Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Walls Demolition to Make
Way for Park Practically a
Confession to Faulty Con-
struction.
"Safe Bet No Dynamite Will Be
Needed to Tear Them Apart"
Veteran Workman Declares.

League Island Park at n cost of more
than s25oOoo to the taxpayers, which
three noted engineers condemned, has at
last confessed his work was faulty. By
his orders squads of laborers have torn
down practically the entire structus.
Only small parts OF the cracked wall
are still visible Expenditures for the
park thus far have been about SL5ooo'o
Laborers in the park frankly admitted
today that demolshing the wall wasn't
q difficult job one man ventured to de-
clare the job was the easiest he had
encountered in years, because of the
faulty material with which the structure
was built.
Less than four months aEo, after a
board of experts assigned by Director
Cooke, of the Department of Public
Works, had submitted a report which
stated that the walls were worthless
because of many cracks. assures and
holes in them, Senator Ware made this de-
Tense:
THE wall is 4 handsome structure and
there is nothing wrong"
lii face OF conclusive proof furnished by
the experts, composed of such men as
Frederick w. Taylor. of this city. for
merry consulting engineer of the Midvale
Steel Company; Richard L. Humphrey,
president of the American Concrete In
Ntitute. and Allen HAZen. of the firm of
Hazen & Whipple. consulting engineers
of New York. Ware Issued emphatic de-
malls of their grave CHARGES
Later the Senator employed a corps of
engineers whose identity he refused to
make public. The engineers were de-
tetled to make an inspection Of the near
concrete walls" The report of the Sem
ator's private investigators was never
made public.
The Senator has made many trims in
HE automobile down to TAarus Island
since the work of raZing the walls was
begun The demolition which many res
identa In south phIIadeInhia dacrars Is
:. disgrace 70 This CITY. was begun last
JuIv
From, HE automobile ,,.orl,,,a, d.
.,,rod +olo,. c.ra+or Lar. no jo,,b+ b.a
an exceIIan, chance +, view. tho ocl,ad
walls nads of impurities He also roIIId
SOC the u,ortbIeee raIlrs f-o,,, tbe+ ,,or-
tage noirt
DYNAMITE NOT NEEDED.
In the group of workmen detailed in
+be mari, This r,or,irc, ,rss , ,a,era,
- ,.,.
cunning "recheT anu a'I-''outld laooit''
This man, who has worked on many
nounicinaI construction fobs frankly de.
-, ~, - - -,
eiareu tha'' o"I"s 10 TIE poor F'"Ns'
used 1t was sure net that dynamite
"ou.ah De needed
Inc reno" VINO mao I'G contract l"I
puttlns these IhllEs up mean .noS'
WaAs-cerlaIh4y must nave seen ms dun
DER py th!s time my man VINO HdS
eyes and knows tninG or two anout
tt eonoreDe VIII say Igat tob ''eCr 0,,, %iind
thing wrong with TINS Jop. Oh'y oHha
man couIdnt tell the uHieEehce'
Senator ware mas the contract Tor pro-
eeeding with the work IN the PARK. Il"
was given the contract last June ue-
cause his bid or SN''p was ths lowest
1t was learned toady that one OF tH'
nrst discoveries by laporeTs ana others
detailed 10 tear down the walls was taat
the structure around the laEpons was
defective. THIS fact vas also pointed OUT
by the experts IN their revelations.
The three tnvestiGators' who condemned