National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

would speak well Of the pavement.
~ 2r. So"ett, 10 Mr.. Mat1ngiy.l Csn you
su aa. me sommis.ee VIII me sppnes.,on
n.1 pa.s, ~ oo9oiyef q MeCiehan 70 me Dos1o
1T n. 4asIngy' presume 90.
M. Sonnsoa, lsesreta.y OF the board;) !
=! nnoW snefs ~ IN N. sPpncation put IN ABOUT
inst tinle On ING Jus ior treating Wood pave
ms1., Ego,u.Iy 1 ~
M. WILSON WIZ you Do kina enough 70
pring N -. =. :. 4. :. 80,
MI. Sonnson. ~ G II y u 'ne-0lnee
WIZ u,ins r ~ on no ~ ,,s NJ. ,x.r,.u..
~ me SnanmAn: =; INFER NJ. MeSlslan
new ~ " ,e''e. "a wv 49, .Is NJ
.aloesn s,oa-s men -, a 49,, :. ~ ~
snem M,uoIe mea' ~ 49,, .,s.,s. n y.
men. sAslping me- tesIlsa mem gens.. NJ
unoefseoo1 tnem 70 % MluAll -, ~.
S - - tney ven colnalls...ns 49, -
1870, Q. some oener parsons ssts eon'i'A e1'-
sttS,nS VII sne poara go Ly-.... =,
~; iou Were NOS DONG % yoursettt 7A.lsss
shi Mas not-I.. - slsd s5i1 40 =. q Ilsgg.
~. tnersloLet netWeen. Joy s9o sne poss -.
tSe nass lave gSen mieeie mem A. ss1'
20, ti58n. % called manale men yna BOZ y,
c.s;on $3.50 ~ oI were nos N oi'ect oonn1l-
,s y; !, ana hs5s also = tsttes dssed March 3,
~ -. - ny .o,,,9Slng enecs sope ~. VI
No. ~ ~ SsoSns sR'nss. = nAss n ns.nlns
ST hope YOU have made -some. fsvorshle di.coy-
cry since left. Present nv respects 70 Mr.
Brown" That 10 your friendl a. Yes, SIR:
n sT 49, S..sin 1Iysn' g :f,,,i. ~ .,
M IL. 49, 81. Isi.on ms morning.
NJ psi,e,s n -. = ,e.lolss nosoa; W ~ =
ca,,-scs Lr,t.ss. "a - 81 sPpLE.ns nsle ivr
q peculiar process for curing the wood. -,
/ Q. Do ouknow what processi A. lido not.
Seeley's process, think. 49, 81 b
Q. VIII read further from the letter. aJust
nod from him, nothing more. he cannot
find out nothing, from me- Keen num- /
ind Il Is the best policy. Write NE. n Won
want anything from me let me know" Now.
there seems 70 be here some reason for keep
ing very quiet. Do you remember what that
was-s This was March san A. Il haven't
the slightest idea what he refers TO BY ,tskeeu-
ing num- i suppose that be refers simply 70
gentleman's Keeping his own Counsel. or
words 10 that effect. There we're 60 mapy
competitors here that each one was trying TO
know what the other was doing, and he must
have referred to that matter. 80 ri .
O. You endeavored tn take this adyice. I
suppose, IN yonr operations herei A. car
tainly took advice from, every one I could ret
It. -, ri,,,.r- - - - o4.s- y, 81
q. You took the advice Of your principal, Mr..
Mcclellan, to keen mum. "a far a. VOL, eouldf
A. Yes, sir;s certainly. - = -,.,,y - e,
O. In keeping mum did Won inform Mr.. Cal
vim Brownsthat you were negotiating With Kirt-
landl A. No SIR. L did not. -s.- = .-----s
O. Did you inform Mr.. Kirkland that Won were
negotiating with Browna A. No. sir. 81
@. Did either Of these gentlemen know the
othsr had any interest in this pazementl A.
Colonel Kirkland knew that Mr.. Brown felt an
interest in the success Of nv securing this con-
tract. So, MT. Brown. on tbe Other hand
knew that Mr.. Kirkland felt an interest, but
neither knew of the arrangements with tn Q
other. a =. ril1y ID 81 .-.g.'S ~ $3.50
o. Did either know the other had an ar
rangementi A. No, sir; net Q word. d M 81
Q. Yet you. were there every day togetheri
A. That Is true In regard to Colonel Parsons
also. Parsons did not know that had an ar.
rangement with auynody else to pay any cents
per square yard TO secure the contract. I
Q. Did Kirkland know you had the services
of Mr.: Parsonsi A. He knew that ga
Q. Because he was q public employee, as an
aiterneyi "a, Yes, sir. Myidea, : II 1 may be
aueues from different quarters concentrated to
get this contract ~ al .I.5s.s a. Z ,G5']
O. Now, Mr.. Chittenden, you were here five
months and ten DAYS. Won saw NO men ss o n
the Board OF Public Works, at least YOU did
NOT Communicate directly with them: YOU used.
70 procure this contract. the persons Won have
named: now. how ana Won speud the remain
ing portion of your time In rthis city. chat Ia
with reference to this work. We're Won com.
municatinr with other peoplei A. ivas com
municatinS with different ones. from time to
time, in regard to this pavement and the merits
and letting mi S.Ssrs ~ sSs 1eep%s ass'
ng..z -, vr-T q s----,-,1,7 =
3. Nov. vtsh won tn exnla,n IN the com
mites why il Is that during All this time i'm you
made no personal Application. m, behalf of
DeGolyer 6 McClellan, to The Board or PuS.
Lie Works, for this work. Al think an appiL
cation was made to the Board of Public
Works. I. -.---,s-~-r -. --------..--.s - : =
"a. That Is not nv question. Nv Question "a.
Why was II that Won did NOT 90 to the BOARD of
Public Works yourself. In person. or 10 some
member of the Board OF Public Works1 A.
Well, / thought others could do Il for me quite
rs we'll Twas comparative stranger TO ali
parties connected with the Board of Public
Works. was a stranger In Washington.
Q. You thought the Rev. Calvin Brown, who
was here on visit from Hamburg, could do
better than YOU could IN tha. regarl A. Ida
not say that ". Calvin Brown aid present The
matter to the Board of Public Works, but 1
THOUGHT be could aid In doing q as well As. and
perhaps do Il better, than I couid"shst L in
speaking Of the merits of the pavement. I
thought It would do for them to talk about IL
quite as well as for me-.
o. Therefore, you relied upon those two pen-
tlemen, In addition to your counsel, to commu-
nicate with the board, rather than communi-
cate with the board YOURSELF A. Ibid.
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