, 1879-05-25

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none OF those went into the building.
sBy way Of DIVERSION" said NJ. Swett, whe
thts witness had been disposed Of, "we'll read
little correspondence"
!he Jury expressed thefr feelings in broa
grin, and Swett opened out on another drear
lot OF correspondence in relation to the sawin
contract. While be was going on the Court II
terfered by giving the laconic direction, ''Recea
until o'clock," and forthwith everybody too
| rest.
After the recess, Mir. McCagg called up
=. I'D WALKER,
the doughty hero Of Lemont; who stated tia
uuarrrmcn usually rot out stone rs near dfnen
sion size as possible, und this for the benefit 0
the purchaser as well as the Quarryman himself
vino saved freight thereby. The usual allow
ance was an inch over schedule Bize. The Il
per cent CONTRACT system Was good scheme a
| system IVES preferable as tar Us getting mort
| work out OF the men was concerned. Undc
| the one they dragged the work, and quality wa.
obtained at the expense OF quantity. Under tht
| other the men worked faster and the job VIA.
the sooner completed. He believed in saving
because 1t dispensed with so much labor In cut
ting, even when it was necessary to cut al
terwa5ds for the purpose of taking out the
To Mr.. SWEET, the witness said there was q
| nne @ building in this city, even, ouils under
lump" contracts, to-Wit: the Cook County
Courthouse. (Laughter.J As rule, however,
Government buildings were built by days.
work, because the quality OF the work was the
| paramount consideration.
| Mr.. Campbell cross-examined, and the wit
ness held that the Is per cent was i necessary
element In the days work system, although, II
the contractor did not give bis supervision to
the work aud the Government employed Its
own men for that purpose, be should say that
such coptractor was negectlng his duty. Still,
the Is per cent man knew how to select good
worknen, and supervised them, and ought to
be paid for doing it.. The great thing was to
have somebody at the head Of ft,-somcbody
who would get gold mechanics, proper ma
terials, etc: T the Superintendent Of the build
ing, as IN this. case, was at the head, he ad-
mitted that he did NOE see Of what use
the contractor would be. The stone
could not be sawed he said, without being
sawed q little larger than the required size, for
the reason that no saving was perfect. In 9th
er words, stone could not be sawed well enough
to dispense With chiseling. He would saw 1t to
within one-Quarter or one-eighth Of an inch, pro-
vidcd he was the sawyer. If be had to pay for
it, he would be more particular. BE wouldn't
want to pay for twelve and halt-inch stone
when he had ordered It to be sawn to 4 'dimcn-
sion size Of twelve inches even; but he supposed
he'd have to "stand 1t'' If such was the custom.
ILaughter.1 ~
MIR. 'McCagg, on the redirect, put Mue1ler's
IS per cent contract at the witness emphasizing
the wonderful things which Mueller was to do
for the Governments fsnd his responsibility for
the loss Of stone which wasn't cut right, or was
rejected after being cut. On this as basis
Tor an opinion, the witness said the contractor
ought to have compensation, and Is. Der cent
wouldn't be out Of the way. ..
"Suppose he charged everything up to the
poor and oppressed workmaua" asked Mr.
Campbell. =.
swell. then, he couldn't lose q dollar"
JOSEPH 8. JOHNSTON,
who had been master mechanic at the building
under BuEling, told how tile latter had looked
after the inspection OF stone himself on certain
hurried up its completion, was dead-sct,against
loafng on the part of the men, and how Burltng
aud himself had gotten themselves disltked
BY the men for .hurrytng them up,
One course Of the. building contained stone
sawed on both sides. After saving, all that
these stones needed was q little y 1inishing."
Other stones, after: saving, didn't need any fix
ing at all, but we're set as they came from the
saws. . =:
h1r. Campbell, On, the cross-examinatlon,
asked witness to identify these particular stones
from tile stone-schcdute book. He couldn't
find them IRON the book, but pointed them out
on the photograph Of the building, stating thaA
they,lav between the dormers OF the attc story.
On tTo occasions he heard Bnrling and Prus-
sling express some difference of opinion as to.
how certain stone would turn out, Burling being
against them and Prussing for them.
Me. wALnR1DGE,
a machinist, still employed On the building, told
how Burling had the walls and porticos covered
With felting aid tar when the winter came on,
how he inspected cut Stone before it was set,
hurried up The work. thnd, gbuoanly, how we'll
he did his duty as u Superintendent.
: On the cross, the witness said the walls were
covered during the winter Of 1926 With boards.
The next winter they were covered the same
way, and the next winter with feltIng aud tar.
Mr. Campbell, at this point, said lie had been
brought Up to observe Saturday night: The
lighting OF the gas Frequently necessary in the
and bady-1ighted court
roon) had reminded him OF the approach Of
and he Was about to inquire Of the
Court If it wasn't about Sunday. [Lauchtcr.1
"Well," said the Court, drsly, II thought
Mr: McCage tntimated that the defense were
governed by q consuming desire to go on.
Mr. BouteH and Mr.. Hoyne began 10 hitch I
their backs uD against the common post which |
1as proved so much Of comfort and con-
7enieDce Of hot afternoons.
4'How much more time will be occupied in |
putting in testimony on the part OF the de-
cndants7" asked the Court, with q fond hope |
hat the thing would come to an end sometime, |
provided everybody lived long enough.
II should think about two days" said ). Mr..
'wett. "Ma5be We can get through IN one
I o no, we can't" put in Mr:; Hoyne, think
uE u LlG EEUlQEt uE utaut W 1luE HE
an't get through in one day. I should say
hree days at least. all of the defendants have
o be examined YETI. l.
" Is there anytVinE more than the. examina-
ion Of the delendantsa" asked Mr. Boutoll,
uxiously. -;
10 yes,' replied Mr.. Hoyne, confidently,
till thinking Of the authorities to be put In for
he purpose OF showing the geological formation
+ Muelier's Stone.
" I was in hopes we might get through with
he case this next week. observed the Court,
nth possible shade OF sadness fn his tone. |.
20 no, we can't do it,'' said Mr.. SWEET.
Impossible"
y. :" Inpossiblc,t = repeated a1r. McCagg. -
impossible echoed Mr.. Lackner,
ave can't tell,'' remarked MIR. Hoyne,
raciously, "b but we should like to get through I
it'll it,"
The jury put up chorus Of silent amcns.
"Wel, said the Court, after moments re-
ectlon, there nre some OF the jurors who
'ould like to go home over SUNDAY. They can
IL pc here Monday morning at II o'c]oclk.:
I'D then, after another pause, his Honor add
q, With 2 meaning smile: Well, then, l
INK we'll cali it 4 fair weeks work. :"
NO further announcement, such as . the
ourt does now ADJOURN or anything OF that
lark was understood perfectly, and, with one
ccord. everybody jumped ;for his hat and his
Tier belongings, and jumped the room~
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