, 1875-06-15
Hints as to a Certain $4,000 Check
that Figured in the Business.
Phil Tat1swortl's Letter wl,fcA
tho President Intcrprets
nS u Resignation.
Tho Customs Business in the Chicaph
Office Managed on the Square.
OUR CU5TOa.AQuSE.
REPORT nf THE tQIMJSBipX.

tuhtuiA'A9uee to,hnllaeioleFs To-day COM
moncea thu work Of pFcna:.ng their f,ua1 report.
Secretary Brlssov raTs that ho does not expect
that tho Commissioners will conplcto theis ro-
port and present IL 70 him before the end of tho
week. He does rot know whether or not ho
will then permit tho report to bo made
public or Keep it rutil the meeting
Of Congress. Tue Commissioners and atl neE-
sons who by any poe.ihilsts could haYo
Any knowledge os tha work Of tho Commission
OF Of the natuic OF tl.ir report as0 Under the
ssrictcst iujunctious to prcaervo eocrecs. koth-
ing. therefore, can officially bs said, The fol-
loving facts and suggestions however. derived
from tho bett attainnb!e nonrceB, can
to relied upon: Tho repos. viii bo
adres1e III alsnoft evety Respect. II will
c,i,tlcnu tho foundation, tho structure, and
the etauc, and there III good reaHou to boliero
that i: will no much further than this. aud will
cutter to eonc c1tcut into tho methods By which
tho original contract was secured, and tue man.
nef iu "htch il Las been cIecuted. Tho Com
'nis6oue;s wall beyond all Question report that
tle present foundations arc Inadequate to sus-
tam tho weight OF the present huslllng &C.
cttsIing to tie. rressue plaus, or to sustain
auy suitable building that could bo placed upon
thcm; thnt tue examinations OF tue soil have
drMonhttatod that safe foundation canuot ba
obtxlned without plling; that tue atone from tho
1'uenh Vista qnasr1es, when taken without re-
gard TO tie different strata in these quAsres and
! iu largo building, are
NOT ADAPTED TO THE runposE
4 person prominently conoecsa1 With tho
| Government said to-day: Tho report will dl.-
caeo. aud which will terribly hurt somebody.
The report Of tho Chemist will accompany amt
| 10 part OF the report OF tho Commissioners. L
can 70 positively stated shas the Dispatch from
to hin organ In Chicago, to tho eE-
fact that .Ao stone IL entisefy suitable, md
that the foundations arc sat,afactory, wilt not bs
Substantially the report of the Commissioners.
| Mueller il busy III person here making the sano
| reports. On the contrary. from thu beat ia-
| formation which eau now b lad. It seems ces-
tan that the report Mill DO adyersa In I'll paItc-
uasa.
| TnK BUILDING Hrsc costE DOWN.
Tho opty p,ncticsl question now seems to bo
| whether the walls shall nor be taken dowu aud
1 tbs work ot Rebuilding be immediately con.-
menccd, Or whether tue whole subject shall be
postponed until tue uaees'og Of Congress and b
| LET. for tbs declsDn Of tlat body.
| Upon this subject Secretary Bsiasow IT prea-
| cut - NOT communicative He appreciates The
extreme graSity Of Tho situation, aud considers
tdat Lc has hardly lad 30 responsible decision
| to make Binca hc entc7s1 upon tho adullnat1A-
uop Of tue TroaBurF.
| AMasa TUE cua1ors Rrxops
concerning tho forthcoming report 1s one which
| Hays that tho Commission haye discovered that
| Sj0, 001 check Changed hAutiH at ths ttmo tho
| Contract for tho Bucnh Fi.sa st0no Mas made.
All Indications are, that the report MIL b yesy
sevrssMron Mueller. tho contractor, and s1nllott,
tas architect. 1t il nat tltosslb!e that Secretary
i: try VII refer tue legal question as 10 his
authority 10 tear down the walls to the Attorney
Geu-ral TOR deeis!an. 4 LAWYER wllo has glveu
1le snbjtc: very Careful at:ent1ou, and who las
examined all tie Statutes heIrisis nl,oR tho ques-
tloa, HAYS that there il na law which authorizes
tle Secretary to destroy iae walls neither III
tll.ra = law which forhldB hE doing 1t. Tho
condition OF tl1raMataNcea creates what II
| kuo Tu ~ cas1t oHlisJts. Ihcro IL
| 10 LAA ~ MEET IT.
aud II tho walls are taken down boforo bcmees-
ing IT Gnprets. tlle authority to do 10 il an ill.,
| cicnt of tho general authority to construct sha
tnst y Ee.fces building should bs completed. snd
III tue eytut ot HI a4fesso report of shs Co.umis-
s,ou, there il as much authority to remove
u! tho waits al tl,aro would ho to
Treasury is well informed Of the b,isineis Injury
| to Chicago it tla buIliiug operations ate sus'
psElea for year Or moro and understands thai
tho sioyernmoat ~ now annually payin. aia0
Potter's report, 1t III certain. will recommend
| TIE DESTRUCTION OF THE PAE>EST "ALIS.
There eun Of conrso be no doubt that MF.
Potter has an ambition to erect a new building
trsnds BAY that he woul1 ueyot have rein-
pushed his business - an a1chiscct 70 take his
! present place except In the hops OF achtering =
national rei'utat,on Il. h1] profession. FaEy
| ItIl8 opportunity HuHIu Uo AAuAA0A AN 6uG4a
III achievement III acting an ex-
scutye oAieer 10 flush Aulett'o plans
That Is In fact about all taat
tho psessnt appropriations Permit him to do. u
IL cs1taiu. however. that PotteF's ambition IL
u.,t stleh ti,At ho conld recommend Tho dcstrur-
son u{ tho building II tho p1esent fonndAslona
we're secure; but, II it was, tAe A.nblt!on OF =
Young arrtnisct in not likely to run Away With
leu i}risl0wh discretion.
| Representative CAulhsl arrived here this
morning tn tho hopu OF securing NJ Immediate
dsclsiot,. Ilo ha.l a prostaesed inseFy,s* u!.h
tho Secretary Ut thu Treasury. As tau'aals.
like all othors who base been mads Of
Ncially acquainted with tho Probable de-
tsll Of tho report Of tho Commission, states
tnat 10 IL under iujunelsoas uot to .uAke public
l..s information. 4ni il only peFmiatsd 70 my
that ten. lAistox fully appreciates Tho ltnpor-
t.pce Vt tho raae aud will take II into raEy
cxtefvl consideration ~ soen ~ the report il
presented. It Mil probably taAe THO sec1elsry
vuule days after the report II seSe!yed to dst4f-
| mipp ,1l,ou his tinal action. ~ tbs report IN
not expected t+lors tue last nj thta xosk.. the
dual dse;s,cu Of HecretAy Histow ri! hardly ee
ustiu fo1 two wseks. II Ii csasldcta I'd sdstsAbta
that Mf. Usu1tlell SHOULD remain hees or hezo-
shou,s uusi! tho tiuAi dsrlsioo IN rezehed.
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