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eomnseeed on the circlei A. Yea, Il.
A. In 1859 and 1870 arm graded ConnscticS
away hon the P-street circlci Wss there a.,
dirt hauled OFT A. No, sir; except VIA
Fletcher did. Nothing after that.
ExSi An AZ r. 3t tI%s vas thsge- sw dill haalel
i q: Watlsy SsSied tSsss non 81, On
plaeea A. Inside the circle there was 70
soil.
i Q: Was there ,ny exeaysting done there,
anyAtegaSg upa a ?fHsSe sdtorj6w arousi
the circle myself with my own horses, and q
ter We plowed It with four horses; losds wef,
hauled away, and then those persons wet,
ltstqyps6s ag4 tAamsA-xUG nkGI~AA iAei
picks, and broke It up, and Il laid there IN
was not hsuled away.
Q. Was the naggipg put down then, and u.
improvements madei A. No, sir.
Q. mean right afterwardi A. That va
done IN 1879; that ploYipg-- tn Tagging "a
! lah last V1nter-t 81 d1nkae. - :. 9-,:s-,eI /!
i Q. Was II laid down without any turtle,
taking away of the ground or diggingi 4
There was no more digging, except what they
did taking ali. up the gutter stones, Or something
By Mr.. Msttingly: Q. What 10 your buaI
nessi A. have no business now. haye
zen ss sss 81 ,ssrs %.
large embankment cut down. A. No, Or.
| By Mr.: Chnsty; 2. How near to the T
square 1878 for over thirty years. M
BY Mr.. NerfEk; q. How nsAf . the p Staeet
icircie4 = tfat1 A. Where M. Stewart houSs
| ID now. It IL right on the circle.
"a. There is where you lived, 10 III A. Ne;
Islived on Twentieth and Q, and had OWNED
| the ground. .Ll1 g U1EEL.-s4L u
Q. Was there where you did live those thirty
yearsi A. Yes sir.
ttina, 'dh you noti 4. Yes, sir. {,
Q. And you lived right there, and are a.
miliar with this ground A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Mattingly: Q. You are sorry You sold
4, are you mott A. II had left very well
alone, wuuld not have sold II.
fEsTnoNY OF THOMAS o'DAY.
Thomas 0'Day, having bean duly sworn, was
examined atthe instance Of the memorialists.
By the Chairman: Q. Where did you reside!
On ~ y aIeet.. - :. -
~ Wns.So you kIVw soout TINS matser z.
knoT nosnlng = Al soo1s u. \ 90 not Know
w h ~ prrT,ISes mere 5ors Mf. enairman,
LUZ yol VI nssT me o.scnaLgea. 90 nos
.r.o lytnleg = ~ soou5 the poaro OF soout
Q. You know nothing about ~ "A. No, sir.
Mr.. Christy. He certainly thinks that but
s;s S.n -. mon "nscl " oe.leUe -.
rno uli ~ MSn W uesm iMpoI.an s
an ne ,s,.,s ~ ~ 70 remain u a'teno-
""'' IVY" sA's o'"' WIS 'Tss. fg T.
TESTIMONY or 4. '. couLfoN.
nv. Coulton, having bean duly sworn, tes-
titled % follows: = ~ '5G
Mr.. Christy. Mr.. Coultou 10 the person who
has the coutra6 for the wooden fence; and
desire to interrogate him on this subject.
By the Chairman: Q. You have 4 contract
for putting up trees, tree-boxes, and fences In
the city, believed A. No, sir.
q. What have you had contract fort A. I
had no connection Whatever with trees or tree
boxes. sEJFEF =
Q. Only for wooden fencesf A. I had con-
tract for putting up wooden fencing.
Q. Was there any person interested with you
in that contract A. There was not.
Q. No personi A. Nome. Gst
Q. Was Mr.. Frank Smith interested with
you'll A. He was not interested - . partner IA
the contract at all. 80 -
q. He had no share of the profitsi A, He
furnished me money to carry on the work. His
name was not in the contract. I had the cor
tract in my own NAME got him to furnish
me money to carry on the work., . =
Q. Did he have any interest in, the profit,
A. He had power of attorney to collect bills
from the board, - .
Q. Had he no interest in the profits arfsinp,
from the contract A. He did. lr1 ?
Q. What INTEREST," A. The interest in that
we never have fully settled. from the fact of
his Being Obliged to leave t5c city. He len len. tSe
next day after his accounts were settled with
the board, and that was to depend on what
disposition he could make of the certificates. I
never have settled with Mr.. Smith,
Q. What interest were you to pay for the
use of the money! A. We never had any def
mite terms no definite amount Of interest to
be paid him for the use of the money,
O. Who made the contract with the boardl
A. I did.
O. How did Won come to 20 to Mr.. Smith.
and how did Mr., Smith come to he interestei
In III A. Because I was not able tn do the
work alone. had to have some one Who had
money to do the work.
o. bid YOU have any arrangement with Mr..
Smith as TO the rate Of interest You wera to pay
him for the money! A. There was to be .
share of interest coming to me, and Mr.. Smith