The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-24
4 TEA POT THMPESY.
All Over the Stone Trim
mings of the New
Police Station.
ARCHITECT GlELE's ODD WORK.
Accused Of Neglect Of Duty
His Little Transaction in
Polished Pillars.


Some meddlesome persons, at the IN
stigation Of Mr.. Architects Giele, it
charged. have raised a tempest in a tea
pot over the stone which is being used
for the trimmings and ornamental work
of the new station house now In course of
erection on Seventh street for the police
of the Second precinct. The con tract
for the building calls for Nova Scotia free
stone, white stone, and the contractor,
Mr.. Neil Campbell. is using Belleville
stone, which is a brown stone. 1t Is
charged that this stone now being used is
a portion of the material which once
helped to form the building of the First
Presbyterian Church at Washington and
Sussex streets.
In enaeavoring to ascertain what rea-
son there was for this sudden attack of
virtue, called upon Mr.. Neil Campbell,
the contractor. Mr.. Campbell admitted
that the brown stone was being used. but
claimed that it was far superior TO the
free stone and cost from 30 to 40 cents
more q square foot
81 snblet the contract for the stone
work." confined Mr.. CAMPBELL, to VIII
liam Guthrie. Mr.. Guthrie G. me to me
and said he had a quantity of Belleville
brown stone in his yard which was much
better and worth more than the free
stone called for in the contract, and
which he would like to use on the build
would save him the GU tlay OF capital,
and other trouble incident upon sending
to the quarFies for the stone. / told him
that could not give him permission TO
substitute the stone, but that | would
speak to Messrs. Madden, Cook and zoe,
the members of the committee In charge
of the building. I did SO. and the COM
mittee said that they would look into
the matter Mr.. Madden, / under
stand, took a sample OF the Belle
vile stone, the Nova Scotia stone,
and one other, and showed them
to several masons. architects and builders
and asked them which was the best They
all said the Belleville stone was the best.
Upon this Mr.. Madden and the Com
mittee gave Mr. Guthrie permission to
make the change
NOT THE OLD CHURCH STONE.
us the stone part Of that which. was
used in the old Presbyterian church
buildingT' | asked.
81 have reason to believe It is not" re-
piled Mr.. Campbell. s'But even If it is 1t
makes no difference. The stone would be
just as good for all that as though it
came direct from the quarry"
1.-The stone which Mr.. Giles contract
calls for is not used in a single building
in this city that know Of. 1t is not tit
for building purposes. Whenever 1t rains
the water runs down leaving black
streaks, aud the dust adheres to the
damp surface SO that in short ulme it
has a very dirty look Mr., Glele was at
me all the time to sublet the contract for
the stone to John English, a friend OF his,
but / refused. This same Mr.. English
was among those whose opinions Mr.
Madden asked as to which stone was the
best. and he said that the Bellevilie
was.o
next saw Commissioner Madden. who
corroborated Mr. Campbells version Of
the stone transaction.
"Mr. Giele is not properly attending to
his work on that stallion house, y Mr.. Mad
find him there when wanted to consult
with him about the building; and / I'M
derstand he has only been there q few
times since the building began. On Fri
day, when he was there he was told
that l wanted to see him, but
he did not wait and | did not see
him. He has made several plumbers in
the plans for the station house. The
plans called for wagon way for the
patrol wagon. When the walls were up
some way, Terry Mcdonald. the inspec-
tor of the building, called attention to
vehicle, and when the patrol wagon was
driven through Mr.. Mcdonald was found.
to be right.
The wagon tore away the walls and the
entrance was increased to sixteen feet two
inches. In order to do this we had to put
in an iron girder and two iron colamns at
q cost of $500, for which Mr.. Campbell
has Mr.. Giele's order upon the Board.
Mr.. Giele also made mistake in the
foundations for the piers to the front
wall which will cost the city SO 70 make
right. intend to make Mr.. Giele pay
that s27o If there is any way OF doing SO.
TRANSACTION IN COLUMNS
ftT emma fufo r0e1asgiOu fha Qfhar dQu
OF a letter from Robert Logan, a stove
dealer, with an office in the Bennett
Building, New York, to Mr.. Guthrie, in
which he offered to sell MIN eight polished
granite columns, four feet long, similar to
those which ornament the entrance to the
Police Headquarters bnilding, for $3.50. I
found that these eight columns had been
ordered by Giele for the new Turn Hall
on Union Hill. y and when they
got there ID was fonnd that there
was no place for them. Mr.. Mcdonald,
the Inspector, tells me that Giele came to
him and asked him to use his influence to
have the committee purchase these col
umns for 1925. When MIR. Mcdonald told
him of Lngan's letter he got mad and said
that IL we did not pay $225 for the columns
we could not get them"
DUGAN ENDORSES GIELE
Gieles' plans are right and there are no
mistakes in them, said Commissioner
Dugan when l spoke to him about the
matter. 1.-THE whole trouble is Campbell
has taken the contract TOO cheap and GER
tain people are trying to help him out
with a lot of extras. Why, Campbell
started to build the wail four
feet too short, but was made to
come up to the specifications. He
has now got one wall four inches
out of plumb and it will have to come
down. He had no right to change the
stone. He should have used what his
of nd Qrd .. +<.-s uI
was of an inferior quality the Board and
not he would be TO blame.n
There are some members Of the Board
OF Street and Water Commissioners who
are not satisfied with the condition of at
fairs in the matter and will probably at
tempt an investigation at the meeting of
the Board to morrow morning.