National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-25

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A. think I hsye safsA IN. I a ~ recoIlect.
Ihave IN Interest N NILE ~ Of ueye1neuf
that was lad over here ~, an. rs ~
Q. WIN vhom5 a. Wnh NJ. Gle.son ana
Mr.. Moore.
Q. What Gleasoni A. Albsrt Gleason. Thst
Interest came about In TIA vay: Thero va :
piece Of work that thew waited lsn down
then; Il was very late n the season: had .
portion Of the material: Mr.. WiIlard came 70
me and asked ne II / 1oald ri do fNst WORK;
I said would do Il. ard did d b. combtnation
with this Mr.. Gleason, who ala everything and
took one shaYe Of the prolts and man By the
name Of Noon fornished dc lumber, and b
took another share Of the profits. Il was but
. small piece of work.
o. I simplv want to know who had been your
associates, with how MANY different persons d
firms You have been associated with In takink
coutrscts3 A. nave been associated with sev
eral In the way Of sub contractors who hayp
been doing the work for me.
O. In the first place, did you and Clephane
have contracts together Where you interested
in the contracts that were taken By Clephane
in his own names A. lnsone Of then yes, IN
others I was not. A.s
o. To what extent were you interested with
hint A. do not Just recollect the streets,
but It was an arrangement that he can tell yoe
ali about.
O. Did your name appear In the ccntracts q
the contractor A. Yes, sir.
Q. They were taken by Clephanei A. Yes,
sir.
Q. Were you his surety in those contracts
A. might have been or might not have been.
o. Yeu were Interested with him IN themi A.
Yes, sir.
O, Then YOU took coptracts ON, your own &C,
COUNT A. Yes. dir. that no oue WA interested
but myself.
O. Then Won we're member of this compsuy
you have spoken on A. Yes, sir.
O. And YOU had an interest in that A. Yes,
sir.
with Mr.. GLEASON. that vou have spoken oil
A. Yea cir.
o. Did YOU have an interest in any other con
tract with MI. Gleason! A. I think had, a
sub-cs. ntractor.
O. Did you have any interest In auy of bis
grading contractsl A, I think had.
o. Have YOU had an interest with Teemyer
a. Co? A. Yes. sir,
O. Were Won the comuany thena A, Mr..
Cotton and mvself were the comnany. Those
contracts were yery limited: thew amounted to
yery little.
O. Which, Teemyera A. Yes, sir.
q Are Won sure Teemeyer's contracts were
limitedl A. mean to say they did amount
to A great deal of money. They were, may be,
5000. do not recoilect.
o. Are YOU quite sure that Teemeyer's con-
tracts were not more than $25 200! A. 1 am
with the Board of Public Works. He had .
contract with the old corporation for improving
the canal.
O. Were Won interested with him in that? A.
Yes, sir: that was before the Board of Public
Works was ORGANIZED: that was a very large
contract: that contract, think, amounted to
SIZE 900: that is, work DONE
O. Altogether, did not Teemeyer & COMPANY
have contracts for more than $4OO, 900! A. No,
sir: think not.
am.
o. What did your own contracts amount toll
A. really do not know in round numbers,
Q. Was # more than $500, 900, A. It may
have been and may not have been. presume
it was as much as that, probably more.
O. We're those contracts in which you were
interested individual, or your contracts IN con-
nection with other personsa A. think in con-
nection with other persons.
@. What would your individual contracts
amount to! A. l am speaking of the contracts
altogether that was interested in.
@. The aggregate of your contracts that you
were interested in would be something over
$500, 0OOi A. I think they would amount to
something like that; have not gone into the
figures.
o, Can YOU remember of auy other persons
with whom you were associated in q contract
that you have not namcdl A. None but what
have been named here to-day. l have been as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Linyille,
Q. You have named him beforea A. Yes,
air.
Q. Do you have any interest with anybody
else in grading contracts! A, think not.
Q. Did you do any work around Govern
ment reservations A. I did stonc-work
around Government reservations; but there
was no one interested; that was only my indi-
vidusl contract.
Q. Did YOU have ANYBODY associated with
you in these contracts for work around the
Government reservation A. Not for the
homework.
o. That YOU had exclusively A. Yes. sir.
D. What was the character of that Stone.
work. A. II wss principally tagging.
Q. Any of Il curbine7 A. There might have
been some curling; do not recollecti now; If I
had q contract for curbine II WAS Furnished by
The Board of Public Works: II NAV have been
With the Connection of the street.
Q. DO you know of any person who had any
contract Tor Tagging any Goycrumeut properly
except yourseln x, Yes. sir.
Q. Who were theys A. There was Mr.. Acker,
and q man by the name of Mcclellan. There
are two or three other people whose names
DO not now recollect. There were I've or SIX
people.
Q. Did you have Q large amount of that
to dot A. Yes, sir; had quite
large amount.
Q. Do you recollect what Il amounted to?
A. No, sir; do not now. could tell very
soon.
Q: Did you keep Q separate account of the
work that was done by you in and around
property A. No, sir.
Q. Did you keep any separate account Of the
Tagging that was done by you1 A. No, sir;
Q. What were the prices paid TO you by the
board for hagginga A. I think two prices
seyenty-fiye cents for one class, and 81 .25 for
another; and possibly for some portion of Il
sixty cents.
Q. That included the gradinga A. The grad
Ing and tagging, Furnishing the msterialethe
sand and cement, dressing the stone and an
furnish the msterial and the labor.
Q. Was the price of fkgging increased to you
1t any timei A. No, sir.
Q. Was at no time increased to youi A, No.
Dir; think not.
Q. DID you lay tagging on the west side of
The Botanical gardensS 4. No, air.
q. Who did lay thstl A. That was the man
was trying to think of. I do not recollect his
name.
O. Ackeri A. No, sir: he was small man.
A voSco EIofchora A That 4. A. -.