Litchfield enquirer., 1876-01-20

MT. Bartram. specifications made by tile Bridgeport architects were not made by our order. !.
 Mir. McMahon. Frost, the New Milford member of the last committee, I knew nothing of the specifications tall they ere sent to him.
 Mir. Frisbie.-It is foggy out of doors and about as foggy inside. have seen a great many cases of repairing houses, and and in nine cases ont of ten the persons who made them will acknowledge that it would have been much wiser to have built new. believe this will prove 8 like case. ..-.-...,-...-.-
 Mir. Dutton.-It seems that Mir. Bartram was not notified that specifications were being made in Bridgeport and was not consulted about. It looks like underhand work.
 l Mir. Cleveland. d.-Messrs. Bartram and Hotchkiss were not on the advisory com mlttee appointed at the meeting in Octo- Der. When the architects came here to examine the building with reference to preparing specifications, we sent for Mir. Hotchkiss to consult with us. because he was builder and none of US were He looked over the matter with the archi- tect. -.
 Dr. Deming Il imagine that members have fully made up their minds on this matter, aud move that the vote be taken on the proposed resolution of the gentle man from Plymouth.
 On motion the vote was taken by Ayes and Noes and resulted in the defeat of the resolution IS to 10.
 Mir. McMahon then proposed an ad- journment sine die, but gave way to Mir. Hodge of Roxbury. who moved that when the meeting adjourns it adjourn till 9 a. m. tomorrow morning in order that committee might confer with Mr. Bartram and make some definite arrangement for repairs. Messrs. McMahon and others voted against MT. Hodges motion, claim ing that there was no time to perfect such an arrangement, Mir. Hotchkiss. who was sick, being unable to assume his part of the proposed contract. The vote carried.
 Mir. Bartram-We had specifications pre- pared for new jail by Messrs Lambert and Bunnell, but no specifications were made for repairs.
 MT. Ives. of Goshen, asked to whose acceptance the work was to be done on which Messrs Bartram and Hotchkiss made their BIO, 900 offer.
 MT. Gay thought it should have been done to the acceptance of the commission CTS and of.the advisory committee.
 4 committee was voted to confer with MT. Bartram and the chair appointed Messrs Hodge. Gay. Deming, Frisbie and Barber such committee.
 On Wednesday morning the convention met at 10:30. The report of the committee was called for.
 MT. Hodge.-We met Mir. Bartram, last evening He went through with the spec- ifcations and changed them to accord with his original plan. Having finished the part with reference to mason work, we went to Wolcottville to copfer with Mr. Hotchkiss. Found his view differed very materially from the requirements of the specifications. They required new floors and new arrangement of eastern part of the jail which he had not contemplated in his offer. The committee make no recom- mendation. Will say that I have no doubt that Msssrs Bartram and Hotchkiss will make an addition of 40 feet and carry it out so as to make it convenient and satis- factory.
 McMahon moves that the resignation of J. D. Perkins be accepted, and Mi Hodges name substituted on the advisory committee panel.
 Bartram.-Mr. Hotchkiss says it was understood between him and the county commissioners that the plans were to be got up by Lambert and Bunnell, and then submitted to him. This was not done, though he wrote repeatedly about them.
 Our space will not admit of further full report of proceedings, this week, but the result reached was a re-passage of the original resolution appropriating $1O,OOO for repairs and laying a tax of four-tenths of mill, and appointing Messrs. Hodge, of Roxbury, M. l.. Frost, of New Milford, and T. M. Clark, of Winsted to act with the County Commissioners as building committee.
 The discussion in the Senate on the tenure of office of the Pres. pro tcna. of that body was quite an interesting one. The contingency of the death of both President and Vice. President in the same term has never yet occurred, but, should it occur. some very nice legal questions would arise. Would that officer still re- main removable by the Senate Would he still preside over it's deliberations as we'll as perform the duties of the executive?