, 1879-05-14

tlIllGkEEpCEh tH tIG lNtkE Qllct puC III tHE bEG-
ond, a,nt nnc to tho third when It was used. The
vpskmen wern supposed tt, he cllarrcd-siockcd
for being Into. Witness l,ad hulped prussiug
clInk ont the azcs OF .t0tssa IN ,oard the OBJ
n,1cr!ng n.nno that would bc too large. It
wns ttntustshc for the ttE,ekcencrs to see all
tie iHon without taking promenade among
thCm. UctcctH w",lltl HotncttinPa hc tltttnyered
covered peioru, n,,! Tho tmekccpers would TO-
purt tlIo matter tt, Pruss4ng. Alpng III the
progress of til. work. t,ndcs instructons trnm
Washington. snmpfc rcpoFtts-of representative
st0nrh-wcr' innt1c ult, showing tho cxnettsc Ut
cutting us well as saving, and scnt t. Washing.
tu This Was dune becaslfn. under the original
instructions The tintekeepcfH Ind 20 much toslo
tint they couldn't iBake otL full report Of tic
cost Ut every stngle stone. Sometimes hoWcv-
cr even the sample reports were not male, DO
ca,1se ttse snucr!ntendcnt thought tho cost On
rcrtnfn eto.rs WAS excessive.
On t1c redirect, after explaining what "lewls.
lng' ineans, Witness said tltt tts1akcepcts, cven
Il ,hry toumi t,cu li1t.ir, cusl1an't saw q word
u them, hut could only report them to prus.
sing. -
It, anawer to Mr.. 1.wknet, witness said that
Frussng, whr:!cr he had fhe right ur not,
assumed tsn. right Of tll.rlnrEIng idiers. lle
ttlllsln't say he lid Il ut The cost q good deal
ot bud bloul, a. Mr. l.ackner suggested.
Mls. n. II. lH}rtN0TpN,
the wc!l-snowu nErl,ilecl, WIS the next wttncss.
Itc testified tint l,e had used The Bucua Vista
stone IN building. n1,l lad examined TINT found
II the new Cuatttn. ftousc. llc was III te Ctty
Council Commission III 1871, when t'n building
hat nroyrusaG1 to Il considerable extent. lie
had c1an,inc'i 1t several times sts,cc.
Mr. Boutcll, rca.llng thn requirements Of
Stucl!rr'a contract. asked witness Is tic stone
furillshu,l was ai "nllft0sn, eolor.n
Mr. IIoYnc nb|ertcsi. So did Str. 8wctt. The
question was, They eaEo, as tn the rttnr Of the
st1llc when delivered, nnd not t0T. EDunset
III. btth sllcs had admitted TINT tic stat.e MAS
Italia IN a,n 1T +
time n1ld the influence Of the weather, atl1 the
unlY question nt i.$llu WIS "a to whether tho
contractor furnished guod stone, of uniform
csnr, At tic time It was delivered a, the build
linz.
At. 1'nutell said tiIsv would sllnw that there
were defects III tie building noS whc1, were lnrre-
y dle to tue defect r1lssinE In tflc stone a. the
time y went In. 1llt trouble With Mr.. Ssett
everything ut uslcy. As to LIE EgntcMnfs's as-
gunlent that The inspector pu4sgd IN thu ston,
Why. tlAt WIS the ,yery question ut Issue, the
Government nroposiis To show fmt That officer
En: In coliusion With tile contractor to ucceps
bad stonc.
Mr., swETr 1SslsrED on MS onlEcT1os,
| claiming tilat Tho alleged .lctucts m,lst bc
shown 10 llaye existed at tho time tttc stune waa
delivered. anu That It must br allnwn That The
Inspector then passed allcl defective stonc. In
short, the Government should Ahow the con-
i!tion Of the stone ut the time II was accepted,
Atlu 1t was hardly proper 10 attempt 10 work
backward and prove that BY proving ith cou-
dillon nuw.
Mr. Canptcti, IN rcply sptil TIC objection was
Of great lmportnuce, aiul sholtl be settled ut
uurc. Sir. Swett wnptel proof uf the exterior
xurfacc Of the rougt, .tono at the tiu,u ii was
delivered. Now, uccortl!ng to the contract, the
stone WIS to be frye from "spots, stains, or
that stonc vutItainel quart Of petroleum,
when delivered. Mr. SWEET would harily contend
tI,nt scls stose filled the contract fi,erc was
no .ueVcioptnehs oi me oeifeaE!lIl. tit lrosl'
nr me potash ~ Ilie s,nne.-no Daf"ln'an':h' 81
nbntit h:--inr thdse aelcets were lhefe ali th!,
t!met MD time anu tslo mca,hcr simply hclpeu
TO britiE them out.
Gah'phcll on !Ne sLate u .aets' tHe eiiargc
for poor stonc ~ ior Eond. sl!ppose IT st9uld
be ahuwn TINT TIC stone WIS furnished ultt nc-
cente'l IN rood fn!tl!. Tt1e 1caI sn91ect Of III
ury y snort, was t's & e9n'io, @ o. IT, - stope
PARTIES.
Thu Court thought the question, 80 tar as It's
form was concerned, *as eoninrtcnt. a, to ts'r
srtlo , tht ;t ,ts hl s "an tn1ns BE- son
nn'l aeccptrd, ho thought thc ohretlon went
to be- oficrcd. Undoubtedly llte prosecution
ha.l fl'c right to SHOW val tllc stone
a no. mest h,,, Il ,.n Ing ~ feMehss r ., Ht
Actcnhc to SNOW tilAt 'ac ueicctf, y any, were
coneeaIe'l At t,o time, ns repu'l'K thu Charge q
conspiracy. Ihe Testimony wns competent. III.
his opltlioa. ds Duarlns upon the conditlon Of
tls le stoIe when It Was furnished.
ine t!tleltt ionN w. c1eepihM''
Estate, NJ. Boy!.Esnn." continued Mr..
bontc'l, whether 'Ae sso'e III t''c building
is or a uN1PoiM cot0nl".
"it is not Of uniform coor,n rcp1,c,1 the
nrchtcrt t1tc building rs It now st,uJs has
ynrcty OF s,,nucs of tic eauIc stone, varying
IRON, very dark TO quito llelIt, and Mi ,1,c i;itcr
mciIatc al,a,ics letwret, i iightish inf al,I M
ain,ust black stone, | noticed tic wn,.t OF mi.
JnrniLy as !flc building WIS 0uny i,u.t'
II INV usk yo,, is 10 the condition nf
the building Mitli retercnre to spots Or stntus
urn,j1,ttd by petrOlellrn, r01, or u,ly ni1cr stA
4 aisntaiH
1t1Irrc aru hlprks That fniicatc decided soots
Of n dark petroleum eos,-as II petroleum lad
onzrt3 uHt.-!,M others which prolury different
snnis In Ihc form Of rIls,. ike irOlLr,lst.',
@iIpw extensive IN tIifs discoloratnn from
n,,rncun n,,I irpnl''
Viii. IL ID u,1itu extensive ull thronrb tl,,,
mdlliu.t.-iu stju,u localities moro xrtHnaiyn
| tsn,, ~, ot,urs.i
'"HI lin ,shnt ut,rt,on OF tho building Ia IT. t,,e
most c1trnslycH"