Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-02-16

that cause covers the ground ahcu
the wall " We clip from the Grin
Mel' Herald OF the 9Th, the follow ing,
in response to ,hc Republican
Now We think The Rept6;caa mast have
written up It's case, and made up lis fore
gone conclusion from very slight data. We
have examined ihc wall referred 70, in M
rany with a competent master builder ani
! will wager the price OF il that more perfect
stone ccnnot be found in Iowa or anyw here
else. We could no, fnithe least sign Of any
such aciicn npen them. The marks Of the
tool. arc IS distinct as the day they were
reade, and can ta seen across a b'o:s. No
! better instanc, coull lie asked tor 10 show
! thai; they were just the material Cor the
:, ptlrposs proposed.
When the new College building was erect
! ed the rough stone for tie cellar and toun.
1anon wero brought from Iowa City; Tho
cellar wall was laid in The Fall and when
/ Spring orened the stone were 50 much in-
! iured by frost tia, hey were rejected for
the work above ground, AMI Oxford stone
substituted. These stone are perfect to-
day re; giving the least sign Of heing soft
ened BY fro.. or other element. but harden
is entirely in favor Of tho 0lford stons.
We learn that there is stone,
brought from the Immediate vicini.
ty Of the Oxford Guarr,es, which has
been Is years in use, in walls of
buildings in Toledo, without the least
evidence Of Gisintegration or scaling,
Prof. llnrichs, OF the State Cn-
yersi,y, who made tie scientific tcs.s.
SAYS, in seeming con,roversion Of the
State Biologists condemnation Of
al oo3it,c stoae, that "ooliticlime stone
differ as widely from one another a
from other limcs,ones," AMI aids,
"besiles, buildings erect,dof oolites hare
,s...l.st0od tie weati.r for cen'lTies.'
We close this by giving portion
OF a late letter of Col Dtwcy, one O.
the Capitol Commissioners, 70 the
Iowa City Republican, ard which
viii efltc,usliy answer charges Of IN.
wortliness, as we'll as the caarse o.
excessive costliacss of the Oxford
stone:
To conclude, and 10 come to the ease ia
point at once; l have To 81 that the tAlr
y-six samples Of building stone oh.
tanned by the committee alluded to. and
submitted TO Prof. nin,icis for chemical
experiment. and determinations, four, com>
ing ftom Iowa qnarrics. were poin'ed out
hy him as cxcelhng III others for their du-
rable qualities. They cAne ii ora Jefferson,
Johnson Tana and Madison counties -
The specimen Of granite, from Huel auan
county boulder, ara not iEtluj eti In the se>
rie. submi,ied--it needed no testing
restes mechanically, The Jefferson county
stone stoG at the head. the lama county
following neA' then Madison and Johnson.
So far as their l>,cal representation To- lu>
rabihty was cob 7ernel they ain stood
equally well at home the stone from john
son anu Madison couitie.- however having
been largely AMI more prom nentiy brought
into use than those nom Jeifs,'son or Fama
counties. From all HE evidence, tken he
fore the committee, setting all pa> .iaiQy
aside and believing them the best stone : 4
the STATE, waat was their duty when cal cd
ii, to decide with whom 10 contract? Tue
quantity require, being about e .0e0 cubic
yard. with the following average
bills bsfore them, nsmely:
Jefferson Co stone. per cubic yard SCI -
Buchanan GO. tbou!ie:l = - ;ii3J
johnson 90, stone, 2uS
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