, 1875-10-02

tinuous schools. Eao:, sol,ol ,lirtrIot. howcyar
can regulate that question for ltnslf. tnr us
nil4 VI tic dollar h6ing allowed 10 10 voted hT
the renldonta nf shcl h-tl,cL on the proportJ in
| tlIat district. an,l IN he oxu"nlrl wha!ly wilma
",Icrcllant" roreA hy saying ~ lheta il no
reason why t:llcsW! might not have a
largo soulaorn and Southwestern sfado.
but we snnt tn k1tuw that w
Aro going 10 Kot ar nonoy hnet for goutf4 snll,"
Ihtr y MI tfuo tltrre " NJ roRsu1l why Chicago
| shonld not ilsvn this trade, ctcopt that II has
hGver lrlutl to Yet it, II 1ie Chicago merchants
want tie tla.le and cnn uietseli (aa thcy clam
They aro able g do) Other iMsIkots. thor can Rct
of the 10th lust, 1t vaB Hhown how tn gas to
tl'iH trado over the llnnuia Central To Cairo Aui
from thence 'ty tho Cliru ami Fulton 4 Iran
! Mountain ltDal. Int the motcIianlH Of CAicagD
are. ADun Ut tfotn wIlI h0 ll0otod Bt, and will
e"t III !ae sottrn eggs throw" At them: Hespsct.
fully. l.. N. Hill.
THE sToNE.cC11iSi ron THE oItlcA,o CUSTOM
HuEnE.
10 The LHt.r sf TIE CAiruao 'r,banr
CHseAoo. Oct. l.-ln tho eb.enca Of Ms. John
II. Mueller, heg to say few wnsds through
your celWfMns IN regard TO n remarkable state
sacnt whtc.s appoags IL your Washington dis.
latclloa tll1A n1otn.nE
The hta.eu1ent iB to The effect that tho dovcrn-
mont has been imposed upuu by 1iog III tho
cutting of tho Etona for the Custon.fionso;
that "Thc Government has already paid the
antoundiug sum Of saoQ.D00., for cutting the
atono;" and that Mr.. Charles II. Ham had
mora Intimate relations witl tho persons aaid 10
compoBo t!lia Hing than was becoming III a Cow
ernnlont nflcar. au was ontspoilefh lit phoHo hho
prvnta In t3efenHo Of Tho Hing
Mr. john II. Mueller - contractor for tho cut
ting; Mr. tiau, Ia. accnr:linR To- lhe lress, ao'.-
.lectnl with the Intrr Ucfdn, aud recently Fed.
oral oliIcnr 1t, this city. II tsere II n Hing f."
counecinI with Ibo CltHtotn-ttu'ltc Htoua.cuttiuE,
It IL AZ, institution With witch nctthcr Mr.. Mret-
isr nor apy one In h1h employ has my connee-
Mr. Mueller does not know, and Las novor
n,nt. Mr.. linn or any other persnn connected
spoken to. or had sloaIinge in nny whr with, Mr,
Mueller. or my person representing him or III 1is
employ: 1t, reference to tho stone-cuttiEg. Or any
matter pertaining to tho contract OF Mr. Mueller
wisll tho Government.
do mt, Of cnurso, know wl,ethor tho books
of tic Treasury nl1ow the cost Of tho elono-out-
ing OF tho CuHto'n-Houso M being $500, ,001 !;
but do know tl.at no af1cf amount has beon
pn1 to Mr. Mueller therefor.
as to TIM further atntemoilt In regard to tie
transunfthton OF cut Btouo yonr CORRESPONDENT
has evidently 0btuinod ofruneons Information
from the Supervising Architects nnco. htr.
Mueller was denied Tho privilege. which all tllo
rtnno at hH own works; and III 1t waH found
that room for oil the outing could not bo spared
o Tho b,l,ldlnE-ritc, lle "aa reguirod by Lir A.
u. 3tnl1ott then Supervising Architect. to pro-
vide. Ut llis urn o1ptnso place In this CITY for
thc cnttl1lE, aud VIA required to deliver and cut
tht stono there. III order to secure to tho pooDlo
Of Cbcngo tho hnnott Of tho cutting; and CHI
chgo III thu only largo city to which sncl favor
has boon granted.
31r. SInIlelt afterwards refused to pas for tho
transportation of tho cut Htonc,.-a Tofnsal
which Afr. Mueller regarded unwarrantablo and
oppreHslya; anu. sif,co tho retirement of atr.
Mu!'ott lIe has presented tho entfro subject Ia
tho Department for fesiew. in communications
written about Biz months ngp. and to winch.
although he requested Ill curly answor, llo las
as vet reculved no reply
The htatenlhnt that bills for very large auElB
for ttiB service have been suspended rrdsr Of
Secretary Bristow. and aso nov RWalIny pay
nlent," is entirely untre, as bill for such 4or~
ylcs has hccn Presented.
While it seeinH to mo fGoredih1o that members
Of the iAto EuBtonl-l1ntlso Commission could
lavo made anv such statements az arc attributed
to thstn IN tho dispatches in question, aud I
th1uk guur correspondent must have been mtsn+
formed On that AZ we'll III tho other matters, It is
truo that thoy are reported is charactesizng tho
cost of the HtuuG-cuttinH aA "cnornnoun and
Yisl to aynit myself Of this opportunity to i'll
yit" ~ impartial eomnasison between tho cost OF
this stono~enttsng and any Of relative quantity
ana character that flaB been executed for tho
Govornncnt, or private r1ttifa, unanr auy ByB.
tom of contract In tho Inst fifteen years; and to
!ccInre, without fear of successful contradiction,
that tia Chicago Custotn-ElpuHo constructed OH
tho Rcale originally contemplated. would 10 Isl
though tho ,RrReAt outslde Of WHHhiuEton1, by
yoEy largo Hui, the cleo cat of all tho great edi
Aces Which the Government las undertaken to
ersct since tho War. VERY rospoctt11a'.y:
Chicago Agent for John II. Mueller.