, 1879-05-24

rrupt'ons il thu Court-llouso building were
tS%"s !ms s ~ IL ss' 'es Sse3 Il Ss Sfs'' eps
ion fad been naked At lte tine t!ms
that II be discarded. At the time thc commls.
into tho question. and II WAS Thought, On tho
whoc, that, With the expense 70 waIetl the .,. noy.
It away, as It might b. saved with the adoption
Of tie Co1nmiss'an'a suggestions. :, Ho haa
heard various opinions on tic Court. House and
Cu;tom nousc,Isoms i'ss,ef!aF nn q snc so,nfr r.
verdict Of tho public was [Laughter.]
To htr. Swctt the witness said It was usual to
clean building uo atter + vas done, and thua M
To lit. Campbell he said Tint he did not
know TINT force Of tnct had been employed
all summer wf,cn. tho third stone was Eotn; up
atone.
f. II. Sheldon testified that DurllnE, as his
architect, Ind dtsburBcd some eo00, ,0oo In build
Ing for him, aud 10 had never hcani ~ ntegri.
The Hon. I. N. Arnold. George l.. Dunlap,
William Drosa, William Floso, a,la l.. ". Nc
Connefl indorsed Burl!nR and Prusslng 10 strong
both the building and BurllnE. After. giving
them good character ho was prepared to do
the sama thing for PruasfnE. Ho admitted,
however, that tive Years' Familiarity wtti l btena
Vista stoue had dtsgusted him with It,. Durlihg
had told him the homework wns costing cnor-
mously, md lie didn't know how to stop It:
The defense got out Of Witnesses about this
Aftcr the recess, sir I.aclsncr called William
Mortimer, another Character witness for Truss
Ing. ..-.--
utHsDALE, ......-.
the stonc.contsactor, loomcd up md testified
that the ordinary allowance In gett!nE out
stones for given net sizo was one Inch Oil
around. II would positively b. clicapor, II tile
contractor was ouly given q flalt-lnch allowance,
to aaw first mt, then cut II down with Tho ch!sel.
On the cross,e1nn,nation !, Ds Mr' Camposli,
tho coat Of tho saving. Thirty cents % wns TIC
usual sawng price pcr foot. Tile difficulty in
cutting was TINT cutter WIS Apt to cut too
deep, md the stone bad to oc plugged after.
trimmed down afterwards. but there might bc
too much Of It. II tho sawing didn't come With.
ln tho half-tnch 1t wouldn't do particle Of
good.
cent contract was q very vicious onr, as 1t tend-
ed to idlcness on the nart OF tic mon. ,-..
To Mr. SWEET the Witness stated that 1t wns
not possible 10 obtain any. Stone o. tllss mum.
dane sphere, for any very large buildings tllat
was wholly free from defects or was uniform Ia
color. He should prefer granite to anything
else, my ncn SstoRe ni1 a ,,,n,tor xht. tS
hS IL ~ "fTo, ~ disno1or1n,y n T'he new f,nQ
fnm.itonsr. when Daintcu and fixed ,lp, would
hn n vcry s,nod bliidipr. in fact, lie illtlp't
knnw ~ n hctttr Hau5s,1no building this side Of
lin OHIO River.
or fhe rrcrnss. the witness satd the Limestone
In thc Unnrt.ilu,,so was hettrr than Muellcrs
a1nas.one md an,uewhat cheaner. too. hut, In
nont of Architecture md construction, tie Gus
tom. Houso wns sunerior TO Cook CountY'e
ni1c ""S SAf
ia Mr.. swnft bc aafd II would be cheaper to
,ow ~. e,one ~ 1nnr nm In wna workin,r m thu
| * *" ,or ~ c6nt Ss no,.tract - Nv
" 70 sir. Csmnbeli. who asked Mr., Hinsdato
what nfs nnininn wnri in IN rns. h. i,nti IL, INV
a. H. stopr Cn5 fa,n Il nccessary to cnt Il
dnwn m , hoth si.iea aftor botnr saved, The vii.
,oss ron, u t,'nt 70 ,r,'t sonalI"r te as
inv ~ INV accnnnt ~ At iii
NJ q - r H"t n"n,no, ,n,tbo- e+ono c,,tr.ctor
..ottc,G ;Let an,,s"e.ar ,s u r,,,H tsad H.
tk. ~ ts.i,i .sn.a ~, ~, 10 1nrrnr III nraunG
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n ,e ssoss os nit ,rn ~ son thie, my te
o." .E .h.s ,. -. ~ ~ art .,wn tha 20 so,v;nr
ssonc 1,t,a H. INV W ,.,u W. ~ "o"' tA' 'A"'"s
"outoat W. "o3tu ua"st"'H'
II v.