, 1875-05-09
THE CuST0M-H0USE.
General Quiet Around tho Insti.
tnaon Yesterday.
Suggestions Of q Correspondent About
Thase Three houses.
Natmu Of the Soil on Which tho Custom
House Stands.
An Architects Opinion Of tbs Foundations
All UNEVENTFUL DAY.

HAMb AxCbN0 1Rk IUalUEl-AQI&&s
7hs fraction Of Custou-Houso which Chi
ego Possesses was utterly quiet yesterday ~
regards the transaction Of any business aud ths
of6cials present used their time in harmless pur'
suits which did not advance or ra.ard the build
ing's prospects
Yesterday, Ar. II. L. Holman, who has beer
sctng Is Mas:or-Aechhnic under Gen. Holman,
received formal order from tho Secretary Of tbs
Tfeazu,y appointing him Assistant superintend'
ent, with Al increased eaIary, the promotion to
date from May /, By the terms Of ths order,
the new officer Is directed to be undor tho direcd
charge Of the Supervising Architect
Tha suggestion made yesterday, thAS
L. COMMITTEE RE APPOINTED
70 investigate the charges Of bad management
which are dfa, meets with great favor on au
hands, and = movement Tor an inquiry will bs
made It is doubted wtera the authority to np-
point this committee lies, and it may be neces-
sa1y to wait until the re-assembing OF Congrese
before any thing can DO done, but the and viii
certainly come; Eud since the fault seems to
he between Eullett end Rankin, that one Of them
who demands the investigation will stand boat in
tho eyes Ct the public until sono authoritative
report ~ .nadc.
1ht recent revival Of interest in ths Custous-
Housa Aa dragged up the matter OF
TaE THEE HOUSES,
built by Nessra. Er,ler, Rankin and Warner.
sna in which Euens Vista sandstone has part.
iEe tAecsy formerly advanced by = morning pa
per here, that the government had paid for
The stoco. has been fully exploded by au iu-
EeahEatlca INTO the Inanner Of keeping books
ma paying which prevails in the goyernment
offices. IN ingenious correspondent has, how
eTsr, iisEed ont plnn by which the government
might A2ys bc.n oefraudod and the materials for
The hocs1s obtained without cost to tho pfoprie-
sors Ct tie edifoos. There ere, however, 50
nanv *'isd and 'provideds" in tho pian that
k.s not st all probable that it con:d have boon
sa:Tled out-sti1 it ia entirely possible.
IEe correspondent eugs@sts TINT it Was for
Mcnller's interest to ESQ MS many patched stone
rs poss:bin in the quantity cut for government,
and that il be could gG: q 1urge number passed
(as be ainly has}, his profit would be 30 Iacga
that hs could afford to furnish II considerable
quantity {: raw stcne to any 1n<n who could got
the detective ones inspected md accepted The
men who had the power to scceps stone was
Rankin. a1nl, il he bad colu6ed with Musller
that wo.1d e1p!ein how tho defective
stones casno to 10 accepted. Sup.:osiug,
for the carrying out Ct tho argunsut, th1s
this collision had actually tkken p!.ca, and
Of uncut s.uoe for @ house, it would not be Off
fcu1t to tayo these stone cnt at the govern
meut expense For instance, iournoy1nau
stone-cuttu- epcnds thirty days cutting cartain
capital, aud his less export neighbor spends
sixty laEB. What would be easierthan to charge
the government sixty days for each capital aud
use the sklllful workman for thirty days On pri-
rate work at government expense This would
require ths collusion OF the head stonc-catter,
but pe7hapa that might not hare boan 20 dinpult
to obtain.
This than, in tho theory Of how it might hars
been done, aud it ii certainly au'ingenious one,
but ssema hardly practicable It requires too
many man TO b. st in it,"