, 1877-11-26
sExT0N'S BRICK CONTRACT.
s,.n $ts E.&jtnt ~ 1Le T'r1jHnR


CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-An Editorial iii to lays
Issue headed tho Serton Brick job is 80 clearly
unSuts thn1 l feel bound In Justice to nlysrlf u
ask place for u, explanation
In Nov 10 was awarded the Contract for
Masonry brick work and iron work ot tho tuw
Court :lousc at three Hundred nnd twenty clght
thousand Dollars or Some 7v-thousand Dvifars
les than thu dtrro0s bhl ns may ba seen from tho
decision OF Judge Williams In TINT matter my
Contract Called for Common building brlrk
laid in lIme and mortar every MfrJ
Course groutcl It was then decided
BY the architect and tho board that
t.!asmush as t,o County Wy ,, getting ,ta.' t',e
ths county could afford to improve the quality
ot tic materials aud wotkinnnslitp by tntroduc.
Ing stttsei {sewtr) brick laid in cement inorfdF
etrra cuursc TO b. groafei tflis means tho very
beat class Of work. !n view of recent tnishaps
ut the Itocklond and j!a1ria court-itouscs, II
w1u1a sccln this was q wtae chansc.
Thu cost Of tho above changu Is about Is fol-
lows:
Difference between com building and sawtr.. !.
c..t % ii cun,ent md eztta mortar 10 10 Hroai "
thtcu courses Instead VI ono ~ pet cUntrnct
tab0qti. .,-,..s. ..s,,-. t..r..s ~
Extsu labor. -. .,...'..".,.'.'........... W
Total extra cost per thousaud.... ......,.$3. %
The original price for tho brick work WIS less
than Seven Dollars pr thousand and With tho
three dollars a.licll II leee than ten dollars per
thuu4aul for selected brick laid ~ walls IL
cr,.f n.urtGE tvy c0urao hllcu solid this is not
sasrsa hs 1 " my ,rsae acs s.
" let by tic CITY OIL tho foundations OF taa
New City hall whcre they pay, u'ore thau ten
Dollars per thousand {Or ttIis sanlo istnt Ut
work OH walls not over ten feet high the Court
har.s walls are 10 be carricl oae hundred and
twenty eight feet high with Stories @IH to ~ II
high which ,,cccs4,tates an enormous uutly for
hostiu1 tto1dn4 unl s<ailoidinE ssiu the City
authorities and Contractors sceln to bu hsld W
Dv tho prts6 rs models ni propri.ty while tho
County authorities aud Contractors are ChurScd
with fraud, ~ thh fair agaY,'
1T regurd to tllu Gstillatu for hfty thousatiA
dullars which you particularly eon.meni gu e.
llny Whytt 1t was lartarn'etl q member OF tllc
county board attacked It Il Yl1sene manner
charging that Ind been over paid a3rna1y l
challenged that Statement und Fctuscd 10 take
the tuoney until 1t WIS proven lad cariird 1t
tue work over taeY reported very mucn 70 ny
surprise a sl,urtagu III brick aud u surplus Of
| tron and StuIe In dome work
| All the gentlemen WHO measured tals Wo!S
sumo they have figured from different Standards
aid consequently arrived ut titkerrnt TGsllta
this IL not mn UNUSUAL occlratIcc ii y''u VAL W.
il you rclcr to tho records Of tho county boatd
proposals were rendered ttloso 1rutosals
| represented pcrhaps = majority OF tl!I
building talent Of tue city most ol
them e1prrts In asprux out aualtltl = 1t 'TOI
e1anltued their figures you vii! ind Ii yast dil
| cranes Of opinion Honie esttuatrnt. thu 4uat
tity Of hsIck iu this bulldil as low ~ TN ntfs
io1s md others Us lish Us eighteen millions ~
| two OF si,usu experts agreeing OIL tslat posnt
althu hxu1cius fs.Isn the Same plans
Ny contruct with tho county Is not ~ the
thousand tut 10 much fur tlle wfloe work 1t ula
krs 10 dlfgtau..t wlcathcr there 10 ten or twsnti
millions IN it except 50 far = ts .ttrse 4olas:
per thousand exG1uEots iu this Casa II Ii eIaio1e
which nlea1s Ax thousand dollars for tho Count,
but this Is usIriy o!lset by suEpl'la of trou
! and atone work besIdu tho county has III ample
| III aruutec lu .ua,,y thousand dollars WoEtl, Q
ny work not yet es,i,uats4 for and more thal
tweuty dys thousand lollara VI my uons9>
| retained as parenutago on My coptEucts thl
or ANY other tstih.atp may receive during th
progress oi my work Is only intended 70 b
aupfoximatcly correct when tho work 10 q
flnlaiel 1t will be sll Mealurel over aud
correct statement iual9
Respectfully &c P,J,ss1toa