, 1879-08-02


was q third moro than was called for. lniS
made ftsa brick necessary for the backing. 10
was prepared to prove that the c1it-atonc, uc'
ts'ls bad been carried out exactly - rsqd'ff&o, &
Ntftl that fla had iuhe work not damandeot 1o9
Al Lie Afternoon session, which opened twen.
~ minutes behind time. tho examination of
Hc sati he haI Hecn ordered, from ttno 70
time, to take away stone that had been Matched.
The orders came from tho SUPERINTENDENT, who
wasn'. satisfied With she stone iie hs,,,a a'ons
jtm,,eu. Iltusdate furnInbcd two or three 10
There Waro no stonp1 III the building that he
had bcen requested to remove. Qn!to num-
spccilcations as To The anchors, Il the specia-
essions Iidn't state thing definitely, le was
guided by the plans. II they showed 1t. Tt,c
p,ans goVsr1ed a. ~ 70 thc window.eaps. d.'N That
particular about bond-stonea and anchors.
flo Knew nothing atIout TIC crack II the SUBJ
basement brek-work, had never seen IT,
tic was not 10 t,e habit q ko!nE on 70 the
getting on. Lie exhibited sample Of ElloYts-
villo STONE which be had.
WHY WAS TnR CHANGE 10 BgpFoRp
MAnEln
MIR. Doufeld objected; that bad nothing ID do
with the Investigation.
Aid. Laucr wanted to ahow that Reed waa
compellcd to change. and that tic building was
being conutructsa without sntnple OF atone
Mr.. Grtnnell couldn't eco any objection to
that going Un.
Witness said that he presumed the change
was made a. tue instance Of the Building Com
| mittce. II the Elerlsyllc stono was like tho
Bedford be couldn't tell the difference.
AIr. Dobtleld satd thu contract read "qunrrlcs
A. or near Bedford" Elsertayiale was twenty
i've miles from bedford.
Witness knew nothing about the prick-work.
Sewer brick Tste worth POW 81 more than ths
fercnccs 10 detail ~ fur as the stouo-work had
progressed. Tic blue stono at tic entrunccs
wero polished, but The atmosphere had removed
the polish. Clcave1and desired this work TO
conform 10 tile Joints aud appearances Of the
graulte work on tho County Building, and Wit
uesB tried TO maku It do 20. The construction
was far superior to that called for by the plans.
More stone WAS used, and consequently less
brick There wate no exttns.
A DISPUTE HERE AROSE
between Huber, tho draughtsmau, und Reed
the former conscndtng that, as to tho foundation
Of Tho inside vcstibuic8, no more work lad been
done Than Has required by tho p'aus, and Mr.
Reed the contrary.
Witncss said 10 the water-tab1c co,,rse he had
put Ia a head instead Of lillet at 10 cstrn coet
for cutting. Ao had aso ehsngcd tho
vermIculatea course by order Of tile Super
intendent, asktag II, which coat less.
Eaws e ea anz 1ssss not to p. q e tn %
under the cornfees They arc not on the county
part in those .places. uo had put IL water
shed on top Of the coEntees; also lug ioatead ot
siip sills, Ior al Of which no ma made No
charge. There was superabundanec Of weight
Of the upper corncc-stnncs On tho walls, as re-
qufred by the specifications.
PHILIP II. DECKER,
who bid on the brick, Rtoue, and iron work,
Gavo cumulative testimony regarding tie Cicave-
lnnd pAna aa the oncs which wero figured from.
Ia Err nT I'm tH f>r1
TIiey warc tue oniy ones made from the County
IuiidInY tlhst he knew Of. ffo knew OF no
fAvortisnl. Ho had no interest whatever In
the cautiuet. In Ills ouiu!nn the exterior
Grstsclass.
Mr.. Gs,nnell sald Que Of the charges Of tho
experts was that tue ehnnges were concealed.
Al who Ind testified snid they knew Of them.
II nnv one knew OF bidder who did not know
Of tho changes he should bp called.
Il was decided to call the latter II QUO could
10 found.
q contractor and stone:cutter, testified that hc
liad been around the Ctty-iinli ana examtucd
tic building. There MAS no more perfect work
IN the city. Il was fully as good as thu Gus
to.n- -H1use. whero tho work was dono by tho
biz ~ half MI cR1.. That didn't hurt tic build
tur. I'hey vcrs 1ticd up SO ~ to look like tic
stone. They couldn't be seen unless one looked
for them. The depth Of the rustles wns sever,
eight and one-lali inches. 'rhe dtIcrcnce cs
@ u3s"ep "0s @ isa 'tsse' ssse tiasR. 1y "s1s snd
seams ~ the County nni!dtng which were lillel
standfng when the county part was ali down.
l,ad rottcd away, md not stone left. Ila l,nd
llgured On tic County building. but didn't ret
ne contract, rs BE- waant in ,he ring. lie could
sutleontrActpr unucr Walker md tct hin, vnt