, 1879-05-24
cIJSTOM-HOUSE CASES.
, Number Of Architects Put on
F" The Stand.
c,,o Sneak Kindly Of the New Building
md Mr. Dnrling.
n,,.'mony a. to tho Excellent Character
Of tho E1.suporintendont.
.,.,, yt,ta Stone, The Systtm Of Patching, and
' Other Amusing Subjects.

~ N. opeptng Of the sixteenth days pro.
W ~. In tte triat OF tho Cuatum.lluuse cases,
sseo'tt see Wct,agr placed upon the stand ox-Ctty
~ ...nrcr 1grfabec, who testified TINT he had
.s.'n s.n nurllug, bualnesa.wtse md socially, for
tn0"S '. dvr years, and hc could conceive Of no
ssss W. reputat!on than that gentleman had Gu
jorrd. ..,.,o., J., pp,,.,n,,. oooa
character: ..,,.,.,,,,.,,, ,,a ,,,-
.s.,lons correspondence ID tho case began With
,al,. letter to Burllng in reply TO the latter's
..a1mnntcat!on statlng that he had rejected ceF-
.sn .tous. and sent them back to tbs yard: Hill
.,,t.d. M IN this letter, that rejection Of stone,
liz, inspection and approval. was at tho OK.
n.u,a Of the Government. =.
MR. ". L. D. JHENET,
N, v.ll.knoru architect. happened TO be in
ion,t. and the opportunity to put him on the
.,,nd xas embraced at once. Mr.. jenney testt-
Al that he had used Duenn Vista stone In a
IN ira bank building In Indianapolis. Perfect
.,ona was furntshcd.-at least 1t appeared per-
1T IA ,lnc,-but 1t developed iron and pctrole-
nm narks In time.
On The cross, witness said he did not know, as
an .etuaf fact, whether tho etonn came direct
foom The quarrtcs or from tho Cincinnati yards.
From bis master stonecutter, however, hu had
t<.roed that It came green from tic quarEics,
but whether It went to the yards before coming
here or not, ho could not saY. The sap in the
ttopo acted rs the sap In trees.
On the redirect, Mr.. Jennoy said the imperfec.
tIoas Developed before the building was com-
le,ed.
n tIr. agott, the witness said he thought
thero was time when nll these imperfccttons
N,.n,esr.a.-tl,at tley dried ont, in. fnct,
'Ta H. ro,nnl,e1l In snfd thnt thta VA. nure
III '.. oAp a s'..s 80 .s.....
ol these co!oring substances. and not from
,ctu.l individual exuertmcnt with the stone.
r., IT. u,ut,,,. wttnnss aatd In did mt ha-
A.. T.. ~ ~. ,,onrs ,hnt tho s,nna n~,und I'm
nsfe ID !ne 'aeosf 'int e'q Ssuao Asuuno nv
Iron n0dule rotted out. IN The indianapolis
building he would have permitted no patching.
Ia yir. Hoync, witness said the definition OF
sa..... l., +ho A,,nr,,o, F,,,,1or,ato voo
tauasouo .a.'u. -. .a.soa. s,t,,,r,' ;saa a"a,,,a.
saDstant,a'y co'teet, A11noueh A'o4 no0n'e'
ttoue. They were, properly speaking, imper-
irc,lon, a,ld sono sandstone contained none ot
!sI !s.u0u 49, w.. >~ ~
usss M' vs. us'1sss' o.a... ,, .,..,oa,,o
10 As. s"ett' ue sala ph1cnlns was lustihapio
!a AZ attempt to save what otherwise would bo
lGst.
Nj. Campbell also went into the subject Of
Matching, and tho Witness sa.d ho would avoid
s;instrSiH5t excsnt m ]ast rcs,,rt. 1:o natci,
On. stons n ten wnuid. hn ti,nueht. be rather
donhtful cconomr'
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.,u MI. nn: :. ~ suAs'
taesi The cutting Of thu third aud. astle aud
lnt and second stories OF the new building.
lhe upper atorles Eayo evidence to his mind OF
tmote careful selection Of the material than
did tle lo@er stories. tue dliicre'ces0 VI appear
anee Id the stone, he thought, were duo to the
dacsent climatic tnfucnces to which INC dliler-
snt !ronts were exposed. lle had visited tile
eaitlng.ahops while the third story was going
up and was struck Wtth Tue keaeral excellence
oI tlle Workmnhs'ilp+ -Ile south front pnItscus
iafy gare erllcnce OF II carclut select!on Of mn
tsTal. In auch large building It wasimposslhle
y secure stone absolutely FREQ from discolora-
tons. Saving, under certain circumstances,
va RenelcIal. machine wouldn't loaf; q
*erkuian frequently would. tLaughteE.] Stone
cutters were uut oil alike; tfcvo would be aornC
!oatinE under contract. a contract for 1ay's
Work waa more expensive than contract for q
Work In The lump, althougn the quality Of tlle
Work under the first class uf contract Wus 1pt to
leauDcs1or, Ho had met DurlIUy long before thG
Indictment, md DurllnE complained tint the II
PIT cent contracts had cost SO mich, iu spite oi
all be could do to secure economical results lt
tht execution Of the work. liz spoke OF The
difficulty OF getting full days worl
out Of the men, aud deprecated tht
s{stem altogether. Nearly all eandetouc