The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-20
VOL. XLlIl. 9S.
Nl>>OCRI'S ARCHITECTURE.
I gODHHOTsF IHiT WOTLD RJIN
IgfE tITl'S TtNP.IIERS.

f,vilru's II. Louis Imiiators-A sequel TO tho
.chucidrr Contracts something that the
euprrNi.ing ArthitCct mnY Look Into
4 Judge who Inns n BrOthcr-in-Lnw.
ST. Louis. Dec. 1G.-Thc history Of the
schneider contract TO supply the granite stone
RHO foundation and Easement story Of the
now custom House at st. Louis has already
b,cnlrirtcd in 1lE SUN. IT has doubtless oc-
CURED to more than one person that even with
all Nnllttts influence backed by that Of tue
Presidents brother OvU, II would have been
i.ri.ut to keep this big theft profound secret
rtwo years. had not there been screw loose
10 another direction.
Tie collector of the port, eN-Judee Long. has
to avery considerable extent the supervision Of |
the pay rolls u the workmon employed In the |
erection Of tho Custom House. MIR. Thomas |
wal b. an architect cf this city, has also the |
general supervision Of the work on the Custom
House. ord without the silence OF these two
men a fraud In tho measurement OF Schneider's
stone cod.d not have beon practised with i'm
punlty.
have been fortunate enough to secure copy
OF very rare pan phlet. entitled Report Of the
Executive Committee OF the Taxpayer, Leagus
Of st. Louis" which contains v.si deal OF in
teresuug reading, especially on the subject Of
tne vast operations " Long and Walsh.
IL rtfNlH rum bhls NOtuhthA Nhah hpohhhu
slime February, 1873 that operations were begun
on the Custom House. the discovery was made
by the Taxpayers League that great frauds had
been peipeiratod In the building OF a new poor
house for the county Of ST. Louis The County
Court, Of which Collector Long was then mem-
Der. had the entire control OF this work. The
determination OF the site, the letting of the con-
tract &c This Court located the site OF tho poor
house at Allentown, ON the Pacific Railroad, 81
miles from the CITY, and directed Mr.. Thomas
walsh to proceed Immediately with the con-
sirurtion thereof according to plans and speci
ncatons submitted by him and adopted by the
Court
Pat TnING TOR WALSH.
All work was to be done ~ contract let to tho
lowest bidder under walsh's SUPERVISION. who
was to receive per cent. Of the amount crTcnd,d
IN the erection Of the ouildinr as compensation
for his services. Instead Of letting contracts
for tho different kinds OF work IN bulk, the
Court on the recommendation ot Walsh. ac-
oepted bids for the masonry work AT $5'6 Per
ncisl foot, for tho cirpeuter work at SO
per SQUARE. Tie brick wulN WAS also let at Slj
per thousand in the vii. ldyments were to be
III de hy Mr. Walsh.
encs~oi legislative enactment. and one Of us
dr-t acis WAS to appoint a special committee to
and deicrn Inc wnetner Il was ad,i able to con
tnua work upon II. THIS committee IN due
smr i"p ,'.1 ~ ~ tDeN ''aG .'i'Ae "a '',eiul eA
hnlhit"u 81 lhe lihs, ana sieclh'Nt tuns' as
well A. of the wurh gltr DIV done uuOer them
that thcN found tnat no llNt hsd ceL placed
on lhc cost or tue STRUCTURE that even WIN
great many changes aud litefatlu uns % would re-
Guire more than II a million dollars t. COM
Tore ICY recommended that the work he
uupued.
\ month or two later the County Court again
considered the sd' Ject, ana passed an order re-
citing That II appeared int the fpourh0use At
loutnwH would cost $4,000: that the site
inJudci 'usly selected. the distance from the city
thereby be inc-eised, especially by the greatly
increascd cost ot transportation Of persons AMI
supplies by rtil and that q large sum u money
u site and the money already cxpended. and
bN ere, ins un"thrr nearer the city, in les
on woIA on ine Alei own .4t.I, .''.s 10 ne
stpuped. ana all contra L. relating To- tho same
re,cnded ana a2Ios ted 4nd h-''ee "0eordinsl'
49," @ the stvis ~ arrbltecturc" remarks the
E1ecut!vs Committee u th- iaxpa,er- League.
Walsn'- own admissions. even after the pluns
were moaiued, the saperi.tenIents residence
~ .4lo Was t. ctsi Svi'p''
The contractors brought suit against the
tl-2uu. and thvrcupon the C.urt ordered the
e, n.iaI, n,e.i',ril.. nni il ,p,,e,r.1 from
ln.,r Pie w." .nr M ,..i
"n fer nea No .i'' p'T hes of 'Gnr m
6'r p...i .tuI 10 Si1sol IL. ccri'ari To- isosj,
i-.- t.cs = await 40 flF' J'r Nari' iAt hc-r.
or'- 1 rnd Guy 49, ,r.. ~ rocA A. .' -. a
A. IL ' The total o'erI-' ne"'' aiA'uL'ed to 80
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