Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-05
The Courts Reply to Baldwin Bros.

| Ed. RegtSter-In your paper of last week
there is a communication from Mr.. Baldwin
in regard to building to be erected on poor
| farm.
| The facts in the case are these: When we
purchased the VIM. Tong homestead for a
poor farm, we found we did not have room
enough, and at the March term of court we
agreed upon what we would build. Judge
Hoiloman gave Mr.. Miller our ideas in re a
ton TO same, from which he drew up plan
OF building 81 feet square, two stories high,
with porch all around it, one story high, and
eight feet wide. After due consideration of
same, we changed the plan submitted by Mr..
Miller in THIS, that the porch should be tt10
stories high and six feet wide, which would
make the plan adopted building 81 feet
square, with two-story porch all around, six
feet wide, and two stairways going up on
porch; house to contain eight rooms-four
below and fd.ir above-with solid stone
foundation under main building and pillars
under porch; to be painted on outside with
two coats of paint. Mr.. j. L. Baluwid came
before the court, and was given full eXpla-
nation of what we wanted, and of the plan
as changed and adopted by the court, which
plan was delivered to him by Judge Hollo
man that evening. He kept it until the next
day, when he handed the plan back to Judge
Holloman, and later in the day came into
court and made verbal bid of "about twelve
hundred dollars" After Mr.. Baldwin left
the room, it was agreed that we have him
submit his bid in writing, and Judge Hollo-
man was requested to call on Baldwin on his
way home that evening and have the bid
made in writing, which he DICTIONARY did.
On the next morning Mr.. Baldwin gave
Judge Holloman the following as his bid on
same:
Description of building to be erected on
county poor farm, about two miles east of
courthouse: Building 60 be 30x30 outside; to
contain rooms below and above--to be
15X1o outside measure: TO have pOrchto run
all around building, feet wide and 2-story,
with plain balusters on upper porch; build
ing to be ceiled inside and out, except over
head on lower story; first and second-story
joists TO be 2Xl0, upper joists 2N6; studding
2X4, Is feet long; hip rafters to be 2X6, others
to be 2x6 and 2x4; stills 6X6' stairs TO be
open, with plain balusers; porch posts to
be AKA dressed and chamfered. All to be
done in 4 neat substantial manner. Found
alton to be solid under main building; to be
one foot in ground and one foot above
GROUND. flilaTS unueF porcn every III leet.
One fiue to be 3 brick square from ground.
BALDWIN BROS, per j. L. b.
Now, Mr.. Editor. you see that he did not
bid on the building We wanted, or the plan
furnished, but substitutes one of his own,
which is two feet less every way. He does
not agree in this bid to paint what he does
build; does not state what quality of mate
rial he will use in the erection of the same.
He simply agrees to build us something we
do not want for $1,000. Mr. Miller, in his
bid, agrees to build us a house according to
the plan submitted and adopted by the court,
setting forth the quality Of material to be
used in the erection of the same-al to be
done in a substantial and workmanlke man
ner-he furnishing everything and turning
oyer the keys &c Us for 81 300.
We do not write this III reply to anything
that may have been said in this matter, or
may be said IN the future, but to place the
facts before the taxpayers.
Signed, A. w. HoLLoMAN,
JOS. G.. GARRISON,
IL J. HILL,