, 1879-08-15
A Currrctjon-Ttsr city Hall Building.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-1n your account of wEnt
+ said t,citre the Investigating Committee yes
tcr.!ay your reporter made some mistakes. one
III which, nt tcatl, desire tu have ensrcclel.
lie makes nc to soy TINT "'lo ~ believed the
walls were strnnfcr rs they we're now linn they
would ba With the long-hond atones, etc. Now,
~ said nothing of the l;End. as,,l rs such a
attainment IL uultc Inconsistent with ny fdras Of
prnrrlcty, hllow me to Bay tint nit euelI piers
should he constructed With l,nnd d.stonc, n,,.l It
appcars from tic drawings that these should
havo been 40 constructed. Nevertheless, a.
they wcro built without ti'ctn, should dccn 1t
n ptccc of fully 10 take down Mntl rebuild them
nov sl,as they are ut, aud apparently round and
IN good order. Should the tuasrInrn,lbcnt
lona prove tnn intich for t'irtn tl'cy VIII shuw
indications Ut jnllure before tlcr will como
tiuwn, ulltl tl.cy ran bc rebuilt ulcn we'll as
nov. ...
for not pu.tlnu IN thrse HotHl'stone. alm su''c..
body else was at fadit tha. they dill not rumrcl
tl,r.n tu do It; but, aAkla frotn t!Lat ulltsston
AMI ti: fact tint thew have nut In very anslt
number Of Objectionable stonc. or s:o'lc having
patches IN t!r.n, mud 10 o''a gr two inhtat'ers
tiirse ,l,cy have donu very excellent piece uf
atuile-wDrs.
Tile o,tcfupt to condemn The cornice stonc be-
cause they liz nat Eo etttMn distance Into tic
wall can be characterized Dy nu other terms
tlau to tlGfrai1d tlleae stone contractors y re-
4utripy ,lrm 10 furnish a quantity Of stone
with wiirb to I'LL the nslsle VI 1hs orick wall
.ihat IL uot warranted " any rro?es Or mir con.
str,Ic,in,l of the specifications, which, however
defective they NAV t1o Il, other respeets. are
pain enough In regard to thrsc cnrI,ice stone.
| it srel,ls to INC to be deliberate attetnpt Oh
M rart Of the brick fosfas'ors + a9ir,a TO t f9u,f w. w.
slightest ground or reason for tt,-nnly the
ahoIIow rra.cnsc that thu stonc contractors hive
furnished stone that a'c short a.. ~
measure. md tsy e.,. Set ,,an np a., cd.n ina1
ilnyo L: turnis,, 10 nj up spacts tl.al should
have bgcn filed by stonr. When the facts arg
| tIIat cyery brck-niasun who estimates on such
Ills measure Of brlc: from .l'r back Of the stone
wall to the inside facc ot ifc brick wallis IN!
computes his walls accorhnEly: n,nt, Instead OF
not getting pny for the brick he estimated Tor,
astusy 0si Fsi Haa ,ot dsancd pe % oot
Of stone rcacinr into the wall. as oil ihese
corn!co stone do beyond tl,r back line OF the
ashlar, l,o gets paid for his brick twcr.
| I1Iprc IL q scl,ctne on fuot, nntl already an-
nounccd to charge up rs cxtras a 1srne amount Of
SPACE ill,ea with brick. because The stone con-
tractors, very properly as ! think, declined 70
bring stone from, thc Quarrles ill Indiana, with
| which to build wall tlt las alreMty leen con-
traytrt to he built Of brick by otnr parties, and
who viii doubtless bc paid by ,llr city fur dong
it Usce. md II Is tu tc hopel u,co only al In
the uu uiustnent of this matter tiIt teuhrlI owes
II TO itself, to fnr.llpallrg On all sdcs, Mnd to
tho taxpayers who have to foot the bills to sec
to 1t That this attempt to put IN q 1ob for the
benefit Of the brick rostractoFs, At sic axpcnso
Of tt,osu furnishing tue cut estuHc, ba rot cob
sutnmated,
Wien ths scbeme l!as been throttlcd IT,
would be well tur tbs Council Committee to
| turn ;tletr attention 10 the character vi the
brlpk-work. uld they will sec sl!at the walls, ill.,
s,euI of being built ol ss%er-brieK, are belng
asrcr-brlclz have been selected null taken out OF
tI,em: md. what Ia worse, 1llc interior Of the
heavy. tnasstrr walls arc llled with brtck.bata,
Or broken brick, to nn extent tnat 10 architect
oolys bars a4cy. If the Surer!ntcndns Arelll.
tcrt, ircsl, from Scotia, will but give tic atten.
tion necessary to his sr,l, brother .,, srot;ma9
will have hIs nttcusion 50 far diverted
trpn Ills rcgular bustness-ttai Of putting ol
up Jobs on olttrrs-as to Eiyc sl.ese stone co'''
traclots lttle breathing spell, which they very
much need Just ,,ow.
In cuIlin:. attention to the mnnner in which
the brlck-worx ot this building ts being done.
do nut 1ncau to ho understood as saY'ig tilh
tic building Is going to faIl do*n 10 eonse
| walls, for suca will not be The eabc; but this
do say, tint havlii:. contracted for wallis to b
built uf scwer-bscis, IL IL n shameful disregaEt
OF duty in those whose BUSINESS II Is to se'
TINT thn city gets what It PAYS for, hesIdos
@ great W wrong lowards otl,vr contraetors VII,
eptnretel for the work Md WIN hail right t.
suppose tney would hago to furnish such brlcI
as they contracted to furnish, to allow alicl
h1s % Us fe1e ,s co e. 70 oa1 ,nh ,H Da5 ,n s MnS s
dIr as tlc paving vi this trunpcd-un clalm 10
cxtrn bfick-work, and for tho renso1l lcrcln
before explained. q. I. RANDALL.
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