The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-03

ne has been city engineer the office
mas done about 1000 different fpiecee
OF work, from stalking a piece of grade
or street line, to laying out sewers, all
recurring carefully looking up data,
each enta1ling more or less work.
Klein then introduced in evidence a
book filled with photographs, which
Mchenna secured through an appar-
| atus he installed, that they might be
saved for reference as to the pro-
gress Of various work He considers
1t a part Of the city record and of
value This work necessitated the
installation of the sink of which JUDI
son inquired at a previous hearing.
Then he took up the charge of Null
VfhliI that a gang of from 10 to 16
| men were doing needless work Klein
asked him to recall this gang and de-
scribe the qualifications of the mem
bers. Two Of them were graduates
of Sheffield Scientific School. said he,
one of the Others was a graduate of
Rensselaer,.
oh, he was graduate of Renssa-
| laer was hep" echoed Klein, glancing
at Mulvihill, who was formerly a stu
dent of that institution.
There were two others attending a
university at that time. since then
graduates, while the others were young
chaps around 10 or 20 who attended
all Of them bright young men Nc
Kenna said 1t was not true that they
were provided vita broken tapes for
the work These men were sent out
to get measurements to facilitate vari-
Gus field work. On each corner of the
streets, he explained. is located a ce-
ment monument a great deal of diff
fculty has been encountered to keep
track of these and in order to elimin-
ate this difficulty and the necessity of
disturbing walks this work was done.
1t saves a great deal of time. The
monuments. he explained, are OF ce-
ment, 4 feet long. and are buried at
the street intersections. 1t is very
important to know the number of
miles of curb, he explained, hence the
measurement of this work by the men
in question.
Complaints had been received that
the boundary Dlonuments had been
disturbed. He found some of them
disturbed, particularly at Steeplechase
Island. This gave Klein and Judson
opportunity for repartee over the an
nexation of Stratford. The Trumbull
boundary marks were found undis-
turbed though it had been reported
to the contrary.
Klein asked about Mulvihill's accu-
satiOn that the work of these men in
the shape of reports was thrown away
into the waste basket. McKenna eX-
planned that their reports were trans
ferred to cards, placed upon a card
system. which was then introduced in
evidence, and that what was thrown
into the waste basket was the paper
upon which the rough figures of the
men were brought into the office.
Klein brought the engineer to the
Stratford avenue specification, where
it was alleged an error had been made
bo MnK
tent McKenna said the city was to
replace a vitrified brick pavement,
laid in 1902, with wooden block pave
ment. The specifications call for a
brick surface IL inches in depth, a
sand cushion one inch deep and six
inches of concrete bed or foundation,
a total depth of 10 1-2 inches 1t was
planned to use the original bed of con-
crete. When the street was opened
and a cross section made, it was
found that there was in spots a depth
Of three inches in the sand cushion.
THAT means them asked Klein,
that if there was three inches of
sand. there were only four inches of
concrete. If that is so the city got
Let me see" ruminated Klein
Under whose administration was that
work done?''
Judson flashed an objection. ST
don't care who, was mayor of the
city when the work was DONE" OBJ
jected Mulvihills counsel
mo, no. rejoined Klein. 81 hadn't
that in mind at all. I merely meant
under what engineer was the work
done, that's ALL"
Judson didn't press his objection
when Klein merely brought out the
fact that it was before McKenna was
city engineer that the original work
was done.
At this juncture. McKenna. who had
been talking continuously for nearly