The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-07
Brick work-Brick of the size specified

climate, especially the veneered walls
Cement Work-The front court is speci-
fed to be paved with cement; the section
shows stone paving, disagreement
Cement Plastering-Tne turrets are
specified to be cemented as per details. mo
Tor roofs OF turrets.
Down Spouts-The number and location
are not given.
Heating Apparatus are
completed in six lines. The system Of a
certain company specified and all competi-
ton barred. Nothing in the specifications
clearly indicates whether the system is
steam direct, steam indirect, hot water or
hot air.
Elevators-Co is again barred.
A certain firms manufacture is specified.
No mention is made of the number and size
OF the cables, size of cars, their material
Except floor, the kind of machinery and
the source of power.
Doors and Windows-I cannot recon-
mend redwood for doors except the panels.
The size of glass is nowhere indicated.
One and one-quarter inch glass in the door
is too thin to properly bevel. Doors lead
ing to Main street are specified cherry.
cannot recommend Oregon pine for windhw
frames. The door frames are not men
TONED. The price of the entire hardware
architect" Each article of hardware
should be specified and competition Sc
cured
Plastering-The outside openings should
be specified to be closed during drying, to
prevent cracking. Each coat should be
partially or fully dry before applying next
coat. For good job the first coat should
contain hair
A ''troweled" sand finish is spotted and
unsightly. Would suggest fioated finish.
The specifications Cor ''empasto relivo'
iectured. Said work is specified for "front
entrance" which is indefinite.
Floor tiling-The specifications call for
Mosaic wainscoting in the main en-
trance, First East street, and the draw
ings show stone ashlar The height of Mo-
sale base (where not part of the vain
scotingl is not mentioned. "Mosaic" base
is specified throughout.
1t is extravagnt to plaster coal-room and
repair shops, etc, and to place Mosaic"
base thereon. The specifications are con-
fictlng as regards the floor of basement.
Stalrs-No details are shown for the iron
stairways and no sizes of iron given. Cost
must be coniectured.
Skylights-Widtho of glass not specified.
Cast iron Mullions-No drawings, size,
styles or thickness of metal.
Steam Boilers-Specificat atoms very In
complete. The quality and kind of mate
rial and strength of boilers, high or low
pressure, ETC., not specified. No drawings
are shown of boiler house, which is located
twenty feet distant from coal room The
character of boiler house roof is not men
toned. The purpose of the boilers is not
mentioned, and no connections Herewith
to main building.
Palnting-The bronzing for turrets is
very perishable and must be frequently re-
newed. No finish is specified for hard
wood outside doors. The hard wood frame
should not be painted and sanded.
Respectfully submitted by
FRED A. HALE, Architect.
Mr.. ILLsLEY's STATEMENT.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10, 1890.
Hon. George NJ. Scott, Mayor:
DEAR SIR-On the 4th inst. telegraphed
receipt of city hall plans and specifications,
also your letter or 24th ult., with enclos-
ures, and on the 9th inst. mailed you list
of drawings and specifications found
Within the case. In view of your request
for an early reply, [ have examined these
papers to ascertain their general character
and make preliminary report without
delay.
While the drawings are neatly rendered
they show lack of familiarity with build
ing operations of magnitude and a danger
Gus oversight Of the principles of safe-con-
struction. They are incomplete in mum
Der, not more than one third or perhaps
one fourth as many as should be provided
Tor such a building, and they are, besides,
so imperfect and obscure in themselves
that no contractor can bid int ligently
While 1t is impossible TO tell in most cases
precisely what may or may not be in
tended, l should fear if AL attempt were
made to erect the walls from these plans
that they would not stand long enough to
get the roof on. There would also be diff
ticulty In placing FIRE insurance.
lind the specifications equally incom-
plete and defective, apparently compila-
ton from hand books and trade catalogues
made by some one inexperienced in prac-
tical work. There are but seventeen pages,
where L should expect sixty or seventy
Matters of great Importance are not re
ferred TO all, or so vaguely as to be unin-
telliglble. These many omissions cannot
be covered by the frequent proyiso las may
be directed by the architect since TINS
subjects q contractor to demand on him for
labor and material, the number, extent and
value of which he cannot estimate in ad-
vance. The city, in turn, is equally ex-
posed to claims by the contractor for
extras on account of work which must
be done but is not shown either in draw
ings or specifications
| think it should be possible to erect
your building for sum not to exceed
$3.50, 900, possibly for less, assuming that
there will be no question as to the city,s
ability to pay promptly for the work as it
and with full and accurate
set of drawings and specifications, antici-
pate no unusual difficulty In letting the
rx-0,ly fo,
and finish it in thoroughly substantial
and creditable manner for about the
amount l have named, without DELAYS
and without claims for extras.
As to the Carnegie beams, it is nv rule
to leave an opening for competition wher-
ever possible, instead OF specifying single
manufacture. My methods OF ventilation.
fire prooting, ETC., will be embodied in nv
plans, also the proper location of the police
court, which is unfortunately placed in
several particulars.
If undertake your work 1 shall require
an accurate survey of the foundations all
ready constructed made by competent
civil engineer, with the use of transit,
level and steel tape, certified plat thereof
TO a scale not less than ten feet to the inch
to be sent me; also, marked copy of all
city ordinances relating to the building, its
plumbing, etc. also, the location and depth
OF the city sewer, and water and gas
mains at the point where connections are
to be made for the building. 1 assume that
the site is open for light and air on
every side. | shall also need list of rui-
ing prices in Salt Lake for building mate
rial OF all kinds and and the ruling prices
of labor in the building trades.
With these data the plans can be revised
or Withdrawn. as may be found necessary
in each case, the police court relocated, and
any other necessary readjustments made.
the brickwork, stonework and iron con-
struction corrected or strengthened. the
missing drawings supplied for each branch
of the work and the others properly
figured, and specification complete
enough to show precisely what the CON
tractor is to furnish and do, and what the
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