, 1879-08-20
THE CITY BUILDING.
Two T''ouaand, Pa Gea'of restIno"
ny Somewhat Startle tho
co,11inttteo.
D1cCanrey rnlts to:T'rrn Up Until
tho Inst Minute.
After a Private Conference, Bus
mess Suspended TIL To-
Morrow.

f1ny morning. thclpa+ tfHH!'ss ls!oEaa11i AllH
rh,oup being present. Mhc1t tlM four wcro
seated the steno4rnpe>cr came into tllc room
With d basket ou !fs artn
tspcaci,cs4"
's'rhc testimony" replied tho shorthand
writer .......
"whnt!'' Trlolucl Phelps. "11ow much of
"Abou. aooo pages"
"uuud .,nl: wEu is going 10 rcnl oil Of
thas1" suil Phelps.
~ n,oyc,n sahl Thronp, "tat It be turned
over 10 the Chairman tPhclrs} II read, and that
wien lie gets tllroueh 'Ie ht,lt' II to urahuis.n
And silrn to ym,," said Phelps.
mo; II would put uut n,y pot!scr cyo," said
Throop.
And ts1en MI the Committee laughed.
Ate, looking " stte tuunuscrtps few mo-
mcnts, anil not disturbing 1t at all, Phelps
arhcJ and turned tu some documents In front
Of him.
"TAis." said he, taking lin one, IT'S the cS-
certs, answers to llarrsun's questions. The
rcntlotnen hope they will bo satisfactory, and
ht e'hIsE ts moment Cfty.At,orucy tsinno ca.no
iu a,u. arctng tl!e ttenoRraplier, nsked him II le
lid transcribed us NOTES:
10 tic basAet..',
flrfpnel whlatlcu.
III wIlut e,rtl.ly uso Is thatf'' said Phelps.
"lmoyc" s1id ~ afn9p, %tl'at n. Il es bound
Urtnuell sat1 there was much c0nllict in :a,c
,cstimeny us 10 the meaning OF the contract.
etc.. and he DID Mt know how snc Questions ps
sutborities tI d. 1t, a,ll II tile outside parties
didn't like It
THEY COULD LUMP IT.
uWc arc going to mike d rcport,h snt1
Phelrs. "an,l i will he devi'1sh hot as far as
an irScn S"t'I!s Ills subject was droppel, and tc
Chairman picked IN unotlrr document. It was
a net,tj0n OF Fat Murnn nsk}f'g f0r tlufnagrs un
arcn1nt Of Injury to his property, growing nit
vf lis erection Of The A!lwauRcc avcnuo Via
Somo talk followed tho reading, all except
R,ordnn hel.lg of opinion tEnp the onET WY TO
hrp.ont such a rlain1 wns IN tile eIint,u of
Judgment. About aIty sats inHNng NV, ~ sae
p'IIsn Tnrn Pheips looked at tho testimony md
asked, s.Wliat nrr WI goIlig to 10: !"
M, ouo srunled abe to answer the question,
n,r did t,cre eeeu to be disposition to do
nurthinr, Those a,0O0 pages q evldcure were
lust 1,0gy too many; and not a cotnniitteeman
flall tic courage to tackle tue "copy."' After
rnntgmplaltng 1t n few moments. tho Chair,l'at,
tururd to h}a pile o1 uapers ayain a,d ilshcd out
thc snnuemgntai report of. The EXPERTS lie
tmrnci Il over, looked at tl,p title MD inquired:
aWru nfe ne gong III H1akt TtutIt9'
AThat drxendy nn you." sud Throop. .
III am ID favor of making 1t Now,n satl
1as1T$ 1IaMTo had better GO somewhere md lovo
little dclbcrastoa," anla Ihroop: "MctailreY
o,,ahs 10 be here. iaon't wait . minority IT,
PHELPS referred to the eoxperts' REPORT.
"Scnd oil tho papers to tho Couilri!," sail
Throoy;& & "T,e ,'e1; Council mar want to take 'l'e"'
" p"He,ois He u.s. Que" said. phc'ps,-.tu proposition
to eubs,lsutr blue granite tor t.e blue onc.",
ii moye tint It bo piarcd on ale," said
The motion wna agreed to.
.tWhcn uso you cn,1,g to wnrts3h asked Gran-
pfs. II s!,bald ,!ko 10 tok thls ctS. S.liafl mat
ter nver privately a,soug ourselves bsfore NJ
aectilo on any rcpnri.'
"Vcrv WILL" nut IN Phelps.
"Anl our rol,scrsut!o,I.h went on Grannis,
awuutdn't he .! any ft!tarsst to rcportcrs.h
There were scyesal, Of tllG craft nresent, but
t,rrn myr urrn ru many star-s!lan,hcr n,re sll,gs
lutcly lint reporter considers 1t bis duty tu
'''' MOTION TO nouNcr
IL agreed to. iur 1t o'tcn happcns tint the nm
torjky 1T Il gathering hnye uutblpE to euIcgal.
In tGs cuse, no attnnlinn was pald By tho oll,et
members Ui The Cumnttee 10 Mr. Graunis.
Perhaps trre was d rc1sun fur so doiH0.
.TI,u .t,y hus snrlt fu tnlirlr money!" said
rhroHp, uilnt w ought to i1ayc full Cdtn-
mittee. Perhaps no should hut agrce. al!d
tlsrrc wasli4 h: a minority repHr'."
las VIC havrE't tuil Conlnlttee," said
Phelps, 'tlall we adiournf'
"Wc hau bcttcr ,Aateslaln," said Tfroop,
T. what time MtCui[I1v VIII l,t here"
..iiu tnitl snr.' said P4elps "he Woulu be
here Mt 10 o'clurE.h
"And su hc did me- sail Thrnop. "Ths
isn't treating INC tohhlt1ec WELL. .,.,, L.,
Iio.!an, 'aud ps hs .hat should be here:
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"itiSY tla MA. q rIt1 'o 'oIeS'' fa'o '''oFoa"'
"AlcCa1.rcy llau m onlcetloh.' tnlu Hfanhls'
nc pnt ta%'st ~ .,:,m %tc ~ o g Ws,,t a"ay Nv VII ios ~
hi's TM oWa's o''' ''i'" ~! 09s"S " "a'' Nv
can't DO neto .nn},o", . i'. s@ t,'ooO' ~,
et " w., ~ ap'ii n,yisr hsrs Ssu
maze MeCalIte' ol Law!ss .'' ., "use. e., .r,
va sa' etys t IN h. hrr ;h,. . nftnrnnH ,od
A'oiuhn. ;,,.,,a ,,,,.u ,,,o ,1or ,,,eu a..
~. !cts rMut!ou." o"''' '''' "o' H''eF ~
morrow saMa Ahsoot t,..,,,nr.,,r lin ...,.
G1nr GS,rt w. " anft''"s-1ah LUIS '1assoF
o'ert" peadea nralss!!a: .a. .,. ,