, 1879-08-08
Another of Those Ex-
perts Put on the
Rack,
And Reiterates Family a Few OF
His Former States
tnents.
Superintendent Bntton Declares
lilo Work Generally O Good
Job.
Superintendent Jort!An Explains What
Lie Said About !" "llighef
p0Wer.'

Power"
Gross Misrepresentation Of His Lauguage
by tho Experts.
Tho Council Building Committee began work |
Yesterday morning by calling
l.. d. DIXON.
another Of the experts who examined tho CITY.
IIall.
Mr. Dixon stated that those who gave tcsti-
mony wcra Tanning, Clcavcland, Kraft, AlcNetIl.
Jordan, uuber, Long, and Van Osdc. Kraft
said tle figured on plans which were substan-
TALLY tic sa1nc as those for the County Build
jng, there being but one or two slight changes.
Faun!ng said he had no detail plans, figuring
from the county anes. In Mr.. Dtxon's
opulon q contractor could not bid
for job Of thnt magnitude In
the absencc Of illustrating details. The
withholding Of them would bo a serious omis-
sion. He beltovcd that all the au.allor picrs
should come down. They wero without boud-
stones, and not sptllc!ent1y HOMOGENEOUS to sus-
tain tho weight thcy were intended to bear. He
did not know what weight tho piers were re-
quircd 10 carry. He had not seen any bond
stones IN the largc piers, md did not know
that there wcre any. Digging failed to nnd
them. Jordan pointed out tho places for prob
tur, Witness said to Jordan, "Thero nrc no
bond STONES H. those picrs.n Tho 8upesintcud-
cnt said, ~ know there nrc not" Dlxou
said, ''Why didn't you say so IN the lrst
place and save the Committee nll the lnburf't
Jordan said he didn't know. In 1lfs {Dixon's)
opinion, tho specifications required the brick
man to nut IN the Interior boudstones but the
outside wall bonds belonged to the stone-man's
Wosk' A1e eorFueos1'eu nss aSsoclu'es as 70 t'o
long anchors ho considered tho panel courae
of inferior character In color mud quality. One
r,s N lin, no,,rra 11r ,,,5 mt th,nl, IL c.a.n.
nus ~ 'in. eo"' eo' Law WV IVY t,!un ~ e'ee.
tial to taKo OUT a stone simply because II
wna on its ed0a and not Its natural
bed. lie saw nothing to deprecate 10 patching,
q t,o nntchns ,,ora nrorcrlv ,rotec+od fror, thr
..a.,,,a" T,s."o 1,e.s sa.,n stornt,oa t,,,t,h
weather. 1hefo "cto Some asopp'hsS WINCH
15rss attcntlon to tia i1cfeeta
THE sross-wonk,
ncighboring buildings put up by individuals.
The brck-vofk was By no meanp up to stanl-
nrd Thc tn1nts vero ton larre ant1 ceunent
ahor,d have hceu mixed with thu mnrtnr,
mi thc hrlcks we'll waterei nntJ Tie
inints sIushcj. The ahseuce OF bopd-stoncs
md the thtnnctB Of the stouo used made up the
extra 10000 brick used. This Information
came from Jor6on. Witness saw two stones In
Why they wcrc nut in, and Jordon avoided m
answer, E1yLn,. no reason. Mr., Dixon would I'LL
,hH bottum places In the buttrosses with cement.
This would make the settlement more uniform.
i. uo did not know that this would strengthen
tl!tm. They would not bc homogeneous unless
bonded. Witness referred to the "hgher power"
which wqs t7 1l1st TE!ttea ,p the report "Depart;
th1t
made. lie told how tho Commlttce Ind derived
thcir Enowlcdge a. bad the others, but hc
minisratlon was responst;|e. Ae d1a notknoH
the drauEhtsmcn and c0uld not ray whether IL
was Long or Huber who had complatned.
lie thought tho biue Bedford WIS lamtnatcd,
tho lines rGprcscnttnE strattticnt!ona. The Whtt
stone was not nHtnateu-at least, could not be
80 called. llo Thought the TWO Of diRcrcni
formation. 1n The white stone the fossils wert
80 cementcd that tho stone was prac
tically Homogeneous. It was crystal
l!zcd limestone, q little inferior to mar
bic. tbs object OF q bond. stone wa
to distribute uucanal weight. Unless such dis
trtbution was provided for, the constructlnn Wnl
bad. 'ltc natural laws o. cooa const!netlon hat
pceh '''1A'so ~ NA' eo"eS' osS'o - '''| p'e'''
was .,,,, =,
RRfasnEssibA1 ~ hEEr s,.,,I,1 TIE n1le%'"oHA ''
FAR nEiltsp
the stono course. Hc had secn the crack IN tn
sub-basemcnt brick. It was due to unequal set
tlcmebt. Tho experts did mt examine TIL
brlck-work Their business Wns to attend to tn
Inter under their Instructions. lie thought
from general observation, that the brIck-worl
was fair Job. The crnek alluded to woua'
open as weight was put on tho cute
wn'l. The Co1nm!ttce mado no recommends
tun, BECAUSE they didn't consider the brick
work in their province.
Aid. Throop thought 1t was queer Commit
ee a 20 oyss 1s sn.'GD enanE III
Nlr. urinneil said that was exactly the stun
blng.bloek.
Aid, Phelps asked II putting sand in the hui
tresscs wouldn't help tla settlement d much n
concrctcl
Mr.. Dixon nuswercd that "Most auythin
would do"
Mr.. Dontleld suggested Aldermen,
Aid Throop satd ihese wcro too soft.
Whcreupon everybody laughed.
Witness Bafd It tho foundations Of tile but
trrsse. wnre ns rcnrcsentcl on the Dlans and II