, 1879-08-12

Nul'uffI+ -. =
III tho afternoon Mr.. Huber was again nlacctl
npuI tho stand, nnl Mr. NrInnclI asked hin
eone Nuestlons. flo did 1lnt remember hayli,1
Office. TINT Mr.. Van Ott.rl, Hlr. cook, nr au1na
of tlu Conne', building Cnlnn,iltur, had entSd
anv c1auRcs 1" fe tl'aiie in tho plans. Iin dld
tell him, lnweyor, TINT Mr. Tanper caused soma
Ai'i. Lnw,cr asked asked tho witness wlcthcr 10 had
heard my ttlrrats nf naturalization outside III case
anv Of tin tlrangfttssnen testified IN certain
Nay tcfore the Council Committee. Witncss
rut,Iled tint l,s llatl heard Of uD'ir.
III rcttr!HE, the last Witness E,rntcsteh nGainst
giving M tliu paper. upon which Ills ctslnatGa
u tllr strength nf The piers md the atu'cwork
grt,,ln,l That IL WIS Ills avn private property.
AID. Thr0op entl he Ehns1a not place much
fnltl, In Tho yntnE uas testimony II that paImr
WIS HDt submt!tc to Tho CUlnt1littcc IL Ind
atnnlng TINT lie shnu1 lot,k Il nver. revIsc II,
md return tic original to tlu CnInf1jttcc. Tile
young tnan llnd evidently bucn 'atlvlscd."
NIL. JORDAN
was rccnlct, md l,o corrected statement made
l,y him last Friday i! regard to tl'c number u
was ono tuure than ls said there WINS, which ho
bud overlooked.
Mr.. Grfnnoll asked witness tnw the experts
samo tS ak d{ @ Has oons TIC e aonssonGs W.T. W.T.
tsen, to nsk him Or MT. They said tl,cy could
point out wleru the 1ond-st0nes were so ,hey
cnuid proho for them. rhcy, hasl been told
ess sy Mr. uI Gs'vesn9 s9 as., 's 'S 81 0Sn ss s
wall. Witness wanted Ille experts 10 satisfy
themselves, and tint was tic rcAsan he did not
tell ihefn u first Tint they hail bean fniatn-
torr1et Insy 'lil ,,os nsk , witness ls ?ues'lai!
Information. Tie experts came there fnr tic
exvrcss purpnsu OF boring into the walls, an,l
They had the topls fn their tlaials hcioro they
asked him. The cxgrrts tlIl not ask him !.
hl,n Whcro they ought to be.
MR.. !. 7. LANd
was called. To WINS formerly Aranehtsman IN
The cm,loy Of the city. lie commenced Scpt.
u, 155!1. few, days bcloro Mr.: Huber
sso s pans ~, eGa q s ns e% nsa csyia N2Fia "pae e
looked orcr the plans on the tahc. The p'nns
OF Alr. Egan wcre tho ones used. There wcro
changes nnuo In the details, but lie could not
Mhetr hey s %1s male before ats tic
ro8ctte co,lrsr, mud tllero wcru so'ne changes
ma.lc In the water.tabic. Wiincas Thought all
the tlota'ls were spread out ,,uDt table III tho
Council Chamber for tho inspection Of the bid
Witness believed reference was nude in the
report uf the experts to his telling them that
ll,cre wcro two sets Of plans. lic did not know
ANYTHING auout tllis matter: lio prcsi!Med.
inrs Of the snnle plan. The experts usketl him
several Questions aout tho luttlns U! tue work,
etc. They asked him II 'lc was with the work
all the time. f1p told them that be was dis
reason for this discharge was that tile plans werc
up as far Us they could Eo at that t!fnc. VII
ness AMI llnbcs were ont NJ the tll.c, ind MI.
jordan was kept III thu olslcc. 1iu thought at
Tic time there was sou ranson tor this further
thnn the Quo Gtcause tho wnrk WIS done up to
date. IIo understood that Jordan was paid by
lie Union 1run Works for estimates, hltl nsso
by .Thotnlnson d. REED for figures III stone
wurk.
Mr.. Grtnncll and M7. Bon!cld said these wero
nd1nittcd BY Mr.. Jordan. .
Witness went on 10 shy that MIR. Taper was
frequently In tho Office. ind
TRIED TO INFLUENCE HIM
In changing his plans so,ncwhnt, but witness
ignored him altogether. Mr. Tappcr wnl,tel
him to omit the bon!t'stnncs. lie refused TO
1o this, hut 10 understood tint they wero
omitted after all
Witness wss discharged bv Mr. ClcavclanA,
ns he supposed, ly the Building Committee,
work having been stopped III tho building. lie
was aftcrWasl taken on IT. work again, Wien Thu
Council ordered the work on tic building. to
70 on nyaIn. Mr.. Jordan wts discharged as tho
sutno tinc. hlEt he remained In tc 0lllcc to do
work for the nttrr parties mentioned.
The Alderman from tile Eighth thought tho
wltbcss alloull hn rosuncllet1 tn Rtntu his prl
ya.o 0pin1nu as to The rcasun why himself mud
Ilulcr wrre turned out OF s!e otllce nnl Nj.
Jordan allowed To remain. lln was Ut tle i'm
prosslon that Mt this tiue the damage WIS done.
AID Ttot!inson sa!tl II hal brcl, intisnated by
the Eighth Wnrl representative that Il the Wit
ncas would tell a he Knew s0t1lO terrible secret
would be l1vu|EeI. lie wnntoa 10 know ot tIc
vitesa II lla nasl nnY Tear In telling nj! Ito knew.
Witness rculletl tilat hn owed allegiance to no
QUO hut himself: lilo !ia,l no snrrcts. lie llntl
btnn Askc!! BY nll n1rtics coneeriiel to cotnc up
md tell nll ilo knew.
ME-; I'M. VAN osnr,,
,.o. ,,,,oa r." ,s., 49, r,o.',,.s "m "sna =, ill., ,
Was snale uo Was h,eii'hcr ot tEe Coinrsl
rk ' Wae r liz ~ was G nrrsnat ra 3s ''ar
sa.a,es Mt.lc ~ .I,e oiuuess wete thkMe oll tciT
H"..Jis 81 no'"i sn M ~ IT, ne'evGo hn na .ar n
aM e.|ani saow. ,,.t ~ nna never tlea'u Q, any
eo0tah,omH eo ,r'i! HIs III teseMt's. ~ expla!i,eu
l 'ic GIts m ,, f ", ra. maa t neeM ane IL! te asts
!nta, .u Nv "'.sSA . aIcm tS nlafR atunt
M!as. ~ .,'cs, l nsci' SAN. tnese "efe some
I'LL. IT. 's. 'nat VIZ" ~ VIEW VI issset nlle
Goss ;s "e''ou' uea'foS' too ellect o. tle oa'ld-
'nT; +, roo,p,, n .,o ,,on, ,,. u,..s .s,.
M, r, 10 Ir ,as wltesa a,a toSt
tM,ich, H. w .herG "aT no sisslhkfns m Tue hrsk or
wy stoNe Will lte Ftenrt!ctt The pier nhntlt