The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-07

scher's answer, are copied for the
benefit Of those who desire the IN
formation
Who is Laubscher, the competent
architect who pledges himself that the
building firm of Sutermeister & Co,
of Fort Wayne. of whom be would
seem to be g partner, would build the
Water-W orks in Evansville on the
Holly plan for from ten to fifteen
thousand dollars cheaper than the
present contract calls for2
This and similar questions have been
frequently asked as for the last few
days, and we can bot answer them, be-
cause we have never yet heard g word
Of the gentleman named.
We have made several inquiries,
and can now give to our readers the
following information concerning this
interesting parsonage.
Mr.. LauDscher, is, so We are told,
a young. beardless chap. Of about
twenty one years, who. about a year
ago. immigrated from Germany. and
at present is used as travelling agent
or superin tendent of outside building
work, for Messrs. Sutermeister l. Co.,
who have mostly to do with church
building.
He at present oficiates as overseer
Of the building Of the new Lutheran
Church in LamascO.
Well, this young milksop, WAo~6as
beer a aVhole gear in -Gk1s country,
and evidently never saw Water Works
on the Holly pla0, pledges himself
| that the 6rm he represents, would
have built the works $4,000 to SIS,
900 cheaper. If they had been called
into competition
How does be know this2
Have Sutermeister & Co, autl or
/ lied him TO make q proposition for
/ such gigantic works on his own hook.
They must be unusual business
men it this il so, for they have never
| seen either the plans or specifications
/ for the Water Works; and Mr..
Laubscher frst saw them since be
made the proposition, published in
the Union. for on the following day
be sent TO our Office and got the mum
/ Der of the Courier in which the plan
and specifications for the Water
Works were contained.
One can see from this that the tax.
| ing up of the assertions Of this young
/ lad, who holds himself so wonderful
4 ly important. was only intended to
make cheap capital against the Water
| Works Committee; for it is not 20 be
/ believed By the weakest understand
ings, that there was anything tangible
back Of this graBdiloquenee.
VINO Is LAUBsCHER?-This ques-
ton is answered By Mr.. Laubscher il
last evenings Union, from which the
following translation is made:
| Editor Union:
Respected Sir.-Altho0gh perhaps
I should hold it to be far beneath nv
dignity to answer the grossly mean
aad vulgar personal assault upon me
| in this mornings Den0krat, without
/ the slightest pr0vocati0n from me,
| yet I will st0op to bring the following
/ facts TO your notice, just to show you
how, and in what lying manner that
sheet made the assault on my inter-
esting personality, aud you may make
use of them as you choose.
Regarding the epithets. "beardless
| chap of twenty ore years" young
milksop, who has been a whole year
| IN the country" and as a lad who
holds himself so wonderfully import
ant" therein applied to me: they de-
| serve to be corrected, and | only de-
| sire to say to you, In that relation,
| that I have been ia this country since
Christmas, 1867, after having passed
| a polyteehnic examination in 1866 in
Munich, and having undergone, in
| August, September aud October,
/ 1867, a practical examination for
| knowledge as an engineer on streets,
/ water and railroad building. I was
thereupon appointed, By the Royal
I Government Of Bavaria, as State Ep.
| gineer, and was practically eTnfoyed
/ 90 street and railroad werk. and then
| received leave Of absence from that
| Government for three years, which
I expires on November Il. of this year,
! but which has been extended for two
years.
Water Works have always been my
special and fayorite department, and
| Gao hardly comprehend how a pub
lie journal can so far forget itself as
to ask if Messrs. Sutermeister q CO.
have authorized me to bid on such
works as the Water Works Of this
city "on my own hook"
Since April 1869, I have been with
a Mr.. Becker, business partner with
Mr.. Sutermeister, and we prosecute
! the business Of architects in all its
branches, and not principally church
/ building, as the DemOkTatso Rlibly as
/ serts, on joint account. Yet I was ess
pecially authorized by the firm to bid
and contract for the building of Ties 8
| Water Works, if / shoaid have q
chance to do so.
En- pQssdnt, I will remark that
esteem myself fully capable of con
structing water works, be they on
| the Holly" plan, with which ! am
| fully acquainted, or on any other sys-
TEN.
Tt seems to me almost as If the
DemOkrQt would repro2ch me with
my youth as a fault, but this I will
overcome day by day. At the pres.
ent moment [ am 243 years old, yet
all viii admit that there are men of
| forty who have not yet become wise:
and / may remark that the Bavarian
Government would hardly appoint
man State Engineer who was sot
fully up IN his profession.
So much for the estimation 10 which
the Demo KRAFT holds me, without no
ticiDg the sneers, inveetives and in
situations.
With respect, &C., &c.
LUDWIG LAUBsCHER,
Member of the firm Of Sutermeister
Il Co, It. Wayne, Iud Architects
and Engineers.