The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

( in response to the letter written by Mr..
I Kern at his request.
Bowman left the stand apparently re-
lieved.
The Lost Plans.
Those lost plans then came up.
The attorney stated that the plans for
the joint building were missing, and could
/ not be found. He had asked the clerk re-
garding them, and that official had stated
I that he had not seen them since taking
| the office; that none were turned over to
him by Mr.. Meloy
This statement resulted in Mr. Stanton
being sworn He said that the plans
were filed with Mr. Allen in 1891, and that
he saw them in 1892, some time in Febru-
airy. The plans We're then in the tin case
which is now occupied by the plans of
the structure proposed by Mr. E-pponyi:
Causten Brown, jr:, who succeeded MIR.
stanton corroborated this testimony.
Il. w. Cornell, the confidential man for
the architects was sworn. He said that
both Bird and ProCdfoot were in Phila-
delph1a- Mr.. Cornell was able TO produce
the specifications but not the plans. He
had some blue print copies of all draw
lngs except one, which has disappear
ed in some manner which the witness
could not explain. However. Mr.. Proud
foot would come home the first Of May,
and he might be able to explain.
The court took charge of the prints in
the absence of the originals.
on the top of the shelf in the vault
Thus ended a small sensation.
Poor Stone Work.
Mr.. Whittemore then branched off in
an inquiry in regard TO imperfect work
on the building. I'm conducting this in
veStigation / deem it wise in view of
certain rumors regarding the walls to in
troduce certain testimony regarding their
security. i do not want anything but
the truth. and will try to get the court
some Information from men who worked
on the structure. / do not want to cover
up anything either" he said.
WnlttemOrp MOrOnl i
Thomas. This witness worked for Houli-
han, Griffith a Morris, and said in an
sWer TO questions that he had set stone
On the tower the specifications called for
brick behind each course of stone as laid,
but that was not done in all cases. There
We're several cases where this was not
What. in your Judgment. will be the
effect upon this wall; will II last as
lcng?"
I'm your judgment are the walls in this
building as good as they are in other
buildings upon which you have wcrked?'
The witness then made the remark.
able statement that at least one-third
of the stone which went into the build
ing was unfit for the purpose.
Mr.. Geddes then took the witness In
hand.
''What time. if ever. did you leave the
building?"
They wanted me to go back to setting,
but / refused. The work was in such
beastly shape that l went away and
left it..
On a cross-examination by Mr.. Norris.
the witness said that he never made any
complaint to any one regarding me mat
ter He knew it was a public building
Walter Worthen was called and test-
fled in the same direction. He had worked
upon other large buildings in the CITY,
and said that the work and material on
the new county building did not com
pare we'll with those. Mr.. Worthen was
asked particularly as to the tower ana
said he thought that was "all right now;
but then witness was one of the SUBJ
contractors for that portion.
LAYERS at the new building under Mr..
Lowe, next took the stand. He consid-
cred the brickwork was satisfactorily
done on the whole.