Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-23

F0zz sEErEAceoN. Sept. 81, 1856.
10 shs Board u BssldinG Commissioners
fer IA Hospital for fhs xnsaae.
oEEILz1EEas--f KeRret thaf q has BE-
eeme my duly 70 inform you that the
materials and workmanship nos heiBG
furnished By she oontrMcf0rs for brick
wuEk on the Hospital fer Ina ne are not
il oonfoFmity With speei6oations.
30n are aware thai ths oontKa1toFs
have been endesFnFiDg 70 make brick
On ths Rrounda Tie frsf kiln, though
ol inferior quality. has been used Ia
he walls b . iudiai0as minaline OF
about the same nnmbsr Of good briuk
furnished ~ Cock Brothers. The sec
ond kiln. noe beinR used. IL also infe.
nor IL quality, having been rushed
through on the pEiuoipis thas anythine
ell do.
The amoant appropriated for she
buildinG is insdeqaate 10 the maRni-
tude Of the work, gheEefora Il must be
eonstFuetsd vita she smallest amount
Of materials consistent with strength
and durability, and tue museEials and
uoKkmanahip must be % the hest, e.
ne specifications psainiy imply.
Koa have boand yonF arohilect By
contract and bend with Bureties. in the
sum 81 $1,000, TO furnish plans and
apeoinoationB and 10 supaKinfand the
work, and 20 perform sueh duty faith
fully and we'll.
And 4 imposaibie % paEform this
duty With the present contractors.
Abouf one-half the present kiln Of
heick could have baen used without mn
teri damage % the building, provided
ahma - na.Mau wsw-.e.~. - .---s.,r t.~zmn,.
had been procured % mix with them.
Il may be we'll 70 state here that good.
veil burned briak has 9 sensile strength
Of 100 pounds per inch, While Q salmon
or inferior one has bat 100 pounds per
iaah. Various experiments show thai
the power Of this class OF material 70
resist The eject Of freezing is q fair ex.
ponent Of that 20 resiat compression
An average sample Of salmon brick nov
on hand, and WHICH, 10 q considerable
extent, has been used IN the walls dur.
ing The past two weeks, will absorb oveI
0na-third its weight In water.
have on several occasions since la
commencement, stopped the work, bal
knowing the board we're anxious thsl
the work should pressed Withoat delay,
and sharing thst anxiety, l have each
lime allowed Il 10 proceed on promise
/ that better material shoald be proyidsd
In doing 20 have exceeded the limitl
OF an architects Discretionary power %
far az to merit disappFoval. cannot
afford 10 be ceasuFed BY the public q
| surely and inevitably must be should
! allow this work 20 proceed as e Il noV
doing without my protest.
But there are yet weiahtier reasons
An architect should protect bic reputa'
ton, and remark in passing that more
architects are ruined By unscfapaloal
builders than the public have any
knowledge Of. An architect BY super.
intsndence is NOS supposed TO assume Z
bnildeF's risk, yet be has literally 20 en-
trust his reputation 10 the builder and
his woFkmen, and the public will hold
him stric'ly responsible. justly OF IN.
justly. On the g7th alt. / informed the
contractors for brick york that 1 could
not aecept tbs Work then being done
and finally ordered them TO stop work
fhey informed ne that they would NOT
stop tbs work without q written oFdtI
from the Board Of Commissioners.
Later, Il was understood that II they
| pFooeaoed further With the work Il
should be- subject 70 the approval Of the
board at lee next meeting.
can zee nothina 70 iustify The belief
thai there eau be any improvement in
materials OF workmanship while nndeT
the present management, and am clsaFly
81 the opinion that the briekwork
should be suspended until arrangements
can be entered into shafeby il mas pro-
coed without iniaFy 10 the Territory
am VarV reaoToffullV VOuF obadianf
servant. w. Z. BoaNR,
Architect and Superintendent.
o. The Sd Of Saptemb-E the con
tractor, RAinsy, presented the following
bilis
81. 900 brick 10 bal ding At el3 es.s2s %
$50 coo bFieS on hand 81 $3.50. s.3I5 90
Sst4a ttoo. sss.s.e.s.s..sss 90 W
S66 obla cement Is e4.66....... 1881 Is
Aotat.s...s..s ....s...s.. SAEssc1 -
The above bill uas referred 10 the
architect. 10 not haviog been approved
by him "A uFovidad bV nontFaaf hnd the