, 1879-05-18

iliIn. i man named Moore cut ana carved
graye-stone but not in Government time. &c
caught some OF the men making sleeve-buttons
during Government time and stopped them,
though he didn't report them.
Mr.. McCagg put some questions on the sub
iect OF the saving, but the witness adhered to
bis previous testimony on that point: burllng,
towards the last Of the work, was anxious TO get
through with it, but from witness' recollection
he dida't complain sfll three days before the
work was stopped. Once, IN November, Burling
came to the shop and asked Gndele when the
men would get through cutting the nrns:
Gindcle said they would have them ready as
Christmas-glft, and Burling replied, :. These
men are worse than the whisky-thieVes'"
fLaughter.}
). That's reflection on my clients," said
Charley Reed, in an aside, referring to the hrst-
batch fellows.
f. D. GNDELK,
another stonecutter, was called, and, after seli-
ing what lie had done in the building and stone
cutting line, said he had been employed len
months on the new building as foreman undef
Mueller. When he went there, in 1874, ii Ihe
basement was IN process OF constructfon. nns nns
stone, It came from Twelfth street. ny p1lso 9
up around the gard, and patching gang OF u.
it and fix It up, the foreman OF the gang being
Cincinnati man who was acquainted Win tie
stone. This gang cut out iron spots ana put III
patches, and the work went o9 IRON june cn2 TO
September. Three eoiors M 81 o1Sn,t ssone "ens env
that that ali al the iron spots we're cut
out before the stones were set, but the LARGEST
were The light stone we're, IN MS opinion, lug
best, the buff the worst, and tue petro!euma
stones just medium. The latter IN tte, an.. us,sa
Witness was also engaged at Twelfth street,
about month in the early part OF 1879, after
which he left the work to go into business Tor
himself, j..
great deal Of the sawed stones naa 20 oe az IT,
story was going up and they had Just COM
menced on the second. Out Of ten stone sawed
nrobably one was perfect, and In such shape as
to 90 in without cutting. o..a,>ou a.,a s+ona
had been gotten out without saving and within
= h:lf-incI OF the net sizes; state whether, IN
vour Judgment, 1t would have cost any more to
cus i: in that condition than it cost to cut it
after being sawed as it was sawed!'
ss Fifty Der cent. a rough stone, dressed
With only the half-inch allowance, dressed on
both sides,-as general thing, under nv OBJ
scryation, it would cost 50 per cent more to
dress that stone than one that vas sawed. The
Government would have gained about 81 per
cent over the rough stone"
Tim witness further stated that the stone in
the third story was the best, and be saw no
reason why the stone In the others shouidn't
come up to it in quality. except that it didn't
receive the proper inspection: nag assIstea "a
Boyington, Cleaveland, ana va1 @ osael .il IL
caps, urns etc 1t was based on eight hours
work day, and was q fair and even liberal
one. To pay 35 cents superficial loot for saw
ing stone, and then to have to redress the stone,
erumcut. Iwenty-six cents a bed would have
been fair price.
AR. HoYNE, IN CRoss-EIAAIHISG,
fnoui-ad further iuto the subject of patching.
and drew out the fact TINT Glndele had patched
one stone himself, but the stone was alter
wards rejected
To Mir. McCagg the witness said it was not
practical to get out stone in the rough SO that
il should be Just the right size. It was cheaper
for the contractor to have the stone sawed and
then cut, and it was more expensive to the toy
erpmeuG to cut it down with the chlsel than to
first saw 1t aud then reduce it.
On the rediract, Mr. Boutell asked II it
wasn't entirely practicable to get out stone In
the rough so that it wouldn't exceed the net
size by more than half an inch. The witness
explained that it wouldn't be possible without
*scabpling" or hewing it to certain sizes.
MIR. SWEET, with Mr. Boutell's leave, took
hold minute for the purpose Of getting at this
tsscabbling" business. He went into tile sub
]ect Of the conditions necessary to getting out
stone from the quarry very minutely, and then
lowed, and tile Court, remarkIng that this par
ticular question might finally resolve itself into
one Of construction OF that contract, told 1r.
SWEET he might 90 on. The gentleman did SO,
and contrivcd to show by the witness that it
| was cheaper, II sprinciple, for the Government
| to saw stone first and then polish 1t of.
The Court asked Mr.. SWett for his under
standing as to who was to pay for the lalf-inch,
and bir. SWEET promptly replied that 1t was the
Government. THIS sprung another argument,
but It all ended In q general agreement that the
construction Of that contract would come un
hereaftcr-and remain up some time when it
did.
In answer to Mr. SWEET, the witness said
about so per cent of the saving was not done
perfectly.
One Of the jurors asked II # was possible to
nut stone sawed on two beds into building
without further dressing, and the witness ex'
planned that it was not.
1Very fair witness,'' exclafmedfthe counsel
for the defense in chorus and under thail
breath.
JOHN A'G1LvRAY,
who had ssnever had any other business than
that OF stopecutter," testified that he went tc
the new building us a stonecutter, and carved
under Mueller the second season in the progres.
Of the work,-in tho fall. He referred to the
iron spots, which, in the most OF the stone,
we're discoverable IL process OF cutting, for 5hs
Up the steel in the chtsel. Patching was done
to to the the 6putlding again., after the
temporary suspension, being employed
by Holman. He Was set to patching and IT,
the FORTRESS on the east 'front.' The whole
course was taken down then on account OF dis
Indignation in. the stone. Most Of the stones
were decayed, and, before being put back, they
had to be almost entirely rec1t. AFTER oone
this job he ycnt back to patching, and worked
at it from time to time until last summer: The
att;c-story stone contained great many iron
spots,-more than the third, which was com para