, 1875-05-17
THE CONCLUSIONS.

~. ANNA~o3l@F9s
THE QUESTION ABOUT TEE sroNH
in tho Cu1tcm-f1ou8o msJ reaolro itself into two
parts:
First-1s tie Duens Vista freestona tit to bo
used In tho b,i!ling : hntl
Stconi--Did 1!uoller furnish such stono ~ ho
proposed to. OF Ii lnfc.icr article?
To tho first qucaticu it NAV unhositatIngly bo
answered, Yes; royided II is .,rht.cisss Of tho
kind" Tho testimony Of lIa''asosd, OF Grave
sen, Gooahuo, tho FinareAus. Anl others goes
far to provo that inaomuc1 ~ they hare doaIt tn
tbs article for 5ears. but their testimony Is Of
leHs iupc:tanc, than tho numbcrlcss bulldinga
contracted out Of tho material which
havo lasted welt, haYa stood exposure,
aid t:e today in good pteser-
.stion except where tho stons has boon subjected
to nlo'ssuro. Tl.e QUO or two exceptions noted
to thid ox. cricne, 10 nothing moro than coz-
| firm 1t. 1t nar tstety 10 stated as tho voraiot
Of tho committee then, that good frcestono
wonid haTs baan propos mAtoriM for tho
| building.
IN ASawEnr'o TIE aEcosD QUESTION,
| tho burden Of profit goes 10 STOW TINT this con-
| tractor has entl.ely llied 10 TO uhst he pro-
posed to do; has not furnished good stone, but
has, on the contiary. pat into tso building ma
teTih which should nj Yer bavo boen used.
Il Ia clear that ho has cut tia t,oae in M un-
wo1EnaaliEe manner, and haa nent past tho
inapcrtor claycy and iron-rustod s.ous. which
his contract forbade.
1t ia at lens. fair suproalston .hst hs has
ueod tctuse etcAo l:om llla own yaEd-stoua left
overfronl other jobs, wbosa hs did not dAro II
| uyo them.
from othor qnarries to uso III the Custom-IIous
bniIding, cent? 4fy to hts copkrsct-and, moro
ovo., that ha Ina bought refuse stono that haa
b4e. culled over by other contractors.
| 1t La I matter OF no sort OF doubt that he hM
used stone SO full Of clay holes ~ to requlr,
dozens Of patches in oue ssone, contrary to cob
trnck
1t IL not 10 oasy = ,nstter t. provo that Muel]a
bad diahoncat uuGasstan ling with MnlIett
Each por1on who reads tie facts may mako III
/ his own mind about that.
| TIE WHOLE Ennoh
lies In nutshell. Grayeton, Al old contractor
nssh, III you use about thrt e'foutths OF Al! TIT
stouo you quarry. you will havoa good building
II you uno It all. your buildiaG will bo good fol
nothius.~ Now. Mueller has not only usod abou!
all he las quarred, but has bought refuse stont
| to uAe het8.
The question. how I'll this came about, Is n
interesting and Important one II tho people want
to get new United Btates Building In Chicago
within tho next twenty yeaFe: It y clo"r tha!
tho crrots that have been mais in this fragment
| u1uht not TeouI.
| THE ALTERNATIVE
for tim diHmtB.e'l Sunernt cnden. aud tho das
| ratdcd inspector OF n.one IL 10 admit tAae theTd
lIavo bcea between thom aud Mt. Mueller tha
nott outrageou, c3ilusion, ti,a most biTefacod
frauf. And l!1o most shameful neglect OF duty,
or olse .hey lnlss corfoas that thoy havo shown
All ignpraHce Of their duty. Of tho nature OF ths
beside which tho manial sttainmsnts Of Blind
Tom would appear mtrVas OF totcllect.
Mr., Mueller bis parsed dishonest work On
tho Government under lilo yorY nosa of tho lu-
apcctor, aud he must taks tho consequences,
but ihars sesms no e1cuse fo' those paid agents
OF tho Government who, when Het 70 watch ita
interests, neglected or betrayed them.
I. apnears ot tccosd that whoever ordered tho
,S.ft - &txn1 {r@ Il. o.
ono could bo. 10 make Llundcr Of that kind.
In tho face Of = twenty years. experience Of good
builders. stows genus worthy Of = Mullets.
pelimon!s In building, Oh insecure foundations
VIM rotten natorie1a ss practicod BY Mcssrs'
MulIett, Raakin aud Mueller,
HAVE cosr THE COUNTRY 80 ran,
e1pend 81, 600, 600 ia the erection Of uultea
st4.es building in Chicago, and at that
w IN 6oayht found.io1a l9a .a s1d the
propssatsd e75o, o,ooo nore fot ,lul|est, MuelIer
i Co. to experiment NTH, aud tho passi.colored
structure "ss PUSHED o os i:S :e caa Sd Of March
etl over, aud Mncltor Continued tho delivery ot
pasehod and scalY slone, witch tho Goval ument
Inspector aeems to hayo rasued With sheet over
them, and lot mote Of then were put 10 place
anil had blts of boards uas!sd over tho cracks to
keen them out Of sight. Al vas going me1t!ty
on, and IL Ia probable that the architeoss might
have got enough stone piled up to have tusnblcd
down OF its own accord had not BEiatow, aud
Potter. and HOLMAN disturbed matters.
How It will all eul Is d conundrnm, but what
should bo done II not tile least doubtful. The
} 6cc1akrY Of tile Treasury should not wait mo-
mont before appointing an honost and sharp
sighted committee Of Investigation to dig out
the exact truth about the Mulett-3fucltor trans
actions and to find out what can be done With
tho man rho passed. tho detective stone Into tbs
Qoyerumeat yard.