Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1875, Page 1

The Chicago Dailp Tribun VOLUME 28, SILKS. SILKS. Field, Leiter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Are Just in rocelnt of large additions to tholr atoolk of K, PLAIN COLOR, BLACK, S FANOY SILES! importations, aomprising all the Tl I mA£0s, and & B PBIAL Y 1 PLACK CACHEMIRE ITALIENNE ! orior articls, manufacturod 6x. LT mgruuly tfor thoir houso. PLAIN AND COLORED Gros Gramms & Taffetas! gorl!rullau and Trimmings, comprising the swest and Moss Fashionabls 8hades, 1,000 pes. Fancy Silks! BLACK AND WIITE STRIPE, STEEL AND BLACK STRIPH, STEEL AND WIOTE STRIPR, STEEL AND BLACK CIFCES, BLACK AND WHITE PLALDS, PANCY COTORED PLAIDS, FANCY COLORED CHECKS, FANCY COLORED STRIPES, ke Bhades, and a seleot as- I Light and Du." mlo:‘-. L] FRENCH FOULARDS! TR LADIES' WRAPPERS AND MISSES' WEAR. ROOFING MATERIAL, ESTADLISIIED 1848, BARRETT, ARNOLD & KIMBALL, Roofing Material, Felt for Building Purposes, Straw Board, Water Proof, and Plain Sheathing, Parafine Varnish, MOTH-PROOF CARPET LINING. OFIICm, No. 234 Monroe-st., CHICAGO. CLOAKS AND COSTUMES, AP Pt Prices Low. Inspection Invited. CHINA, &o. At Cost! OUR ENTIRE RRTATL STOCK CONMPOSED OF Decorated and Plain China, Dinner and Tea Sets C]mg;ber s%}tllx; SSWILTE ugfi'v -Plated ,Wm'a, Table Cutlery, and Fanoy Goods. POSTTIVELY AT OOST UNTIL CLOSED OUT, ia i Bhow-Cases and Tables. BOWEN & KENT, 962 & 264 Wabash-av,, St TR e FOR SALE. SALE OF THE REVENOE STEAMER CHASE. Wil bo sold at publia scotion te the bishert biatos tavamts Btoamar Olase (tids wheel T ke ow Xerk DS hinale: 23 et mictarials, whibe abk, oReteast and adsr Tikxosai lton bragos, § iashes Ly 3 (ao ea the outsido o 0 irom band & {ramay tope of Braces secursy i iad to iroa band ¢ vl acd runniog rigeing, ealls, awnings. ueke M’& lfil. an hals blie b3an low prosre beam, engina, 8 Lach o3lin ‘ot piston, bails by Jarase Murphy ew York, with jot conda: r, maln and do, bailer is neficles 10 be sold wit ihe ve desirod (njormatios, oaa be obiained on board, ar 5" the UilatomcHiones #¢ that port. ths UOTOruAsRt 70807708 L0 FigLl bu reject & 1 bl AT Trearu ut, Washingion; D. O. 875, Tha ennoal mett ervof the Ubloago & Northwestora Ral 1R sloction of Dirsalors, parsaant o trantaotion of ww the ceqo, on Beat, ot ] welusk s Thursday, the 3J dayof Bo ctiice o Company, No. 110, TeEiisation, on or belare the s ol Muy Bratheos s, M. L. BYKRS, Jn., Seoretars. Ofcs Chleago, Rock Islend & Pacide R. R. Go,, RIL 77, 1915, i of sucly ter business &1 may came fif id 3% ihe odlos of th T e §‘_lc3€o'."m Wednesda, ".m:'doa"%.;? He F056. " 5wa, Roorotary. - LEGAL. REFUNDING OF TAXES. Coox UoUNTY, ILLDN 35 Orrics or T Cownrr THrAsURER AND COLLEOTON, 2, ‘01116400, May 1, T2 accordance with ax ot providlng H 1ol the '+ ovatains amol ™ SA rson or et i ghelis s B o Biine the sare o tbe Govaty Tressurer of the coual where such tax 'lx paid, the County Treasurer of suol county shal) relun amount by him er it pald Siionts T Sonbiek e [ Sich taz Dayes & sepacate recaiph fo the smous do, Beo, ¢ proy notics in one Dewspaper [t printed a the coun thywud in sssordecet 15y ), DUt Lereb; U :::u.:'.':?u'.? 1R Taw oum vave Lie sazs by 8pDIoE 44 otloe ea aad attar e Bt gy G M p 1 Gounty Treasures of ook Gauaty, Al. OAKS & GOStumes Field, Leiter & Co. ' STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Invite tho attention of their customers to another invoice, just recoived, stylish Csshmere Jackcts, and Mantillas, from $7.60 upward, just the thing for tho present season, Also, & largo and attractive stock of Blask and Jolored SBtuff Costumes, $15.00 up. All now and fashionabloe goods, ‘made up this sesson, spacially for our retail In addition to our immonso assortment of READY-MADE GARMBENTS, we have juat recolved some very choico designs, richly embroidered Tablier and Cuirass in Blaok COashmere, Vigoyno, Grenadine, Eoru Lage, ‘White Pigue, Batisto, &o., &a. forming the most complete line of Ladics’ Garments we have ever offored—all at popu~ prices. Early examination solicited SHIRTS! from medium to flnest 'ull lines_in stock of our ‘Wo aro propared own manufacture, D to mako Bhirts to ordor in eight hours, when nocessary. WILSON BROS, MEN'S FURNISHERS, 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicago. Pike's Opera Honse, Fourth.st., Cincinnati. REAL ESTATE. TFOXR SATLDD 308,000 ACRES VALUABLE LANDS IN KANBAB 2% digection of the Honorablo Secratary of owtag. he . the 0 tfe, Untied iso as D "I faot1 dismeter of Uo,'of akey bullore, Woam-pumpe, aud all the Beceessry ateam-gaagss, clock d atla, oto, Hee' o and § feot diareter of slsll, e o o wos, furnitare, éte. evaraiely ai the o (lmo un 11 of the u: d obg the gonthers lins of tha fiate of Kau 14 Geserally kuowa s ine 1ands are offered for sale in covisions of ax ast el STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. N i orthwestern Railway Compan; Congress approvsd lay 1, 1872, Tomes ey i | WEEE AT L ] a4 ot e2008ding ous huadred 2195, & losa than two dollars of tha stockholdery and bondhold. ol oller boiiness as i s1d mooting, will be boid 81 the ofos of the Qompany, i City ot ORI ne uok p. . _Bondnoiders will authentioste thelr voting bonds st the Bl sl b el el rng g opliestion " {ho General Land Omcs. orof ths local ofices st vatas ‘than ane hundre legal subdivisions AT ting of {he Atookhold f tho Chica- e v any sad all bids be expresly re- sarved, All bids must be sl mi orof Abguut. LhT5, atis o :r:'('?. 5. BURDETT, taalo o Giners B A, For Sale af @ Burgain, Ax104 on Wabash-av., betwean Madison ln’dxa’!lhlnilon-lh. Party Wall on each ‘Thia ia the most 0 L person or eurparation the e oeosa of 293851 ts cheapest firit-olass Bua ot. * Inquire of J. BIL, 140 Doarbora-st., Itoom 8. FINANCIAL, DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO, BANKBARS, NOS, D & 11 NASSAU-8T.,, NEW YORK, 1ans CIROULAR NOTES and LETTARS OF CREDIT L-‘fi'u’;{‘v A N AR ARD Sl HAATY vl lab] £ for use 1o the ittt Al e Rrineipal sidont e B oA Rl Janariih o Lo Yana, SR, ol 27 TO RENT. OFFICHS TO RENT i ¥AlLlS, OALIFORNLA, a5, Accountsof Hanke. Bankers and othere received. eAccountiof Banks: Bankers abd e recelved. LAUNDRY, MUNGCGER'S LAUNDRY. OFFI0KA—-134 Doarbornest.; 138 Michigesat.; 19 Weat Madison st . _¥OR BALE, = OHEAP AT DhSK LUDWIG'S, 100 BMarket-et., dNear Maduca. TRIBUNE BUTLDING. WILLIAM G, DOW, ROOM 10. For Rent. Btore seuthwest sorner of Olark asd Washinglonats., fermacly eocuvied by iha Amerisan Mijisas 220l a4 Moo 8 Basange Balldiag, CHICAGO, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1875. CUSTOM-HOUSE STONE. A Representative of The Trib- uno Takes'a Trip to Cincinnati, Opinions of Contracters and Duild- ers as to Buenn Vista Stone. When Good It Is Excellent, When Poor It Is Worthless. A Visit to the Quarries---How the Stone Is Obtained. Mueller’s Real-Estate Parchase from 0l1d Mullest---Freezing Off Other Bidders. Defeotive Stone Sent from Mueller's Yard to Chicago---Refuse Material Put in the Qustom-Housze, The Verdict. In & matter of the serlous import of the erco- tion of immenso publio brilding, and the ex- penditure of several millious of money, tas pec~ ple feol an fntense and vital interost ; and novor bas anylhing of the kind been mo foro:bly brought to notics aa in the case of the part of & Court-Houso, the begioning of s Custom-liouro, aud the fragment of s Post-Office occupying ths ground noar the Grand Paciflo, It was tho office of Tux TarbuNE to first de- ecribe tho faults of the one-story wreck in quen- tion it wos the joint commission of nil the morning papora to speak of mattern just as they stood within tbe juclosure, The recital ia not =& plogsant ome for cit- izens; 1t comprives mproper founda- tions, dofective workmanship, enormous aud uscless expenditures of mouey; and, last and most discouraging of all, the discovery that tho material used was totally and entirely unit for the purposo for which it was dosigned. Tho dia- covery of tuis fact in the caco was the eap-sheaf of » stack ¢f misfortunes, and when it becameo known tho avorage citizen was ready to put sev- oral kogs of powder under the fragmentary fail- ure, and meko ready for s now slructurs without delay. _ ‘I failure of the ntono selected bronght up two questions at once: (1) Waa thy matenal tarnished by the contiactor what it purported to boy or (2) Is the composltion of tho stone radl- cally defectave nud Inadequate for the purpose designod ? en. Holman, the new Surerintendent of the structure, dosired to satisly himself on theso polnts, snd socordingly ast off for the quarries where the stono is quarrying Thursday evening last, in.company with Bupervisiog fnspoctor Oakshott, of the Treasury Departmont. It was the abject of these officlaia to visit the quarrics, and soo the stats of things for themaclves, ‘The writer, baviog a difforent and more wido- ly-oxtended plan tu gat at the truth, proposed a littlo trip of his own to ascortaln the regord of the Buena Vista freestoue in times past, and to compara that record withits Chicsgo perform- ances. Tho above-named officors acted for the Tieasury Departmont; the latier individual de- sired ouly to commupicato the truth tothe publis, e—— e SUPERINTENDENT HANAFORD, W18 OPINION OF BUENA VISTA BTONE. Arrived st Cincinati, tho homo of tho freo- stone sud tho place of greatest cxperienco in its pormanency sad besuty, tho writer sought out Mr, Superintendent Hauaford, who is in obargo of the new Oustom-House nosw bulldlug for tho Gronsy City, Mr. Haoaford's long xed beard sud habltual moderwsioa in reply prevented sny very strong expression of op.cion about tha sandstone. He said, bowever, that he had nsed it for bullding ; when geod of the kind it was an excellont waterial, but poor freestone was sbout »s poor na anythiog could be; ho hed found great care necessary Lo prevent the con- tractors snd quairymen from passing infertor stono on the buildors. He then graphicslly and olearly explained ONE IEATURE OF THD CASE which is worthy of remark, To illustrats, the Superintendent drow a figure like this: A Q B # Tor instance,” aaid Lie, ** the contrsctor may quarry & block 42 inches from A to B ; now he wants blocks 20 inches thick and he will eplit tho mass down the middle at the line Oj whenhe ought honently and in order to make & good job to tako off slabs D and E from each eids. The roason for this [ that tho upper part of every ledgo I8 more or less porforated with clay-holos, and the lower part tinged with iron, while the contre ia good sound solid #tone. Tho clsy hotes In the spiit.stone make the nacsssitics for patch- ing, and the {ron tinges t! ono aud provents 8 uniform color," s AMr. Hanaford very prudently appended aP, 8., to the effect that he did not charge Alr. Mucllor with anythlog ; ho only showoed bow it could be done, Unfortunately for the contractor the coat fits too woll, and oxplaine too woll tha patchied stones and discolored wails of Chicago's groat building. 1 EEFELRNCE 0 THE FOUNDATIONY of the bullding, Mr. Hanaford siated that he deewed it very bad Judgment to put frocstone on the ground, or whare 1t would bo subjoct to damp; it was ® perishable material when oxposed to wet coutinually, 7This lamed the oxfolia- tion of the foundatiou T. in Chicago. o answer to au inquiry, o sald, howerver, that ho could not account for the lug and eracking in tbe freestono notioed 1 Cbicago, whore it way above the damp, and not in su expoaed pluce. Good, suund frecstone woula not do that; but an ulenior_articlo mught, 'Tho poople who Lave woou the Chirago Custom-llouss dwsintegration can forni their own idoau of the kind of stons furnished by air, Muelter. THE CINCINMATI CUSTOM-HOUSE. ding upon uulrhttoxm overlooking the foundations of Mr. Hanaford's buildiug, the wriser extracted somo information mbout It * | wiich may be of intezest. 'Lha foundstious I satd Mr, Tianaford, were placed, on sn aversge, about 33 feet below the earface, the excavation belog In mand, Thay wera formed of a hoavy ‘zmundwnrk of concrots, with Groenzburg (Ind.) imestous for walla up to tho surface, This Jat~ ter material he considered influitely superior to freostons, and would not uss the latter below the surfacs under any circumetancen. The sue l:a.'nl,mctnra was to be of Maino granito, per- Aps a8 handsome and ducable « matarial as any orar ueod, With o landable desire to find ont how much Chicazo was being chosted in her Castom-Iiouso, the nquiry was mode a4 1o what the contract Yfl" fur limertons and for L{mnlu was, 3r. Tanaford repliad that ho pald B1 conts per cubic foot for limestonn _dellvered, and 89 cents for Maino pranite, _The pri are astounding be- mde Chiicapo, For the patched, chocked, and rotten material for the Isttar Louss the United Ktates urs payiog from 81.30 to 81,4734 per cubic foot, whils wieer Ciuclonati, disdalning so uoreliablo'a matorial, is paying an averags of leas thian one-half the Jowast of thess pricos for momething that will prove as enduring as tho eternal Lulla, and will be & monument to her superior judgment whea Muellor's half-baked mud ahall have returoed to the cloments. Lot the inhabitants of Chleago then lift up their bands eud ery, *Why, O Good Bristow, didst thou not seud us 1lauaford or Hoiman instoad of Jim Dankin " After t:uminlnr tha Cincinnati Castom-Houre —and its Huporintondent—the writer sccopted tho offar of iho latier (o inspect sowe editicea coustructed of good freestone, 7. XAVIER'S CHURCI, which bas boen partly built for twelvo years, was examined firat, and found to be, in tho main, rerfect, bocaues construoted out of guod freo- stone, The only doubtful portion was tho foun- dstion, which hiad beeh discolored by boiug too near the ground, A Isrge nuwber of other building, tosldences and business structures, wera alio examived, wilh gevernlly tho same ro- sult. Insome cases, slight diacoiorations were socn, but nothiug sorioud, and in oaly two casos were acaly and renled bulldings found. The pe- culiar twinklo of the eve with wirich tho urave sud reticont Manaford #ald thal **Good tren. stane never ciumbled much,” was iore of & comment o tho Mueller retuso thau & vitupera- tive speoch by somo mon. THE NOAT ARTONISNING FACT ancertained in this conpection was that tho worst vcaled buifding o the city was the ofd Custom-ilgude. built of Buana Vista freoetone, Lvery render will bavo made his own comment before bio has read thus far. Itis one of thoee inoxplicabln things that **no feiler can find out " Low 3ullelt aud Raokin could have counsellod Bueon Viats frecetono for Chicago wheu the very pamo material bad proved. by ils scaliog and chipping Io & corrosponding buildin Ctucinnati, that it waa uniit for use. Mullett must have kuown of this it Lo kuew snythiog whatever sbout his business, aod Lhe fact thot ho made the recommondation, or arder, that he did will require n very clear explanation, if he wikhes to get & gold medal from Chicago for what to has doue for ker. Onlyone other: buildieg hiay been noted a3 ucaltug badly ameng Cincimurti buniness hounes. It iy @ inther carlous commontary on the strictuess and corioctuovs of Government pro- cedures {hat almost tho only dmd frecstons building fn Cincinnati sbould bsthe Cuatom- Ilbuse, and alinost tho anly rotten und dofective freostous that has beeu brought to Chicago should Lnve found its wayinto her Custom. {xlo\me. Ths pious reader ju reminded of the ne— Tou {reat no other fricad so ill, —_— MR, GRAVESON. AX OLD CONTUAOTOR, One of tha oldest deslars and contractors, acd cutters of fraeatono iu the Weet in acknowledged to bo Mr, Iuzac Graveson, who began dealing in froeatons in 1650, 1He I4 crodited with knowing as much about the article as any other man In tho busioess, and it was deemed woll to oxtrac: an opinion from bim, It may bo eald, in pass. ing, that Mr. Graveson has np quarry, and that ho purchasea good atous whore he can got it best, and puts op buildings where ho can mrke monay out of them, Hefa of neccsaily & patron of Musller's, and whoro the writor camo to ask him any questione bearlug uvon tho businoss of the emd Musller, 1t was not an easy mattor to got 2n auawor, It appeara from Mr, Gravoron's acoount thiat TUC QUARRIES inthe neighborhocd of the Duona Vists wore first opened in the year 1832by a Scolchman oamod Lockery, who worked ous near tho pros- sot California ledys for otime. Tho Buena Vista Company commenced oporations in 1831, and sold one quarry to Masiler in 1858, and that genileman Lay worked it since. The writer was rather anzious to know whother any otbor quar- rica of freostone Liad beon wotked near Mueller’s 1utoly, and succecded in asocrtaiviug that tho W, J. Flagg quarry, worked by the Cadon Dios., Lod bewn catried on noar Muoller, aud that ho bad bought ioferior and chosper stone of them, ~ Graveron wouid not eay that he abeolutoly knew that thess softer snd comparatively worthless stone had gone intothe Custom-Iouss, but thought if they had it was into wome inside wall. He had no doubt that the Flagz quarz, was {nferior to t1io Dinos Views, and that 1t was unflt tor many purposes, spociaily for outside -walls, It was also or vatious colors, and, in short, as Lie de- scribed it, bore a striking resemblanco to Lho ze- ‘bra-colored walls of ths Chicago Custom-ITouio. Mr. Gravoson uuited with Mr, Hanaford savimg hat good frecatono was an oscelient building material, Lut that when poor iv was of no good. 1le mauaged, he maid, with a prin, to procurs gocd stoue by picliog them himsell at tho quarry, Tt may o said, 2o 31, Oravesou's eradit, thut ie made an excellont and satisfictory fiuentoae job ol tho Chicago Chambor of Com- watco building; bat, ss Le romariod, bo picked every stops At Lo quarry, sud Lkoew what bis wan grottlng. When asked about tho matter of FULIVIING BTONE, alludod to abave, Mr, Urivesou's roply asvored atrongly of woridly wisdom. What Le blamed Muclfor for was not the splittiug of stons nor thia patching, but the putting tho pat:liod elde out whero it could be scen. Mo doscribed tho stona very mitch as did AMr. Hanaford, as haviug » face xm{ot clay spots, and another full of iron discalorations, whils the centre, nsy, 18 inches, was sound and good, Ilad Mr. Mueller, said he, after Lia split his stone put tho side which came from the middls of the block downward overy timn, hio would have liad no troubls, bat he was fool onough to put the patchad side in sight, Yor himaolf, Mr, Qraveson sald ke could not afford to use ¢plit stone; hia reputation wau wotth toa much to bum, 1lo thon shawod the wnter over his yaid, and exomplitled his mothod of dressing by taking off the unsound edecs and Jeaving o clean, cloar, sud eveniy-colored block in the centre £ At to the sholllng and peeling, observed {u the rtone 10 Chicsyto, My, Gravesou Lisd no explaua- tfon to mako, further t that he never know first-clasy stons to act In way, but he thought tho outside plecss would if expossd to tho weather, TR CONTRACTOR WAD A THEORT 8 to the oxposure of tho stone to tho weather which s worthy of note, It would always be found, e said, that freeatone hiaving a votthern fured moat, east fiouts next, west oxt, and that soath fronta sulfered very little. artially borne out 1 the Chicexo xa0pt that there the east tront 0 north frout naxt. TUE CONTRACTON'S PLOFITS, Tn order to lad out how much the contrastor wan making ou the Chicago atone, the writer asked AMr, Graveson what freight he ald from Ciocinnatl to Chlcago, and tho answer was 23 centd per fuot. At the vame time Graveaon ssid ho pald Mueller fi0m 40 conts to G0 cents per foot for what atoue bo wanted dotivered in Ciuninnatl. Addiog the freight to the highest prics at which Mueller aclis his stone elsewhare, aud it seowms that what Lis furnishes Cliicago costs him from 75 couts to 80 oonts lmid down st the stone-yard. It bas dosu already stated that he gets su avoragaof '1.871)( tone as soon as inspected. Lot the reador nubtract the coa from tho price recoived, and multiply the diffesance by the Lundreds of thousanda which number the toet to bo containod in the new Custom-1fouse, and ke will bo pre- pared to eay that 3fucllor has rathor a neat tuing on she Goverument, and can afford to buy all tha soal estate that any Bupacvising Arolitoot’s fathe ez 1usy hava to sell. Ar. Graveson was anxious that the people of Cluvago, or ther pro tom. sgent, sbould sasurel that sl the saudstons was uot bad, sad accordingly showod ths writer over s greal pari of the city with the same result as whea with ,town of Yancoburys, Mr. Hansford,—thone houses built ef good froestons Iastod well, and thoss that lisd & poor sriicle in them cracked and peslod. et iy AT THE QUARRIES, INSPECTING THE PREMISPA. TIn order (o attain to a complote knowledge ef tho kinds of etono usod, the location of (he quarries, the mottiod of quarrying, and other particulars Laviog referanco to the subfeet, Gen, Holman and Inspector Oakabett proceeded to Duena Vinta with tne writor. Tae description of tho placo whers the nlone is pro- cured 18 not remarkalle. The settiemeat— Buena Vista—from which tho stone aud quarry tako their name, i 101 milee from Cinclouati, up tho Oblo liiver, aod some 20 miles below Portsmouth, on the north bank. It {a accessible ouly by boats and private convezances. Nn rail- road runs nearer than Portimoutb, and all passage to and from the town is mado by water, The river boats from Cinciunati make the trip to. about ten or twelve hours. The townis s small, etzaggly, dirty-looking sottiement of perhaps 500 peogle, the population made up of workers in Muoller's and Cadeu's quatrios and their families, Opo rather ordinery liotel 1 the only restiog-place that tha traveler can moe. Twy smull streams, called together Twin Creek, ompty into tho Obio on the eas and weat of tae tawn. IN ARDIVING AT BUENA VISTA ono must ¢ymb gp the bank 10 o lavel platforn, porhaps 609 feet wido, which secms htils above the bottoni-landa in tho West. Hero, fazing to the north, one sees a bizh blufl in front, and is rlad to natice that it can be goiton up by moane of so *iacline,” 8o called, or, in other words, & sleop ralmay, worked by s stationary sogine with cables, ‘Tho distance up this blut! i aboat 250 feut, At tho top one secs the ovidences of Mueller's entorprise in & steam ratlway, which Lo lan built to his quarcy, somso 2 milcs off, and wiich inwell equipped with cara aud two locomotives. Onsof these1aused in tranwporting the atono irym the quarry to tho river, and the otlior in engaged i hauling away the dirt whioh ia prodnced by *'jripping.” Tae ride ta the quarry is uusventful enough, and is over & rolling conutry with plenty of ravinos, 'The di- rection from tho river i north, with s slight leaning to the west, ARRIVED AT THE QUARRT, ous sees, whou a fuil forco i4 encaged, s bnsy sight. The wotkmen sro maisly all .2 view &t onco, and the toiling engines. hugo der: , sail swarms of men make up au iutcreati g specta- clo. 1o understand the procers uf quanyiug, & word of explauation is necessary. Tho frec- stono which forma Murller's quarry is a mero chip off an immense slab which underlies tho whole country about. This iedga of rtone runs pretiy nearly at right sngles with s plumb-line, and_does mot siant up or down for hills or hitlocks. Iusomuch, thereforo, aa tho country 8 rolling, = the lodge may be found in different places ocoversd w.ih fro:n one to a bundred foet of woil, accordiug toits position ss regards the hills. ‘Tho quarrymen who becomo possssed Of tho 1and begin wherever they can tled tho Jeage. and follow it uatit it geta uoder 8o wuc soll that it doou not poy to taka off the cavring. Tho ledgo is uniformly 41 or 42 iuches thick and of indeflnite width, fu soms cases unier.ying reat tracts of countrz. Tae lodgo whih Mr. uoller is following h2s made 113 woy gretty well under a slope, and in same placea lio has bad to remove a3 much 14 40, or oven 50, fest of dirs before laying_bare tuo stone, This process of removing the durt is callod stripping. Alier tha stono 18 axposed to tho cutter, THK WOIK OF QUARRYING ia very eanv aud simple. Tlo process s to plok, or cut down, sbout § lnchea on & line bounding such & block as fs wantod, sud then it ia an easy aod simple maticr fo epht clear through tho lager with wedges. Tho blocks brs thao hoisted out with huge dorricka and placed on cam, then draan o too top of tho blull and let down the inclined plauo to the Lauk of the river, whers they are again handlad by muother set of great dernicks snd pat on board Mr. Muollor's boats for traueportation to Ciucionatl. “1le bis tielve of the boats, and aloat niuo of themat a tims are toweil by a steamrer down to tho conirastor's yard, uear the gus worus, A CAREFUL INSTECTION was made of tho lodge sud of the quarried atone at the Mueller quarey, and ths rosult was just what wae to bave been expocted. The qua:ry produses somo good aud sows bad stons. ‘Cho ortton of the fuyer uow beiug usod iv excellent n the middle, aud Lad on tho upper sud lower sides, Assesn in the rough, tho cldy holes aro prom nont, and run down 1n varisblo” distances, froman inch ta7 or8. Io thoae casos wuers & fracturo bad occurred biszcting ono of thess clay holos, tha progress could be plainly traced a distance of 6 or Tiuches. Ou the lowor edze tho fron stroak was plain. It extended in dif- ferent blocks from oue to halt & dozen inches To put the mattor in a word, it may bo sald that the DBuena Visia stona good when propurly selocted mnd dressed, aud bad when ocarclessly selected or taken at random, Of conrss it 13tnach worss whoro & deliberato altzipt inmade toune as much of the coutznie of blocks as can bo, with- out sy refuienocs to a desire for the psrmancucy qf the bwlding into which theys are to Le put. OTHE?. GUABRILS. Near the Busua Vista oc California quarry wortcd by Mr, Mitoller are savorat othors visld- {ug the fanic general kind of stous, varymg ouly fo the quakities of color and texture, Dast of Mueller, and ubout 3 or 4 in:les from the vilinge of Buoua Visia, a:0 tho John C. Fiagg quarries, worked by the Uslou Brothara at one tiale. Ane othor branch of the ssino gonsral quarry with the lant 18 tho porzion covtroilod by Mr. Solomon MoCall, 4 miles east of I3uona Vista, and which waa leased to Muellor about etgntosn months ago. Tho facts fu conuection with this Iatter leaso are that Muellor securad from McCall the privilege of taking vuts cortatngaaatity of stone trom Lin (McCall's) oponing. He wont oo and took out somo 10,000 feot of the sioue, nnd thon aban-lousd the worls ;. but whother tho atone was poaror than Lie neoded, or bscause it was more expensive taking them out, doos not clear- Iy appear, A poutlowan of unimpescuable yo- rauity told the writor that BcCall had rather bossted Limuelf on the quality of hia stone be- cousa » considerable guantity bad Loen used in the Chicago Custom-I{onse foundstions, but the attompt to find Mr, McCall was unfortuvately van, It 1: shall be proved that the stons from McCall's quarry wers used it wiil have an im- Jortaut bosring on tho caso, immwmush as the Ifltur are not of as good quality su the bast from Mueller's qi v, dilfering therofrom in color and toxture, and having more iron,—in fact, a0 wueh of that motal s to be compazatively worth- loxs for building, 1n this conuection 1t may be well to say that it has bocomo AN UNITERSALLY RECOONIZED TRUTI that the quality of tha freestons lmproves as the ledge goes into ths hill, #o that the hardest aud best stono are thoss taken from under scon- aiderablo dapth of dizt, whils sho softer aud noorur atones ato thoso found noar the surfaco, ‘I'ne same law bolds rozarding color—the decver tho vein goes the darker the stons, and the noarer tho surfaco tho yetloworor lighiter-oolored itis, It Juat to ssy of the stone in some of the foniidations in the Custom-Houss that it (s yellower tiau avy stous acen (u Muollor's quarry, aud iv about tha same color ax the McQali stono a8 _far o8 020 bo judged by the aye. ‘The McCall 1odgo may also Lo noted as being just about tho tuuigknen of tho foundations undor the Custo:- ouse. A littla way from Duena Vista, on the opposite or Keutuoky shoro of tho river, liea the Lttlo ud near it are TITUKL MOHE QUANRIZS of tha same goueral charadter of stone as Muell- or's, though modified in color aud thickneas, The thres quarrics named are tho Goodhue, tha Flonegan, aud the Cohen & Jacobs, Of thos the Goodhuo lies furtheat east, aod produce: material recombling the Mueller., ‘I'lhe Iinnogan, ownod by M, Finnegan & Son, lioa further souths weat. It produces a vory handsoms stouo, not To[dark T.‘ tho Mueller, but appsroutly squal to t in qualiby, It queunu olsar $hat Mr, Muoller Lss mevor bought any stons from aitbur Goodlue or the Fionegaus, at loast siuca ho tooi Lus Custom- fouse contrast. Itia nateo cloar about the Colien & Jacobs quarry, sud it appoata 1o be well establiahied that Lie Las cbtalued stonoe from them; aleo, from the Cadaus. Thoss transsc- tions will bo mentiouad further oz, ——— OTHER INTERVIEWS, M3, FINXIOAN, The oldest builder and contracter in Ofncla- DAl was said to be Mr. M, Flooigan, of the frm of M, Finnigan & Hou, On calliug npon him, after returning te Ciucinustl from the quarry, he was found to be momentasily at lelsars, and NUMBER 266, an opinion on vations mattern was sought. Mr, Finnigan sald, in answor to aquoatlon, that he betieved thae frecstooe to be ome of the vor, bet of building materials when propurly cub and understandingly put in place, He had never known it to scalo or erack nodor these circum- alances. Tlo had uscd & great deal of Mualler's stone, and conaidared » good deat of it to bo ox- collont material and some of it bad., Ilo had never had any trouble with it whon properly mo- lectod. As for foundations, he considerod it foliy to use it : he preferred Groenmburg, Day- ton, or Fiat Rock litnestons for that purponse, hsd boen proved that froestona could Dot staud the damp. In referance to the troubleabont the freestona {ln Nt‘hz Chicago buliding, Mr. Fiunigan sald Lo A PEELING OF PITY YOR ¥R, MUZLLE. Tus contractor Lad spent imments sums of raoney in fitting up his yard and quarry for haul- in large stone, and if fio shoutdcomo to trouble it would hurt bim badly, Whon asked it he had known of Mr. Mucller's buying infertor stono of other parties of late, Mr, Finnigan rather do- clined to answer, but 1 tho end waid he Liad re- membrance of buying for his own ute about haif & boat-load of stone quarrias by Colien & Jacabs, Ivtcking oyt the good blocks as hio saw them. ie bad undorstood that tho ro- mainder had been bought by sfr. Mueller, Mr, Finoigan emd, moteovor, that he conld Dot imagine auy resson for the fcaiug or crnsh- iug of good fracsions, In fuct, bo volisved it imposaible, aud, whea asked to explain the state of thiugs known to cxist in the Chicago Cus- tom-Houdse, ho acknowleigad thst tho ouly the- ory was that bad stune muat bave beon used. Iu referenco to the capacity of freo:tone 1o resist o crusbing weight, Mr. Fiunigsn pointed to tho great steeplo of Bt. Xavier’s Church now bmild- ing out of stono from their quarry, snd dose tined to reust a much Inrger weight to the 8,usre foot than any of tho ontelda foundations of Clicago's Custom-Ilouse, Taking o bint from Mr. Fionigan's romark abonut the stons sud to Liave been sold to Muct- lar by Cohiont & Jacoba, tha writer put Luwsels i commuuication with TWO OTHER PARTIZA likely to know the truth, and lca:ned from them that it was not to bo doubted that Muslier has hought soveral lots of cullod atone from the Codons aud from Cohon & vJacobs. Whether theso stone cama to Chicago or not caunot bo certatuly datermiaed, but the description of them taltiea pretty well with somo of the work to be socn lhere 1u the now United States building. Furthetmore, it appears that Mr. Mueller has hind vory littlo or no otbor trade for two years Muica hio bogan in Chicaga, It occurred to the Invunu?stlm: committes of one that porhaps Mr, Mueller had been ruabled 10 pass upou tho Gavernment more or less ye- jected stona which Lad accumuluted during his years of quutrying botoro ke ot the prescut cou- tract, and ¥ROX TUEL WORKMIN IN MUZLLEL'S YARD it was learned that moet of t| rhipied to Chicago had been that brouglit from up the 1iver on boats ; but that they could romembuer rovotal casea whirre * sloepers™ frowm tho yard Lad been ;eut with thom. low many, no ouo sesined to o, Auother lsrge quarryman of frocatono and dealer iu cot atoue, is 3o, AooDpEUE, of the firm-nzmo of Goodbuo & Co. When asked sbout his oxperienco in scaliog freestone, Mr. Goodhue sdvanced the novel theory thut Lis iad known all Linds of stono to peel—even gran- ite, b said, lad been known to acalo off Ladly. He did wpot think that tho freeslons had been woted for scaling, excopt In wus or two instances. Ho had wern a great difference in stone from the same iecge in differcnt locations, and ho could ren.eriber an inatance wlero his own quarry had turned poor after haviug been worked for e tine. The common supposition shout the r.eeling was that it was causod by sulpbur in the stone that the stono next to a scam in any placo would often peel badly : it waa callsd daad stouo in that caso. Kuowiog that Mr. Goodbue hrd a considorable qu? and fac:hities for tsndhing stone, the question was aeked bim WRY NE DID FOT DID for th:e Custom-House vontract, Iereplied that be had mado up his ralrd to do so, and had tven caused his mpecimon blocis to bo propare. and boxed, and " his papers mada out, waen he recolved a lottor from Mullett taat caused lim to give np tho idea of Lld- ding, The \rriter was anlous to ace thag lutter, if not perronal, Mr, Goodlus laughed sofslv and said it biad beon destroyed. In reply to a further inguiry he, however. intiwated that he bad concluded from the touo of the epistle that it would have been a waste of tima to have bid, inaamuch as it was substantially settled that Mueller was to have the contract auywuy, Dealring to seo If ha couldn't put this and that togethor somohow, tho writer askod Mr, Good- bue if he Liad known of Mr. Mueller's TRAPPICEING IN REAL ESTATE with any of the Mulletts about ths time the contract was given out. 1loreplied thut Mr, Mucller had told him (Goodluo) that he Lad bonght 66 acres of land in_Gloudals of the elder Mullatt for £60,000. It appoared on in- vestigation that Glendale {a & littlo town of about 1,50) inhabitauts, situate 35 miles from tho city on tho Cin. cinoati, Hamilton & Dayton Ruad, It boars about the £aa relation to tho city that Calumot doos to Chlcaso, Mr, Goodhno furthor ox- preased the opiuion thet tha land baught by Mueller st about the tine tho cuntract way lot would have been dear at £15,0M or $20,000, If noy Teader can put this and that togerher ho' bay full pormission, 1n the coutse of s tour around Cinclunat{ tha writer was lntroduced ts A GEBNAY GEXTLEMAX, who, on baing wade mvinted with the fact that hisnow scquaimtance was fsora Chicago, de- sirod to know something about the troubla tuat 7. Mueller was ju, Aftor hnving bad tho mat. tor sxplawed to him, be said: ** blusllor tells mo that lLo got along well enough with Maullezt, and he nover found fault wish snything, but thls nowman, this Potter, bo is too particus 1 erbaps you msewn," sald tha third party, that he bhasn's got Pottor down 20 tlue as ho had Mullstt,” “Woll, you know,” wastho urly. *that what- ever hia dit with Mullott was all Tight ; Aullett was bound to sustain lim every lime, aud he did, but somshow Lo can't make this now mau Took at it exactly that way." And the dialogue bruke o i MUELL? R, A YISIT TO LIS STONE-YAND, ‘With » dosire to know as wuch about the sub- Joot a8 might bo, & visit was made to Mr. Mucl- lov's yard, near the Gas-Works, in Cincianati. IHere i, peruaps, the most alaborate yard In Americs, certataly in the Wast. Iluge travoling dorricks walk out over the boate 2s thsy lioat the wharves, and, picking up the blocks, carry them off to the eawing bullding, as ovo would tuck @ paper Lundle under ono's erm and walk away to dinuer. FEuotmous quantities of stona wore pliled up on every side, and inall shapes and woights, aud & large butlding was filled with blocks of stone undergolug the cutting process, Almost tho fimst object that struck tho writer's oya was a great Wock under- going tha cutting necossary to Litng it down to the properdimensionn, 1t was in tho rough about 42 wches thick, and the plau of the cultiug was to get out two slabs, osch noarly or quite 20 inchos thick, T'o do tuls the frame was runuing three sawa through the block, one about an jucl or an inch sud & halt from the edge, tho next in the contrs of the block, the third very close to the other edge. By this metliod the cutter was etting two imporfout blocks where he should fiave wot ouo good ome. A & matter of courss, oue of the blocks would bave an irou odgo, riety and dusligured, aud the oiber block would hve u olsy edge, sud tho olay holos (or kuot holes) would exteud iuto the fuce of the block. The writer hiailed an emplove, aud aaked hitb whare shiat blook wes golog. *Fo tha Cl- cago Custom-tlouse," was tho answer, "Itut don's you know that you are not taking enough off the edges 7' nro-aod the fnguiror, L'know uoiling ; & {s the orders,” ropl e, u‘!”:s:{:z through the yard, tho slabs off many blocka could be saen staced up lioro aud thare, ° block from which they cot acy o bt e y come mast have Locu TNE CONTRACT. In referenco fo the contract which. was : Mr. Mueller thore i» one circumstsnce wh though 1t has been roforred to (n th “1mns, noeds to bo put o o lno wita ta (- 8 bove montioned to make them aud thee i . Slunce itnelf easy to bo undo:atood. . Meiant la this: \hen tho bida for tho sta tho Ghicago Custom-Houss were invited, L vertistament act forth that tha dimounions « etona Wiould be 59 foot, 60 foot, 70 feet, B no1 8o on up to 200 cuble fest, which' o, Lurgest sto.n intondod to be nesd, Hos ‘vorago bidde-r, making bis. estimate ia the . ©! nature, couny only caleulsta for each mize enlcly, becauso ho did not kuow Low . 0%t and how muny 900-foct biovka woc 8¢t ; for the advorbizment 8nid notains ¢ Lumier of cach, even apinratimately. Sy tae., hiat the average biddor put his Aguse the am.llast nize a1 85 cents per foat, aud fraded myng up till bo_roschicd iio ik iocks. These, s evary coutractor knows, yors troulesomo and oxponsira thingy ! hoadlo, If ‘se bida on them at tha sams rate - witich ho woui furnish ouo or two, ho veryl Iy may set his fzures as high as 88 or evow &1 1 pee foot. When s award comos to be mads tha govornlug pawer proccods to AVECAOY. TIt BIDB, and brings the comion bidder in a position of offyring to furnish the stons at' an aver- ago prico of perbaps ©5 per fost. tsuppose, for & moiment, that ona bid. der knows protty ucsr how many stons of eacit 8:ze will be used. 18 procoeds to bid 21319 por ‘oot forall wiones up o 10} fuot; $1.35 upto 130 fect, and €147} up to 200 feet. Avorawng his bide mnkes it appear that he will furnisn tha stoue at §1.573 por foot, and hia bid is accept- ed, Butif tho schadulo s fitted to the bida, i willLe acen that the average prico of every stone per fool, if calculated according to the coni- mon tidder's prices, wouid Lave heon less than £1.47 ; whereas tho man who knew (or bid just 24 If ha know) gels $1,30 for iy amallest sizod. Why the numbers of each tize wera mot givon ot with o bids must probay remala a seorel, It in pezhaps 100 much to say that Mullett nad n collusicn with Mueller, butit {8 strange how nicely wnch sa osplanation of tho matter makes evorything fit togethar—Low it barmonizen tho peculianities of Alucller's Lid with the eale of the farming land at mora than &1,000 per acre, and how 1t explains Mullott's bint to Goodlue not to bid, trgethor with other lttle things too numerous to meation bere, — THE CONCLUSIONS. THE QUESTION ABOUT THE STONE in the Custem-Hlousa may resolve itsell into two part First—In tie Duens Vista freestona it to bo used in the buflling ? sud Second—-Did Muoller fmish ruch stone os he proposed to, or 13 Infe.icr article ? To tho frat queatics it mav unhositatingly bs auswored, * Yes | rovided it i firut-class of tho kind." The testimony of 1lusaford, of Grave- #on, Goodluo, the Finaigaus, wud others, goes far to provo that, insomuck as they have doalt in the article for years, DLut (heir teatimony is of lers linportanca than the numberless bulldinga coutructed out of the material which bLavo lasted well, have stood exposure, ad ero {oday dn good preser- vation except wheretho stons kas been subjected to mowture. The ouo or two oxcoptions noted o thid oxi erients do nothlug more than coue firm it, It way eafely bo stated ae the vordiot of the committca theu, that good freestone wonld bavs boen a proper mstorial for the building. IN AXSWERI'G TIZ AECOND QUEATION, tha burden of prout zoes to show that the cone tractor hina entirely {3iled 10 do wlist he pro- _posed to do; Lia not (urnished good stone, but has, on the contiary, pat iuto the building ma- teridl which should ncver bave boen usod. It ia clear that he hascut the stoas in an on- workmazlike rmauner, aad has gont past tho inapactor clavey and irca-rusted stoue, which hus contract forbade, It is at lenst & fair supposition thet he has urad refuss etoue [zom lus own yard—atons left over'from other jobs, whers he did not dars 4 uxe them., . It can bo proved that he Las bought stoni from othor qnarries to uso fu the Custom-Hona: bnilding, cabtiary to s cootrsct,—and, moro over, that ha Laa bouglc refuss atono that hax beest culied over by other contraotors, 1t Is & matter of no sort of donbe that he hm used stone so full of clay holes s to requiry dozens of patches in oo stone, contrary to con tract. 1t is not 80 assy a matiar 1 prove that Muellet bad a dishonost understaniing with Mullett. Each porson who roads the focts may make uf lus own mind about that. TIE WHOLE XIROR len in & nutshell, Graveson, an old eontracton muys, *If you use about thrie-fourths of alt the stane you quarey, you mill havoa good building ; if you uwe 1t all, your buildiag will be good foi wpothiug.” Now, Mueller basuot only usod about all he Lioa quarried, but has bought Tofuse stone to us hete, ‘The quostion, how all this came about, {a ax interesting snd important one if the people wani to get & uew United Btates Building In Chicagd within tho noxt twenty years, It 1a cloar thal tha crrors that have been made [n this fragment must not reour. THE ALTERNATIVE for tho dismwel Suneriniondent and the dis carded inapector of uione {¥ to ndmit that thers havo beea hetween them snd Mr, Mueller the moet outragsout cotlusion, (he most barefnced fraud, und the most ahamefal neglect of duty, or oles they iuet corfoss that thoy bave shown an inuurancs of their duty, of tho naturs of the work, aud of the requircmenta of their office, beside which tho manial attsinments of Blind Tom would appear marvala of 1otellect. Mr. Mueilor has passed dishonost work om tho Governmont under tho very noss of the {ne spector, and be must take tho consequonces, Lt there seems no excuse for those paid sgenta of tho Governmout who, whien mot to watch ita interests, neglected or betrayed them, It appoars of record that whoeyer ordered the foun-ationy of the building to bo made of free- stous was, perhsps, as densely ignorant as any ono could be, 'To muke a blunder of that kind, in tho faco of a twenty years' experianca of good bullders, shows » geniuis worthy of & Mullett, It may bo_ intercsting tu note what the exe perimonta In buildins ou inseoure foundations with rotten matorinla, as practicod by Messra. Alullett, Rankin, aud Mueller, JAVE COST THE COUNTRY 80 FAR T Dy art of Deo, 41, 1871, Congreas decided to expond £4,000,000 to the erection of a United Htates building in Ohicago, and at that time 82,000,000 were l[)plflpfllled. Ground was _ boughbt, foundatiova laid, and tho £9,000,000 mertily passod out smid great rejoicing, In June, 1874, Cougress ape provristed §750,000 more for Mullett, Muellor & Co, to experiment mith, and tho parti-colored aod loaded on cars for shipment to Baltimore aud othor places, as the workman said, To show haw the l.rtm ug was doue, it msy bo said that the siabs were in many cases not 3 inohos thick, and in otbers not J iucbes, There was y ona case where the outting had boen deep enough to gat past the iron streak on oue side, oc ths clay streak oo the otber, shiowiog that the utructure wna pushiod oo, Ou tho 34 of Mareh, in the prodont year, another 8750,000 waa hand- od over, aud Muellor coutinued the delivery of atztiod and scaly stone, which the Goveinment uspector ceams to bave passed with « sheat over tuem, and a lot moro of tham were put in place and bind bita of boardd natied over the cracks to keop them out of sight, All was golng merrily on, and it la probable that the architects might have got enough stane piled up to have tumbled down of Its own accord bad not Bristow, aud Patter, and lolman disturbed matsers, How 1t will eud isa conundrum, but what should badone ia not the least doublful, The Becratary of tha Troasury shonld not wait a wo- mont before Ap‘pumun;{ an honost and sharp- nighted oommittoo of investigation to dig out the exact truth about the Mullett-Mucitor trane- actions, and to flod out what can bo dono with tho man who passod tho dofeotive stone intothe Qovernmout yard, —_— DECATUR (ILL.) ITENS, Spectal Lnapaleh o The Chicago Tribune, Droatun, I, May 15~It was tto farmers’ party that placed Indgu O. B, Buwith, of this Ju- | dicial Cirouit, on the Banch, Asaslight returu for this ack of kindaoss, the Judge hias adjorn. ed the Circuis Couss for the purpose of giving tho farmers, who weta obliged to attond tuo same, an opportunity to plaut corn and potatves, and now they thiuk moie of Lim than over. Court will not mee$ sgain until o 24th inst, The voltiog-mill suspendad operstions last mughs, with & viow, it [+ said, of sitber chi ng Lauds or romovivg to auothor locality. If it shiould move away it Wotla prove s sad blow ve the operuti who pyrcheaed little bomes in' vioinily with the view of paying for thewm from their earulugs fu tho oull. Our onal-tore Liss baoa abandoned after galag down 591 Lot