, 1879-07-29

"l1ow oftau did Mr, cleavoland come
arounlf''
and thrco or four times"
"wnAr DID nm Dof''
"1le looked over tho building gencrailv,-
c1atniocd the etono-Hork, brsck-"ork, and iron-
work.h
Ill "p!a ,oa % msk9 X 2, regular reports to him OF
"Whcncver saw nuythIng, did"
"D!d hc really have charge OF tho work. or
J" iio l.as Ind charge. OF course / was undc.s.
him. lie WAS tito man looked TO for orders"
"Do yon think The. contractors have been
IlviFa ur 10 TnEsn CONTRACT IN ALL m
arEcrs!''
Nj. ,,orrlan an.wers1, after eome hesitation:
i" i contractor who has low contract Will Il.
WAYS 10 aoni many things in spite Of you."
What taye They dDne in spite ot Your
NJ don't knDw-a Eoosl nlany thitis8''
"Cnn't yu,t specify any OF thctnf"
4" Yes, 1ss,ulI spccits, buy don't want to At
present. don't caro- to do IT,"
"Wly3 What ato You nfsn!d ol!'
III don't caro- tor
"Are yo'i willing 10 rest under tho tmputa-
ii ,lon't care about making any statement
now.n
"Who appointed your
ca,nc. Hc sent ms hera To Jay on somo work,
and have bccn here ever sincc.'
"Dsdn't Mayor Heath appoint you On Mr..
Clcaycln.d's recommendation"
"Not 10 mi knowledge"
"11avo Jou over
nScFivED ANT INSTRUCTIONS FROM MAJOR
HxAri
as to what you should do hero rs to tho con-
at prescnt.h
mo, caunot. took my instructions from
Mr.. Cleavoln1nl. Ha WAS my boss"
"Dhl he ever say to you tint Mayor Heath
wanted you to do this Or fllata"
"Nut to my knoHaedge.h ..
"Isn't It faet that you have overlooked littls
things that tic contractors liayc dono1"
'.What, for instancea'
"AnythnE-llnlcr instEucttops.n
s.sFllal 10 you meant"
"Nu, don't reu,cnhcr NJ have received any
positive instructions. idon't remember. That
|e Il b:oad. sweeping question"
"tsn't 1t u fact tfiat the contractors have been
allowed to do about as they Ilcasear'
- No, sir, not by any manbcr of MEANS"
"1layu they been
HELD cLosELr 10 TuEtn sPEc1F1oAT1oNs1"
"WclL We couldn't TO ft.H
"WhY not!h
"As said bctorc, they have Ion contracts,
and Il they can SEQ chance where they Gnu got
Isn't 1t . rart Of your duty to SEQ TINT they
don't yet nhcad Of youl''
"Ilcy nra too smart for US sometimes"
"What 10 yon mean BY being too smartl
Don't you ECO what fe going pni'
nYes, bat can't SEQ everything ut onee Tho
building covers great deal OF ground"
"When you discover anything ,srong you
make them remedy itl'
"Ccrtainly.n .....
"'rAe defects tho Committee complain OF
crcpt In when your back was turnetll'
Most OF them. There nre some patches that
knew OF, but always tonk into consideration
whore the stoned were going"
stooe K,tof {e x'9 run 4 soo patched
"a good tnai,y OF ttlem. They covered the
patches up SO nicely that couldn't sec them.
But nc have accidents sometimes. A stone IL
broken after boinE set mud Is patched. 1t
doesn't tniurc tho strength of tho building, and
the patch can't bG eccn.h
"AND TIE un1cK CONTRACTOR p1ArED guAnr
TooF'
"Bad brick como ntsl aro uuloadcd and put
into tho wall without my scetng thcn,.'f
"!iow many hours day do you spend hcre1 ~
"Frotn Z III the morning until G at night, with
an hour out for dinner"
''How snany incn would It require to mako
The contractors live tip to their contracts" /"
ut would take one man to every workman.
There ts ono clause In the masonry work thai
the men don't like to lIVa up to.'
"Whnt is tllat3"
| "The shove joint pushing tho brick in &C
that the mortar will como up around It. Thai
Is hard on tic fingers. and they won't do 1t un
| less they arc watct,cd.n
Notwithstanding tho defects which you nd
init, you don't consider the stability OF th{
building is impaired at Mill"
I "No, SIR"
"How long will It stanl1n
Mr. Lordan lauKllcl
"Wt'l y tumble down In twenty yeassln
No; It Will be here 200 yoars from npw.'s
| won't tho natchcs drop QUIT"
mo; they can't.
You Will not say what the contractors bay,
done that they should not have tlone1"
~ DON'T want TO mako auy eharecs -; ant
The reason Mr. Jordan gave was that be ca,ne II
contact with the contractors every day, and hi
position would bo M unpleasant one.