, 1874-05-07
TIE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.

IdE u1STRICT IN
Spteiai Dispatea to The Ch'caqu Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. nlay G.-Ihe proceedings
before the District Investigating Committee to-
nesaes we're examined on behalf Of tho do1onBa,
less. Tor the evident
PURPOSE or CREATING aYMpAruy,
Gov. Shepherd had poor old Gen. Francis P.
Blair brought into town to testify as to tho TN
provelnent OF tho Seventh street turnpike, bat
the aged veteran was 30 fatigued by his long ride
that he could not mako himself understood to
Tue Committee; That bis inhuence might not
counsel for the memorialists agreed to
allow tue testimony giyon by Gen. BLAIR on the
aa1no subject, before previous investigating
committee to ,ge 60 ppon the record ss his present
gentleman was gently dtnmibsad by tho CHAIR
man. Klrtlnnd, who was undetstood to have
quit the city last evening, was theu called in.
FOLLOWING HIM UP.
Tho Committee it appearB, had obtained MI
inkliug Of another Of that mysterious indivltlu-
ala transactions III connection with the WaBf-
ington pavement contract, and had taken the
precaution to prevent bis Escape until they
aaonll have one moro whack Mt him.
When ho had bool! produced BY the Sergeant
at-Arn,B this evening, tho Chairman began
reatiing, from q Trontou, N. j., newspaper, the
published statement OF a firm OF contractors,
named O'Connor d Stanley. This firm not forth
that hTtsd 1 sna oSd offered to procure for them n
ington, at $751; q yard, tho excavation to be
done by tile Board OF Public Works. In con-
sideration Of his service iii this regard, Kirkland
demanded 60 cents yard. '-.'{
H1R MEMORY Still. UNRELIABLE.
The witness was asked il he recotlected having
matlo any such proposition to O'Conner d Shan
ley, and, upon denylng the entire statement of
tho firm, Al far as it related to himaas, tho Com
tf1ft 7a$ 1%{a
family. a :it-s':*.
The Egeatng Naf this afternoon, makes
fsehe s0rt to s1pn away the ooaneot!on Of
Company. " In order to do 30 the editor found It
necessary aud conyonient to resort =. to
provarlcation. The Company, he. anys, wna'
Or ofgan;zefd !t ;f ILL; and made The greater part
izatlon ot the present District Government. He
also; claims that tho Compauy's Affairs wore
wound up in 1879. The facta are, however, that
tue Company was formed loss than =, ppnth
mont, and continued in. operation until October
1879, about which date, according to the ,tosti-
mony Of the President, :sLoYte ,cleplllano. q
M atyiden1 Of 2 ar cent cent wan ds9afod and paid to
Tho Star mon a]ao declare tlat ::
a. to tin 1Coinpuny's operations or its: .peGober-
slip. Why, then, docs not thp Company appear
on the fYc0l1A ~ biftuet 1qr tue c0ntfnnt Or o.
u contractor? II It ws.s not aooreE ofgai,lza.
tlon, why did olephane, !tn President, tranadct
all It's business In hiH o'sn nameS The truth Ia,
the Metropolis Paving Company was a socrot
organization. aud its stooklolders vera uulnawn
until yesterday, when tho Committee compelled
tho production Of it's baoka.l Meaar. Noyea AMI
Kaufman, who wara given :: ~ III
sTAREH or DEAn-1frAD BTooK, -
because, az explained by ulenhane, they we1s
considered good men to have in tho Company
would win mora respoct by coming o,,t like me,,,
and aoknoWledglnR ths truth than. by attempt
Ing to hide thor. connection With tho paving
contracts. - - -.
Schuyler Co1fa1 whep caught In 4 somoyhat
similar transaction, threw himself Away just u
theBe ,uen are doing. OF course It. must be
exceedingly annoying to these gentlemen to
know that they sold out 80 cheap, but such aoo.
dentB will sometimes occur.
WARRINGTON NAAKkT lNyEarl1ATIoN.
It IL announced that tho Senate Committee OIL
Public Dul'dingH aud Grounds will begin the
Washington Markot Company inyea&tgatipn to-
morrow, and that they viii conduct Il In soorot
They think they will ho abba 10 get 1t al tho
foots and make their report within tho next
week Of ten days.
TEE sAFK-Bu1oLAAY purCE,
4 Grand Jury composed Of contractors and