National Republican., 1874-05-20
DISTRI CT INVESTIGATION
Continned f.oal Supplsmrnt.

lDlSTRl CT INVESTIGATION
Contsnsed from Supplement.
one third property holders, sz.ez7ss and We hav.
tl6 f28 81 as the amount collected and charged 10
the street. Deducting from this the actual coss
We have % s46.gf as the amount charged and col
/ lsctsd beyond the cost Of the street. Now, II We
the prOpsrsy. holders were assessed. and ISich is
actually money, sfnce tsx-liens have besn Issued
for the ssne We have ti7 toe s. as the amount sc-
DsductInE from this the actual cost Of the street
o per cent. sdded,) q, ss2sl and have ssS3Si
s.s9S s 81 q 6. Sc:
pais p:f' By y0" he vssssd States, ms We s: ssis
sSzss the ssI amount s ps.s > he United stss.:
beyond the cost q the strsstf divide this BY tn
E1%S q PsSSTy ss' ,sSs nd
holders per from. foot FSs Sss@. strange, has
the Board Of Public WOIks soo1id pay to the
property II instead q the h Psope5S lying 70 them
:. Sorns n mind enst he ns S1 sass ss sos
been compelled to pay for sowsg that was put
down by the property-hotders EhsmselVes, and
United States pay 47o per front foot for the same
it is bat just that Il should BE retuEssd to the
property holders. The, rate per frOnt foot,
should be o. 10 1e-l00 differences of q 80 00,ioO;
that is, the property should be chasgsdthis mach
PennsyIyanIs avenue, fifteenth to. Rack creek.
Board OF Public Works, 1874, street tabls, United
ss1sss & a. 1--WE s1ios sSs GsiSs psSs
We mod L, 500 square yards new bricES and lo.2l6
square yards old bricks, making in, all 92,St6
SO 50 and the old s2soL2s, making 10 aN as
s5l.o5. Subtract from the above, aad We have
0ssrs5.5ssS Z. q, % s ,s.,e1 ,g1ens
whole amount OF curb charged, new aud old, and
rsssttins, q, ,seo3o. Deduct from the above and
we have s8, ,0oO.20 overcharged. Cobblestones
taken up 400 square yards at Is cents Ss sl IS;
In table, 45l square yards, % o666T, difference
Of 245.os. Sewers, 1854 feet, at t4I0, less two
ind no sewers laid by the Board OF Public Works.
All the sewers in the street were laid by the old
corporation. Concrets, 17,Ol7 square yards, &C
II we examine contract No. Il, pages 2ss and
341, Governors answer, We find that the total
$4,000. In the table we nnd that the whole
charge to the United States Is s116, 097.o2. Now,
on page 4l4. all after 100 feet OF sewer Is 70 be
charged to this avenue. Adding, we have t3o3,-
s7T Is: taking two thirds and We have slT5 ,9isIT;
deducting from Il the charge In the table, and We
have difference Of t59S21.15. In testimony, page
1878, we see Mr.. Oertley makes the total cost Of
PennsylYanIa avenue, from Fifteenth street to
Rock creek to De 4ls0, ,65016 Subtract from this
the amount Of in the table of the report
Of the Board Of Public Works, 1872 which report
was made to the President for trsnsmittal to
Congress, and We have difference Of -, ,5SS-lA'
Seventeenth street, from New York avenue to
M street. (Report Board OF Public Works, 1871;
Table XXI, Governors answer, pages sos and
III we examine the table we will see that the
United States has been charged with S9,66T.0 IN
front of the War and Navy Departments; but on
United States has paid eiO, ,oas.sO for concrete
alone at the War Department, and on page 434 it
Is charged for side foot-Wslks excavation, sewer,
as the United States paid more than is stated In
the table, and since the true amount was not de-
ducted the rate per front foot, as charged % the
the same street, that the sewerage from New York
avenue to canal Is charged TO the United States st
Seventeenth street, New York avenue to oapsl,
q, ,54S-92. Also, on page 3oS, Governors answer,
2,l3o7s Macsdamized PaIsmsnt from New YORK
avenue to E street, at $50, s326. This same
work was conereted at later period at . cost OF
3.50 per square yard, and was paid for In full.
Since the stoue-bcd was finished q deduction
ought to have been made, aat not t4.TO per sQnare
Fifteenth street, PennsylvanIs avenue to B
port Board Of PuSrio WORKS, SIS, page 81 mo.
l.)
only been eh.rgsd with ss7, ,SOs9o 1--we examine
United States has paid TOR oSlo squire yards
square yards asphalt sidewalks, at Sl s5 a. 53STO;
curb, brick pavement, and sodding %, ,594.71. As
suming 80 900 for grading q low estimate, and We
city Hall reservation, (en G street and Fourth
street Governors answer page 4S9: Contract
MO @ pages s and - aoS sewer Hn,d On street N 20
whole cost Of sewer, sl.S7Ls2 difference Of
massachusetts avenue, New Jersey avenue to
Boundary, Governors answer, page Az: Sewers,
go, As; two thirds Of this Was paid BY the United
States, 81, ,2sS34 Report Board OF Public WsEks,
1874, page 1853: Same sewer, whole cost, ga 3z37;
the United Ststes pays two thirds $l4 s15.65. De-
duct from the above and We have g, ,4c7 90 as the
amount oysrchargsd on sever .
Lincoln square, Governors answer, page Az:
g, 400 cubic yards grading and haul FOR same,
for the above the whole amount received by con-
tractor, 81, 70249-s difference Of sss7.5s.
Vermont avenue, to Fourteenth-street circle,
lie WORKS, 1872, tables sXxxV and xxII-SOd- XII I
ding 4O2S square yards, 81 o12.5o; United States.
SaaUrs n9yS ysrS; TpisaS d ststss .Sna2s SI
yards, at 81, s34; curb, new and old, ASA a.
ios.55; United States, 5000, at sl5o sss4o, diff
4.SO, ss.s7i. Report Board Public WSsr,ks T Is7a.
tabls XIII total cost, s5,3l3.74. Take two thirds
Of both and We md that the United States has
xxxV, We will and that the United States has
not been charged
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue to
Potomac river, Governors answer, page I05,
Report Board Of Public Works 1si2 Table
| XVII, contract No. 2S-l,5OO feet OF sewer at
table Total amount Of ssHsP sls s1 aHd ths n
whole amount is charged to the properly, and no
deduction for United States. The Board Of
cost Of the sewer the amount paid by the United
States, 1850. First street, northwest, Penn
syivanls avenue to B street north, Governors
answer, pages 4034E.
2ss square yards brick pavement, at 81 2SS %
500 feet curb, at tl.50 8S5 90
an square yards cobbIs-ssonss taken up, at IS
amounts should not be charged to the United
States, as the curbs and brick pavement were
furnished, sat and laid by the Architect of the
Capitol, and the oobblestones were removed By
the contractor without charge.
New York avenue, Ninth to Fifteenth street,
trSsss 100 and is Report BoarS Of Public W WOrFs rEs,
1879, Tables XIV and xviii II we examine
these We fnd that the UnIted States has been
tAT0 sl27TIo0. In the table cost OF same
Ss, lTa.9o; deducting from the above We have =
dtasrsnss ne o. 70 ~ SuT0nf to United 81 states
and hauling for the same, ell, ,sTS. Is; difference
Of "a, ,ls42T. United States charged with 6,T96
table TpC sauaro Yards of old and new AZ saH nj,
lows ,SS2l Of new, at so cents e3T52s0: difference
in price Of 1900 brick, az s26O slI 6e-Ss sOoSO
msnI, At Is cents $sSs rs; adding We have 81 6se5
As the total amount paid for paVoments. Deducg-
tos R1 me rs smOrss &
United States only pays two thirds OF
the same, We take two thirds Of e5,SosO6
paid by United States two thirds Of a5,Ieo We
have o., 2SI.0o as the amount overpaId by. United
States on pavements. United States charged
with % ,0ol square yards concrete, at $50 Ss9-
eo32o. In table, % OOlA square yards Of concrete
and vulcanite. But this includes also 223o square
yards vulcanlte sidewalk. The cost OF the whole
In the table amounted TO SS4 s90.ll, and two thirds
Of this, the amount tharought 70 be charged to
the United States, e5o, SSH. DeductIng from
amount paid by United States, we have 1E2. So
ss the amount oyerpaid By United States on con-
crete. United States charged with o.641 square
yards sodding, at so cents, s3,2To5O In table,
Af72 yardst at 50 cents, q 23o, o difference OF
$l,0SG60. United States charged with S08 square
yards tar sidewalk, at S2.3S tT23.so; as square
yards tar sidewalk, at sass, 81 ,0l5.f6. Now,
these sidewalks only cost tl40 per square yard,
and are included In the q, ,0ol yards or concrete,
as stated previously.
In table No. a, whole amount Of grading as
follows: 237H cubic ards, a SI9.sg; haul e8o2=
t4,77Les. Su6traetilg from the above, and We
have an oyercharge 70 United States OF t729e.sI.
In table United States charged with only llA.
939.t5; 9oyernors anEwor, page as. y Of S13T,-
b72so=ssl, 20, difference Of s7s,Tf5.s6.
CONCLUDED To-mOfrotc.)
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