, 1879-07-30
THE BOND STONES:

A reporter yesterday met 4 person who has
been intimately connected With the building
t,nco work was begun Ia tho basement story,
md asked him regarding what Is generally con-
slsred to be, along NTH tho aIleged alteration
Of the p!ans, the most serious point IN the re-
port OF the Committee Of oxper.s,-the absence
Of the bond stones.
"The facts connected with that" said he.
"are these. In tho plans, rs thcy were prcpar-
cd aud shown to tic contractors who did the
bidding, bond etoues appeared running through
the wall. When the specifications were drawn,
however, by some blnuder. no mtu.ion was
made Of them In connection With the eut-stone
wrrk, though they ehou!d have been there; but,
BY nnothtr error, they found their way into the
Specifications for Tie brick work; so tlla, when
the time carne along when they should have
gone IT, Il: appeared that IT. was the
stone contractor But II IL really not the bust.
ness OF the first Of these two to attend 10 such
matter. 1u the first place, he lasn't the stont.
He is not The contractor who has anythtnl. 70 do
lneddle With tie wall to put them In. When
thu time came for putting thrm In there arokc
controversy. The stone men stood By the letter
Of tic law or the wording. Of their spscillca.
were not called OIL to do 80. As for tue brick
tnan. he could not, I snoke at tho time to thu
stone contractors and told thctn that II would
he far wiser for them To put them tn.-tlat they
werc In tile plana which formed q part OF tlle
specifications, md thAt even It they could not
bu forced to do thIs, yet that It would be
chcapcr IN The long riln,-that as long Us the
then Administration continued In force vert
it, but TINT, II another set were to come IN who
eIt Inclined, for any r..us0n, to pirk at the coIi
TRACTORS, this would TO ono Of thc very points
which they would select fur attack, and That It
Sns Gaas 9s take .s 1sa sHi; "s5 DSsss ses
to stand bY the specifications. whoever omit
tel th!s from lie specifications doubtless dtl II
Internationally. 1t Is olle os those blunuera
Which VIII happsn 70 ers hsea arssst or olas hn
ever, by the architect aid contractors when II
was discovered"
"ilor mus3, @ i, would the extra oxucus0 have
ait would layo been about 550 cubic feet OF
stone, costng Them, drcssea, sayabol't 90 ceslts
The total cost would hot haYe exceeded SbuD,
and told them that for 90 small sum II wns
foolish TO aosoneth.nr which might u tue future
sisted on their point, nnd the architect sustained
them"
"Thcy arc not absolutely neectkary, but they
ought to be in. You can't taku too many pre-.
cautions with a lnsgu building. 'lhu pieces are
hsayy, anl the more batulIng tl,ry hare he bet
ter. X Is All excess Of prcrauti0n, perhaps, hut
still It ID thInE that ought TO be done. And
yet, Il they hadn't appeared IN tits ntalls ~ 70.
ing' through thr wall, uls po1t would probably
never have baen rnisea."
'sIlow ID 1t as to Tie other cnArge tllat by rca-
snn Of the thtuNrss Of tbs granite course OIL cx-
tra quantity OF brick WIS used, and the brick
contractor waa 0ntitlod IL extrasan
'sThat Ia simply Untrue, md where tho Com
mltseo rot thrtr Information lau't know. As
4 matter OF fnct that coalrso waa thicker tllan
the Specifications called tor, and 1t Displaced
Il nnU1hRr nf hf1pk, lint fh.