The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-12

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iuiertst lhcfeou hud Coz Tee gradual re-
taetoA q the prseipa. b. lsyyisg =
taT on the property 10 the district.
Foavfh That tbs Board q Pebble
WORKS which wAs created ~ congress
/ By the act 81 February q. 1871. vas
enirastsd With The care and eonlrol Of
The streets, sVenass snd sewers Of the
district. bot was prohibited from max.
iag c0usracts 1sf9rs af1repviaiioHs wtre
made. aud VS. prohibited from con.
trAetiug 10 excess of appropriations
Frb That ite government II The
disart by the ACT Of Jaly 10. 1871, ice
s,rIelrd tbe Board Of Pablic Y5rks.
making contracts, Go eighty per cent
fthe 81 ooo 600 appropriation.
Ssr'a That congress BY 40 act
p1ssg3 May s. ls72, Fixed limit 20 the
cutife Indebtedness oi the district at
The sum Of $40 200 600. aad that the
appropriation aforesaid Of 81 600 600.
When added TO The debt previously CT.
isting, caused the entire Indebtedness
10 reach nearly 70 The limit established
/ by said act.
SeoeHfh That the money TO paw for
this work teas Hof 10 come through sp.
proprtafl0ns BY congress. but. AZ has
been already stated was 10 be derived
from the property 10 the district, as de.
oisred by the district government. 10
their act passed July 10. 1871
Eighth That the Board Of Public
Works. ia September. 1871. sIed q
scale II prices Tor various kinds OF
work, aud declared that they would pay
~ 80 per square yard for wood pave.
ment. Thus il was settled that when
they determined TO lay a wood pave
meat on any street, or avenue, the
price TO be paid for il trdx already fired,
and the only question TO be decided
was what kind Of wood pavement
should be laid
IL was 10 relation to this last question
that Gen. Garfield appeared as an at.
torpey. We quote the concluding re-
marks Of the Nahoa ia regard TO The
pmstter:
The money had, long before Gen.
Garfeld's employment, been provided
by the district government to pay for
the improvements the prices to be paid
had been established; no appropriation
by con Fress could have been In con.
temptation; the only question was
whether this or that kind OF pavement
should be used, and Gen. Garfield. as
an attorney. argued 10 favor Of the De
Golyer patent.
The impression has entered the pub.
lie mind that the De Goyer patent is
worthless, but this is wholly erroneous
No one familiar with the subject has
questioned, that 1t was At least as good
as any other process Of laying wooden
pavements, and no question Of that
kind has ever been made before the
committee or elsewhere The impress
sion, too, possibly prevails, that there
was something fraudulent in the con
tract as to prices, etc. But this is
wholly without foundation. The board
having adopted schedule Of prices
long before, when the decision was
made to lay this pavement to any ex-
tent il vas at the price already fixed.
II any other pavement Of wood had
been adopted 10 preference to this, the
price would have been the same; 80
that the use OF this pavement involved
no more expenditure than If any other
had been adopted
The facts which we have above stat
cd aud the presentation Of the case, as
now apparent, cannot be successfully
contradicted, Those who criticise Gen
Garield's conduct in connection With
his argument 10 favor OF the DeGolyer
pavement. are either ignorant Of the
facts involved or are influenced by ma
licious motives.