Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-14

"A private report ii Su1O 10 nave
been made already to the sanitary
district by the Great Lakes Company
giving revised figures on the quantity
Of stone II has taken. The contracting
company is said to have specified in
detail on what Jobs the stone was
used. for 1t is using the spoil banks
stone on other than the city pier
work. The figures could not be sc.
cured. Edward Mahoney, comptroller
Of the district, who checks up on the
payments for stone, said that he had
not seen or heard Of them.
Those figures were sent over last
week and are confidential SO far as
we are concerned" said James Cahill
Of the Great Lakes Company. Our
company does not want to get drawn
into the mess. However, the city can
be sure that 1t is not paying for any
stone we did not deliver. We got
most Of the stone from the Western,
and 1t Is responsible to the sanitary
district. We used more than 100000
cubic yards, too"
The figures of w. o. johnson, sec.
rotary of the harbor commission, show
that the city has been billed for o..
4SS.25 cubic yards up to Sept 80.
That hauled this month will bring It
close to 100000.
THE measurements are made on
average box loads on the barges at
the time of delivery" he said. "Of
course the stone in the boxes occu-
sNino mn Nh0s, lsS hn
banks, which have been settling for
years. Naturally the contractors all
considered that in making their fig.
ure in the bidding"
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From the Chicago Daily News, Octo.
Der q, 1914: Measuring up of the
stone in the retaining walls Of the
new city pier was going on today un.
der orders of T.. c. Shankland and
Lawrence Z. McGann, the harbor and
subway commissioners. Both officials
declared they were satisfied that the
measurements would show the city
has received the full quantity of stone
for which 1t has been charged by the
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com.
pany, contractor. At the same time
representatives of the Sanitary Dis
trict are measuring up the quantity of
stone which has been taken from the
spoil banks by the Western Stone
Company, the concern from which the
Great Lakes Is purchasing its sup.
plies. On account Of the new agree
ment between the city and Sanitary
District by which the district gives
stone free for public work the city is
the only concern which could possibly
lose. The Sanitary District would get
nothing for the stone. the contractors
price Of $1.33 cubic yard for stone
filling being reduced by the price Of
ION cents, which the district charges
when the stone Is for private use.
From the Chicago Daily News. Oc-
tobeT 30:
Some of the mystery which has
surrounded the hauling Of stone from
the spoil banks Of the drainage canal
was cleared up today when George NJ.
Wisner. chief engineer for the SAM.
tary district, made public his report
on measurements OF the stone taken
this year. The other report which
the corporation holding the contract
for building the city pier claims to
have made showing the amount Of
stone It has used on its various Jobs
continued an elusive mystery. Every
trustee or Official Of the district who
could be found In the ofiices today
denied having received It. At the
Offices Of the Great Lakes Company
they continued to maintain I'VE do
not want to get In bad with the dis.
trict by telling to whom the report
was sent" The report shows how
much stone the company used on all
its jobs this year.
Mr.. Wisner's report shows that up
to Oct. Is, this year, the Great Lakes
Company hauled SS,946.2 cubic yards
of stone from the drainage canal. For
this the district Is to be paid by the
Western Stone Company at rate Of
ION cents a cubic yard. The city es.
Inmates quoted by Mr.. Wisner are
that during this period the company
filed in 97,7S6 cubic yards of stone in
the new pier. This Is the amount to
be charged by the city at $1.33 cubic
yard"
From the Chicago Daily News, DC
tober 81, 1914:
Announcement that the city will
not pay any more vouchers Of the
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Com
pany until 1t Is determined how mucf
of the filling at $1.33 a cubic yart
in the new pier is stone and how
much is air was a big development to
day in the drainage canal stone sensa
ton. The declaration that the city
will have thorough investigation
came from Lawrence Z. McGann
commissioner of public works and {
member of the harbor and subwa!
commission. The city officials are de
termined not to have repetition O
the 'shale rock scandal, where thu
public funds were paid out before thu
joker in the measurements was dis
covered. The Great Lakes Compan!
secured a $11S,O00 check from thu
city Wednesday covering work up Il
Oct. 8.
1.-THE investigation for the city Il
determine how much actual ston'
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