San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-17

hammers. Sixteen cut work is done on
monumental work"
Walter Scott was sworn and said, in
answer to Major Green:
I'VE had to put in sewer pipes. The
whole amount of extra labor is $4,000. II
| that had been let by contract it would
have been counted in as:extra work.
Jno. A. Ettler was sworn and said: Il
have had no connection with the build
ing. / claim that three courses will make
a stronger wall than a five foot wall be-
cause there are less joints. : think they
did good work. l examined the building
yesterday aud day before. l heard Mr..
Teich's testimony. found an opening
clear through, under thel Sills, where IL
should be. have no.interest in the mat
ter at all, | was competing architect
with Gordon & Laub Tor the plans
In answer to Maj. Green, he said: Il
did not examine joints. There are open
ings under the stills. Joints oare always
made wider in the rear than In front.
examined the character OF the work; In
my opinion the work is done strictly ac-
cOrding to the specifications.
Henry ID. Salliway was sworn and said:
81 reside in San Antonio. have resided
here for eleven years. l am superintend-
ent, on account Of the county, OF the
county court house bui lding.O l am &C
WIN buO NOih hoNO
made thorough business of building. /
commenced at the bottom of the ladder
and worked myself up the top round. In
order to bed rock properly, the rock on
the inside should be slack, consequently
there should be more mortar on the in
side to make clear work. l have been
examining the work since Nov. IL. | have
scraped off the mortar from the rocks,
and pronounce the work to be the best
work masons put up in the city. The joints
are from quarter to three-eighths. The
work done is much better than Specfica
tionS. 1t adds to the solidity Of the build
ing. | made an estimate of the difference
Of the price, from scale of granite cut
ters' prices given me by Mr.. Frank Teich;
2,244.2O is the difference between the cost
of the three and five courses. Large
stones cost more than small ones. For a
building to lie built of large stone, it will
cost more than with small stone. 1t costs
more to handle large rock than it does to
handle small rock. The damp course is
left out on the west wall. know nothing
about the concreting."
In answer to Mr.. Franklin, witness
said: LAS contractor | would charge
higher for large stone than small stone.
The stone Is brought from the 5. A p.
depot in wagons. Outside of the city hall
derrick and the derricks at the new coun'
ty court house, | have never seen der
rick in this city that would lift the stone
l have more concrete work than any man
in the city. The character of the concrete
foundation is an excellent piece Of work"
In answer to Maj. Green, witness said:
ut is the owner to give all levels. The
levels were given by the county surveyor.
| have made an estimate of the money to
be paid the architect and contractor.
1924 1863 is the amount of the firstcontract.
He has gotten on that 81 per cent of his
CON missions, in all the amount is twelve
Thousand and some odd dollars" The in
vestigation was postponed until 10 o'clock
tuesday morning.
The committee of experts appointed
Yesterday, composed of Adam Maurer.
Frank Zeven, Geo. Feustermaker and
Patrick Walsh, met the committee at two
o'clock and were instructed to take the
plans and specifications, examine the
building and the finances, and report the
result to the court Tuesday morning.