You really think the weight of the beam, plus whatever else above it is supporting, will weigh more than 490,000 lbs? 10" times 14" times 3500 lb/sq in = 490,000 lbs. Check with your engineer. From a pure compressive load standpoint there shouldn't be any problem. Just make sure that the load on the top of the column isn't enough to cause failure by column bending. That can occur well before pure compressive failure. I doubt there will be a problem considering the column is only 9' tall. You'll also want to be sure the load is distributed uniformly over a good percentage of the top of the column, i.e., don't try to transfer the load of the beam to the top of the column with a 2" square steel pad! That's an absurd idea, of course, but you get the point.
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