National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-27

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b IL. Wilson. ITO the witnsss) Q. Do yct
know anything Of the walks through RaWhil
8. Wsss lind Of walks have bssn ptl
through that squarei A. Concrete valks.
| 9. Do you know BY whom the base upon
which tbs conerete rests was put DOWN. 4. u
was put down By the Government, or:
General Babcock, I think, in the spring Of ISIS
9. Who put down the concretel A. thinA
4 was Mr.. John o. Evans' men ct work there
never saw Evans there himself, but Il was hil
men that were there.
Q. DID they pat any base before they psi
down concrete; or did they simply put down
concrstea A. Right over the gravel walks. i
Q. Had the valks bsen prepared there with
gravel BY General Babcocki A. Yes, sir; the
Wslks were cut out, dirt hauled In and backed
up, then gravel put in there and rolled down
with rollers - they put Il in.
Q. All that Evans did was simply to concrete
over the walks already prepared BY General
probably an inch or an inch and . half, or 20
lido not heH saactly how deep Il wls. ~
Q.-H0w DO yoq know that General Ba6eock
prepared those walks In that wayi A. When
we lrst took up the old square, there was big
walk which went through q. was sent there
with . gang Of. men, and horses and carts b
charge, and took the gravel and put u IN New
York avenue, east Of the square. When Evan
charge Of his esns Of men. and / wss sent Over
nv ~ Rrn~n Ia move this srstei aWav ~
put It in the square. A. fast a. they could haul
4 up and put the walks up we were putting Il
there. 17s4
Q. Who was Brownl A. George Brown, the
Q. I9ndsr whose sunervision ia hel A. Gen.
erai Bsbcock's. ''''0
Rv M WyI.oc. n Name n.rticnIarlv ths
squares in which YOU say this thing occurred
a Fsrr.out souare. RsTlins souare. P streei
and Ninetsenth street circle: 1 DO not mean +
and Thirteenth street circie1I-mean p mi the
Nipeteenth etreet circle, close 70 Senator stew.
o. N Won mean IN Nineteenth street circle
where P and Massschusetts avenue intdsec4I
A, Yes. Sir: Nineteenth street, think,
o. p Nineteenth mi Massac husefts avenue,
A. Yes. ar: ana Connecticut avenue,
o. In other words. rieht IN front of Sensto,
Stewards houset A, Yes, sir, I was also N
charge Of the carts sending gravel TO that plsce
At the time they were putting Il down,
By Mr.. Jewett: Q. understood that this
street circle, according to your ststement, and
the Farragut circle and Kawlins square wers
by YOU. es an employee Of the Goyernmeut
iiled IN With the basel A. had charge Of &c
carts that sent the material there,
O. Tho bsse Was Alled In and the Gravel and
ali that remained was the simple putting on ol
the cement for the wslksi A, The concretej
Yes, ar.
b. Mr.. Merrick: Q. Which you say was put
ON one or two inches decpi 4. do not thlni
h would be hardly two inches. could not say
for certain, but do not think It 10 hardly thci
deep. =
d. ANY of those places. do Won mean. or ali
of themi A. Am OF them. I supuoso X 10 h.
betveen an inch and an inch M shaft ~
two inches: it might 10 two inches. never
measured.
Bv N. Mattinplv: In vhoae emnIovmept
vsre Won A. The tisnet A Gener.i RehcncE,.
around the RaWiins fousre Al tie Tina Won
vorked tberei a. None AZ ali. This ~
don. : month NJ tno hefor. =
o. Yon have snoren Of Evans. which Evans
do von refer to5 The man 7 ssv A. -vork
there Vas John B. Evsns.
q. AZ work vhere. nj Rsvl,na sousre3 A.
Yes, sir; saw = portion Of the ' same men q
th.v .histsS some ~ tbs am. ,nsn m IN the r.
sunposed them to be his. He was DOING that
VOL.
O, You infer thew were his from that fact7
A. Yes. air
O. Who was that vork done nv inside Of the
souare3 A. Bv the Government. :
%. Nv General Rabcock was n not, A. Yea
sir; General o. E. Bsbcock.
o. IN know WIN the Contractor wal A.
There was no contractor. There was no con.
tract ahout n In regsrd Ia nuttin0 iiovn IN
walks and grading sse ground % not Know sSs
sIs , "ss 1 Thea, t,
that YOU smoke on A. I never Jaw any con-
tract for Il, but suppose there was.
O. Was that done by General Babcock, A.
No, cir: II was done by the ssme man a work
on seventsenth street. under John o. Evan.
o. n Won not know that Evsns had = con.
tract Directly With General BabcocKi A. Not
that I know Of. I DO not know ANYTHING
about IL.
q. DID not YOU know that this work was done
by the Government and not BY the Board Of
Public wo.ts &, ;na n "; = ct = sas
did not say anything about Il. I did not say
It was OF was not. You did not AK me that
question.
Q. Do you know whether II was or was not I
A. I do not.
Q. Do you not know that General Babcock
had Ill that work done himselfi
The Witness. Tho concretei
Mr.. Mattingly. Yes, SIR. A. No, sir /; do
Q. do not know very much about Il. I am