Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-12
Making, as above stated. =,

Making, as above stated. 3 l40, 10000
on an estimate OF sl48, 230.1I.
The board of audit have since paid on the
above estimate as follows:
Voucher Il, sg7-Maryland avenue, from
balance due for that work after deducting
payment by auditor board of public works
and by certificate Ia ,S97, on 14th street west,
from B to b, si5s.49; which is the difference
over and above the amount certified by the
auditor OF the board Of public works on that
work, and the estimate of Mr.. Oertley OF July
That the payment of e65,762 for "filling
Washington caDal' was made on the fore
going measurement is too clear to admit OF
doubt. That the board of audit must have
so regarded IL when they made their exam
iDstion of the accounts of the auditor OF the
board of public works is evident, from the
fact that they have admitted said payments
and carried them on their books, and from
the further. fact that In their report to the
President, dated February Is, 1875, on the
books and files of the auditor of the board OF
public works, they say that Gin every case
the account or accounts forming the basis of
a certificate were examined to verify the
amount allowed and certified by the audi
tor"
In the statement in reference to this SUBJ
tect made to this committee on the Sd
instant by Mr.. Key, counsel for the board of
audit, appears the following: sit was also
known that prior TO the issue of the order OF
the board of public works of July Is, 1873,
bad been made under which contractors were
paid Is cents per cubic yard for earth depOs-
tied in the canal, the filling OF the canal thus
being made an Independent contract. The
first two OF these payments were made prior
to the issue of that order, and the last but
short time after, and the certificates and
except upon the assumption that they were
made and issued under that arrangement.
Other certificates had been issued TO Gleason
pri6 r TO June IL, 1873, for filling the canal,
1s73, apparently closed that account, and In
the absence OF any suggestion or evidence of
error, there was no occasion for the board Of
If the board of audit claim that the SIS, 762
paid to Gleason for filling the canal was not
based On Mr.. Oertley's estimates already
account which they say the last payment of
SIS 900 apparently closed?" Either such
ton OF the books and accounts of the auditor
OF the board OF public works, which they
were authorized and required to make,
amounts 10 nothing, and their report that
forming the basis of certificate were exam
iDed 70 verify the amount allowed and certi-
RELATIVE To- The "assumptionS by the
board of audit that the payment OF s65,762 to
Gleason was made under the arrangement
per cubic Vard for Earth deoosited 10 ,n oe tbs
canal prior to the Issue of the order OF the
board of public works OF July 10. 1873, in
crossing the rate Of haul; It sas Appeared in
creased price OF haul was made to apply
from January LIST, 1873. Now, therefore, In
order TO entitle him to this payment of S65, 7G2
Mr.. Gleason would have been required to
deposit in the canal 43S ALB 4 cubic yards, or
Ibis ,240 cart loads of earth. To do this would
have required that he should haul and dump
3,116.14-2 1l cart loads each and every day, OF
about 1-5 cart loads q minute, working ten
hours day, without intermission, from the
date of his first contract under the board Of
1873; period Of 422 days, Sundays alone ex-
cepted, and including Christmas day, New
Year day, Fourth OF July, Thanksgiving
lowance for the storms of winter or the rains
of summer. This is an assumption" SO vio-
lent that IL may reasonably be supposed to
be void of foundation In fact.
i therefore respectfully suggest that the
board of audit be required to produce the
account to which they make reference in
have admitted and passed certificates of the
auditor of the board of public works to the
amount Of S65.I62 for filling the canal.