, 1870-03-20
EMt Wing Investigation.


The committee appointed by the Board OF Super
v.sors 70 investigate the condition Of the cas-: wing
Of the Court uoCse met ut O'Clock on yesterday
afternoon, r. roItlsna Block. Ths committee ..s
Van Osdelt Baumann, and Gay; Master BuildcA
J. v. Middleton; Judge J. 4. Bradwen: and Su-
NJ Mas to ias sna sa
Mr. Gay elected Secretary.
The examination was conducted BY means Of in
ot lie eom@istee. Tie nrst W witness NC called VI
huiit tie foof q he east wius. ne ssid he buiit
c.ty; he roof was buIls bJ The spe-
cideauons, there being no r!an;. there
were no drawings, be simply marked from
piece Of paper, and submitted to NJ. Rose; there
were three competitors for the work- Rose told
htrn be did not think he wanted any drawingA as
presented sketch 10 Rose, Who approved ei II;
no one mlsuustcd that the roof was insufficient;
they IT,, ~. oonys1sstiou between 81: Boy,nstoa
he thought 1t was not strong enough: the ROOT was
Sisted III November; Rose examined the rooi near.
ssnt oa VINES: ~ sna @eas oD g
technical way; he thcn stated tna. the work was
M Kose new ne7er | msdc ca my eascuis,ion &c q iae
strength Of the rafte1s; he aSrced 70 AL thai WAS
done EveHthing Was pot IN thai the sPeetaca-
III. Let, S., volunteered some information
He had nothing to do with the original estimate.
Atthe time the roof was 70 be laid the other lcts
vas SICK. He called on the architect {Rosc) for
the plan Thlt gentleman said there was no plan
for the roof, but that Mr. Lett should do the best
he knew how. He handed him plan which rep
resented the size Of the building; rsmalt1ug that
he didn't KNOW much about roots ct that time, In
s,a nsa he st2 saye h. opinions ln Ees1Td ,, s' tae
suited him MI. Rosc replied thst 1t naAe pretty
gHod ro1f but still Insisted In leaving everything
Ke4 H .GS ws fss M pe lsn nso H.
theIa oy pnttinR IN new tsusseA The centre patt
ceelod to give The details of ay,n1 the root After
ttwns up, l asked Nj. Rne II there Was anythtne
nss NOT ~ ~ fen &c Mented 1; lie sad no; was very
MI: Rose fu1nisaed TIC speetncAaon ' >''~$
Nr. Letx, Er., e1ld he WAY kausned th1t with
the Exe Of The iron, the roof could not have been
built Letter. Still. he would never have warranted
1, II MI. Rose had furuished no plan, / should
Wtich had with Mt. Rose about the roof was II
regard to the walls, which kept sinking He though
II was the settling OF the EAlls which e1usc<
feet thicK In The centre. THIS Is cracked wen
TO SEE ME- Rose about this be gave me no sasis
faction. Iwan:ed to call his attention 70 thls oe
1Sfe we're boss s.S Ia lns t on Il, bloien 1s sa
MI. Wor1htnRton asked II ME. Let1 aiahI te
NJ Ross be would n91rs on the ~ e. sno n ne 60
MT. letz, Jr., replied that he dldnt femenpe
that he ever made any such statement
III. Letx, Sr, said that the roof was Maa
stronger thsu originally Agreed upon. Ht ~
n4de Rketch OF the ru0f, and carried Tue 8a1ne
NJ. Rose TO be approved before the WORK was en-
tered upon
MI Chapman Was next called He and Nj
1toee were IN partnership. They weEu emplo}e
y! me county to supervise the construction OF ~
pauu1ng- Letz Son made the roof, and furnish
e snedr own Specification. The rca*on why the
Nee sfcahects} dIdnr 10 It WA, tn1t Lett 4 So
hEeIeafed % make their OWL planR That finn sal
they Nouidnt nEure o. the r1ans md spednca
s sas1 @ase ons ioe ihe,- srsslsec but woo,a MAKE
YORK and philadelphia nsared LON On our our Nan ils,
91d zee speeshe3i.ons, In his conversation MI
Willing to make plan. Isnsweeed him aonrma
lively. 1wuIfed the whole Of the next day uno
-tne rod, when Mr. Letz came In aud SAID com,
Thing about not using + Iron In the root II
: original specifications called for T Iron III
Rose supertutended the construction OF thc b1iit
ing, and got up the drawlngA an not par
ucf Of Mr. Roee now, nor have been since Ia
.July There WIS no trouble between Mr. Rose AZ
about the s1pertntendencJ Of the construction
fhI9 building. don't know that the DRild!u
Committee authorized any departure frp
fhc original plaus for the root tn
oniy reason why know that Nj. Lct1 co
fniIe11 fhIa matter VIA became he expressed d
Ttre q to do. Ih3Tc been IN architect fortTent
three Jcsra, End was in paItne1shlp with NJ Ao
for Tires yeazA The Building Commlnse oce
aiouany met m uJ onaee. 1nereT heard Nj. L.