National Republican., 1874-05-09
Here is .till another to M. @. Emery,

Here Is stfll another to NJ G. Emery:
B. B. FREsoH, Commissioner OF Public BuildinRs.
To m. g. EMERY, DIR.
MAY 81, 1899. For 5000 feet superficial, Of
extra thick select harCing
| cut and laid in cement on
Seyenteeuth street, n front
81 ssfNsyJ psr i1os snd war ofh's:' at "A 400
General Superintendent.
June 4. 1883. Received from B. B. French,
sR0uns sSS oitn,ss thousand COLLARS IN fall Of the
In regard to the prices charged the Govern
ment for tagging at Farragut square and P
street circle, I submit the price charged and
paid to Mr.. Emery and Brother by the United
Fourteenth street and Massachusetts avenue.
The statement Is as follows: s:-----------
(Form 81 -- -a-e-re q. % "a
Appropriation for Grading, and psping circle st
Vermont and Massachassts avsaHss.
TH. usITED STATES, Ger aaggIns,l
1sn.-To ASA cubic square feet Seneca a. -
Torss SF; saasT: '1ii yard. trimming, is ''0 "
To QUITTING ad 100 no.ches for pos.. u 100 100 % 8
To IFS cart-loads of sand, IL MS 90
TOT barrels Of cement, sal2k Is 90
1,7s0 81
Received at -, this day OF -, is7-,
dollar. snd-c cents, in fuli payment ofthe above
SSecI No, = dated y,Ir-oa--nr-..
certify that the above account Is correct and
Just; the articles % be 1or have been) accounted
for the quarter Of Isl. ~
Major Of Engineers.
Footing that up find the actual cost of
that tagging around the Fourteenth-street cir
Gle was 81 .S5, as paid by the engineer in charge
Of the public buildings and grounds, General
Michler. -
By Mr. Mattingly: O. State in that conncc-
tion the price paid by the bosr1i A. The price
charged by the board, 81 LIS, for the tagging
similar to that laid around the Fourteenth
street circle, the difference being that 1t is blue
stone instead of Seneca; the bluestone being
much better. ....+
By the Chairman: Q. You think the blue
stone is better than the Senecsa A. think so;
and for the other Tagging think it was 30 or
95 cents that they charged to the Government.
@. Have you statement made by the differ
eut engineers employed by the board In regard
to cross-sections, and how many streets were
cross-sectioned, and the total number approved
by the beardi A. Yes, sir; have had a state
pointment and time of dismissal of the differ
ent engineers. The record is as follows:
A. B. MuIlett, appointed chief engineer May
II, 1871; resigned August "A, 1871.
WIN. Forsyth, appointed assistant engineer
May II, ISL -, --.---
George S. Green, appointed chief engineer Au-
gust "a, 1871; relieved December 10, ISL
A. B. Mullett, appointed consulting engineer
August p, 1871; reappoInted chief engineer De-
cember 10, 1871; resigned April 80, 1879 resigned
as consulting engineer and as member OF the
Board Of Public Works October %, 1877.
B. 0ertly, appointed assistant engineer Octo-
Der 13, 1871.
Charles Z. Barney; appointed assistant sngi-
R.C. Phillips, appointed chief engineer April
80, 1872; resigned January Is, 1873.
5. T. Bodhsh, appointed assistant engineer
May 20, 1872
j. A. Partridge. appointed assistant engineer
July II, 1872; resigned January l, 1871
Adolf Cluss. appointed engineer in charge De-
cember %, 1872.
By the Chairman: Q. Who prepared that
statement A. 1t is taken from the journal of
the board. As the question has come up sew
eral times In regard to the measurements, and
by whom made, and the number of accounts
signed by assistant engineers from June, 1871,
to April %, 1874, is as follows:
Number of Accounts Signed by Assisfdnt Engineers
from June, 1871, TO April q, 1874.