, 1880-12-28
THE COURT.IIOUSE.
Sections Reply to the Mayoral
Forfeiture Of His Con-
tract.
He Charges Erasures and Alterations
In the Original Document,
And Asks for Information us to What
tho Mayor Means.

Ing letter fruD, Contractor Ecxnn In reply 10 a
communication uhdrcssod to Mr. Sexton notify
Ing him that part Ut his contract un tho City.
Hall had been forfeited:
aiauaS . chisag,-sia: \ iex asss :inss RI: e:
8. Waller, Esq.. comnissioner ot l'uGiio wSrks,
~Grs o liz a st aS aofae - oes t. 5
specifications, ! shUutl do work not en-.
D GrasSa s,!1a In hss,4ehr snsoicntions, ana dS:
.ho rooi according 10 the specifications o. pans IS
in tho possession, Of tho city, fraudulcntly
contact; IND tint buiid sky ahts IN Tho Q roof OK
!ion ornhraced III It request TINT. M 10 whether
eateYorically ."yes" Of !. no,". and Yor Tcasoi,s
!. *s!sh e. seemed to mo self evident, atsvered
!, | an now Ia receipt OF your communication Of
tho I'd inst, IN which you deuIaru my contract
forfeited In part, bscnuso Will not comply III
Va! not bsid tho skyi!ghts DOT ID Tic specISca.
or ~ ds; s;rss ss4ss % ?s st sses,y IL sEe
atlons. and additions matie behind III my baek
specfcations Of thu Iron WORK was 10 bid Oh
tgrnf1ea thn me " se sity md The same Icig
one on tho bains au " havx re- Tse 81 10 10
DO tho work aecorsiing to specifications, do mot
tel @ e called IT,! p upon 70 ignore such specifications
~" WI tAH 4ull NUAA Nut At3SF4DNu i'll lHB{ns n51u
consequently not part of such Contract
whotisr 70 tho lower .pnrt or In the skyliHhts Of
tho tho 9nK II e the acfations
,se ss's rarn ssnz ~ from hls tsss pa" SsT 81
nguru could 10 seen through Rnl tn,ccfI, d part
OF such plum, embracing tho work 10 10 lgt-
TlsK PLAN At THE TINE
Of tho tracing marked tho size OF tho Iron rafters
four T-irun, seven pounds per foot" Gpecln-
cations OF all tho pieces Of Iron. embracing those
rnfters, were thon transferred to tho part of tho
plan traced olf, lnd which were necessarily like
tho original as tho photograph to the man, and
handed BY the proper city Official to uo to bid
portion Of the work IN the plan handed mo and
sot 70 bc lid %. and H Would 30 sabjees to @ua q
thereforo 6id slo5,ao aud afterwards con.
frncted for that SUN, t1 DO the work etnorncod
~ saS9 Tsofg h 40 9ne
On TIC plan OF the building outside tho specilsca-
uons bid IN. THO akylIQhts u THO roof nru also
ssnco tho maainu of my contract Some person
not tn, yes publicly e xnown witnnus ny kno%'edEa
below = Threo md half Is fur. tetl and a
iorm Of this chH,9o shows that il was not iut
there by ~ archttect. Tic crasura OF tho lauro
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