Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-25
A BIG CLAIM
FILED LAST EVENING, AGAINST FERRIS
KAUFMAN,
b. the Bridge Building Firm Of Baird Br0s-Thslr
gll 70 Date Attachments Papers
Issued and a Levy Made.

rumors to the effect that there was tron-
BILE among the contractors Tor the cree
ton OF the new bridges OF the wheeling
Bridge Company, and that attachment
paper had been sworn out in the once
OF the Circuit Clerk, on a claim Tor
very large sum of money, filed by the
firm of Baird Bros. against Ferris Y
Kaufman. the, original contractors Tor
the construction Of the bridges. Enquiry
deyeloped the fact that late in the after
noon the firm of Caldwell & Caldwell,
counsel for Baird Bros, had filed the
claim in the Office of the Circuit Clerk,
and the following copy OF the document
was procured
In the matter OF William Baird and Andrew
Baird V. G. W. G. Ferris and Gustav haui-
man-Attachment
Sate of West Tirgiria, ohio County, So
Before John W. Mitchell. Clerk OF the said
Court. this day, in the Clerks office thereof,
came William Baird and made oath in due form
OF law, that he believes that plalntlHs ABOVE
mentioned are justly entitled TO recover III &C
ton against the abovenaned defendants the
sum OF at least twenty-seven thousand, i've
hundred and eighty-eight dollars (sT,oool, Win
interest thereon from the 2ith day OF NoVem-
Der, 1890, until payment, ana aiant makes oath
in due form OF law, that the said claim Is Ior
compensation for work, labor, materials fur-
nished and money expended for defendants IN
and about the erection OF the main ana Dack
channel bridges OF the Wheeling Bridge Com
pany. at the city of Wheeling, ". Va, and the
afant believes that the following grounds eN
list for the plaintiff TO have an attachment
against the property OF the defendants IN tnls
i..t IA - la 1afanHunfS III
Ferris and Gustav Kaufman. are non-resdents
OF the State OF West Virginia, and that they are
residents of the State OF Pennsylvania,
Sworn to and subscribed before me and given
under my hand this 9th day OF November,
''''' Clerk.
As soon as the papers were issued,
they were placed in the hands OF Sheriff
Steenrod, and by his direction Deputy
Sheriff Whytc levied upon sundry cars
Of iron and steel and various other prop
erty belonging to Ferris IL Kaufman.
Last evening REGISTER reporter
called upon Mr.. William Baird, OF the
firm of Baird Bros, at the Windsor
Hotel, and that gentleman was asked to
make Il statement of the facts in the
case. In reply he said:
ave are sub-contractors for the cree
ton of the superstruction Of the
bridges, our contract being entered into |
on the 3lst of last July, with q. w. q. |
Ferris and Gustav Kaufman, the
original and general contractors. We
do not furnish the iron, the YOungS- |
town Bridge Company supplying the |
iron for the back river bridge and also |
for the vladuct on the Island, and the
Keystone Bridge Company the iron for |
the main bridge. The provisions of our
contract, in substance, were that Baird |
Bros agreed to erect the bridge, FUR
nish all the permanent deck timbers,
put in the flooring, paint the bridges,
and do all the work necessary to make
the bridges ready for use. We were to
furnish monthly estimates for work done
and material furnished and used. For
the month Of August, the first month
under the contract, very little stuff ar
rived and no work Of moment was done,
and Baird Bros. did not deem it worth
while to hand in an estimate. In the
month of September the shipments
were rather heavy, especially of timber,
but not great deal of it arrived. AT
the end of September we filed an csti-
mate for both August and September.
1t was about October 9TH or 9th when
this claim was filed, and Ferris Il
Kaufman set up the claim it
was too late. In the month OF Octo-
Der good deal of material,
mostly timber, was received, and the
aggregate for the three months Of Au-
gust, September and October, was about
IS, 600 for timber alone. A statement to
this effect was submitted to Ferris &C
Co., but they said they did not have the
money and could not pay. Baird Bros.
asked for n settlement several times,
but were always put off, and from the
time we made the contracts on July 3lst,
up to the present time, we have receiv-
ed no money from Ferris Il Kaufman.
Our expenses, for wages alone, during
November. have averaged $50 day,
which runs into money rapidly. We
have bought, besides, 100000 feet OF
long leaf yellow Georgia pine and oak,
all Of which has been shipped and about
half of which has arrived in Wheeling
"Will work cease, pending settle
ment of this trouble?'
mo; we are now in the act Of putting
up the iron on the Back river bridge,
and will go on with that, but we will be
largely governed. in the amount OF
work we do, by the advice OF our coun-
sell"
An effort was made to see some OF the
stockholders of the Wheeling Bridge
Company, about the matter, last night,
but they declined to talk on the subject
The counsel for Baird Bros. are Cald-
well Il Caldwell, of this city, c. c.
Dckey, Esq, of Pittsburg, while the
attorneys for the other side are under
stood to be w. p. Hubbard, Esq, and