Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-06-23
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THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE
IL Executive Committee of "The Au-
gusta Memorial Association for the Con-
federate dead" contained in the valley
Virginian" Of the 9Th inst, is further in
sisted on in the issue of that paper OF the
18th inst. The charge against us IS tnat
in letting the iron-work for our soldiers
cemetery ian injustice was done the people
and our home mechanics, " and this charge
is persisted in, and its truth sought to be
established by statements derived from the
Staunton Iron Works Company, notWlth-
standing our published declaration that
"the contract was awarded to the lowest
bidder 1t will be remembered thaC we
are the assailed, and not the assallants,
and that while we are engaged quletly IN
the endeavor to make the best and most
advantageous provision in our power 10r
doing honor to the memory of our fallen
comrades, an effort is being made to con-
denim us in the eyes of the public, as men
who have deliberately done injustice to
sour home mechanics" in general, ana the
Staunton Iron Works Company, In par
.ticular. We do not choose to suffer under
these imputations, which are directly con-
trary to the facts of the case. and we there
ore present the following statement
On the Doth of February last. at meet
ing of this Committee, plan for the IRON
work of the Soldiers Cemetery was adopt
ed, and the following resolution passed:
ssResolved, That the President be and he
is hereby authorized to employ an engineer
to aid him in preparing drawings and
specifications for carrying into effect SAID
plan; and he is further directed to procure
bids from three or more reliable parties
here and elsewhere, for furnishing Ghe
posts, chains and tags, and that ne also
procure by advertisement, or otherWlse,
bids for the necessary rOck-WOrk, and LOT
setting said posts, &c.
Under this resolution DOnald'Allen. Esq.
was selected as our engineer, and DldS LOT
the iron-work were invited from Rich
mond, Baltimore and Philadelphia. With
regard to the Staunton Iron Works, the.
President, Col. Skinner, called in person
at that establishment, saw the superinten-
dent, told him we were about to let our
iron-work, that we wanted bid from
them, and cordially invited him to call at
Mr.. Aliens Office and procure there all the
necessary information to enable him to
make bid. Accordingly, shortly there
after, we received the following bid from
that concern.
STAUNToN IRON WORKS Co.,
March 10th, 1876. !
The Staunton Iron Works Co. will fur
nish the posts as per drawing at one dollar
and fifty cents apiece.
GEO. W. EYLER, supt.
Thedrawing referred to in the above bid
was plan furnished us by Mr.. VIM. A.
Pratt. Shortly after this bid was put in,
the PRESIDENT of the Association CHANGED
to meet Mr.. Eyler at Mr.. Aliens Office.
These gentlemen were discussing a work.
ing drawing Of . plan then before them,
several notifications of which were pro-
posed by Mr.. Eyler and assented to by Mr..
Allen, and then Mr.. Eyler stated that his
Company would furnish the posts COM
plete in all parts, in accordance with this
plan as modified by himself, at one dollar
and half apiece. Nevertheless, a short
time after we received thefollowing bid:
STAUNToN IRON WORKS Co.,
March 18th, 1885,
We will furnish
430 Posts at. Observation-Disclosures 1926
$40 Bolts at 30 %