, 1865-09-26

i the work hs7 been suspended fo< iea1
It would not srstain the weight q
l. ddfahing the Gfo1e with stute according &Q
tie design, which Is very Tar from being the rGsh
I The wortz hax been suspended car the season. fat
lie want of reaching The depth and breadth Of the
poctcts Of Church members, and for no othe- RS.
eo7- It Is now the intention Of the huflafp, con-
mittssto complete the spe os Tia tower. Of stone,
next sgason, eone1ete foundation, &C., Hiram .Abif
TO the contrary notwithstanding. And tf,s sanae
uay besatd q the Fist Presaytctta1 tower, ~hieh
lam rcady to complete aecorthng To- tho design, it
being ncTer intended to be arished entirely or
stone TEe Intyrrsa1Iet church TOWER scttled cou-
siderable WHEN Il Was 6est err=tca. had It r.-
paired At thcttme, md It has nc:esmossf .rnce.
foaSaaons eS + i nos II
fedscd fact wetth knowing. @sHIssn" aye4s that
these T. not castni a:d soIpetcns aseai:ccs IN the
tower as was iaksa doWa At he EnitasIan Cfa1ch
on 30 small base:f We a1l knoty that It yqay
hhllRse, bnt tho architect ras not altogether 10
him to bctId the vholc church edince With as il
would cost 70 put II one Of Huan1's Foundations /
nu1 erect The tower.
architect IN the city OF Chicago" OF eIsewhers ylo
Woud" ieoparaize his reputation By 1ecomme1 i1ns
church t. essavutc saEoce fortydvo fect square,
sssarc ST. ,1ads,,an Tn!s Is whai 1sa os
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qu1rcd the adjoining lot .upnn which 10
ess!stea the entire quiekssnd lie hsss @
Ing mp 1uic!1aand 50 as 10 build very heavy super
structure upon Il without settling more oe 1est,
ss ps se! se 199 r.
gaod snd even batter than any concrete foundation
t1at ulEzm could have put under, covering the |
says about piles, but It needs aomet6ing 10 rest
npon besides Hnicksand for very heavy structures.
Hiram says piles are moi proper material for fouu
competent engineer or aschitect, that pics for
mateztai npon With 10 rest sasa stustaFss, whess
you can entirely excarate ,hc quick.s1d, md com-
nc1ce nrop hard pan G: other lrm s1os lance Piles
sss% dtvfn f.q one another to The deph
s.ruc1a7es baye been PERMANENTLY e:ec;ed.
j., Rssn ei;es, tosexamp!e, the Jew Houses Of Par
q, Tas 9 Sait ii alreetly he pas of H.
E.ez Thames, and upoa snhzoIs Of. qalcksaad. Ia
state OF uquttacuon almost equal to that Of the
bee s s Of Sa seass Ron
not believe such statement Such a foundation
would tase aid into the river quicker than did the
onndation On the vest side Of chieaso 1iser ~ faw
Tie zi@ple taet fs that to esec. henry struc.arcs
i'ber got to cxcayate entirely to somethins solid,
Il drive sufficient Quantfty Of piles through tho
and e1lher OF which ara PERFECTLY *ae aud reliable
nd hare been for centuries. Heavy church towers |
re being bnflt to-day in Boston and Chicago, ress-
1g entirely upon piles. and viii be hereafter u
have Sufficient precedent and that too
Iuiehed by himself Tor in The trst place he says
tics moi proper material for foundation and In
mother place lu admits that pcS arc good IN their
Fface and ahsofnteay necessary
By exposing himself with such alenbicated, |
fouhle-dts1,fed coueei1s, he plunges himself into
tzant nonsense. Supposing l Lad entertained
uch pfcp0e1c1png notion about concret. fuunda. |
Ions In quickshuas, when encountered TINT ma |
eE'al to The depth Of tht-t; feet under Whcze |
tlshed TO erect the iatge stone shat foy the great
astronomical Observatory Of the University Of CHI
ago. In which it was absolutely neceasazy that the
oudatIon for such pier should be entirely fsol1-
ed from tlat Of any adjoining walls, and yet the
bntt ing On which the revolving dome was
0 rest, must be sufficiently contiguous 10 be made
,sactical In tte epceattou7 Had aaopteI uiranl's
'cnt nasonzy, should have been Obliged 10 have
ad the main pier md enclosing building rest upon
he e3ne foundation, which would have now been
offering and bling On The qufckanods, thereby
efehttng the entire usc Of the Observatory. as Il
3 hare eecDted perfect t11noph and 1are, iso-
It'd foundation. The main tower Of the Unlves-
tty, which Is hniit LEES than 1al feet from the Oh
erratoJ, 100 feet high, OF stone and restIng upon
lone fouEdattons. esaads equally h1na- Tha walls
ations, and they also stand akul- So that here On
be Ea1nq ground re Eave al three kinds Of founda-
ops Under walls Of Eufious weights. ald With ! Z
nual SUCCESS, hut norc Of tae1l On The exteme |
road basis recommended By Hiram AhiE who |
sims to have beeh 20 extensively engaged ID pub
c buildings for h''ecn years e Ra4t; l. no,-o1ox