, 1879-08-07
THE C1TY-HA.LL.
Continuing the Exan1ina-
ton OF the Experts.
They Begin to Find the Piers Are
Not So Bad After All.
Potter Button Complains About McNelll
and His Brick Work.

Potter Button Complains About McNeill
and His Brick Work.
The Nth day OF tho city.1fa1i investigation
opened with ..
John NJ, DuNpNr,
another Of the experts, on Tic Stand. Hcstatca
TINT the i've stones Tho Committee had rccon1-
meuiled shuuld 10 removed wero very infcrlor
and not in 10 tho specifications. The cracked
1ooL+stopc In the Washington.strcct entrance
vas one of them. This might be Illled up, but
Il would always be an cycsorc,~ and the crnVtco
mlubt op.u more. lie had seen stones AlIed
with atopplngs. This ,narred their beauty. bnt
nerhaps did not Impair their strength. Some Of
the patel,ing shuuld be done over again. It
was very bad, different colored stonn having
hecri used In some instances. An exposed patch
vas l,ublc TO fall out. Some wcro of that klnd.
certain amnunt OF" patching WAS
allowable II It wns woll done. a good 1oint
should not be over oue-e1Ehth Of MI inebt s"no
IN tho City-ual1 were onc-fousth nnt three
cirnthss. II lie liadsbccn Superintendent tc
would not havo Let tho 195 detective stones 20
IL. Tic brick had not been properly wet a'1a
.lu.hcd, nrtl were not bower brick. fhc5 were
laid IA would DO brick In any business building,
moi a. ,hcy should hayo bccu ln n structure like
no C,ty.IIal1. Tic did not consider the brick
inb 6rst-cass one. Tile Claim for 10000
e1tra b,tcs arose from a deficiency in the stonc-
work. McNeill claimed Ill 1000, but the Com-
mftteo nut down 10000. Tint extra brick
woro used was not disputed. Tic walls
were. weakened by using moro bsick..
i'd would NOT hayc allowed niorc than
onc co,,tsc, Of stone III advance OF
tia hrtc, Il was impossible to make solid
.ns es'e". tT,, f,nmmittao rou,d ard M
bond.stoncs III the outside walls. lhclr ootect
was to mako the piers HOMOGENEOUS. lie saw no
1ono nncl,ors, il he Ind seen them on the
WE .u"s "" 49, ~ In ,he .ncc.t1ea,tors. hc would
p'ans, ahu .os aa,.oe. .n s"s sor tnrorn,,,on 11u
have asked tho architect LOT 'h1oru'a"on' W
thd fnce, the stone.mdn wins to Dut them Id.
THE sMAlLRn PIERS,
4, ~, ,r,n,on a,,u,)d como down, and the bond
stonts 10 put in.. nc unoefaloou t"as ING
foundations ot tue buttseases were oo''t 10 aus
tain solid vail. by Tightening the wall, there
wu1d he m uneven settlement, THE tl!lIng OF the
hot,ows would make the settlement moro evon
nu,1 atrenptlcu the buttrcsscs. From alt the
,..,.s"s n.e "a. oa,,, ,,ot ths bn,tre..e, rvcro
koo"teose -" e"ulo No'' ~ - .',.ss ,.at.,.
lot constructed accoru'nG 10 tiic plans "nlea
wcra apart Of the contract, Who're the plnns
to be Consulted and lilc poirlt settled.
Ilo thought The construction differed In many
res,ccts from tic. plans a.,d specifications.
sot1u ycry Inferior ornamental work had been
done In place OF c1psnsve, vermteulatcd work.
lad bccn rejected bv tic Superintendent. No
rensnn wus eiyeu for IL by Thomltnson dI Reed.
Kirkland furnished tile Information. There
strcs. Ms1s 'Ir frant and. % tcn on thc court Edo
TINT should be removed. These wcro two feet
mir ;nrhca an the facc, and three feet four
inches docp,-thc s!zo called for by the. plans,
but there wtro no bond-stoncs IN them. Lie had
LonE, ',tl.e drauEhtsmnn, said that the detail
drawings were kopt in tile office, and exhibited
only 70 the snosen ,eS' cal, 1t IL III Sers
Lommttco ocIeeunea " & taa1 o.o ~ eno "nn r.
tanpE WA ta PLY onS ~, ~ ~ a"t,Ii da
showing nc a'teratsons. at Kan ran oJr1 van ~
mtted thst ~ auo ts r,s,," hcf,ra ,ho t;rnr,n
usuei sala tacy "ef' 'aaa' p'io'' '"' "s"''"s
WIZ ~ unne. .,. r mn .,,,, m. t., +bs ,,,,,d.
Int. ~ ,hn tima tln csncrts Committed tIcr o1
annoauon''' 1ho ooh"''s1ss lse9!tt1n'ooS9 t't@t
FIVE LIE nEhovEp.
No couldn't locate theta "a1l." Ho. wou1t
throw mure out, but the Committee agreed on
I've. Opr was the pi!aster foot-sture IN tho
Wnsh{nrton.etreet cntrauce. It should be
taken out. ). Another was d panel-stone on
LaSaIle street. This was worry Interior stone.
strong enough to bear tue weight. Another
crnrE secmcd to 10 starting in It. lie hal seen
tile accouI cruck Wednesday morning.
;Tne rcmaiudor OF tllo cross examination de-
yeionad nothing new. MIR. Dunphy simply
rorroporated tbs other experts as 10 tuints,
nlitlgs, stopplnge, clc. There was ono illling
pight ieet loug Gy lulf IN iursl wllo. II was III
ihc hc,t co,trsc. ind nut iu to supply tho dell
Hepcy Of Stone,
Il catne out In Dunphy's examination that
thu experts were mlstalicn in tllefr statctncnts
about the granite course. Which is exactly ac-
coraiog to the plans mud spcsslleations. ~
At thu opening OF the aiiesnoon session, hl5
nunphy was plt on tt'o raeK agalt,, anu statca
that the COMMITTEE oaacd thc!r ALLEGATIONS tAas
TIN GRANITE COURSE
wn. i,c6ctcut in bearing upon tho statements oE
McNciii cni Inrlan.8 With rcfereucu to thu
smaii u,crs, ne was not satisfied with their sta.
bIiity "a constructed. Iho ab.onco of 0ond-
atnnc, was natcrIai, since the law OF harmony
between Inc brck and stouo walls was not estali,
lIshei. the piers, according 70 ths plaus were
tcnHct, r. rarrr. II uonded, d pIcr would bc
iuss as rood as one buiit soEdly ot ono Alul of
inatsriai. suot, Jortlun told hin about tic con