, 1879-08-05
The Building Committee
After the Experts,
Gen. Mcdowell Pint Through Oenroh-
ing Examluation,
From Whlth II appears tbe County lrs Weaker
lhan Ito City riers.
Ths I'LL Of tho Exports, and How It
Ia Mado Up.

b{ Tic ClLY-1lAIl fthtCTA4t
n,r 1T II 30 half an hour bnlitntl ttmn.
The exports wcra not prcseut. though the City
Clerk waa roqur1tctl IN notify them Friday.
pRaUGHrsMAN IftRKn
.y,s sent 10 learn II this had hecn done. Ha
camc back Ia a few monsnta, mud said that
Deputy Moody stated that lio Ind srnt q mes
eengcr 10 Gcu. scDowell'a ofIicc, who llail asked
clerk thero 10 iell tho exports tint they were
wanted, aud tic clerk said lie World do 40.
Mr. Hrtnnell suggested that Supt- Kirkland
bo sent for. to bring in oil tho reports ho hnd'
and to rotate what ho knew.
Aid. Luwler said be hpd requested Kirkland
to do 80.
Mr.. Gr.pue]t suggested TINT the City Clerk
request the experts ia writing to como before
the Committee.
1t wue 50 ordered.
MR. nEED
was then yeeallc1. and stated thai al mo
anchors bs figured on were slxtcan inches long
by ona aud thrco quarters by three.eIgl1tbs.
lie probably saw the ten.foot anchors
On the plans. Tie memorandum In regard 70
them WAS "Anchnrs for ssuno'woFk." lln maae
no figures On them because they were not
dep,opatod III the specifications. Ilo tlll not
know that anybody figured on thcm HIS con-
c,usion was that. the hrseks'nason would furnish
4hn l0tT &0cHQC&. 11D uAA A'C IObfGl cAtl"a "1tt
t1raye,uuI, OF anybody in tlG Dcnartmcnt about
them, lie looked to no one for Information
when figuring. 1Ies saw tho long anchors were not
IN tbc specifications and ignorctl them Ia tHs
dpu.cs, I|o TOOK the 8omo posislon regarding
them as the potid-stoncs,-that 1t Wns the
mason's business to put them IT,.
"Ancl,ors for stonc-#nrk," +" didn't necessarily
mean that the anchors must be put III l,v thu
stoue man,. lie believed thcro were aucl!ors III
The ptcrs probably M lo1lg as called for, but hs
didn't know their length.
Nearly ntl the stouc bus been cut in Chicago.
About one.tu,1rtii of It was cut there. Tic con-
tract did not eay all Of It should be cut
here, There was supplement- 70 the contract
aayIng thn atone should be cut In Chicago .t',-
against the firm. lie signed, the supple.
mental clause in good faltt 4 combination
had been furmel against thrm by tho Stone
cutters Union to ut up tho prfccs and 1ietatH
was not practicable to cut nlf the stune IN led
ford, The Union wouldn't lot men work III
bis yard here. Ilis firm didn't advertise for
mon until that was done. The only object In
cutting Btone Mt Bedford nov was to aavo
freight. All Of II waa cut hero Just after tho
contract was signed. A ehnnge WAS conlpclled
IN account OF the action OF tho Stone-cutters'
Association.
THE EXPERTS
having come in while Mr; Reed was being inter.
front uIll asked oy Mr. Grinnc'l to state tho
bnzis Of THE expcrts' report.
Gen. Mcdowell said hr couldn't aoeak for the
Cummittce; 80 he cnled his associates togesher
md said the Committee fclt thai ut cxntnina-
tlon oL this Kind, before committee whcro no
person, was under oath, and which ivas not
Sey dacsd es to e" and
Sir. Grnncll explained TINT the Building
Committee had no authority to administer M
path. md they. supposed ono would state frank
sired the details Ut some thugs OF which tho
dcn. Mcdowell ditin't propose to put tis oatt,
against the communisy'a talk. It was dclieato
mastcr to aaK ono to perform e!sucreeabteiln.y
as favor, and make him target for everybody
interested. II this werc judicial Investigation It
would be Notwithstanding would give him
moro pleasure than to testify.
Mr. Grfnncll desired him and cach OF the
Committee to statc fuN1e things rs Individuals,
not ah a committee, as it wns thought thev
might know something the Committee didn't
know. Whore did they get their ,nfotinationS
GEN. M'powEL1
committed With tho other experts, and saia they
had no Objection to giving the sources Of futor-
nation; tho parties were perfectly willing to be
put under oath and intcrroRatcd. Pat Fannlng
Iii. Donleld-Do the Committee refuse to
Gen, McDowcll-As com,nittcc-uo. We
don't propoac to be divided In the ,nntter,-to DO
1nodo ganlc Of.
COMMITTEES Owed TN. public to explain t!lclr re-
pnrt They Ind maltgncd tho character OF men,
which was 9 cowarlly act.
Gen. Mcdowell saio they werc perfectly will
Ing to say anything they hut! right to sny tr,1!-
vidually. They wcro united as a Committee,
and a. such proposed to ba examined nn,t to
consult with thu Council Committee. So far as
Eiy!ns fntormation was concerned. they were