Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-04-16
ITEMS NO

Other extras unsettled (eStimated).. 800 90
s68,O24 80
From this amount deduct for some
changes that will lessen the cost
of the work, (estimated) at about$ 800 90
Estimated cost of building proper 62, PA ss
ITEMS NO. 2.
Paid q. w. Bunting, architect 81 ,679 IA
Paid c. g. Rosenplaenter, architect. 2,545 90
Paid commissioners for ~ years. SO Al
Paid insurance to April %, 'SI.-.....-.. 240 90
Paid on trips to Gin. and Nashville. 50 IS
Aggregate of items No. 2...........-..S5,43 0 SO
ITEMS NO. 3.
Steam heating ap-paratus.......... -. $3.50 90
Furniture Except chairs) .............- l,422 90
Freight and cost of putting in the
House teStlmated)".--."--~.-~-." lW0 W
Chairs testimated) .........-..--~.-.-. -. go 90
ginning Z64 81
Aggregate of items No. 8....-s5,6S6 81
COST OF GROUNDS.
Whitfield, Ewing and Bailey lots..,s 1850 90
Drane or n Iot.1.------.. lI,500 70
Cost of grounds-..-....----.---...SI7,6 500 90
Add for building proper. 62,224 33
No. add salaries oil architects etc 5,430 Sc
No. 3.-Add steam heating, furni-
ture, 5,6o6 81
s9l, l6l O6
Add for advertising and various
other expenses not now known. S3S 81
sa2, 600 90
This shows that the cost of the
building, completed and furnished
ready for use, including the grounds
in their present condition, will be
about $92, 900, and my opinion is,
that if the estimates, as I have pre-
scented them, are not too low, they
are certainly not too high. When
the grounds are enclosed, as they
should be, with an iron fence, fixed
upon stone kirbing, properly grad
ed, planted in grass, trees and
shrubhery, and otherwise heautified,
in a style to correspond with the
building, the actual cost of the
whole complete will, in my opin-
ion, not be less than $780, 900, and
possibly more.
As to when the building will be
fully completed and ready for use |
cannot positively state, but l trust
that the time for its completion will
not be extended longer than the
latter portion of May. When it is
completed it will probably be the
most elegant Court House in the
state, and though its cost will ex.
coed the amount that was at first
expected, yet it is the opinion of
those who have experience in such
matters that its duplicate could not
at the present time be constructed
without a considerable advance
upon its total cost. Although the
utmost harmony has not at all
times prevailed between the con-
tractors and commissioners, owing
mainly to their different construc-
ton of the contract and specifica-
tons, and though the said contract
Ors have demanded 1.-THE last pound
of flesh" for every stick of timber
and rod of iron not named in the
specifications (Which [ suppose they
had a right to do, l do most will
ingly acknowledge that they have
been faithful in the performance of
their duties as contracting work
men in executing a very substan-
tial and tirst-class job of work in the
form of a magnificent building, that
| trust will stand as a monument OF
their skill and faithful workman
ship for generations to come. For
having been thus faithful, and for
their gentlemanly courtesy in all OF
our dealings with each other, | an
not feel otherwise than that it is
my duty, in behalf of the board of
commissioners and the people of
the county, to extend to them, and
more especially to their very eff
cient superintendent Mr.. j. f. Red
mona, our %unreserved thanks.
The commissioners themselves
have not at all times fully agreed
upon questions that have arisen be-
tween them, but it is my sincere be-
lief that these differences have been
honest, and that it has been the de-
sire of each and all of them to do
what they believed to be for the
best interest of the county in every
instance. 4 desire on my part to
have the people of Montgomery
county know as fully as possible all
of the particulars in regard to the
management of their public affairs
over which 1 have had a partial
control is my only excuse for the
length of this report.
In conclusion, 1 desire to say that
all of the items of figures, showing
the amounts received and the
amounts paid, ETC., are very proba-
bly, not correct in every particular,
but 1 think that they are nearly So
Respectfully,
G. II. SLAUGHTER.
Sec. M. G. CHI. G.
st. Bethlehem, April 8, '81.