, 1879-08-13
THE CI,EY-IIALL.
The Building Committee Nearly
Through lia.;Labors.
E..a1ayor Heath Explains Ills conncc'
tion with tho Work.
whore He Iutarfsred with II, aud for What
Reasons.
a,,h,iett Vltlttt Slows ttnt Tho Piers Art Amply
Strong for Their Eurdsn.

f71n
the Investigating CoMn1tee u ''o "s" ~
t1olf ycaterday morning. lio "as askca ny Mr.
t,r,unc,l to explain the execution and the sgn'
tup Of tic Court-uouso contract.
tn. HEATH
..td Tint. according to Ills best recollection, tic
u,I,ltru f,onmittcc met several days nt,tt ron"
.,aorc1 tho bids, Tic frat subject considered
,ras lin framework, an,l that wns unanimously
"r,r,c, tn Mr., Sexton. Then The bids for
,s..a,p.vork veso considered. II was moved to
.rarl tb,s contract 10 Mr.. Walker, but 1uea-
t,on aroae a, to his competency, md finally t'c
s,ntroct for brlck-work was awarded to Afr.
srens. This was al duno In tho forenoon. and
tno matte, of t,,c cut-stpno work was taken tio
IN thc afternoon. Witness presided over the
ror,r,,t,cr.meetsug. He thought all tho Com
,nWtoomen vere present except AID. Lawlcr.
un'ao ,nl,, wa had regarding the letting OF the
eo''.S t,u III. .tnpc.vork to Thpmlneon IL
coH.as. ~ sn ia ,,ucst htdrers, It was
Reed, they be'nR the io"ess o'auc .'1s H.. -, IT,
stated by soma one .as .a..s m " ~. ~ contract
t,s,n rovt Inv. The Committee mot tito next
.l'u iss' aa1 awarded thc contract to Thomlin-
morning, ana nW"'ua ,, 49,. ~ ~. ntrht.work aonu
Tint he was aware Of. There were no two
.,t. ~ n,ans tl,at he ever heard OF. Everybody
nj ~, ao,,al ;,ov. and he ,,cver heard any COM
ha'. an e4"aa 0 .h.s rarc mado in the report OF
tho experts.
In refercuco to tho
noxn.sroyr QUESTION:
,r. o..th al I'm, nucstfon arose between
mr. nsA.' '' aa,s ~ c1savclnn1 ua tn tte dis
Hls. ooaI h...soar the nIans on1 tho spccl1ca-
lions. Witness wns a'wass opposeu 10 c1.sas
Of every description. aud thcy talked tfe matter
over TO ses what could bo dono to get around
the difficulty. II. talked With Mr.. " vnn osdel,
WHO Was on luz eou.n'''es, .,." 49, a"N o~n".a "
Ills cancellations mostly from me"pc1s
of the Building Committee, rs he was
mt m architect or practical build
wv ,.,, u. b,J "a mt as nmn,ra
in tho matter and he hnally decaea tnas !. .me ,e
walls could DO built as strongly without nc
,onr bon1 stones al With, he would consent 10 a
rom m,romtsc, and make each alternate layer OF
.,ast ,'a,a .hic,, he ,vna oast,re,1 woul0
Iocc t,,,, seet s s',t wo'l AMI nj extras
would b avoldcd. ., ,., ,., .,o.,,,nr
About the snehors Mr.; Heath knSw 1u,sa nothg a ae
Mr baston; ~ at tn ,s"a u no
eoa lev, m 70 ~ fsst az inr thc brickWor M a be- co
nalnsd lf ,e .at pa'ts ~ sa ~
Acath tn!a PHI tnat " rs ts H., WILL
-aaid no iookcn 70 'u' 10 W. , n"t n,a.ta1 .mu
W. as ttnns Hue cn .o ,ocr some Of TIC stonc' whc
Button also comp!aine tlat ~ brSs was nen
~ Eoou. hs1u 10 ts1estcu ~ .s hn toa - 49,
w. y. snx"t ~ to h,"i. .nit ~ ro,"ctr tl,e reat
Mr. GrInncll snil tLero had bcou somo talk
,hnnt tlo witncns norsoually
opnru.na snNr op rue Bronr ONT
ohpA"i"" aoAs W ~ 49,.
G1es II VILE ac'f u''o NV a'Aeo "'' 'AeA'H ~ "a
paain: latin, .,,.oa frat mi. ,ve. !, tbc or,r,tc
Inc attSr ssa.ea tas .s W" ,,t m ~ ~, sl,.o
not bc!ng ali up 70 stanInrd' at.d tneY
asked numpeF y. s.efs IT, ,.orI. "mI pae. H..
iS1o sa' ,pey Huf"a had 'nada teir report, swe7e
witness ssw sonic psess @ nIa, Wc ~ So 1a9ag, 9aEaa
- ~ ut' NV H, ny ~.
ou., A,thoSn ta,l- tp ~ .i,o,n tho,n 80 r"najr IN
1hc .ya,i i" '"'o' ~ '' |''9' ~ ~
~ %as az a5"eS AZ. ~ aNr s snos T., I'm
t ehas !isss ~ 5 o % ,, non ta spoM hE,, ~ r ~
oT."n a. twicc dav. mn, ho natice, tbat MANI
q tSe + sesss ssias i - VI Ss?s !. tSisEs; i tssa "
sp. o. e ,b y re so any M H. ugs
A. s ~ n'v inyor III fnc cy nscad n Tia an,,.
traetnr. ~ %ao ~ 'A hit - Go dIrceted afr. Iordnr
~ ~ stono 1ssp wifi, Wow to rns1Inr SS n
~ ~ HiMaron'so lSfnu w,,l, ,ha unicrstan,inE .ba
III thsrn soa INV t1,.crcnarcv in fnvor ri II. cnn
tr.n,nr hn shnn,5 hc cntitlrd 70 tint sn,o,,,t ri
e1.rasI l'c m M Waa nrson,s s e,,@ea une r n, Sut &
o.'1s " iIas+t no;tl rim h,,nso,S. 81 In ~,
nutscr At ar,rns was aII sunorea I'm hoiore % VII
a'ie as. aft - th Sor fin scttlcmcp. @ was mad. M.
furf fail nffn 1ih NOR tvn4 npnft mn
'0s' '"''' stss1 1's $500. w." va -'1 ~
THH QUESTION oF EXTRAS
Mr.. Heath believed, ought not to be allowed
Mr. Angus wanted llim to make written agree
iueut allowing him extras, which witness refuse.
to do. Hc offered him 30 q thousand for w,lat
ever extra pt!GK tnese we'e. n,ens Wa4Lsa ~ eto
;ra Iau att~n1s.., tut -; w;tnasa was u"vcr ~ cni@
a., A' ~ fs"t thai thcrr ,~ns 1H1nN
1.x. ~ ~ hs,,- ,,.oa II" Ind oalred Nr 1oron :,
n ~, -, ~ ,t ~ ia n,orlr ,n ,r,tp s;"ns
~ pnees ~ T., .a~,"nt ~ the .yn-c .si,tc
e.,,,cfors u nero ~ nn ILL., I, 'S''' ~ '' ""'e
a s,m ~ VI narmi NJ 1,,o,, y, ox,,o,r +h
.ai ~, H. ir.,an IT,, ~ =. =.
niega.on.s H.. .as ~ ~ ~. a usscne -. ~ ~
~ ~ es @ r.. " H. s;u f ppi1f:
m's TX NV % ~ a W -. ~ ~, 49,, ~
E1.m a'a tsv tSat ,e a ~,
Gsau uey pfssumea .aae " s. gstiatss HI,
a4antt.cs, ctc, "ess eoEIect; A!ler lug iettlnI
o. .no eoatrlet % lot tae 1ouaah1lons. ~ Wa no
moh kmoHh Whctucr the Councn Wosll
quo" me "ofk gu tne supe.stsnetui Ls'.et!la
10 proceed, anu the araufhlsmc
a.. were .a.'s@shafEed. @ Ia the meantime meal, M !. sa
thoueht tfat ZONE changes shoGid he made I
tne 9franSelnene OF lhe GQhlpIfolacf.e o'l,ct an
the Folfeu and Fire Departments. Also, Il wa
.u'a 1s Hscesaas3 ~ HMM sou eatGts .,As ~ ~
sSe"S' u'osu' ann Nv 4Aatt htoo1 uAt 'A'' N!e"stt