Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-12-17
Some OF the pay.rolls are not si.ned Of NJ,

testified that he only worked one dlv on the ~
his life. for which he received Il - SS' III
John Brent. appears tn have received SIi ~ ,,-.
teen days work. lie testified that he WORKED ~ ,,F
Coleman. only on OCCASION Tor which H.. WI .''F
81 90 for seven days work. ''''''i
Mike Dorln, appears on the pay-roll- many ,
covering long period, receiving i - ."'H
from Mr. Coleman. " - ~" It "'N
As to Jas. Davis and VIVA Jones. who au,,.,r ,,,,..
vouchers luoo anu ioS' sir Coleman admitted t.,,
they had not been employed on TIN. street. LI,t ,''
money had been drawn from the corporation ~ '
them. ' " pay
Fifth. In many instances the pav.rolI. ,,.r. ;,
with the same kind of ink that u.,, in the t,,i,
office, and by some person who cmdc:,vurrJ Il, ]
VIM. Davis, who appears Oh Voucher Nh An :; m
OF many names, SO signed. Both Mr.. Coleman and Mr
A. y ldensen testify, that this signature i in the ha
writing OF Mr.. +. L. BrocEcu.
Mr. Brockct testified that he did not know the r,,.
ana qua not know who signed the name Of Vim. pIt.,
Sixth. As 10 Voucher loco in favor of Horny r,.t
for q -, Mr.: Coleman admits that il WI, In: own
Tatc Dill, anu yet ho certified il the Auditor for
ncnt and It was paid out "f the treasury of the
ration.
Seventh From Voucher iS9 appear, that Mr. ,,,.
man purchased n sprn. wagon from T. T. OBJ, H.,
which he expended SO ui the money of The corrnr,r
This expenditure was clearly without any aulhorv .5
Inv. Your committee have been unable. To- ,Ii,,,,,,
any satisfactory for this purchase - there was
really no use for it OH the streets II has never I,,
turned over 10 Mr.. DohcaS Superintendent of !f.r
EEhth our committee find iron the book Kent
by MIR. +. l.. Brockctt, the late Auditor of the city rlr
trial balance wus struck about The. III ,ly a.,
expended for repairing si.rr, and That = 80 :, @
been expended for cleaning streets. which max, 9.
total expenditure. nj that time of -; 1876 S. lcayint
balance 10 the credit of the fund on this ,t,ot
SCI II. On the Isl day oi March !s,5 lh. itJ wa.,
drawn Sic IS. ' ''''
As Mr. Broclc,t testified tI,,, H., u,,. c,,;,, ,,i.,
all balances % the credit of nil ,nnrn,,r;ni,, ,
day to day, he must have been aware. thai ihi. fJ v
over drawn ana Is therefore, c:lrscahc with n clcar
violation of tho law III rrportIm. To the Ciiv Conn
ell when this fund was exhausted
But Mr. Broclct contends or pr,.,rn,l. t,,t .y,r,
time the Council ordered work 10 b dom. lin. r:,
itself carried with it sufficient approximation i ,I
work.
YOUR committee VIII consider upon hat prr,ntinu
and then convict Mr.. lruckctt u Il .-r,,., tj,,ii,
the duties of his Office. Tile only work nrI,rrJ H.,
Council this year which WAS dom; was the work on
Duke street, between Fairfax and Env.l .r,,,. ,,t
cost 500, but OF this only about ilG ,r,,,, I,h
opration for lsSi-l>>1: ih, balance, l
from the appropri.ii ion -, I,>I.I,s: M.
ordered bv l'ounri Iuri,.,. al, IL. ''' VIZ"
which was done, was ~ =
l. On Prince street, hutwcrn Favct. and rryu,
streets " " "i'
. On corner of Duke and - k,,rI, street,
3 On Pitt street in front at st Paul'- Church.
1. On Washington street between. puLr and Wolff.
s. On Ourcu stree, hn,v,,nu :, ,,,,l,,,,I "a. I;,,
ton street ~ ~ = - '''!''' ''''" ''s''T-
g. On east side of Alfred street cor,.r ,f t,r,c,or
~, ,or,,,r III. .,,'I 49,; !, Va S''''''''
Ad,Iin.r inc cost ~ ,h; - SI., ,,;, ;
nc eo>l =" ti'fS NoIN' VIZ CIV t"llch !, Il
Sci! 'oe' SS'Iiil''I To thc SioD expended Oh DuiR
tn "" allowing Nir hrHekrl Inc iuii "rc. 81 ihl~
Syv 10 DC ADDED to the REGULAR appropriation for streets
S loo s y" w. inc account l. Nu over drawn over
CIV: MI, w. yo,,r ,,,,,,,;,,..
counts nf lanes p Itii ~, l,'''i', 81 !', IL"
Police t;nJ ,I', ,h ''i' eve oi"l'h,''ni'hi "'
IisrnI vrnr NH, N,I, ,'' '' N't'''> '"l III"
Tho SIM, nj 81 - - r ..,..,, i,' ~ 81 3"
~. ,L,, 10 -, 49,, '''- '', NiI' l'"'>'" : ''I
~ LEO ~ ' >'' WY "''' VIA" II III INC sum "'
;rcrth III, ,,, ,,,,
IN. ,,,'m,L ~; , ~ '.t''', a'" SNOW" 'iits J"
Inn, ,r e. me-, a. ~ H., ' va ' '''i'' 'Nich'"'' u'
ST. " -. VI .i' appropriation ior streets, Tor ih'
III, 80! go
" ,n ~" ' f"''iii'c,. ih inNcstIS;ttiI'S "Hch'r
s,1-l 'toiSc l.. fici''h bili una Il cllarG' ~
n,D, i 9.N,ct'it"ha 10 Tue l'hlnrc sun, from
20. i' 1922 10 'i! ~. 1870. nud 10 thr y. \.
sun IRON august ISL AHlio July lst l>>j. Mr. rockcrl
says t,lt THESE subscriptions were made at the instance.
W .hI N-!E!cTs on account al the approaching lrc,l-
GENITAL election hut declined Ia give the "f ANY
such ttN-laycrS ms rrcicnliun l. absurd, the sub
ScFiPtoI 10 me baltimore sun commences nearly
year before tbs lreeidcntinl election.
our e4nmtcr also i''i upon this v"u"h"ra "harr'
o % o. LOT trlalslc~, squares, ruling pens. rubber
rue ana rupn'f rules.
MI brockctl knew nothing about these charges bat
upon investigation, II was nSccrtuiurd that they wcr
PurclhisSd 10y Mr. a. r. loeirs"n
ir. IehSth icsliiicd That these articles pur-
cniseu 10y nm l" 40 work upon map. showing. thu
clcFato Oh strcclN ana that after - bad finished the
map lie carried These articles home and still had them
III his possession.
Upon further Investigations yorr committee ,sccr-
incu lhat me map referred /" by Dir. ldcn>cn. had
Dtc uo'P'ccu ana lh,'d Tor early III the year lN>, and
.' WI c''s' H' "r''"h INC sum 81 - !" Tor mate
IN; i .''u mp; ;'i,I 'I.,' - Tor h- services
r,' A. ErnI go i 't ' w., P'i'
isS5 cn',ii nn, IT,, -, I S NV, - !" ''l'N '''-
testified in hv Mr. LI,'.. i''''''' ''' ''' P"'I"''
V,,,r c',,,,., i,,,', r,r' L.. ,;, c ,
,r J,, III, , '''' '"'' s"'" N""'",'. U''
p:1I far ,I 'iIn I n''I.I1 were purchase" 81 ~
,; r ~, H., t''r Ms" large ,h,i'
vi ,'"p'a, i""I "'thu~' paper. l"i'lI-, ~.
,I; san" 't'''" year h w.
IN lc An'lt2r .ohrr' "i ~; o. when II should n"
i'. .r c ;nS ice, - ut inc ohsid'. -.
~ r, t1uchci - - "li :" H. W lnurnE"' ~''