, 1877-02-01
THE COURTHOUSE,
Will Contractor Walker Have the Stone
Cut at the Ponitentiary7
That Ia The Question Which Axitates the
Workers III Limestone.
He Will Commence Operations on the
Building In March.

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amusement thas body u Just nor engaged In OF
almost been lost sight ol. What there IA III II
la, for several ,nouths l>cen covered with enrv
ami nj. NAV Il, ,n,nc dcorrr ,,,.o MI. ,t.,,.,
!, f,o,n | lin n,c n,ird s H., nav. @ ,n 49,. u'.s .s
tottfldatlon Is cropping out more md more
through the mantle Of winter and the blank
walls arc growing more noticeable crcrr ,,av NJ
,hc snn rie,1. l., thc .,,ns rar. !. ayain ny ,s
subject of comment.
umu- ia tpenktuc of tic pror,,cd structure.
md The trtu,lcs lInb1c ,o n,i.c h, II.
'"''' 10 l'c contsactof6' t'at h""'n "alk"rs tho
contractor Tor tho rut-stuue, lEll superseded
Richardson III the lease nf tho tt.nytt-iabor at
the rrnttcnt[ary nj Jolftt. Thu anne,,nrr,ncnt
,yos t,,,,,.,,,t ho,to,,, ,s, ~ -. .'".'
e' '1>e"'' "'''e'eu ~ ~ uA'su =" '~et NM
ses'eo IL '1eate great hca' VI excitement hoth
among the stonc-cuttcrs at Lcnont aud III this
city, because they lla. l1ccn lct In believe tat
untlcr lIss Contract he could not employ .url,
1,,,or ctc T,or t.1 n.nt,,a 49, ~. re s
~, ia" "A.lea vi 'ne eon"'
" Board and protested against the
award being made to hin unless
provision aganst tlis cinptuytny convict fal,ur
wns ,n.cr+.d i, Tho c,otr.r, ,,I ,,,,.,, .a.I.,.
s, ..'sy" m 1 ~ I.1 eu''fa, oae a' ''po' seeing
t"at hc nau leaHeu - cotFIels thcy naidfalfy
supposed tllat le ilau broken bis contract and
WIS goinE to cut the stol!e 1T .Jnl;ct. Thry
wsre ,as Greatly nscn.sd At tue ne*s aud stnee
lacts. Mr.. Walker, to nppcnsc them, told them
that there was no truth In tic report, Gtc., aud
reporters in quest Of Information On the sub
1cet could Eet lro1n MN 10 other satisfaction.
l'e went 60 Lar Us to eaY that hc lad not leased
my convict 1abor, did not propp.c 10, had ITO
Interest, direct or tndtrcct, In such labor, mud
70 @wo'ild not employ IT under any circumstances.
lrN al a fhf hRt i'm tnkn
i.f1,'l nGf,,on Win the pnneativn, lcit tug
public 70 muse over fat contradictions, aud Just
as snuch III tile '!ark as eyer, md npprc.latIhg
this condition Of the public mind, or at least 50
nuth of Y as fia' manifested direct Interest In
tue tltiestlon oI whether nc lad leased ting labor
n question q MT, reporter was detailed few
!nx tls Altun = st. Louis train ho was few
hours later sale within the ..
WALLS or TnE ErENiTESTIAnr,
where IT WAS thought the facts could bc gained,
Mr. Nalker was there too. aud the companion
o. tue scribe. Both were soon busy looking
thfDuTh tho cells, pnt fnufc lnse!ltlv trying tu
look through one another. 1twas nut. however,
until they Ind siraycd auart that the desired
information! was Reached. and tlien it could only
1e gathered III fragments. Tie authorities at the
Institution ooSea 1ln TIC repsF,i,sr sspl,osly,
anu ~efe 1ouma so NC lnonehtarilyeSPert!nEtd the
lnnuai Investigation Into Their C!'F'luct Is guar-
tlahs VI tug criminal classes nntl o. tue stntcs
interest. In fact, they wers tscrvous,-dil not
feel thut thclr official heads were orer firm, and
dis not know 10" taT paragraph n,ieht 20
toWarua promoting their insecurity IN their r..
spettivr E!ares. INC question VA, OF eoursc,
pEoaeticu cautiously, af,i Al answers ~ q,'cs-
lions came Will ntarEea care, thnnGh they wtrc
s9t,Eht 70 DC maaG @ ~ appeas ot!lesw'fe' t Ma
s!cC lauGhfy' the Asuch' Mas lac utiy one a!-
preached, 1Gr tlie reason thas nc waH the only
Que aHlr"a;hab!e. iie Baaa that nc cohtract
Tor coviet- Labor will l!e!iatu:uts l'ad been an.
'',lIlen IN June 1T: aia I.'i ''aa. - men ha'l
9st1 leased 10 Alt!1sei alaluef', ot Lenlont, for
81 tents ST. per man Ier day. - ,
querlT'1 the reporter. ,
LlEAtf'one aIo ohe-talTu cch's per day,'
"as ~! ,!e ans"cr.
Was the tul'traet lst to Madden bccausc he
was INC !;fghcst hltt!ef''
Yes"
=, ~ any store ior the COOK County Court
lohse be1hr tnt'
:. az! N2t W.; nelieye.
Ml6 Is Mnadenf' ,..s.,
Nell, NntKcy Hls larger interest In tue
lease tllan my Que clsc."
~ tt!3t so:'
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lie Is tin!sllng some nf the old Richardson
contsagts tl9w; cutting The stone for tue Rock
l,'rtt t,ourt. t.lloisc, 10y building iur Charlry
Furwsll, md iail III lndtana.n
,,,a,an A!'l walker has leased the labor Of s1''
"ltacetcally."
At This jsinrtuEc Mr. Walker stepped in from
all a'llnnE r"on,, where he had been in private
consultation with Commissioner HuuthWurtl,
and the Interview wAs brought to close. a
lev moments later tho reporter boartlcd Mr.
Walkers sleigh, anil MAS being 1raw,l to It,
nont to take Il walk through Ills quArr!es,
htuie-n!lls, Alld ships, Rlld tu see What prog
rcss lat! hcen lnntlc there lu cutting stonc, aud
nw 1nurtl w.lrk lie !nnl dnns fnr the $..:5tkU that
tbs County Heard lad 10 kindly ntlvallcr.l him.
Spending: night beneath Ills alpsp1ablc roof,
and breaking breud with lin IN The morning, d
stroll Wis take1,. Quite i quantity Of sto,lr-
canal, mud the scene ttcrcabout* WIS ollc uf
M0HE THAN 0Nn1SANr ISDusTnr
for the kcason Ut tie ycaT. About thfsty.llvc
lnci', MI told, we're found directing the t,uve-
'ncsts Of gang saws propelled hy steam, ur
ch!sclHE The stnnc Eenrath u neIghtOr!ug Hhrl
Tor tte basement stury Of the Conrt-Iiuuse.
Air. Walkers count VI the MN made the Mllr-
her 10, but. the rcpnrtrr was unr1ua. tn thu
task uf agrcc!ng will. HIN. This quality Of
stnlc, he wls t1i, cut und lhrut, WIS sufficient
fnr the basement, but II WIS 6o sr1tterr'l that
the statement Is gycil purely Dn Mr. Walkers
representation.
Thc visit WAS sfort. n'al not entirely flltct1
With interest, and, ~ the reporter ,Ni tn RELY