, 1875-07-30
Causes Of tho Craoks---Thoy Havo
All Closed up.
Tbe Stone Found to BE Generally Good, but
Some Stupcs Sllould IL Removed.
Iearinq Down Of the Porticocs Recon-
mcndcd.
THE EARCHITEC1URALC COMMISSION.
f..r

Tho Chicago CotntnnHion ii Architects con"
tfnled their examination Of tho Custu,n- liouEe
yesterday, Tho point III llle:tsnn hc's STILL TINT
Of tho euiliccncy Ut tile foundations. 1t appears
tint MIR. Van Osdoi early advanced tho theory
tint the report Of tho Government Commission
rs to the sustaining powor o! tho aoil "nh cn-
ti.oly misleading and incorrect, bccanBo thoy
naado tho testA on k1nal Eurfacos, gcnorully ono
foot Bquaro. Mr. Chesbrougll, the on-
ginscr Of tho Commission, naturally
opposed this view, mud aaHertcd that
the lnrgcr tho surface tho gseatur would
10 tho sinking, tl.o Weights por sluarc foot being
o,lual To prove tEls truth or falHty OF thlH es-
timatc, tho large pit at tho southwest corYrr of
tho structure wps hunk - feat, and pier with
surface 1T Homo OF moro teet III. low,. Tho
load put upon this was 5000 pounds to tho
square foot. md tho measurements to Indicate
tho sinking woro carofully mhdo. They showed
that tho rinr had gonr tlown y; inches in aUot
forty hours. Tho tcHt tho 1uitl.i1o of tho cast
front showed triiio morn linking III the sano
aJ,aco OF time.
During tho day Tho Com,nieHion toak notcD OF
those factg aud ulso cuused tho examination Of
the soil in tho baBclutnt to DO mado with roda.
Thu result was to SHOW goud grnunl tn al. caacs
but ono, ard hero thoy struck d bed Ut Hoft soil
or mud from 10 10 foot below tho bottom Of
the basement al lluw orcayatet..
After nutiIlg tho reA.lltn III each case tho Conn
mtsHlonera Asii ioHrned to parlur M. |. Grand Fa
c!llc apl finished It's Investigations, .but will hold
Q meeting at tho saIuo race ta-Alaf
When q 1lual rerolt will undoubtedly 1lo
presented. Tho seven I,unbeT1. il III now
nt!erstood nte unit, aud tho report catlnot e,o
lurt'lcr do,ayel from any d.sanroume,its. It III
poss.bln that when it in presented III tho nessiou
to-day tllcro may DO minor corEcctluna tn nlaEo
aud sritli1iE a.ne1.dmonts ncceshury. But IN thu
main its purport ia already settled upon, aud the
document presented in'daY will moHt likely rc-
Commission, and directly Afterwards DO Bnb-
a,iitad tu tho Mayor. by hitn to he 1orwnrded 10
tho Council fur lts action Ionssay ovenuE.
The TnluukE ia abo u give herewith
~ AN OUTLINE oP TIE NEp0MT,
Which iH a rather yolu.nitlouH paper. It Ia d.
roctly opjosed 70 tho report tnRa0 l,y lilo Wash.
ingtou Commission OF cug!neera wllo cntno ,!cr0
md investigated tho structure Koon aftor t;on.
HOLMAN aH.umed lllB pleHeHt position. Instead
q ,fasorinG the pulling dew! OF tho
its continuation. and lany thAt the causes upon
which tbs Washington gcnlivsnon baHod their
tho Administration Commission Oil cvoIy l,ont,
mud ossabdh tbeIr i,oaltoi by the n'ost tls'r.
onsh aud complete cac',lat!ons and lata. 1t,ere
cult be no duuLt but that ll,cir Investigations
have boen rurried forward with
TIE oNEArEsf tsrEI1a"HX.F AND ACCURACY.
Ti.oy lsnye spout great tleal OF tiulo
upon them, anl hayo brought to thom
n''oe rn ,1o"It a. c,,i ~ s,',,,st nho",
s;'ni1ar hoiv nj ,',cn Tay 1,eva ns ~, ~ a,,, ~ ~
the work with feeling TINT their report Ill
cntcd In work wth a cnrcfulu"". ,,nt - , ~
anIoI S,n, ~, ~, C"..,,,,i,;s's, r, o W W. ~
nr roaso,,. Ts raort thepcf1o ts a,t;,,en y ~
tlo g1cAtest weight ard respect, aid 1t will carry
onnostn vtsws fe0P' ~ '' '"~'"'A w
'trv t1,1u ur1~o'p,, ,.n, ,,x NUS, ,>,,,,a-,.,,
has beeu Directed to tho fn,nlntions ~ lin
naita'nB. ", nsaecta sne!o. II ahy: eolsld mt but
tI,a b,', o,nnS ., Ano H. 1usuta safety q!
nrcfcct ~ s n sns autaps ana
snh,cc sl ,on tn nyor y. .1"se ,ast pas aoy nave
.,,st .ns ampy "ss1 uls ,nto . tsie ea1ta. exAned
s,tasu III" j.. s" win
h Wssn;,',a io;, III Ma. ,s.'. "l hasa so
hero, it seems viii. very % aeriouy n,int5,a .,o' y,
shc nors M to"rc. ny iar;a,r aS9a :; te "csSh. Q!
av.i tav S', ~ n,' ksa ''bsy ~ etcosa Of "nht
.~in" soIs ~ te sso ones. IN
tin bsa nf tho ,}n. instood =" nrn1 ae apo1 ~
ho 'e s tnv w. oa % npon se area o.
sss Mo 10y n1us tSy gsve ann pors mue
I'M ressnn;SS9 "iu1 -, ~ sw possoHsea.
ant Is. ,h - hs tla ma5 o NUMBER Of auafo
int ~ rss no grca,iy suU inc,"a""a r,, er a1uaIo
f.rn, tho n,onsr tns1,,s Aue r. constese
s",..ro roat ~ r., .sa" t,o "o.Nu.a @ uFou sho
ah"n, s hat ~ .ta s, t"s ato .ona 70 20 hnt
sI,a ~. st;,,n.n" t.an,niuia 9, ~ ~ os
,.t au ~ .t I4 1uua the 'a'te1
ss,1p ~ Eaa, sG ~ aoous oaons ot s1unse foo
at,e JILL, ~ ~ eieSo eTnsssoa reckon thom At
ts a. S5S W .'"gi vi. anes' aes 1Me nmmooT u
t1i'e oasa H., "n' eatty uu oae4 a9Hh4e 1901
...sl, ~. .s;.e F.Is - t1t'sso4f - ~ V.uV4
"t,,rn,, - 1870 ,;.Ih T,. ~ 'onua.to"a ", Nhl w
ehS ~, W Gastt. ~. auo cu!csBo toAsniss!on soon
sui tis;r -n,T si,,an i. "oku' WE out tons
,11a 'tce ' aa us9n ~ VIII
'Ae" ~ 'n1r sen - ~ NO iooliu"sSns Is wero
r.n ,,.,,,..,L AnLs 70 sEAap y, 1uAr ptEsauhE-
~ u.scosetf M " tno !nistase put quito another
s1s 1 upon LUZ oaa'Ssoa " o. sao gudng ~ iar
might DO doubt OF their boitB able to sustain
iho enormous weight accorded them by tho
N1shinKson gent!omen, tAoIr ability to carry
Aa1f TINT Me'gi't could not 10 seriously quss.
TONED. The finding of tile error teally removed
ln1ge eha1o OF thu objections to tho structure.
1ta tcsts appaod scoonsIy by tic Chicago
Commission Lava been soyere, greatly excced-