, 1877-05-13

!: load that the walls wouldn't carry. The ,oI14
man hasn't the requisite amount OF constrnesIal
ability, aud he has tuiled: The sanle trouhe W
where they had to put rods through the uouer stse
to keep the roof from coming down throneht1 et1
True, the best architects will make mis,aSss f..
It seems to me that when Gay had biz own iessssast sat
on this Court House as to the construction sna
ransenent q rooms, be ought to have const,n.t -.
e. boa oaildmg 1ei. - tnai would haxe stood tac tes
that it was to rest on almost nothing anyhoda daea =
common sense down there onght 10 hare stc1. %
Nm hin; KNOW ~ that Il start good, solid VII y
tlasy Of that proposition Is equally true yep Seqr
roof and towers trusses. but that is yeF2 ~ ot
getous way to pat 1p buildings, and when tbsr sar
ars s,n 50 CONSTRUCTED they ore bound 70 %
your tower with It's dome, not in ths eestre Ia n1
building but on ono side and to build It rieht "a
fTom the bottom without any Of this tspas wolF
but insecure bEick piers to rest upon. One g.na$s
trouble Is that the people who award contracts fas
pae si'dings tn, k,, 90 not generally taoT
shsn 20 % many ' onfey. woaIa. "I'nS Sow sh0q1d +
Superintendent should point out mtstaIesas' 'Ss Ss
Claims 70 bay haye donsIGar might have satd, oh
they would take his word. II Gay had .ny ~ srr an
In construction pointed ont 70 him. hs ousnt -
havs called Led sa .s,n ,imme1,atey and
one thing, and that is that bud o.
brought that building down 1n,oan mason swots
building badly that It will tumble down bn,fd
| ing Of stone and brick like that. They OUGHT,
appoint board Of experts to examine tie 6a{inee
wil--that it wasn't Guys fault at oil, and ri =
seems that the Superintendent carried out ali III
plans."
,MR,or1s L. wnHELocK,
another prominkn; architect OF this CITY. tai.
about the same yie's Of the matter. While H.
Cay Was smart m young man ,. of great Energy nd
enough experience 70 fit him to undertake wn,S
Of such magnitude. 1t was Mr. Wheelock's udder*.
standing that Gay got the contract through
"a particular friend OF day,-and # i'll
even been said that the Mayor would NOT iook st
any other architects plans, and had declared tSat
Il he was to have anything to do with the Conrt.
House Cay should have the ioo.' What Cav sfonid
have done would be to have gone to some wssrsn9
older men in the profession and taken their adyies
From ali have heard" said Mr.. Theeloct >
..rhe Cour-House WIS very badly constfucted
dome o. on ae ton Columns CO n I'D
thirty feet high was bad QUE one. ~ ~
ought not to hays put such an immense weight
thar 1t crushed the wall It would be an inpotsnt
thing to know whether Or not that brick wall VIZ
built Il sfGsty styr;na %satnss Ren;a that ,..
tion:'' e4e'.
- Considerable. II 1T was built in frosty weather
the mortar would be more like dried ashes. i
wouldn't cement Brick may be laid IN the md
die of summer and. II they are not wet, the ssme
thing will be true Of the MORTAR 1t is more ill.,
nI ~ at;cI 1 san Sompafe It TO- Of
pieces. This is sure 10 take place unless ths
bricks are wet. harc seen dry brick laid IN
eoud be licked X out a asas = ssos, 5ns mo,r
atta1I"
..Nn ~ e'et se' n'S p'ans toe thls ontldtngs'
s>Did You for INV other:'
Court. House o "e Aao pun 1of tne chicago
.tWhnt va thorght ~ l. .n,,,,, ~ n,o....,.-u
.Wei m Old archftccts tbnHshe he h3
t msse ssty p[elty ~! tney hadn't much to saJ In
1".ot ~ ~ ~ rs p,uescan,,.ty. ao...
rcDcc IN ntnS Haow anoat NJ gays
of tc nav .tetns, uus v 1 WIN tns building
80 considered I'D ny tue architects appointed 10
re stated in substance that it was pseis5 b.d
'oo. 1v,.+ 1r.s -, : .-.,,...
..TbeI antsd wan taS Pc aea sfonoe 1s
t1,a, II aooa1 thisty:txo feet-a1d
t;s, nun ~ ~. "ant 70 nase column, hseausaif
:ssy as:oss .bsfs sni "sts lses
on on ~ tho o. hSek Ea
~ ,op .. that: several persons said to Gay that
nj cnn,manceI III; hr; v @ ~. a W saose umoers
nh Isrle = c1aa ngh Z esse
md euo.hat1 n.-,rrtt;r,- -, 80 %HMsta4'
I'D nica tr,n IN 's ,"sa5't,:.IasJ
hey fixed it m md eot 1'nan 1sa!! !
.cros, and INN co1nmns n,Inr - y ho,a IL uuss
he shnnii INV" law ~ ~ ~ ~ nosu II ag,
,ose ;s s,n;ug ~ ,1'.c ~ ~ tne nfs4 paes IasE
me nlacs wre t tInor XII sstt1sa ~ ~ ~ s a.
oula run ypnr hanl down between se md % nns -,
nesha]f ;ncss ~ of ~; .Ge nooe "as tao aaa
lie Matteson Iiouse fors thn,san', ~ Sc,1.us ss.
X i'm md trnras ~ ~ h,, LIZ ~ sJ.ass y y
ain1v evSdent ascn =, r,.s :, oa eons'sasuon aset
1,@Dro -. ! s:ft b
n-.. !uoeS JUDGE fAhWELL-
fer Tic lre: The building was conmensed iii 4
~ oa Wy Wa an,sneu es ne ioilowng spr1ns Before
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