Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-04-05

be carefully watched by the people. The contract for it's erection gives to | the Board of Supervisors the power | to alter or modify the design, and | to add to or diminish the contract | price accordingly, and that the ex- pense thereof, if exceeding or dimin- ishing the contract price, to be deter mined by mutual agreement of the supervisors and contractors, and such costs of alterations, changes or omis- sions shall be agreed to in writing. The contractor is required to have com petent person on the work to receive instructions and see when his partic- ular work is required sub-contractors will not be recognized. The footings of all walls and piers are to be two and one-half feet lower than the level of the ground at the lowest point, and all trenches are to be filled with water for twenty-four hours before the stone work goes in. This last requirement. has not been conformed with, it is said by direction of the board, nor has the stone been "well settled in the earth with heavy instrument of wood" nor laid in "good lime mortar" The most essential requirement. should be thorough work upon the foundation of every structure, for it's future se curity rests upon it.. Samples of the mortar used, as shown us after drying, can be easily crushed to powder be- tween the fingers and if it all be of that character the foundation cannot be strongly built. The supervisors have adopted full plans and specified tions and upon them a contract has been entered into for the construc- tion of the building. All parties to the transaction are men of good repu- tations and bear high characters as honorable citizens. Their good in- tentions in this undertaking gre not questioned and, we trust, there will never be occasion to question them. Yet there is one duty left undone that they owe to themselves as men, as off, cers of the county and as contractors,
 and to the people as we'll, that should | h0 II We refer to the selection of some com petent person to superintend the con- struction and inspect the work and materials from day to day. The super viSors as body cannot do this, and one of their number or some disin- terested person should be chosen for this work. It will relieve the board from censure and the contractors from criticisms that may be unjust and un- merited, and it will command the ap- probation of the people and give them confidence in the honest intentions oI both parties to the contract. THE ENTERPRISE would offer the sugges. ton that Supervisor Childs be appoint ed superintendent. MT. Childs at first opposed the building of new cour house, but when he found himself il the minority he gracefully yielded tC the inevitable and exerted all hi power to erect every possible safeguard about it in the interests of the public purse and to secure the best work fol the least money consistent with tht building of a solid and honest struc ture and one that will be credit tt the county, to the supervisors and tc its builders. His impartiality in sucl a position is beyond question and hi selection would remove every suspic ion of jobbery that the most evil minded person could suggest. Ther, can be no divided or evasive responsi bility in this matter and, if the boart fails to see the necessity of selectin,
 some person to perform this import ant duty, THE ENTERPRISE, actinj upon behalf and in the interests of tn, people of Pinal county, will supply th' deficiency at its own expense and pub fish his report from week to week, il order that no injustice may be don
 any one.