are no other
changes that see. Only they have put an
additional clock there that was not in my con-
tract. That is all I can say. There might
have been something else that do not
know of.
By Mr.. Harrington: What was the date of the
payment Of these salaries and expenditures?
A. We paid the teachers monthly.
@. Paid them on June S0a A. Paid them
on the first of the month.
Q. 80 that all these large payments to the
teachers, and upon this contract, were in fact
made by the new government! A. Yes, sir.
llQ. You date It here June so. A. Under
year once Q month, and the last payment I
made-that is, in June-had come Into opera
ton only one month; and of course the last of
June my term expired, and these payments
were finally made and carried out at that time.
Q. You made the payments for June on June
30i A. Yes, sir.
Q. That was the payment under the new
government A. But I did not get money.
There
Q. Where did you get I'll A. From Mayor
Emery. did not receive any at all from the
District government.
Q. When did you receive It from Mayor
Emery? A. / received 1t during the spring. I
did not get my June money at all. Ny money
was due for June but did not receive It.
9. Did you get It in bulki A. No, sir at
different times. You see, Just when they paid
the white teachers of course they paid me my
proportion as colored school trustee. got It
several times, which can show you from my
receipt book.
Q. Who made these contractsa A. Mr..
Wormley and myself.
Q. Then they are not your contractsi A.
No, sir.
Q. You spoke as II you had made them your
self. A. The contracts were made by the
board.
Q. I suppose you are talking of what you
did rs trustee2 A, Yes, sir,