, 1879-08-08

ar.ts,ess sevete,isk rss q thousand; .,,, Bot. It.
va Wa.htnston @ .trcet s tnneI . speskins s Of ths
cracked b!uo nIluster foot-stone in W.
Washington street e,ltraucc, he sasd ho would
oprnsito tue crack 30 as TO ilnvc t!'c two faces
uniform. One patched ssons which waa con-
desnnel was now III the building, he Thought:
aong. s5s wesI With SS5 soud 9a 90 ans eoas H. hut
noDe Of tile patched Or Allied stones cnuaneefGu
the safc.s OF tho building; They were SIMPLY ,'I
hcmisl,es. Some coud be scc, and others
could not. During all Tho ti'no ho WAS thcFo ne
THE s7oNH CONTRACTORS WILLING TO L1sThH
tn any suggestloEs, and ready to remedy
anything that might need rcfl'edstng: rho
wallis wcrc straight and plumb, na1 no con-
hilercd II capita pece ol work' os,'ar LOT ron.
ilrat.c,ass The building compared favorably
%The County -BusldinRl' sald Aid. phelps.
"Yon want ny opinion"
"Yon can't have Il. don't want to lock
horns With the Ed Walxcr-SicSell efowl again.
ii tie experts found only forty bau Joints t's
5 an;i painted, lie joints could not bc seem 'ric
wall where ttc granite coursc was put ~ was ono
course thtcker than vas called Tor, any tcre was
where the claim for extra brick came H."
The icfcrts be had pointed out at small cxncnse:
as,l then lo knew Of no reason why the building
should not go on und bo credit to the city, ex-
Ccpe a. TO color.
Asro THE sMAL1 rfgRs,
| they were re1 built. Two stones IN each ran
| into the brtck-wurk from seven to ten inrhe8s
they were well anchored, and tile brick work was
| they wero strong enough. Tflose on tile county
! sila were smaller, md vet bore the weight In
stead II anchors, heavy boop-Iron wns put into
the Guttrcsscs. Fully ton u,,d half Of It was
used At the trad Of tic basement story. Band
Iron Was put into the walls elsewhere ~ ft,ss'
/ Cicayeland's order. IIe did not know what was
being dono In the main story. Hc had shnnncd
the building az hs would q pcst.,ousc. There
were somo things aoSut i T.. nde u, nj uan.
good one. In 1ustice to everybody, 10
said the Council Building Committee often VS.
tied The CIty-tiall, as did Mayer Heath, ana tle
| whole talk wns to have the building constructed
according to the apfrlt Of the coutract.
BurT. JORDAN
wns then called. Hc had seen alt the stone that
went Into tile building. II hc saw Ind p!cco
he condemned 1t md sent Il hack to the yard.
Until Button carne on he had chnroo OF tle brick,
WORK, Witness produced measurements Of all
The stonn, and said there were three ecccs OF
the granite course not up to thu specifications,
tho difference bong two incl,csH They werc
considered ell rgt a. o IT, me' oyotaa v%css s9tS MffS
ali round was moro than VAS required. (fhc
experts said the contrary, and claimsd to have
gotten tl,eir reformation from Jor1an.] lie lad
char0c Of the plans and details Mt tho time the
bidders we're figuring. All were treated exactly
alike. sud knew Of the changes from the county
plans. lie iound fault because the bond-stones
were not OF the lenEth called for.. eonsulta-
tton took place between Clraveland and the con-
tractors, asd the stones were ordered to he put
il 40 as 10 run to the back Of tho window jnn,os.
Tho Building Committee had nothlug to do
Ho couldn't say who told him to let the piers
be constructed ns they were. lie thought how.
ever, It was Cloayeland, as he got all bis orders
from him.
Thc building COMMITTEES discharged all the
completed then. lie did not know tho rensotl
Of tlleir dEsmtssal. Huber und Long we're Ill tlie
employ Of tho city when The contracts were Yet,
MORTIMER III / Tauocn Do wi wn!ie he wa. laying oiI
lie bud nos inttuatcd to Or told the experts
TINT there were two sets Of p!nns. No favorltisn
was shown. There was only one sctT7i
lad rejected some stone. i1o did moi
know Of their being returned by some ono c!Bo''
ordors last ycar. Two plcces ha,l gone Ill ths'
year. Ono was put into the wall "ithont M
knowledge, md be saw tho other on tho der
rick, but the stono-settcr put II In place In spit
Of him.
. lie DID NOT GIVE THE EXPERTS
did not mean to convey to tl,em-tho imprcs
, rctne<llcd by order ot somo one over hin. Gon
Mcdowell 9ekcd him II Cleaycland's power wa
: absolute. He hesItated abont answering. I'll
General said hs would nut It u anothc
/ stapc: Was there anybodY that hal niglle
) authority than clcayeland} he said III
Mayor, by virtue OF hts Office as Commissioner O
, Public Works, t,nd higher authority. Tile Gen
: eral said from the evidence they had they ha'
: drawn tho Inference that there 'Yns higher Ut
t | t1lortY TINT hau oVnrrulcd the BnboEdlnntcE
wishes. lie had called Clcavelands nttcntio
, 10 the stone. 6omol!mcs he would decide
l | Ills favor and sometimes aGanst him.
0 There was no such Interference as tho Com
t ntttco OF experts charged in their report. Til
o Mayor never interfcrcd except to order uu
: somc Of the granite course.