Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-06
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.
Another Remarkable Allowance by
the Board Of Audit.

Another Remarkable Allowance by
the Board Of Audit.
The investigation into the affairs OF the
District OF Columbia and the board Of audit
was resumed this morning by the House Dis
trict Com mittee.
1T. HoxiR's EXAMINATION CONTINUED.
Lieut.. HoTie recalled:-Was appointed en-
gIneer by act OF June 10th, 1874; commenced
commenced; the assistant engineers were ap-
pointed on my recommendation; Forsyth
vas employ ed as surveyor Of the District;
sonsl knowledge Of the man, and not on &C
count OF any other influence. Have not the
slightest idea to whom am indebted for the
ment Gen. BabcocF said the Presiden nr On ap-
pointing me took my name from the list Of
engineer officers then In the District. have
me- appointe1 some time after wSs a AM.
pointed he said he was in favor Of my ap-
Pointment When assumed charge believe
IL would have been impossible for me to have
gotten along without Oertley.
THE NINTH STREET CONCRETE
Lewis & Co. laid; I think Hewett was q
member Of the firm; can't tell from memory
how much 1t cost TO re-surface 9Th street.
q. Was any money held back by the board
for the 9th street contract?
A. don't know, i notified the contrac-
a view OF entering suit against them. III any
money had been coming to Hewett or Lewis
the amount would have been deducted to
the extent of the amount to cover the re-
surfaciDg of 9Th street.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE ALLOWANCE BY
THE BOARD OF AUDIT.
Judge Buckner read the report OF the ex-
pert to shew that an allowance had been
made the firm for work on 9th street..
Witness.-I don't understand how the
Claim was paid; certainly not through me,
for had previously disallowed 1t and would
A letter was read, written by Lieutenant
HOxie, refusing to reopen the 9Th street
which was addressed to the board of audit.
The expert reported the amount allowed for
the 9Th street work to be for haul, Sl3 900;
and a small sum for patching. The aggre-
gate Of the allowance is s31 ,9433 6.
@. III you had known any money coming
count of the re -surfacing of his workP
A. Yes, sir; / never allowed any claims
for old work to be reopened. If such were re-
opened 1t was without my knowledge and
consent.
IN GIVING OUT CONTRACTS
for concrete work judged the merits OF the
different patents from the status of them
when took hold as engineer. / thought the
two patents i selected the best. Witness
stated that the reason he did not accept
Langdon's proposition TO do the surfacing of
concrete pavements for nothing was on ac-
count of the bad quality OF bis patent pave
ment; and that at the time the proposition
was made Crawford & Hoffman and Murdock
MA avenue west, from the Presidents House
to Georgetown, was paved by John o. Evans.
@. Who repaired that?
A. Crawford 4 Hoffman and MurdOck; one
took one side and the other the other. The
total cost ofrepairs to pavements aggregates
$780, The payments were made In bonds.
for street work, it was a cash and not bond
estimate.
@ Did you arrange for the measurement
OF the repair work?
A n TaS uSuaIlv poea sured when a street
was completed. Such were my orders. 1
gave an order that there should be no delay
in surveying Crawford & HOffman's work,
because they were doing very large amount
OF IL.
Judge Buckner:-YOu speak in your report
that, that new contracts were made out and
out?
A. They were cash contracts. They num-
Der about fifteen.
q. Were they paid in cash?
A. They were to this extent: All in cash
except two cOntracts-One Tor sewerage ana
one for other work of the same character:
made several cash contracts in 1874. Albert
Gleason had a cash contract; he was paid in
cash for the work originally contemplated.
When he got through he was given work
under an extension of contract, for which he
was paid in bonds. The work Gleason was
TO do was not specific work, but such as was
ordered by the Commissioners from time to
time. The Commissioners ordered in 1874
that no further contracts should be issued
without public advertisement. don't know
why they reversed the order in 1876
Contractors FAILURES TO REPAIR WORK.
Q. Has John o. Evans been sued for not
repairing bis work?
A. No, sir. The only one who has been
sued is c. e. Evans.
q. Has Bingham, the Philadelphia post
master, been sued?
A. No, sir.
@ Can you give q reason why suits have
not been brought!
A. The attorney is first waiting to hear
from my office. / have not yet made up the
statement of accounts for him. i believe,
Evans case test for all the others.
THE SEWER PIPE CONTRACT.
Witness was Intercepted at length as to
the contractors who furnished sewer pipe
The principal portion was furnished by John
Lynch, Of the Terra Gotta pipe com pany.
His contract was cash one. When he was
paid In bonds the rates were at prices fixed
by the old board OF public works, and the
bonds were TAX en- at par. He also explained
board Of public works at the request of the.
board of audit.
at quarter past twelve O'Clock the COM
mittee adjourned until to morrow morning
at ten o'clock.
MUSICAL, RAMATICAL AND ORATOR
ICAL-ReU. MoflctIye COnaU0y's LeettTes-Rev.
Mr.. Cohway's lecture on "Oriental Reli-
gion," at Willard Hall, on Saturday evening,
esting entertainment, and one which merited
q much larger audience than was in attend
auce. To night he diecOurses ON ''The Devil"
and to morrow evening on "English states
men and Statesmanship," and as both lee
lures are considered as among his best efforts,
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