The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-15
The STATE RESTS.
Testimony Of the Prosec1-
ton Against the City
Hall Commissioners
Finished.
HOFFMAN, ASKS FOR AN lcQUIlTAL
He Argues the Indictment
Should Never Have Been
Found.
ASKS FOR AN ACQUITTAL

Found.
From present indications the trial Of the
City Hall Commissioners will continue
Two or three days longer. Public interest
seems to have abated so far as sat-
tendance at the court is concerned. and.
there Were plenty Of vacant seats in the
court room yesterday This was in
marked contrast to the previous day
when the room was crowded Expert
Robert Maynicke resumed the stand af-
ter recess. and his cross-examination was
resumed by Mr.. McDermott Showing
the witness sample OF tile, Mr. McDer-
mott s,i,t asked him what he called it.
,4a rnat IS an encaustic tile.' replied Mr..
What do you call this" asked Mr.
Iae,i1r. MeDerinott. showing him different
THAT is an encaustic tile also.a
rs not this first piece showed you
pam tile and The other one an encaustic:
They are all called encaustic.''
WIN yon give me the definition of the
The witness said there were 3S40 feet of
second. and 5.202 on the first. The con-
put down is only worth so cents q foot.
The difference in the price between the
C contract price and what it is worth is
How many tons of iron work are in the
attic?" asked Mr. McDermott
I cannot tell"
'sAre there not more than % tons in the
bulldng mo more re than is called for in the
Il could not say.,'
DO you think it was proper to put in
the iron work not called for in the speci-
tower do you think it proper to get the.
greatest t. strength with the least possible
Il do.''
How about he angle irons used on the
II Do not think they are constructed
Never mind the construction; as :
matter Ilata r. OF fact. you do not think that
constructed properly. You do not find
any D, fault with the work as it is, do
Il find no. fault with the work ex-
cept that it is not according to contract.t'
-, You spoke Of the rough finishing Of
work there would be labor lost, wouldn't
YES
"The brick walls are carved up as high
Yes"
DO the specifications call for chimneys
80 sSN LII OQfsll Liz IOOl
Would it not mar the beauty Of ths
building to a great extent to carry chin
neys through the roof?''
mo. not that building
The witness said that when he pre-
pared his report for the Grand Jury he
said there We're no afr chambers between
the stone and brick walls, but Mr. Tall
man has told him that a space was left
for for 4 them He said that concrete is gen.
and broken stone He also said
that he approved of the change made in
the size of the newell posts and in some
other changes which were not according
to the specifications.
Did you point out to the jury any
defects in the arches?" asked Mr.. Nc
mo. they were all plastered over.
In reference to the granite base at the
which was not put in, the witness ad-
mitted that the plans were carried out
and explained that the plans do not call
do. He also said that in the tooling Of
the stone work the contractor would not
save any money by having, only four
by machinery. He could not say
whether there was any difference in price
between the lathing used and that called
did not think that Contractor English
made any money by putting more iron
in the building than the specifications re-
in the newell posts, the small staircase
in the well hole and other things that
he could not remember.
omitted;;. did they not put in iron arches
instead?"
.Yeu came eyer to see the City Hall
YOU visited the building with the
Mayes ayes. ana ms private secre'aryS
You took them all through the build
ingg"
Did you dine with them at Morrow &
Days., ayes"
anybody had profited 10y. the changes or
whether there was any intention to cor
HE did. and I told him that did not
think there was any intention to corrupt
DO you not think it cheap building
for the money!"
Mr.. Maynicke was then allowed to re-
tire to make some calculations about the
price of glazed brick.
Albert F. CAM, another expert archie
tect who assisted Mr.. Maynicke in the
examination of the City Hall, was called
what buildings he superintendent in his
twenty years experience, when the court
adjourned IIi, for the day.
said the piles would all rot in time. The
statement was ordered stricken out as
net heing responsive. The chimney caps
are of four pieces each. The specifica-
tions call for two each. The base of
granite is not there, The walls Of the
the specifications calling for glazed
'sThe specifications do not call for
glazed brick" interrupted Mr.. McDer-
The specifications were examined and
it was found that they required lining
bricks. The witness went over part Of
the same ground which Expert May
nicke covered SO thoroughly, and corro-
borated Mr.. Maynicke's testimony.
Shown a sample Of the wire, lathing, he
said he did not recognize it as the
Roebling standard 1athing.
Mr.. Winfield. ssthe wire required by the
specifications or the sheet iron lathing
Il don't know that there is any differ
ence.''
Mr.. McDermott did not think it neces-
sary to cross-examine Mr. Oench.
Mr. Maynicke was recalled by the
State and testified that he saw four
cracks in the Srnith building. He judged
that the superintendent weight IS IT'S or
200 tons. The weight over the cracks IL
1.500 tons
.sTo What do you attribute these
.sro fault in design
did you estimate the difference In
cost between the cost of the glazed
bricks used in the lining and those called
AR. McDermott objected to the qles-