, 1870-04-01

MORNING SESSION.
The Committee Of Sinc met yesterday morning.
There were present Supervisors Dolton, in the
csair: Sautcz, Worthington, Waterman, Acshon,
Tcsch. Aod Gage Supervisor Waterman acted as
>.t-ets
Mi. Wineheu Was examined. He produced the
Plans Of The Normal School building, and c1-
IlA'net Its construction for the benefit OF the COM
H,t;ce- The Plan OF the basement showed thatan
engine house md chimney were originally rrortd-
t1 for, the chimney to be built in the Snu; the
committee, however, decided to do AWAY with the
engine house and smoke-etsck; Originally the
chimney was intended TO be built at the sane time
q. TIC building; il he subsequently built the chin
Fey In the building he would have had to tear
down rart of wall md tear up portion Of the
september: the contract for the heating Wis let
.s.ut thc BEGINNING Of October; the committee
Wtsc going 70 heat the building by furnaceS
Supervisor Sauter satd The fIuit lAJ between the
JOINT committee End NJ. ThomsA
seemed 10 have as11ved at the conclusion that Mr.
Thomas Knew more than snybody else
.ed tho plans TO the boAr At ALL The coss OF chang
iEE tho turs frnm the Inside walls 10 the outside
xa;ls 1 WY = So ta.s 4, wss merely The e5tra cost
lrIsc was caused ~ the oIder Of Ar Tnomas
'hs m S1 H. H. SsS
wtu1d rust ahonf s., 600, and the steam apparatus,
ine!udtng The extra expense incurred In making
iht change, would amount to about $4,000 the
furnacr~ would cost 10 per cent more to rnn
Il m the steam APPARATUS; the coils cuuid hare
E,1 snt them IN the corridor ., iii, hui around
the outside Wallsi the coils could have AL been
l!arcd tt 1he corridor: Thomas placed the coils In
ras -sune To use the entire basement for the
ctli ar :!nct; the committee had meeting in his
!w,nshet.l ne vhea r Thomas va M Md.scaaEEsd,
tnr, who ssid he did not know why the building
It;uld nol II. heated through the inside walls;
7nsas wa5 ann spcye1 ane I'd X Ie
e., I1ans. which were to be approved bJ Nj, Boy
Ec'en aHa ~ the committee, hut these plsns we're
r!rssa,c.i ,,etore The plans were ready; did not
think hAt the building could be as well heated
through the outside as through the inside walls;
he WAS cf the same opinion nov, the nues he put
On the inside walls would answer for steam aa
wcN as for furnaces; the valves End connection
r:lsx now on The coils we're simple and sufncient,
hut NIT according TO the specifications; that
Thomas got him to build an engine house, into
which the boilers would not IT. 80 part OF It had to
be tn1n down; he then enlarged the engine house,
aid had 10 tear II down once more. 50 that 1t conli
then tc ENLARGED fer the fsns; that was the second
Tine the engine house IVES changed, which cost
$3.50 INSTEAD OF 81 ,oo9 witness did not think Mr.
Thutnas WIS competent to super1ntend any such
work; Thomas Was st The school four or fve times
surtr'ntrndent Of auch piece Of K95k M onshr to
have ,s, Sise !: sTs f s'ssr sy 0 J, aa m
could have objected 10 them at The outset, and
hare saved Nj. Crane much expense; that Is, II
hc thought he could do the work better than Nj.
hs had n snes ssanssa 81; or'nion
do WoTk Is well as anyone; the brick
rus in were not as good Is called for
Eaa be was sa1i:ne,i win the bicE; ie noticed ths
fuss between Thomas and Crane In January; the
I'm maj fhnfr htT0.