Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-06
TEE DISTRICT INvEsTIsArION.
Amounts Yet Due Contractors,
Payable in 1893 BOads.
Another Answer Of the District Com.
missioners.


A resolution was pass ed by the House Dis
triet Committee, March IS, that with a
view ofascertsiDipg the total amount of in
debtedness OF the District of Columbia for
which payment must be made in s65 bonds,
the Commissioners OF the District he re-
quested TO furnish the committee, as soon az
prsctlcaole, the names Of the contractors
and the amounts due them respectively on
account Of contract work for which no certif-
Gates OF the board Of audit have been ISSUED,
including valid claims, properly classified,
now pending before the board of audit; also
stateme ut OF measurements not trans United
10 said board, work done but not measured
ard amount authorized to complete existing
contracts"
THE COMMISSIONERS REPLY
mat all completed work Is measured up, and
a statement is made of all measurements
not certified to the board of audit by the en-
CHEERS Office, being increments over former
measurements, and repreSentiuga all the a idi-
j. q. Stafford. s1.31475; J. F. II. Hall
Al 5IT a; y. Tally. s2,57O 80; F.. T.. Barnes
III 2s96l; T.. r. Barnes, 50 ,2I3 50. Dennis
Nsiley. $9l9.5J, s. CarmOdy, S4,626 IS; Bart
EFT 4 Wil!isTns, s59I7T; Peter Mcnamara
9 .25j.72; Campbell & EsIiu, -, Dos 81; Camp
bell bell 8. q ksiin. S5o6 80 Adams q Rnckle,
Ion - 1880. r. " Finley. gil 2S2ts He nv
GarfZ slim 60; J = BaltgV'n. StOI275, y
g Woo. si,7i2 30; Henry Birch, sJalI %; T.
7; MORAN sl,S3l -; Joseph SmOiinski,
Huttgr, Sl2.4,6 .; VIM Hussey, - 81 81,
owen % Hare, S4S94E ID i. Connolly.
= ~ =; Gallsher, loaue q &C, IS 23J IS.
Thomas Lucas, Slai y; Thomas kIrbv
= o. &c; Andrew GieaSol, Si2JCI. Nrifz-y 4
HcE'r SIS o.; J. g Nav Tor. - 5N-; Jonathan
Tay Tor. $3.50 80. Total, SiGg 7G2 20
Deduct balances against the following cou-
tractors 10 be considered with retains in
final settlement: VIM Fletcher, 50 I53 -;
IN Naaderburgh, S2Ii "a; rhOnl a. Joyce,
S1"I 50; Campbell Il ROthweIl, Ssh; Albert
Gleason, cost Of repair work done on eth
street road charged against him. Silt Is
amounting. 10 si,33G IS. This leaves SiO5,-
Is - still due.
THE BOARD OF AUDIT
report that there is q balance ID the credit OF
each OF these contractors so that no farther
CeoCcUOns Will be made on account of
charges on the books OF the board Of audit.
This is subject, however, TO posi- bic deduc-
lions On account of inferior material aud
Workmanship upon final inspection OF the
work on the one hand, and on tie other 10
slight additional allowances upon revision
OF any accounts which may be contested,
There are no further measurements remain
Ing TO be made. and no claims in this office
uTon which any further allowance will be
recommended. In the copy of the report of
the beard OF audit TO the House Committee
on Tie DISTRICT of Columbia IN answer to
their request of March 18th, 1876, referred to
the engineer by the District Commissioners
the following statement appears: Amount
OF Tet&lIs and balances due on audited and
stated accounts mot Certifed), SlN4 sIO3i;
amount OF accounts audited, but not finally
passed upon by the board of audit, SO DIS 90
Amount of accounts pending and not audited
as follows: Thomas Belts, old account, esti-
mated at si3 6lO 81; total amount OF claims
not certified, class I, s1S2 DIS OF. The claim
Of 4. +. Evans should be thrown out. as he
is largely il debt 10 the District for the re-
pair OF his work.
UNFINISHED WORK.
All unfinished work recently under con-
tract having been stopped, in pursuance To
The joint resolution of Congress approved
March II, $50, there remains no cost of COM
pletion. The cost would have been as fol-
iows;-Grading which might have been dis
continued at the date of CANCELLATION by
adopting the actual grades when the work
was In progress, provided the contracts will
bear this construction Sl45,O0S 50. Work
which ny the terms of the contract should
nave been completed within a certain speci-
fed time which time was passed at the date
OF cancellation. and which might therefore
have been discontinued, provided the right
OF the Commissioners to enforce this require
ment was unimpsired,) S4G,122 .. Work
under contracts rot otherwise foTfeitable
than IN pursuance OF joint resolution of Com
grosS, approved March Is, 1876, and the pre-
vloUs circular letters of the Commissioners
OF September 90, $50, and February ;, 1876,
sos 90.
REHABILITATION.
Measurements not certified To board
OF 8lsdlt........ To- % y
Total amount OF Glass in the nos
session of the board of audit, and
T1r which certificates have not
feen issued by that board 5000. Is2 ..I5,O2
unfinished work under contract
cancelled in pursuance OF Joint
resolution OF Congress March /,
1876
FTS.-WOrk under contracts not
otherwise forfeitable than ia pur-
sUance OF joint resolution aid the
previous circular letters OF the
Commissioners. .:................. go, $50 90
S66OTld.-WOTk under contracts OF
dOu btfUl obligation in other re-
spects, the Commissioners having
terminated the work, under the
terms Of the contracts, under adj
vice OF counsel. ..... 19l ,13I.GS
Add 10 per centum for contingeu.
cies upon estimated cost OF COM
pletion. Observation-Disclosures. it,19943
IT.. otatI 80. 80. ~, o3+33
ms amount represents the total OF the
present Indebtedness and liabilities on ac-
count of contract work over aud above GER
tihcates already issued, the report of the
beard Of audit herein referred 10 being as
sumed as correct statement OF all mea-
suIements, retains, balances due and claims
in their hands, for which certificates have
not been issued.