Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-10

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SOME INTERESTING FONTS FRos rHr KrSpArrs-
ENVELOPES WHICH rHk rAysAsrks HANDED 10
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oA'niks Akia Known AT TIE AoCEDpcr oFvIch
Lieut. Townsend had not this afternoon maze
his report 70 MAJ Lydecker OF the result OF his In
vestigations In the aQueduct tunnel When sran
reporter visited his ONCE there a sheet Of pa
per lying before the lieutenant on his desk COW
cred with figures and he seemed buslly ENGAGED
on his report he remarked thar the expertation
that his words would be greatly distorted and that
he was going 20 be severely criticised anyhow ctd
not put him IN frame OF mind Tor writing speak,
ing OF his visit 20 the Howard University sham
yesterday, Lieut. Townsend said that ne had gone
there not for the purpose OF finding any particular
hole or OF verifying what the KendaIIs had said.
but 20 satisfy himself as 20 one particular uotnt
respecting O'Brien's work ne Knew the worr
there was bad and his report would saw that an a
the work Inspected by o'Brien was irremediably
bad
TO 90 Win rHE COMMITTEE
The Kendall brothers, the tour br,cklare-s vho-e
statements as 70 the condition Of the work An the
tunnel gave the public Information As 20 the fraaas
perpetratei and led 60 the steps taken IN conr-ss
70 Investigate the matter sim remain IN the lty
They are waiting only on this INVESTIGATION Ne
William Kendall told a STAR reporter to-tay thai
Two OF tne brothers al least would 60 witt the
them where bad work was
LIEUT.. TOWNSEND PAID So arrrSr1ox
Lieut. Townsend. Mr.. Kendall said, had every
opportunity OF knowing ana seeing TINS haa uorr
months ago. Aforeman OF bricklayers Tom. tyr.
rel, now IN Chicago Mr.. kendall said. was dis
charged In June Tor bad work In his section This
man knew that In other sections the Work was as
bad In his. and did Like 70 be singled ouf hs
cause ne was tne only guilty one. ThereIore he
and told them OF the bad work nut no
attention was paid 60 his statementS
When Lucas began 10 tell about Il ne WAS likeWtse
ignored. 40" said Mr.. Kendall swhen we maae
up our mind 10 speak about Il we did not 90 20
Lieut.. Townsend. because we were convinced that
IL would be useless We went % senator Ingalls'
committee and" Mr.. Kendall added with laugh
"Mr. Ingalls, censured Us Tor coming up Odt OF lie
tunnel aud telling such stories. ne did not be-
lieye it then" Tyrrel the foreman Inferred To
Mr.. Kendall said. was at work on the Foundry
Branch section
WHY rHE CAVERN WAS NOT rouSn.
Mr.. Vim. Kendall and his brothers say that n
Lieut.. Townsend had knocked out the bulkhead on
the east side OF the hole he found yesterday An the
Howard University section he would have dis
covered another hole 10 or 40 feet long and OF 5
feet high. The kendalls say they neve. described
cavern there 40 feet high; that that was an
error. They did say, however. that by removing
the thin bulkheads a man could walk several hun
dred feet ana hardly have 10 stoop at anv
point. The kendalls say also that &c Is
ridiculous for Lieut. Townsend 90 express
surprise at not finding larger hole than he did
The records In Lieut. rownsend's once. giving the
crOSs-sectiOn measurements of the excavation at
every point, would inform him OF exactly the sire
OF tue tunnel outside Of the arch. The lieutenant
they say, could go Al once 10 the places where the
conditions were sucn a. 20 admit the existence OF
big cavities but he had avoided them, and gone TO
places where the records showed that the walls OF
the tunnel were low. If Lieut. Townsend had
gone 800 feet from Howard University shalt yes
terday, they say, he would have found long
stretch OF bad work. One Of the kendalls said that
had holt rnnr.a N
In continuous stretch In any part Of the tunnel
THE OLD WORSE THAN THE NEW
The old work he was sure was worse than the
new. When the old work was done the contractor
was paid by the CUBIC yard for rock excavation
and lining 80 II was TO his advantage In blasting
or excavatlng TO take out as much AS he could
Thus the cavities formed In this work would 10
larger. There were sections OF tunnel west Of
Champlain avenue where street cars could be run
In the opening above the arch.
NOT A SATISFACTORY TEST.
The brothers do not think Lieut. TOwnsend's
proposed test, by applying with a hydraulic Jack
the pressure that will be exerted by the water
when turned In, will be satisfactory The pressure
would b. applied 10 only one brick. aud such a
test would not show that when there was the
same pressure exerted Ia every direction on all the
bricks the work would stand. They are OF the
opinion that the whole work Will have 10 be taken
out and done over.
o'BRIEs AND PALMER.
One OF the Kendall brothers this morning re-
iterated statements made concerning the rela-
lions OF O'Bren, the eN-nspe tor and Palmer. the
sub-contractoT, and which o'Bren has dened, 60
the effect that he had heard OBrien speaking OF
having lent Palmer 500. besides lending hln 81 20
this spring 10 buy a morse and carriage. The ken-
dalls say they have seen Leroy, the paw
master for Beckwitn Quac1enbush, whea
he passed through The tunnel dlstr1butlng
70 the workmen envelopes containing their wages,
hand similar envelopes 20 the sub-inspectors.
O'Bnen, they SAID, had stated that be received
only 81 a day for bossing the men, aud said he
wanted more. This dollar day, as the kendalls
understood &c, was paid by the contractors In al
dition 10 the salary paid oBren by the
Government Tt matters ana o11~Ss the
kendalls are ready 70 lay before the ir>Ss-
tgating committee As TO the cuipabllltr
OF Lieut. Townsend, Mr.. kerlin and others say these
men ought 70 have known there was solnething
wrong when a gang OF men did in SIX hours what
ought 10 have taken three days II done properly As
20 the Howard University shaft. they say there
not stone enough there 20 have done the packing.
and the men IN charge who had accurate measure
ments OF the tunnel. should have knOwnit
THE HONEST INSPECTOR LEFT.
The kendalls say they came In contact In their
work with one honest sub-inspector. They dld
not know his name. He staid by the workmen al
the time and was a. strict a. the engineer officers
themselves could be, requiring all Jpe wOrk 20 he
done according TO specifications he Was there
only two or three weeks when for some reason -
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