, 1879-05-16
"Ycs you cnn, too," said The lawyer, with hts

'""HIt o"n' ''i' N""PbeIt Aiol"E Ill eoA4'o t"A'k
"ftsko Z bacl," said Mr. Mccagg, crawflsta
inE: "isut ttfa ftct, nevert1lelcsa."
nrln not In ttc habit NJ gucssinE nt sizes,"'
s0Id tiM wltnrfR, i1eltrmfuctliy. my Judgment
40 To tizos Is t1a.lo up nlsct llays measured
stonn viii! tapr-lnc."
Mr.. Mccagg, finding TINT The witness was The
Inst INN! /, Ills wnrld to yield to i'adaering,
somc further q,lnsstons ns to Tie number Of
sohes IL would tnku to nuke n four fr0nt, wns
very careful ~ Etsc, a1zch On Wh.l'
tho witness could base Its calculations. The
ehuw. that tho Custon.llot,ss contained some
ycrv large etonp, which uvcsybotlY klows. The
difficulty Ut furnlshttE STONE ot isilifurtt color
was etortnu,lsly incrcassl, aatd .hr witocss, by
the building i,e found large quantity of cnt
stonu ncccptcd by tile GovrrnINcnt md paid
for. llnsl ,lu rejected it1efn II woul have >cou
= vpry expensive Hnttcr fur the uoycrnmont,
icrrcd tl,c matter 70 tho snrv;slng Architect.
as, in all probability. DurllnE, did. 80 far as
witness understood, I}nrling hnd always ncted
AceortlllIg tn tho hest uf bis Judgment, a1'l had
mining thu etoncs then On hand "'ld already
paid for. Witness 9,a Bnrl!ng went around
the building frequently, lnnrIt!nE stone for the
purpose uf better observing the effects of tlle
Burll1g did nii,y slelluc patching. The patclles
he lad taken nut were put IN erforo BliTlihEs
time. liz haul talked with Burll,,g m tic Sub
ject ot saving, "a ttuy cHlMc to tile conclusion
lint ,IIr aawiu. ordored by l'urllng for The third
story would l'e beneficial, t'ccausc. ii done well,
1t would furnish twu faces Which need not le
cut. That WIS I'll hunest conclusion. 80 fat Ms
he was aware. At icast, 40 fur rs he Knew, 1t
had nothing 10 do with any conspiracy.
Mr. Lnekner asked few quehtfons, t,tt drew
out nothing Of thrilling inportn.,se. When he
had Kotten through, Mr.. swott, still unsalfsfed.
wanted tu know
SOMETHING FURTHER ABOUT SCALING,
and the witness replied tint scalB an eighth Of
MI Inch thick Oh SIX -fnot stone Would not af-
feet It's strength, but Tic stone "wontd"'t look
80 we'll by justuI." The elicit, as 10
strength, 1f the trun. spots depended, Of
coussc, on tic amount of t'rotting which they
produced.
On tue redirect, :tr. 1'ontcl aslsel lie witness
rs to thr nntnes anil dntcA Of services Of the VI
ttuus ufllcerB ut ths building during his time.
This enlicd te wisarss' trials Oh the saatll, ulld
he WINS permitted tu retire.
MIR. Campbell thcn took up another branch Of
tic casc,-thc cost OF cutsfhgt-nnd BY '7aT Of
variety threw III
ANOTHER 1.or or LETTERS.
The first WIS from Potter to 1iurling, In Which
tho writer cuntrAstcd the estimated cost Of cllt-
ting u sample block With ttlt actual cost. Bur.
ling, III Ills reply, admitted the fact, but CHARGED
It's existence to tho "systcmh IN vogue. and
referred to Holnan's recommendations, in.
closed, that tile then foreman ri tile stuHc-cCt-
ters te discharged nd tho fosct,,at thereafter
suggesting tAe favorable consideration uf this
Recommendation. potter's rrpiy wns to tlIr
oiroct that the Government. to protect Itself,
had appointed tinlc-kecpcrs who Wcrc instructed
to report auy derctctipn Of duty OIL the part Ut
st0ne~cuttets to the Superintendent, who had
power to discharge them. Although aware OF this
excessive cost piled up under thu Is per
cont cuntract, Potter thought that, with
unccAsinI vigilance IN The pMrt Ot the tfHlr-
kccpcrs md tile otllcr Government officers, the
GVll could be controlled.
Alr. Swctt referred 10 tlie fnstructions Issued
by Potter to burlmg rs substantiatlng Pottcr's
position in hts letter.
TIE uex. letter rend was one from BurlinE
to Potter. recommending tl1c appointment Of
prussing ns Assistant Superintendent, In chargo
Of stunc-ndttttS. ltwas followed by rrlssing's
formal npullca!ion for the psncc. At The cunclu-
sion Of lie readay Of the application, a recess
was taken unsit2 O'Clock.
Tn resumfug ut 9 o'clock, Mr.. Campbell, by
wny Of a pleasing, asthoueh not altogether
novel, Introduction, ran lu solne more letters.
events, they sce!nrd to ba Of pith md mo'neMt.
Thu Nrst wis from unrl!l,g to Potter, Fob. 20,
1874 In which the ,iormsr stated
TINT, IN indorssng Pr!Isstns,, he did 50
interests Of tie Government, those interests
| having previously been neglected. Although
| liz had no charges to inuke, lle neycrthcless
stated ti,ut there had heeM prurlous lack Of
careful oversight Mnl the Government interests
could not bc prupcrly cared for without Tie con.
| stant and perFonal supervision OF competent
| man. The s"vtng ia expenses BY nIoEloYtpt,
| such q mon would be considerable. TIC re.
malndcr Of the letter wAs niastc up Of good
words for PrussIng his ahilIty, integrity, etc.
| The next letter was from Potter, In answer 10
the foregoing. 1t was datcd Feb. 20, 1911, md
notified Hurling TINT iIe had authority from the
writer to enlploy PrsaltlE at 81 per day. Bur
prtsSfJ{r fHfHrOtnIr him nT tliB
appointment Has next read. It completed This
batch.
Sir. poutcll called
HENRY HECTOR,
| md full.hucd African marched up md tool
| tlle stand. ThAt IL to say, lle stool up leaning.
kuuwn lis thu wtnrss-stsnd III tho United Suite,
| Court exists only III ttr imngfnatl0n mud or
pnncr. The dUlcllse wondered why in-flnlifu,
the Government had sprnrE o1le oi The wards
OF the natiu,l OIL them, aud 1t Wns with uyitlcnt
interest tiiut tcy waitcd for Developments. The,
wrre soon forthcoming.
licctor, In his riel, African, said hc lived nj
No. D48 atate street, nnl drove n wagon iu
llud passed through several battles, being dis
chnrgcd when Leu surrendered.
Aly. Swutt suggested tllat this was a roMNda
bout WY OF getting at tho Clsteul-iluuse.
swell gct tllrrs presently" replied AIs
Tl,c Witness went oil to say that he went tt
tho now building rllcn Gun. Holman was tl.orc
and had worked there asa "rousthbont" " unde
clcrk then wus Il. ". Woods. Witness wis
there when n. l.. Jio'nant the young man, wa
discharged, md remembered tho circumstance
very we'll.
ibid you drive slr. Durllng, Mr. Woods, a,It
Mr.. Prlsslng down town shortly betore ts,att
''YcS, slr. Drove 'c.n down to thu Wcstcrl
Euws Company, guess 1t MAS, nbout tl,r Mon
t.ay a[are Mr. llolman was discharged. The,
stopped IN tho way at stantoa'a grocery ol
State street.
"What furan
"Wynt In to get drink, or something,
guess"
"po you AEcoGLEcr 4 CONFEDERATION
which to place on TINT OCCASION. during tn
ridui"
"Ycs, sir" replied Rector, With grin.
"pIeast state lt.h
"Wetl, you zce VIC was driving along au
! Mr.. FrussnS satd to yr. hurlug, l'li tsIi yo'
ohe thllg: think John II. Mueller Aus 1:cn
llttlu imposed .upnn by tie l}overnlncut.' MI
Durllng sud-, No dalibt Ut that, Prubsin4.' An
then Maj. Woods,-hu laugilrtl md says ho,
tk,% Il