The San Francisco call., 1897-09-23
NOT READY
UNTIL JUNE
A Distant Hope Of the Com
pletion Of the Hall
of Justice.
October l Is What the Long
Delayed Contract Calls
For.
superintendent of Construction Buck
ley Says Work will Now Pro-
gress Rapidly.

Con tractors Baten an DFOS. nave at laSI
set the machinery in operation for the
Tample OF Justice, and John +. Buckley,
The superintendent OF construction, says
work will start in earnest this morning,
and prophesies that the building, which,
according TO contract should have been
finished by October of this year, viii be
ready for occupancy by June, 1898. He
blames the contractors for the delay, but
says there Will be no more waiting.
The contract with the Pacific Rolling
Mills for steel was entered into on the
18th OF August for the first time. Since
that date all possible haste was made by
Superintendent Noble of the rolling
mills 10 turn out he work.
In speaking of the prospects of supply
ing his share OF the material for the build
ing Mr.. Noble said:
so far as we are concerned there has
been no delay on our part. We got the
drawings on the 18Th OF last month, and
at once set to woTk to ill our part OF the
contract.
at took some time to get our drawings
in shape and our models made. This job
iffers in many ways from the ordinary
steel furnished Tor buildings. In all other
buildings the joints are boited, but in this
every Joint must be rlveled, and this re-
Quires the most exact gauglng IN the casts
and hole drilings, as the least little bit OF
discrepancy will throw the whole columns
cut of gear, and may cause the casting OF
an entire new piece.
I'VE now have quite lot OF castings
ready, and We despatched our first load TO
the building to-day. We will be in posi-
tion to start the placing of the steel
columns in position in few days, and
from now on we will have our men at
work riyeting them together.
There will be no delay so far as we are
concerned. We will have every inch of
our castings ready at the end of ninety
days. So the new temple will not be ae-
layed so far as We are concern ed.
As regards the stonework for the build
ing, there has been no attempt up 70 yes
terdaY to get the stone-cutting under way.
Bateman Bros. stated some time ago
that machinery had been secured Music
yard for the proper cutting and dressing
of this material, but an investigation dis
peiS this assertion. True, however, an
attempt had been made to rig up the
proper machinery for that purpose. but
with a derrick capable of hoisIIug two tons
it was found that to lift q stone block
Weighing from ten to twenty IONS the two
ton derrick was not equal TO the occasion.
hence the first consignment OF stone for
the building was placed under the saws a
)
Stone cutters Company at 1919 Market
street yesterday, and then only sufficient
10 keep the saws and planers rulnlng for
two days.
On this section of the contract Daniel
McPhee, the president OF the comp pany,
said: "Our company has just got the con-
tract from Bateman Bros. for cutting and
planning he stone. We started to-day on
the first blocks and have cut an eighteen
ton block already. We have about enough
to keep the saws running tomorrow.
After that we must stop until we get
more. If we had the stone we could
handle all in the next three months.
Otcourse if there should be a necessity
or 1t we could run all night, as we have
our yards provided with electric lights.
But fear we will not be troubled in this
direction, as the stone from the quarry
will come in rather slowly. One thing
certain the work will not be delayed by
any fault OF ours.
No such encouraging assurance could be
ascertained so far as the contract for the
terra Gotta material is concerned. inquiry
at the office of Gladding & Mclean, 1858
Market street, probably the only terra
Gotta institution in the city that has the
facilities to do the work called for in the
contract for this building, was met with
the reply that no contract had as yet been
let Tor this work. Bateman Brothers were
there about week ago and asked for tig
ures on their supply. Those were fur
nished, but since that time they have not
been to the office to enter into q contract.
Mr.. Mclean of the finn stated that with
the facilities at the company disposal
the first lot of terra Gotta could be made
and delivered in about seventy-tiye days
after the agreement would be entered into.
Mr.. Buckley blames the contractor for
the long delay.
The sub-contracts have only just been
let" he said, "and until they had been
settled no work could be done on many
branches of the construction. There has
been { ood deal done on the iron con-
tract, however, and the stone will be sup
piled more rapidly from this on
"Over $50 tons OF steel have been turned
out by the mills, and there will be $50 tons
more needed.
1.-The building will require 5000 cubic
feet of sandstone, and OIL this 800 cubic
feet is Oh hand. The quarry has been
slow in sending 1t in to the stonecutter,
but he has guaranteed more promptness
hereafter. There will be no further short
age of bricks, and L am assured that the
other sub-contractors will be on time
"Wo will have more men at work to-
morrow wednesday, morning, and We
will increase the number until We have
fifteen or twenty. The steel work will all
be really in at most three weeks, and in
two weeks more the frame vii! be in place.
l consider the prospects very bright.