Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-10

whateve, civil liability the contrac-
tor might inser in thus departing
from the plain tefms Of she contract
in the substitution of inferior ma
tefisls that in q criminal proceeding
10 coeId rot be taken advantage OF
BY the state, lnlcs: conspiracy wss
first proven, ard that the TACT OF the
substitution, il the results were beE-
eficisl, was no evidence bearing upon
the question of the attempt to de-
!raud the city.
1t Is impossible to follow in detail
the mastery cross-examination of
Expert Chandler by Mr.. Sturgeon.
He was well up in the subject Of
cenents and put the witness through
a sevete and rigid cross-examina,ion
into the various kinds Of cement;
their component chemical ccrstitu-
ents; their various methods Of man.
u!acture, their comparative strength
and price. the various tests BY
which their iensil and crushing
strength Is determined, and all the
minutia CT cement lore" From this
examination Ii spPears that Portland
cement, which 10 an artificial cements
made by double burning and grind.
leg certain lime stone rock and other
chepicsl ingredients, has about
three times the strength and resist
ing force OF the class OF cement
known as natural cements,n Of
which the Milwaukee is fair SAM
pie: ths. the price is about as
three to one, and lasting qualities
in about tie same ratio; that 10
accomplish equal results with Mil
waukee cement three tides rs much
has to be used as OF the Portland,
and even ten it would not be as
good. He further testified that the
! sewer tsteu as whole was not a
good job. and its poor condition
Nigh! and probably was due in softo
measure 10 the quslity and scarcity
OF the cement. and the fact that too
much sand was used in the cement
mortar. lie disclained that Aid.
Kennedy or William Edwards, whom
re saw in Canton just prior to COM
ing here. instructed him as to the
nature Of the examination they de-
sired made, or that he had any other
motive in the matter than TO arrive
at the truth.
Jacob A Harmon. q civil engineer
from Peoria. ii charge o. the con.
struction OF the city's new reservoir
on the bluff, was called as an exper,
on cement and sewer construction.
lie said the authorities were agreed
that Portland was superior TO the
Rosendale cements, OF which Milwau
kee was a fair sample; that for al
grades Of sewer work, or work under
water or liable to be effected by frost
Portland was superior TO any othe,
cement. Upon cross examination h,
admitted that sil cements properly
mixed and applied were practically
indestructible, and that the Mi!wau
kee, under ordinary circumstance
would last as long as the brick in tn,
sewer.
| Andrew Etzel testified that he wa,
q policeman II years, and Tor two
years prior TO last spring was chic
o.: police; that he went down to tn,
house Of James McCaffrey at the re
quest Of the grand jury last January
and usht up 60 the Armory s
large number OF sacks; that the sack.
were found 30 have from six to II
Milwaukee sacks inside OF the Port
land sacks, and were all stored in {
shed which was nailed up and the
sacks concealed from sight; tina.
there were 1.699 Milwaukee and Is
Portland sacks.
Lawrence Kramer, late night cap.
tain Of the police force, said that al
the request Of AID. Kennedy he wen,
to she house Of Charles Brown anc
got a large number of sacks. ar
ranged as Mr.. Eszel found those o,
McCaffrey's, Milwaukee sacks inside
OF the Portland. He could not tel
the exact number, but there was .
fair sized wagon load.