National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-07

/ ouOWluk HuaJ HmOuQL was 16b uuc buC OhAtcN
States on account Of work done by the old cor
poration up 10 the time the Board OF Public
Works came into exstencel A. That Is cor
| rect.
| Q. This was intended to embrace the wholei
A. To the best Of my knowledge.
Q. Have you made any discoveries of any
work since, that you did not embrace In thati
| A. There may be some
| Q. Have you any knowledge Of anyi A.
think there Is paving, curbing, and guttering
which was never included.
Q. What does thst amount tot A. The amount
is not large.
Q. Can you give US any approximation to the
amount? A. Maybe IS, 900 or IS 900.
| Q. Simply q nominal sunni A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Jewett: Q. wish you would tell me
what you mean there, Glands witness book
where you have opposite to certain charges tine
word "old" 50 repeatedly-page 1670i A.
These sewers are done. What fs there was
put on under misapprehension aswork done by
| the board, but It was really work done by the
| old corporation-old corporation contracts
yet think you will find strike them out in
my corrected statement.
corporationf A. Or extension OF their con-
tracts as settled by the sipking-fund commits
| sion. .........
Q. Why do you charge for them, IN the oppo-
site column, the amount of eachl A. No, sir;
l do not give US credit again in my new offset
| column. --- .--. ...--..
Q. But see, in reservation on Pennsylvania
avenue, between Fourth and Sixth streets,
| SO ,384. Opposite to that is Gold" A. No,
i sir; there is a portion Of this that Is old and
1 portion that Is actually done by the board
| new. so -. -
l. .. Does the account here show which por-
tlon Is Old and which portion was actually newt
A. That appears to be entirely old.
Q. What is the object of that column, Gin
dicatingO A. This shows what we received
| from the Government.
Q. Then you have charged the Government
with thati A: Exactly so; and It was erron-
eously charged, and ought to have been charged
2. Has the Government ever had credit for
| these erroneous charges! n. NO, sir; That Is
to be rectihed. think recommended-
Y. Did you make your average rom tnat
column or thisf a. NO, sir; from the new
one. That is to say, the average at the time
dld NOT make from elener column. ! maae II
on that paper which l submitted the other
day.
governor shepheru. Ii you VIII allow me 70
explHn-
MI. 1e"eTS; oerta,nly:
Governor ohePhefd. mink Mr; oertiy got
the IDEA Oh averages confused, toid him to
n I,iake UP siatS g vi MhaG tne boaru OF
fuOhc WORKS hau receiyeu on account OF sew
ers, anu 10 SNOW wnaI !ney pau out ON account
| ol sewers, anu Lnat taoie was tnadS up lor ina!
purpose. toiu nun wherever GU MoIh haa
oeen measured IN as new WoIk 70 IeaVe suca
out, and then snow What tne ooaru haa re-
ceiVSu anu pau On accouit Vi SEWERS no not
thnk una. tAe average was oaSeu upon the
| SaoIe u ali. ,
MIR Merrlck. fet MS aggregate lncludcs the
charge Oh tnem'
Inc witness. Not III On 1ne ne" saoie.
governor Snepnerd' on' no. 1t Is not carried
| Mr.. Jewett. Then, according to that, GoTer-
nor. you mad actually charged anu received
rom the united statcs al, these amounts, on
| account OF "ork wnic1 hao PiGNIousy oeeh
uo1e, ana lot Mnen Tue DoarI VI uoic "olNs
mad PAID nothingf A. YES, sir; That Is an er-
TOT; IL Is wrong.
y. ana that error mas no' oeen eorrectedI
uoVernor shepnefu NO, sri Iaid nes kno"
matter;
Mr. wilson. Ihese vouchers herc-uo they
apply exclusively 70 government property a.
NO, sir;
me vouchers are ior tne whole OF .ne
seWer' a. TOT tine wnoie OF tnss particular
contract. ana l arrived linen, rom tnosg
vouchers, al Ine cost per ilneSr ioot, ana
cnargeu tee uoVe e WIN Una. rste-tne
nuInDer ol linear IeeI cnargeaoie 70 tneIn.
Y. Doyoa know Oh contract tnai one Gai-
| iagner mas i0r an lHconlpietea se"eri
n LINES lou reler W 'ne iArse eA'ensiOn vi
tne lioer,cIeeS sewer ever, 80 o.u.
want 70 Know uanaSner mas Gull
traetf a. very large one.
| "; Wnere Is N a. IL Is tue extension OF
| Tue iioer,cfeeA sewer south Vi SiAryianu ave,
nue., aud carrying sewerage oo"n to"aiu
1anies,creek canai.
| no my SoIi.S any moiN ou ~, "a. w
TS.H INV low, ~ trort .,a vi n''
| O. How much have thew donei A Indeed T
could not saw
| q Anv cons,derabIe amount, A Wall
some 5000 or s30. 600. would not he Ger,
| tain I never went lately over tbe oronnd
O. Did YOU make up a total showing what IL
would cost to complete the main sewerl A.
Yes, sir; and signed by Mr. Cluss, I think -
| @. find put down in Gallagher's contract
| SS49, 900. A. Yes, sir; at that time.
| O. What is the datei A. This is November
| 1873.
The Witness. At that time there was that
much due. Almost all of the work he has
done he has done since.
O. Was there any work done on Il atthe
time that table was made Quit a. A very
trihing amount. think hardly any.
O. lie has only done twenty-five or thirty
| thousand dollars worth of work since that
timei A. That is nv impression. He nav
have done more Int could not saw positiyely
O. You do not think the United States owes
anything on that nowl A. We never charged
anything to the United States.
Q. think I find O charge here on that &C
count.
To Witness. For that work.
@. Yes, sir; against the United States. Here
is F. Finley's contract. Do you recollect what
that Isl A. That is on K street, between New
| Jersey avenue and North Capitol street-Tfber
the same.
q What "a the lencth of that sewer, Al
think r. Il three feet Sly and tbree.feet brick
sewer Tor Tonr or five SQUARES and then II
Changes To a LARGE sized nine-sewer. but the
smonSt CHARGED there Il onlv for a brick
sever -
400 o.,
mo-; an dona nn,s 'oS Tbe ontirs contract % a.
nus ST. a. b :. NJ IN en'i Soos
since wnen mas sh y peen dGhea IA con- on
iao,o ,aae Lila ma was Ion1 mnen sue
statsmen1 was naue, uas never nA9 oeen m meas.
Seu, anu ny PyhieIu ma a.; 4, nas 40. srt ncs
Deen eoniPieeeu Lille IA me .ilne - nos very
long aSo sineS which ~ nas oeen sona Pig'eu.
y. 10 you KNOW Wnat II COST a. coulu
not say exactly "nat Tue total amount Oh that
sewer Is, .h,,,, .. o,, a., ,oh, M,
| ~ you LILLE ~ eos' tnSe niuon' a: Nos
very i n from u. =.
" ihe fouenerS"ni sno"' Pfeouie' As
ieS' SIi ,,....,.r-s,.,
w. !" oeins LIZ" SUBSTANTIALLY uone' a. tes'
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