New-York tribune., 1884-02-03
could be extracted and Mr. Tovle srOve in vain to hide
his increa aafno confusion.

his increasing confusion.
Q-You first issued an order covering the whole 800
feet and when you discovered that the work could not be
completed for less than 900 you issued another requs
ons Hardy na, m 1ssr mns fact e. + rIi
we progressed With the repairs RS Until % We W ~ Mepe & saanea
long pausel-The work was continued until the repair
was accomplished -.
mission between the work -, ..
work % SGns on na1 M Ir pause T
think IT was interrupted at one time .,oso reor,s,
tons (second and third would have been done under the
reQusitiOn N there had been 81 600 nmlti Al
could not say. lPausel Yes, sir the work might nave
Q.-woud have been done A.-No, could not say
Q.-Can you specify any work done under any Of these
requisitons that would not have been done under me
first II It had not been for the $1,000 limit A. with
much hestation)-I could not.
Q-Is not true that the second and third acquisitions
s had II rcseRed sReH the SSd%Se % T No
Q;-Why noti A-The extent OF the repairs needed
issued.
o-The first requisition covers the work done the
second and third Why did you not continue the work
without issuing those oreri AWith look OF despair
Because could not within the 81 900 limit
Q-EXactly, Why did you not say before that that was
the reasonf A-We Icannot say that that Is the whole
reasonmthat is one reason. -, .o-,,o.,,,.
Q-Was there Just much necessity for completing
the work under the first requison as under the other
A.-Yes, SIR.
".
compelled to give orders to r. A. Cunningham A.-No'
sir. never said that.
produce man who will swear you dld SO
statei A.-Yes, sir, should
Mr.. Whitrdge-I will produce him later on.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
recess was taken at 1:2O At 245 the examination
OF Mr. Towle resumed He said that the street was
broken up during the repairing of the sewer lie thought
the had been replaced under the contract for
repairing the He did know whether 1t was re-
placed uder the first requisOn not lie relied upon
the report Of inspectors 10 the number of hours OF
labor performed and the amount Of material used He
could furnish the reports.
Mr. Payne then began TO question Nj. Towle, whereat
Mr. Towle seemed much relieved and answered the ques
He said in substance that the work the sewer
in Fifty-ninth-gt had been done through orders
because the work had to be done Immediately and lit
had let by contract at least six weeks and prob
ably much longer period would eapSe ater % 1he pre- pre-
been begun He said that the Department mad been pet-
toned 70 do the work several months before was oeg
At the time the hrst requlsiton was maze Wa oe
known how much work would have to be done, ana was
repairing OF the sewer between the points dtsgnseu
He said also that the work had been done under orders
more cheaply than usual under contracts. -
Mr.. Whitridge-Under the five orders yOu built brick
sewer. The sewer you replaced was small pipe sewer
Why did you issue orders for repairing wher you knew
You were building new seweri Ave call putting
down new sewer In place OF an old one repairing
Q-Yuu started in then with the Intention or building
brick wherever you found an obstructoni A-No,
10 repair the old one.
Q.-HOw long did you work on the first order before
making up your mind to build a new seweri A-Wheu
we had excavated and reached the old sewer.
Odd you not then know that yOu would nave 70
ssile other orders for the completion OF the sewer In
brckl A.-NO, sir.
Q.-But when you began to build new brick sewer in
place smaller pipe sewer, did YOU not know that the
work would cost more than II ,000l A.-NO, sir.
O.-Theu the situation would be that upon each or
these five orders you built three-foOt brick sewer
connected the first order to the pipe the second
order connected to the first order. which was
brick seWer the fifth order connected again with the
pipe sewer that remained.
Q-DO yGu to swear that the work upon each enc
of these four first ORDERS all given within few weeks,
completed and the pavement covered M before you
began work the Orderf A.-NO sir; the fourth
and fifth orders done pretty near AT he same te
Mr. TOwe said that he Thought that the length OF sewer
rebuilt from near SixthavP. the the distance
designated In the first requistOn about 300 feet
but It might have been 80 feet more or thar distance
so. CO. possibly 100 feet, were built on the fourth
requiston. -,
I3jOO bricks build A-Probaby from 70 to 100 feet
O-Then with 900 bricks the quantity used in re-
building the sewer covered by these orders, you could
build 600 feet could you mott A.-That would depend
upon how il Is built
the first requisition. you issued second requston
covering that same seventyhye feet Alt was neces-
sary to clean The sewer.
Q.-Do you mean to swear that week after you had
sary for you another order for the repair clean
ing oil that scwerl A.-Ies, sir.
In further testimony Mr. Towe said that the remaining
part OF the same in Feth-st. was rebuilt under
contract.
General Tracy-That contract let after the work
done under these orders had been matter OF public ct
cismf
Mr. Towle-Yes, sir.