The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-31
CHARLES F. pAcuMAN RnAprolSTEp
To tho Position OF Superintendent OF he.
NI pairs Mt tho Custom House.

pairs mt tho Custom House.
It leaked out Saturday evening that
Mr.. Charles +. Bachman had been reap.
pointed by tho Treasury Department,
through the Office OF the Supervising
Architect at Washington, to tho position
Of Superintendent OF Repairs ut the
Custom House in this city. from which
place he was rather uncctemoniously
fired early last fall. Mr.. Dachman
could not DO found yesterday, but a con.
tirmation OF the report that he had been
reinstaied was obtained from Mr..
Charles Blckerton, the Custodian OF the
building, and others. This reappoint-
ment OF Mr.. Bachman Is u vindication
Of that gentleman's course previous to
his being displaced, md naturally, Ia
very gratifying not only to him but to
his many friends.
Mr.. Bachman, It will DO remembered,
was appointed to the position OF Super.
intcndent soon after the present admin.
istration came into power. About the
same time the work fmaking the alleged
repairs and improvements was begun by
the contractors, Baldwin 4 Mccarthy.
The trouble that followed and which
furnished tho papers with considerable
interesting news for some time after.
wards, will doubtless be readily
recalled by tho readers. The botch
work that was being done was
plainly apparent from the start and had
not progressed very far till Mr.. Bachman
called n halt lie was very determined
In his stand, insisting that tho speciiica.
lions should DO complied with, and that
called for undoius Of a part OF the work
that had already been done. The con.
tractors saw Toss in this for them and
fought against 1t, but were finally com.
PEELED to do, after fashion, that which
Mr.. BaehmaH insisted upon. Soon after
that Mr.. Bachman was given his walking
papers, and there is reason for believing
that 1t was the contractors who bad him
removed by virtue Of having a pull"
OF some sort in the department at Wash.
ington.
In place OF Mr.. Bachmnn there was
sent here as Superintendent a stranger,
with whom the contractors appeared to
be on good terms. Under him the work
Jagged frightfully and 1t was not until
winter had set in that the building was
closed to the wind aud storms. All this
time Custodian Bickerton WINS endeav-
oring in a number OF ways to have mat
tiers hurried forward aud the work COM
pleted. For this he was threatened by
tho contractors with flute such as had
beiallen Mr.. Bachman, but that did not
deter him from keeping up his seli.im.
posed task Of urging the officials at
Washington to pay some attention 10
the evils existing hero in the matter Of
these "repairs and improvements"
At last, probably because OF Mr.. Bick-
e,ton's opportunities, the Government
sent one MIR. Patterson here TO inspect
the work. This was about three weeks
ago. Mr.. PATTERSON proved himself to
DO the right man ior the duty, for his
report was Of 4 character that made the
Government get move on itself.
Under date OF March "a, notice
was sent to Baldwin 4 Mccarthy
that unless work was resumed
hero inside OF three days the
Government would take charge and FIN
ish the work at their expense, even if it
had to fall hack on the bond given by
Baldwin 4 Mccarthy in order to do it.
This had its effect, for the following
morning men had arrived here from
Pittsburgh and resumed work on the
stair way, which had been remaining
untouched for about one month.
1t is understood that Mr.. Patterson, in
his report, gives the contractors a great
"roast." The granting is spoken OF as
hardly fit for kitchen and the panel
work In the poGtosice lobby is torn out,
metaphorically speaking. Several peo-
pie have had occasion to comment on
that panel work.
The job has not been good one at
any stage, but Mr.. Rachmau can be de-
pended upon to see that it is finished up
in as creditable a manner as possible and
as soon as possible. N.-