Evening star., 1922-02-09

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IT. said: please add to your. list
Knickerbocker Theater. 18th and
Columbia road"
snow look through your reports
and see whether you made any refer
ence other. than progress, Maj.
Gordon directed. adding:
was going on."t
Takes Antagouistic Attitude.
Maj. Gordon could not get a direct
answer from the, witness, so he In
and come back and testify today.
When Ringofd Hart took the wit
ness: he assumed an antagonistic at
titude. saying: :.
4 want to know who's questioning
me-
"Mr. Hart. assistant corporation
/, counsel of the District"
oh. beg your pardon. Mr.: Hart. !"
Mr.. Hart asked him If he saw any
thing out of the ordinary during the
NO." the witness said.
He was then excused
John Howard Ford, president and
general manager Of the Union Iron
Works, then was called.
He said that his predecessor. C. A.
for the theater.
Tells Of, Substitution.
Maj. Gordon examined the witness
nation of the Union Iron Works, sue
cessors to c. A. Schneider's Sons. Wit
ness Ford testified that he was presi-
dent and manager of the Union Iron
Works, and held the controlling in
terest In the company. He had been
NJ q a
computer. and in that capacity :ex-
amined the plans for the knicker-
booker as soon as it became known
1t was to be built.
He could not remember where he
first examined the plans, and said
say that he examined the plans in a
general contractors Office early In
November, 1916. He then negotiated
| with Mr.. Wagner to furnish the steel
work in accordance with the original
plans, but later found that the mills
owing to the war demands. could not
| make deliveries. 1t was then de-
| cided to furnish 1t from steel already
in the company's yards. Plans were
made for the substitutions, and he
asserted, these were submitted In
triplicate to the Office of the District
building inspector. The change in
volved the substitution OF the trusses
for large beams provided for in the
original plans. he said.
i He put in the record copy Of the
latter to Frank L. Wagner. the gen
| eral contractor, proposing to furnish
the modified steel work, and also q
copy OF Mr.. Wagners reply accepting
the offer at a price Of $4,000 for
+, delivery at the site Of the building
Explains Changes I'm Trusses.
Mr.. Ford then was directed by Mai
! Gordon to Indicate to the jury from
a blueprint OF the roof plan OF the
| building just what changes he had
| proposed and were accepted.
The first general change was to
| center fthe main girder) of the roof
! four and one-haIf feet deep. a truss
| two feet higher. Then trusses were
substituted for four girders two and
one,half feet deep: In addition: he he
| a girder at the south end OF the
building to stiffen. the span of the
| roof. He said that he changed the
beams connecting columns No. 2 and
No. 3, so as to connect more closely
and to stiffen the construction at that
| point. go
Mr.. Ford said that he changed the
| beam running in a north and south
| direction from the Columbia road
! wall. and marked TIL on the plans
and connscting with column & G2 to "a .
| q. big. beam four and one-half feet
| deep.
"Your plan was a truss?" interro.
gated Mai. Gordon.
yes" witness responded, and con.
| tinued: "In an east and west direc.
ton, extending from this main mem.
Der. were beams TIP, T13. TIA. thirty
| inches deep. These were changed t.
trusses. TIC, another beam extend
ing from column 3. was changed to
| truss"
| what were the dimensions Of the
beams you put in?" Queried Maj
"They were of varying sizes. pu'
| in 20-inch, 15-inch, 12-inch and 9-incf
| beams. Where there were four I pro
vided for ten.
"There were four beams, running
from TIC to- the wall? How many die
you put in place of them?'
Eight" responded the witness.
"How many 20-inch beams fr4m thu
! truss to the wall.
None"
How many 12-inch?"
"None."
Changes Whole Plan.
! "What did you do; change the whole
| plan?' pressed Maj. Gordon.
Eyes, sir" the witness answered.
."Was there S0-inch beam changed
to a truss from the main member tt
the Columbia road wall?"
what other change did you make 2
| !