National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-09
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
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member; he introduced me to him. BE said, i
THINK, that he was in the auditors department
of the Board Of Public Works. He said he was
Wnere 1t would be easy to get money when we
got through with orr job. The gentleman came
up on 10 the street; we sat down on the curb
stone and talked the matter over perhaps for
an hour. He told me the board would give
MIN contract for 1000 yards of pavement
That he wanted to know the best kind of pave.
ment to put down to make money out of, and
ne would like to either go into partnership with
somebody or he would sell the contract.
asked him how much he would take for his
contract. He said he would take, he thought
twenty-five cents q yard bonus to pay him fol
the contract. l then had talk with De Col
yer, but he did not see 1T to release me, con-
sequently had no further talk relstiveto the
matter. ~.
Q. Do you know who this man vast A.
could not tell his name.
Q, What is Mr. HOPKINS, first namel A.
do. not know that
Q. Does he live in this city, A. saw him
mere yesterday in the room. He has been here
for some time at work for the Board of Public
Works
man If you saw him-the other mani A. NO,
Sir; only saw him that once, perhaps for half
an hour.
Q. You say Mr.. Hopkins brought him to
youl A. Yes, sir; he brought him to me on
Pennsylvania avenue.
By the Chairman: Q. Did you have any fur
ther conversation with reference to this con-
tract or proposed contract, except the one YOU
have detailed A. Nothing in particular. We
spoke of it several times sfterward, but I think
the contract was given out.
Y: DO you know 1t was given out? A. do
dot know 1t only as saw it published in the
newspapers; that is all
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. Where was this pave
ment to be laid that you speak of? A. He was
to have his choice of pavement and streets; so
he toIG me.
Q. No particular street was namedl A.
No, sir.
Q. No particular pavement was named2 A.
No, sir; not st that time.
q. What pavement did you advise him to
lay as the most profit able? A. 1 told him there
ting down.
Q. That is, the most profit! A. Yes, sir.
z. wish you would state to the committee
what # costs to lay that DeGolyer & Mcclellan
pavement A. 1t doesn't cost much.
Q. Just state the whole cost in detail of that
pavement per yardl A. Would you like to
have amount of materials and everythingl
Mr.. Wilson. Everything. We want an item
lied account.
A. Well, sir, it takes for the DeGolyer pave
ment, with a six-inch block-what we cali six
inches deep-h takes forty feet of lumber to
the square yard.
Q. What does that cost per yardi A. The
lumber here, they paid SIS a thousand for;
think that was the contract price for the lum-
Der delivered on the dock. For a part, 1t
seems TO me, that they paid for the first they
got S22, but we will take it as basis a. S22.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Forty feet of lumber. |
How do you figure that outl How do YOU |
figure your lumberi How thick do you allow |
1t to the foot-soard measured A. Tue board |
measure.
q In q sT1pnrnnial word fbaro ara O so,o.o
feeti A. will get at that in this way.
Q. Then six times nine, If you counted every |
incl-siK times nine would be ffty-f0url A. |
There are spaces Of three-quarters of an inch. |
For instance there nine rows of blocks of three |
inches thick to the row, that would be 81
inches. Then taking usually the nine rows of
spaces, it will average when the street is done,
when it is tamped with gravel an inch space,
making the Sc inches. Three times nine would
be twenty-seVen of the block, and an inch space
between the blocks would make thirty-six
inches. Therefore there would be nine rows of
blocks and nine spaces to make a superficial
yard Now, calling the blocks six inches long
three inches one way and six inches the other,
and three inches thick, we will get at about
thirty-nine feet exact measurement. We al
low the other foot for wastage.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. 1t would make about 40
feetl A. Yes, SIR.
Q. Did you put any lumber under It? A.
No, sir; not any at all. We figured so feet to
the square yard when we put boards under it.
@. That would make the lumber, calling it
40 feet-allowing them to pay S22 thousand
for it on the dock-that would be S22 thou
sand, which would be two cents and two mills
to the footl A. We allow them SIS a thousand
for treating, which they claim with the Sam
Uels process would be S27 thousand, and the
saving and delivery on the street IS a thou
sand more, which would make $50 thousand
or three cents foot; equal to S1.20 square
yard for the lumber.
Q. Lumber ready to lay down? A. Yes, SIR
That is, at the price here.
g. Now 60 on and state the other items of
COST A. The cost of laying a wooden pave
ment is usually from 12H to Is cents g square
yard. That is what We figured it at in making
contracts.
Q. Does that include all expenses of laying7
"a. Then the expense of the gravel between the
blocks and on the surface-here in this contract
was Is cents. We had contract with Peter ,
Mcnamara TO furnish it for Is cents per square i
yard. That includes the whole of the work
here.
Q. This first fifteen cents per square yard
that you have named includes the cost of labor, ,
and the cost Of superintendent, &c-l A. Yes, i
sir. :
Q. All other costs except the graven A. !
Yes, sir.
Q. 1t costs fifteen cents per square yard to
lay upon the streetsl A. Yes, sir. !
By Mr. Wilson: Q. What did you say the .
Q. No, sir; l mean the amount A. One +
dollar and twenty cents square yard, sir, with =
siX-inch block. '
Q. Do you include in this cost any sum for l
grading-preparing the street for this pave =
mentl A. No, sir: that is lust simply the cost Il
of the wooden blocks put down.
Q. The street being thoroughly prepared for =
the pavement A. Yes, sir.
O. Under this particular contract of which
you are speaking now, was there any grading +
done by DeGolyer & McClellani A. Not any
except what was charged as extras We did
no grading at all, except what ives charged as q
extra. +
O. In this written contract, the persons lay ,
ing the pavement are required, 1 believe, gen Z
orally, to grade two feet without charged A. :
That is what understood.
Q. Was there any such grading done BY De- n
Golyer d McClellanl A. We did not do any.
@ You were paid extra for all the grading =
you did! A. All the grading we did was paid .
extra for; at least, kept an account of it.
@ Have you given all the items now of the :
cost Of laying this DeGolyer pavement A. =
Yes, sir. =
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. How much did that ex- !
ira account amount tOl A. l simply gave the
time to the Office and marked it ''time of grad
ing" That was on Eighth street. I can ex-
plain that in this way.
Mr. Hubbeu. We are talking about the Ave
nue. here.
Mr. Stewart All that DeGolyer put down.
Q. You say that was down on Eighth street, =
tool A. Yes, sir.
By the Chairman: Q. Give any fact in rela-
ton to this DeGolyer & Mcclellan contract or )
contractsl A. On Eighth street the contract Z
was given to some other party, and they did q.
not quite finish the grading, consequently .
took the gang Of men and worked number of :,
days. / cannot tell the exact number, perhaps =
in all ten days Of grading and finishing up. We d
wheeled in. Ii was in the time of the horse ,
NJ ruha oloI IN ruba lhar |
and the city teams Afterwards hauled IT away. =
returned the time We were doing that to the 7
Office as extra work.
By Mr.. Stewart Q. To what offlcel A. To e
DeGolyer & Mcclellan.
Mr.. Wilson. (To the clerk.) Get the con- Z
tracts and vouchers in this case.
Witness. will state that it was certified to p
by the superintendent.
By Mr.. Stewart: Q. Did you do any other
grading in laying down any portion of the De- b
Golyer & Mcclellan pavement A. No, sir; that o
was all. .
By the Chairman: Q. Were you the superin- h