National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-01

cally the grade established BY him. These
grades-sround the Post Once here were grade4
long established, but never had been carries
out. We had these grades, as established 10
work upon. We have changed them to con-
form with what we thought was tight, ana Z,
think that we have made very good disposttton
Q. Then understand You that You relied
upon the old grades as established BY Mr.;
Coyle, and did not have any typographical SUR
yey made 50 a 70 prepare general plan Of
your owna A. We did for the sewerage-yes,i
gotten up.
Q. Who madsthe survey A. General Green,
our former engineer-a thorough system Of
sewerage, thoroughly planned out. showed
It to two members Of the COMMITTEES who were
down there the other day. i
9. He prepared the plan for thata A. Yss,
GA Typographical sarveyi A. A topo-
| graphical survey. = ~
\ e. But no one prepared any such general
plan under your direction for the improvement
Of the streets and avenues A. There was no
plan necessary; the streets were there.
@. ask the question whether any such
thing was done or noti A. Every street was
mapped out and planned before we began tor
work upon It.
been made by Mr.. Coylea A. They were the
ground work Of our plan. ~
( O. Did you direct any cross-sectioning OF
this work TO be done before the contractors
were allowed TO GO II The work. a. IN every
instance e Wa oTdszsd: 4r, Aallsts was gsfy
suggestion. In every instsnce thsy Bers or.
dered to have q eross-section. $50 4
O. Why was Il that that oss-seckioning did;
not take plscea A. i think u dh m no4 NJ
stances. = j q 80
sf-- h,rff ali 1r>rfh
head. -
| o. Where are the evidences Of that CROSSE !
sectioningi A. In the Office, SIR; great many
Of them; hundreds of them.
Q. They are not here, are they; not In the
committee-roomi A. do not think they areL
6. Can you have those hu nted up for usl a,
Q. Who was your chief engineeri A. Gene
raj Green was the first chief engineer.
Q. How long did be servei A. He was quite
an old man, and not fitted for executive duties5
He served several months, and then prepared
this plan of sewerage-goti it up undercontracN
with the board.
Q. How old q man was hei A. should
Judge he was q man of seventy-odd years.
I Q. Who succeeded him as chief engineera
A. Mr.. Mullets, think, acted as chief engineer
| for q long while.
| Q. Do you mean Mr.. Mullett who was q
member Of the boardl A. Yes, sir. ~
Q. Mullett, the Treasury architect A. Yes,
/ sir.
b. Mullett did not 20 into the field himself.
did hea A. Well, he had his assistants, you
know, and did his work on paper. Z
@. Who were his assistantsl A. Mr.. For
syth was one, Mr.. Oertley was another, and .
man by the. name Of Partridge and mani
named Chennoweth. There Was several Of
them.
o. Did Mr.. Mullett act in his capacity rs
engineer merely as a member Of the board, or
had he salary as engineer2 A. No, sir; he
acted as member Of the board; hewas assigned
to that duty as engineer, think.
@. Without any additional payi A. / do not
think he ever received any pay, sir. The treas
urer informed me that he did receive some
pay.
the board, however.
Mr.. Thurman. Members of the board have
Mr.. Magruder. Yes; but he was cut out By .
rule of Congress. Mr.. Farnsworth put q clause
in which cut him of.
Mr.. Thurman. BE was paid as engineer,
theni
Mr.. Magruder. Yes, sir.
Mr. Thurman. Do you remember at what
rate he was paid as engineeri
Mr.. Magruder. No, sir; / do not. / think he
got about Is, 900 for all his services.
By Mr.. Thurman Ito Governor Shepherdl
%. Was Mr.. Mullett q civil engineer or an
architect A. Both, sir; and remarkably
able one, think.
| o. How long was Mr.. Mullett In the boaril
4. he must have been in nearly two years.
O. Who was his suecessori A. He was sue
ceeded by a man from Cincinnati, named r. O..
Phillips, who was engineer for while. He
was city engineer of Cincinnati.
| O. mean who succeeded Mr.. Mullett as .
member of the boardf A. Mr.. Mullett did not
retire from the board at that time; he merely,
relinquished the engineersAip, and remained a.
consulting engineer.
o. Is Mr.. Mullett q member Of the board
nowi A. No, sir; he resigned.
@. Who succeeded himi A. Mr.. Cluss was
put In his place.
Q. Mr. Philips succeeded him as engineer,
you sayi A. Yes, sir.
O. How long was he engineerf A. should
Judge he was engineer for twelve months.
q. Who made tbs estimates upon which pay
ments were made to the eontractorsi What
was the mode Of auditing contractors accounts.
| of sscertaining how much work he had done
and what was due himi A. The contractor
made application to the board-to the vice
| president Of the board Of measurements. Il
went from the vice president of the board 70,
the engineer, with instructions TO measure up
the work. II was then forwarded, he keeping
Transcript of Il, to the auditor Of the board
who settled the account upon the measure
ments made by the engineer.
@. And approved by the vice PRESIDENT A.
The account did not go to the vice president for
approval.
/ O. Then the auditor paid upon the certin-
cate Of the engineer! A. The auditor paid
upon the certificate of the engneer-no, sir;
the auditor did not pay. The engineer made
| the measurements the auditor settled the ao-
counts, and the treasurer paid.
o. But the auditor allowed the account and
gave the warrant A. Yesi he gave his war
| rant or certificate for It.
O. On the treasurer A. Yes, sir.
Q. Upon the estimate made BY the engineerl
A. Yes, sir.
o. There was no revision Of the engineers
work OF his estimates by any member or COM
mittee of the Board Of Public Worksi A.
Well, we had q committee appointed for that.
purpose, but after acting for . while theH
found that II was no use; that the matter had
to be acted upon by the chief engineer, who
had the reyisory power The assistant en>
gineer made up the measurements through the
Jewelers.; then the Jewelers. reported 70 the az
sistant engineer the measurement. The assis-i
tant engineer made up the computation, and
submitted IL to the chief engineer, who went
/ through Il; and after he was satisfied withiA
he indorsed It and sent IL down to the audi
tor. ..
| moment ago, as to who made up these VDrious;
| estimates, ! would say there were about 2,2oo,
| measurements altogether, OF which 100 were
| made by Barney, about 500 by Mr.. Forsyth,
and some 200 or 800 by oertley. I had the
other day, for curiosity, 8 tabulated statemepti
II
made Mr.. Barney made about 90 to 20 per
cent Of all the measurements.
O. Who was Mr.. Barneyi A. He Is one Of
the assistant engineers Of the board, aud . re-
| msrkably accurate man.
Q. Then an auditing committee was 1t fst
appointed by the board2 A. There was coma
mittee appointed for that purpose.
O. Who composed that auditing committed
A. I forget who they were; Il Is . matter OF
| record.
Mr.. Magruder. It was Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Aullett.
The Witness. Yes, that was II.
| Mr.. Thurman. But they soon ceased to act.
The Witness. Well, they found that they
could not do anything; that there was nothing
| for them to do; the thing had 70 20 through 50
many hands that there was no possible chance
for mistakes.
o. Are these surveys Of Coyle, BY which be
/ fixed the grades Of the avenues and streets OF
Washington, In any book form In your ofiiesl
A. Oh, yes; they are IN the surveyors Office
the original platbook. Mr.. Forsyth was his
aeafsf ant. he has them as sfrrvevor Will urn.