Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-13
CHAPTER \IIl-Continued

"A a habit of strollng into the offices of tn"
various dealers in the city.
What are the proper concrete proper
tions?" was his request in all of them.
Charts were taken ont and consulted.
There was no difference of opinion; all
agreed that the head superintendent's fig
ures were out Of the way and by one bar
rel of cement
Graft! There was no doubt about it in
his mind: and he proceeded to figure out
just where the trouble lay. ON that depart
ment store job there We're several mixers.
on every mixing the head superintendent
made one barrel of cement, There were seN-
eral foremen. on every individual mixing,
the foremen, severaly, made two barrels
of cement In every mixing three barrels
of cement were left out.
But what about the WALL thalloner
asked himself when once more alone.
And so it came about that he found that
in this business, of all businesses, there
was a chance for an honest man After
little while he found another job--Gtill at
two dollars day. 1t was beginning once
more at the bottom and working up yet
| he did it, But the instant he had worked
UP he was again confronted with a SIM
| liar situation 1t was question OF Slu'
up or get out :" Gradually, ii Is true, the
| burden of the song of these men shifted
| slightly and became, Come in with u.s. OF
| keep silent"
A few more experiences Of this sort and
| II was given to Challoner to perceive that
| he had knowledge Of these things IN advance
| of the general public. People looked upon
., a, sonoatbing marvellous The
| agitation among the construction men, the
newspaper accounts about its cheaphesS. TO-
| eether with the wonderful results obtained
| by it's use in other cities, all complheu W
dazzle owners about to build.
From day to day, ChalIoher cou'u see
tho demand for concrete increasing. lie
| saw. too that the price of brick was iaillhs
off because concrete had awakened new
| interest in the minds OF the people, h"u
aroused their enthusiasm. PIalhlS' 'hal'
| loner was excited. He could see, could taIk
| of nothing else While Miriam was IN the
| hospital he had begun to talk concrete WIN,
nor. when she was convalescing ana had
| returned To their rooms-they had three
| now-figuratively speaking, theE had ce-
| ment for breakfast and for supper bu,
| il was his business now and his whole NINA
| was concentrated upon II.
! And in all this there was singular ana
| valuable fact: Challoner was the only man
| in town literally the only man, because OF
| ,be circumstances of the case, OUTSIDE OF
| the contractors who knew the business ana
| vet who had intelligence enough 10 uhuer-
| stand the danger in concrete Na'uri"E,
| the contractors did not tell owners ah"ut
| craft They did not warn their customers
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| owners themselves did not know
| chaIloner was quick to seize MS oppor-
| tunity; besides. he was conscious tnat
| duty rested upon him. Day anu hisht no
| scanned the papers, and when ne iou''u
| concrete contract recorded ne Iooheu up '''
o,,,nnr saw him personally and told him
| facts or course. most OF thls was uohe at
| night and on holidays
| ,you don't say so?" the owner would re-
| spond opening wide his eyes
| But Challoner mentioned no naiheS' ne
| merely outlined conditions some CON
| tractors, he acknowledgeu' N'ie -
| nerhans most of them, but many were care
| ,nee And then the foremen on these Johs
| nnouestionably were poorly paid. surely
| the temptations were great
| ,.you don't say so?" the owner would re-
peat ,.1 chic o,.nor
| And when the job started TINS owner
| would nut a competent man on 10 OVERSEE
| Il Frequently it happened that this man
| was I l.. Challoner. The time came wheh
| he made SIS a day. Moreover, the time came
| wben many of the good concrete walls IN
| town owed their strength to nina
But even though his time was iuli' ana
money was plentiful it did not interfere
LII -baIIoner's interest in the evolution OF
| concrete and concrete graft; nor was ne
| slow to recognize its value 10 polluclahs
| and so when the "ring'-for there was sun
a ring in spite of the efforts or Murga-
| troyd-sprang its little SURPRISE Nh"i'O'''
| knew what was coming . -, .h
"a new concrete hospital SAID the
.ring." and saw in it the thin edge OF the
wedge, for they foresaw new concrete
iail Possibly they could go still further
| II they could educate the people up 10 IT.
they might have more new concrete CITY
buildings ,.,.., oo,,,s
| However, the new concrete hospital oa''''
frst. II was one-third finished when j. -
Challoner applied for and secured Jop a.
foreman of the mxing-gang on the cas-.
wing The men who employed MIN dld no'
know him; If they had, they would nave
dismissed him at once. 4.
Great scott The graft IN cement u
annalling," :" Challoner exclaimed oeiore ht
had been on the work twenty minutes h'
voiced his protest he would not stop Noic'
,ng n. for he found that the hospital wai
heing built chiefly of sand ana proAer
stone. - Ar. s,nariptendenI
| said: -, Anvs W. mus
,.ys MIN In with US on this.
Rut ChalIoner could not be seen !,
ashs supsrintepdsnt shook his ne1e sh'
u s.asr ao ths oontracteEs n remkr3ee M -,
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