, 1875-05-17

- ol'lu1on on FAfiouA matt6fh 70 eouRhk- Mr..
t1nh'gan SAID, In ahswos to Aqncatton, that be
believed tho srecatooe to be one Of the ves,Y
oees or building materials when properly cub
and nndcratandlngly put In plaoe. Lie had never
known 1t to scale OF craex uudor These cj.cum-
staneoe. lie had used \ great deal Of Mueler'a
stone. aud considsrea good deal Of It 10 10 cx-
coI1ont material and soma Of Il bad. lie had
navor had any trouble with II whom properly &C.
lcctcd. Az for foundations, hs conHldosod 1t
folly to uso IL: hs preferred GroenBburg. Day !
ton, or Fiat Rock limestone for that puFpons.
because i hai boen proved tha. tfoestone could
not btAud tho damp. !
In refernnce to tho trouble about Tho fros.tone
10 sha Chicago building, Mr. Fungan said ho
1 YEE1lSo or rrr1 ron Nh. HcEL1ra.
Ias contractor Lad spent immense sums OF
money In lifting up bis yard and quarry for haul
Ing large ttone, and Y ho should como to trouble
known OF Mr.. Muelors buying inferior s.ono
Of other parties Of late hs. Flnn1sau rather do
cllned to answer, but III tho end sal1 he Lad re-
merbraneo Of buTing for hta own uao about
jacobs, Picking ont tho Eood blocks a. ho saw
them. llo had Understood that tho Eo-
malndcr had been bought By ht. Mueller.
hr. Finuigan snld, moreover, that ho conl
not imagine any fc.Bon Tor te scaling Or crslhh-
,ne Of good fsees ono. In f4ct, bo Go|ievud it
imCo.sible and. whcn asked to explain tic state
OF things known to exist In tho chicago Gus
toin-lIolso. ho Acknowledged that tho only tho
reference to the capacity Of ftee.tono TO resist
crushing weight, Mr. Hptlgln pointed to tho
great ttcepln Of st. Xavc1's Church now build
,nE out Of stonc from their quarry. and do'-
tined to .e,iat \ much larger weight 10 the
s.lua~o to3t than any Of tho outside founaations
Of cbica3os Cus:oa-1louse.
Taklng q lin. from Mr.. Finnigan's ronark
about tho ston. sad to lavo been sohl to 3lucl-
lor by Cohon T. Jatota, TIC writer put M1ael, III
communication wiki
TWO oTHEn raHT1Es
likely to know tho tr,l:h, ami lea: ned from them
that 1t waA not 10 bo doahtoa ths. Mus!ior has
bought several lois Of culiol stone from tho
Codons and from Cohen + Jacobs. Whether
theso stone cams to Chicago Or not cannot bo
certainly determined, but the description Of them
taihea pretty we'll NTH sopao OF The work to DO
Baen hero III tho ue~ United Staten building.
Furthe, moro. |. appears that Ar. Mueller has
had very little or 10 othar tsada for two years
| Alhco la began III Cbic.Eo.
II occurred to the Investigating committee Of
| ona that perhaps Mr, Mueller had besn caabled
| TO pass upon TIN Government moro us less rc-
| jcc:cd esone which l!aa accumulated during his
years OF q'arFJia: bptoEe lie Got tho present con-
tract, and
Yuon THE workw=x N ::rzf.Grn's xAEp
II vas learned that noRt Of tho s.uuo thlp. el 10
Chicago hsa becu that brought from Vi, tau river
en- boats but that thcS could 1oalemLer hoyoi al
caseh ulrra "s3ecpcrs" from tho yard had bc, II
sent With thov. How many, no ouo Aoeincd to
| know.
Another largs quarrymap Of froc,touo and
dealer iu cot ssore. Is
An. aoonHuK
OF lhe t!sn.name OF Goodhuo i Co. When
asked about his o.,o icuco in ara!lng fseebtonc,
| Mr. Goodhue advanced tho novel thsoty tlut lie
had known all kinds Ut Bsono to peel-eycu gran
ite. ha said, had been known to scale OF badly.
lie did not think that tho freeston4
aa lssn ro n0tod 0,tssce 70, seating; f1sSSps IN
crekt difference in stone from tho Bano .ecge
in different locations. AMI ho could .er1bei
An inatnnce olero his OWN quarry had turned
poor after having becn worked for Dc-no tine
The common suupoaitiou about tho feelinE va.
thas It WAS caused by sulphur 10 tha dtcno; also
that the stone next to scsu1 in a1Y place vt,ult
often peol badly: it WA called dad stono il
that case.
quarry mud facilities for aaLdlng stone, th'
question uaa ksked him
wHr nE p13 roT BID
for tho Custon-t1ouBe contract. ue replied thn
be had mado up bis ralrd to 90 50. and had yer
caused his specimen biocts to ba prepared ape
boxed, and blu papers nado out, W.,et
hs received a letter from Mullett TN
caused Ltm g give up tho ttoa Of lid
il not pereonal. Mi. Goo1hue laughed sottls
aud ahid it had been dcatzoyed In repiy to
further inquiry he, however. t7simated TINT b,
had concluded from tho touo Of tho epistlo tha
| II HQN1G QkT& Qffu 1 HAhE6 OF tlEUQ 70 HhfQ ii i
tnasmueh ~ it was substantially settled tha
Mueller wAa to have the contract Anyway.
Dcsiring to sec II ho couldn't put this and tina
toge,hor SOMEHOW, tho writer asket Mr. Good
hue It he had known OF Mr. Mueller's
| fnAFrIcEIa0 ~ REAL ESTATE
With any Of tho Mu!letta about tho tiEne th
contract was giron out. lie replied that MF
Mueller had told him (0oodlluo) that he ha'
bought SC acres Of land In Glendale OF the eide
HuIlett for <Go.000. It apposred on in
| vA.ttpn+}on that GtnndaIh Ii it'll
town Of about 1,50) Inhabitants, situate.
- n,ilna from tie city oa tho Gin
einnAti. Hamilton l. Dayton Iuatl. Il bears
About tho ra:no relation to tho city that Calumo
docs to Chicago. Mr. 0oolhno further OK
prtasod tho optnon tha: tho land bousht b
Mueller at about the tins tho Contract WAS 10
would have been dear at e15,oO or c23.ooo. I
my render can put this and that Together no la
full permission.
| In the oouiBe OF Tour REoun1 Clnciunau til
writer Naa introduced u
aEH,sAH a.x7LEMAx,
who, on baing made A:ln4lneeu with tho fAc
thnt hia now acquaintance wks f.oru chicago. IL
nircd 10 know something about the trouble tia
BIZ. Mueller Waa In. Altar In wing had tho mai
Tor explained to hlul,, 10 said u Muslcr tell
mo that 10 GOT along nc!i enough VII
bu. t4s now man. this Potter, ho IL too partlor
E'la.."
"perbaps yoa man." said tho third party
"tha. h: hasn't got Potter do"n 10 tino ~
had MuIlstt."
"Well, you know" mas tho reply. "tbat what
ever la dit with Mulott w4B atf right; NuiIes
was bound to aastain lin every ti,no, sud h
did, but somehow he can't lnako this now MA
look at it oxlc.ly that nay"
Aud tbs dialogue hsuko up.
MuELL1R.
vIaIr TO ITS s1oNZ-rAnD.
With dcsiEs to know as mu:h about ths sui
joct ~ might 10. visit was nnde to Mr. Niue
lo.'s yard, neAr the Gaa.No1ks. In Ciuciunat
Here Ia. pcrbaps, thu most elaborate yard |
America, certainly In the West. 1tuge trAvelln
derrcka walk Out o.er the boats % they llc q
the wharves. aud, picking up the llocks, carr
them on TO tho saving building, ~ ono woul
tuck . paper bundle under onc'a arm Al
!, walk away to dinner. Enormous quantlties c
: a.ona woso piled up on eyery aide. aud IN 4