National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-08

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contractors or superintendent
The Witness. Do you mean on the Evans
work.
Mr.. do not remember what work.
think you mentioned on one or the other OF
these that there was somebody elsei A. y, l
suppose you mean Mr.. Clark. lido NOT recoi-
lect his name.
ByMr. Harrington: Q. You have not answered
4 the question that put TO you some time ago
as to what would be o fair price for putting
j down sod under the specifications that read
in your hearing, picking the earth six inches
deep, on that putting rich loan OF eight
inches, and then putting your sod two inches
thick and rolling It. What would that be
worth yardl A. would take IL for 40 cents,
II Il had TO be done that way.
| Q. You think 40 cents would be fair pricei
A. Yes, sir; If thought It had to be done that
way. rs O.. ..- .....--.
By Mr.. Bass: g. 9; Did you pick any soil in the
The witness Do you mean underneath
Mr.. Bass. Yes, sir. .- a-a-..a CO
i A. I did, sir; some. ..s
i o. When you took the first contract for sod
ding, in making your bargain, were these speci-
| fications read over to you, or talked over, so
that YOU knew what It was expected the con-
tractor would have to dol A. There was
contractor who came there, or his superinten-
dent sal. sax LEW e.
Q. Do you understand my question: When
you took your first contract for sodding did
you either see the specifications or did you talk
over the subject-mstter of the specifications
| with the man with whom you made the bargain,
i so that you knew what would be expected of
provided you did the work. A. No, sir;
/ not until after commenced 1t.
| O. When did you first find outl A. was
going to say that there was q gentleman there
who was an inspector, and he came to me and
said 1t would require, Think, 10 inches of soil.
Mr.. Fletcher had hauled the earth out of the
street, or rather the soil, and put It all along
on the side-line, and went over It and took Il
at 20 cents, and he came. and said It was not
done according to the specifications. believe
they he'd some little trouble about 1t, and went
to the board, and committee was appointed.
The committee passed 1t afterward-after he
condemned It, when he had said it was not done
according TO the specifications.
| By Mr.. Thurman: Q. Did you buy your sodl
A. l did, some. ...-... .--....-.
o. Where did you get those you did not buyl
A. Some got given to me, and some got
around in different places, probably oil some
body's land. 1 cannot say.
| @. So far as you know was the greater part
of the sod laid In the city bought or the greater
part taken from some peoples premisesi A.
i Indeed I could not tell you whether it was
| bought or not.
| Q. What proportion of that you laid down
did you have to pay fort A. bought some at
the time was sodding for Jones and Collins.
Q. What proportion of all the sods used by
you were purchaf ed, and what proportion did
you get without paving for theml I did not
nav for more than about suppose the whole
thing did not cost me over SIS.
all that honCbt had lot giyepto me, and
had a lot that exchanged.
| By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What was the usual price
| paid for sodding-I mean for the sod when you
have to buy It, to put down. A. could not
tell Won. ali. I do not know what a person
would have 70 nav for n
O. Is there any market-yalue for III A, Some
people sell and some buy IT, 81 - q.
%. m Won know AZ what rate it Is bought
and soldl A, think paid three cents yard
| for mine from one party, and bought whole
batch from another party for $50.
BY Mr.. Hubbell: @. Was that delivered, or
was IL the right to cut 1t only that you gotl
A went right on to the mans lot and cut 1t
off. g.. VI VI. .a-..- p .e.--
By Mr.. Wilson: o. When Evans put down
the soil, or these other contractors, did any put
any more son than you did when you did SOIL
ingi A. I don't think they did. As told you,
Fletcher did tolerably we'll He put down from
two to four inches, believe. s..
Q. Did John o. Evans put down any more
than you did when he did soIlingi A. do not
think he did.
O. How was Il with Jones 81 Collinsl A.
They put their own soil down. --
Q. Did they put any more down than you
did when you put down yoursi A. think
they did yes, sir.
Q. How much did they put DOWN. A. sup
pose If would average from half an inch to
eight inches. .- .'- "A
Q. What would be the general average of
thickness of the soil that they put down, as to
depthf A. 1t varies suppose from nothing,
YOU may say, to eight inches.
Q. Which was there the most of-nothing or
eight inchesi, A. / think there was more of
eight inches than of nothing. In trimming of,
many times person had to get Il level, and
had to dig out hollow and put a little soil
In 1t, and then put 1t right on TO the clay.
have put it on TO the clay. ...-
O. How long had you been sodGiug before
YOU knew what the board specifications werel
A. Before saw any papers think had been
sodding nearly q whole season.
By Mr.. Bass: Q. How much did your sod
ding contracts amount sNnan Ina. you Gur, nave
done for the boardf a. nave never Kept any
account of it:
Q. About how mnchi a. could not tell
you. .--
Y; no" many SQUARE ysrus was " snas yoI
saio' A. coulo not Tell the exact amount. !!
nave done between nine ana WE'VE tnousano
Tor Mr.: Collins, oeneyei and nye OF SIX tnou.
SAND ior FiescneE apa Dircn, IN. .nl .S aUous
that amount ior Mr. EVANS anu Two tnousanu
Tor Mr.. ClarK.3
By Mr.. Christy: Q. What do you mean by |
grading; is that the preparation of the surface
after the original grading has been done for
the street, A. call grading the cutting out
of the earth-that Is the grading. Putting in
the soil Is another thing.
@. The grading of the street and sideways
was done by the original contractors2 A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Independent of the soddings A. Yes,
sir.
Q. You refer to the trimming or the Prepara-
ton OF the surface AFTER II Is lett oy the org
inal gradingf A. Yes, sir.
William A. Cook here appeared before the
committee, and said
Mr.. Chairman: One point upon when the
committee interrogated me was In relation 70
the mortgage taken from LIE dolyer ana NC
Clellan, The date OF that mortgage Is January
III. 1878.
BY Mr.. Wilson: @. How long was that after
the De Golyer 81 Mcclellan contract had been
concluded A. do not know. / stated on
yesterday that had no knowledge Of the dates |
Of the executions of the contracts.
Q. You do not know whether they had been
paid before the mortgage was takenl A.
have no knowledge of any of those facts. /
have no particular knowledge, except as It
ma 10 me ipcldapfallv IF INV nf the hnan-I