Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-19
ARcnTrEcr noesE aGsTAIaED.
Ehe sew Terrslsrial Asgtan Iaspect'
ea ~ cempessns Builders ana
cnnaeElnna.

l4NaeE18G3s
AZ the Fsqusst of 3 namkeg of promi-
nsnt eitizsns and hsavy taxpaysrs. q
committee Of veliknoun ooniEactorE
and hsildsts vent % S1eilacoom last
week and mads . Thorough examinaiion
Of TIE Tsrriiorial Insane Asylum nov
In coarse Of essctzon. and ihs material
used IN tbs ssnstrastion Of that bald
inR. They t0ok plenty of time and
made oaraful examination Of the
character of the wofk and matt rial,
after which they held = CONSULTATION
and made the foilowinR report;
By request Of several citizens, ws, ths
undeFsizns builders aad contracfors,
visited the new insane Asylum nov "a
COON for she unKposa ef reporting Il %
used and the quality Of she workman
sAip, and, having visited thu buil0inQ,
are OF she 0pinion thai ehe maior por-
ton of she brioka used and nov being
used are Of 90 poor . quality khat Arch
iteot Boone had no alternative ha1 1o
resiQR since tha Commissioners pef.
mittsd the eontrautoE 90 uaa them after
being c3ndsmned ay him. Substantially,
wa agree wifh the report of Arohifoef
Williams, except that the Impression
conveyed by bin that brick eqaai %
that called for by the speaidoations vas
not obtainabie, b moi correct; We kaow
there is and has been brick Of that
quality immediaasly ID TIE viainity OF
Tacoma and Stoilaeoom, aad also at
diiferent points on Puget Sound. We
q 90 know from experience that build
inRa can be erected from ordinary stoak
brick, when properly selected, that uiil
stand al exposure % this climate.
Many buildings could Be pointed out 81
zen o. dfteen years standing which have
not been oiled OF osmsnted and are a
good today as when first ersaied. aud
this, beiag q Territorial building.
should nos have been confined 70 sadh
material as Tacoma OF any other place
could furnish when it did not comply
with tho specifications.
After inspection Of The brick used,
We are surprised at She statement of
Acting Governor Ogens, aa quoted BY
the Olympia Hartisan, rthat this 4
merely another branoh Of the quarrel
between Seattle and Tacoma Vhioh par
meatsa everything In the entire Terri
tory. commercial, mechanical, religious,
professional ana poltsioai.n Such mar
Fowness Of view on the pari Of officials
dressed IN little brief authority does
much toward embitiering the feeling
between the two towns aud placing Q
petty local jealousy above the pnblis
welfare.
We recognize the difficulty Of Arehi.
tect Williams position when called 20
adjudicats upon work already passed By
the Commissioners, but ne cannot TOO
a.rUnRly condemn the action Of the
Commissioners IN ignoring the protest
OF Aruhitec1 Boone and, il face Of the
report Of Architect Williams. still allow
inc the defective material 90 be used.
We consider she Commissioners have
laid themselves open % the oensura Of
the pablo IN allowing the building 10
progress with Eaah material, aud We
trust the public will interest itself Ia abe
matter and resent sueh breaches Of fgnsl
By officials empowered expressly 30 pre-
vent them. CHknLEs r RRrTER,
!. s. MoOALLIsraR,
JoHN MIGRATE,
OTro RkNKn,
O. DBBER,
M. ]. CAnKEKK,
5. E. ULoUoH.