Telegram-herald., 1891-03-20
THE WORK GOES ON
In the First Reformed Church After
q Long Halt.
UNDER DIRECTION OF The TRUSTEES
vandsn Boogert brothsrs, the Contrae-
tors, viii Couams snee ssit AKafast the
Society for sI5.ooo-No Settle
naent Reached.


First Reformed Protestant church, but
there are breakers ahead. Almost a
year ago the contract for building this
church. upon the plans made A. w.
Rush x Sons, was let TO Nanden
Boogert Brothers, contractors, who
have their office at the Builders a
Traders Exchange. Their bid upon
the work was IN the neighborhood OF
$4,000, but there were certain allow
ances for extras. which made that
amount variable. The work was ex-
pected to be completed by January l.,
1891. The contractors continued work
upon the building until just previous
To the holidays when. owing 10 dis
agreements with the Building Commit
tee of the church, concerning certain
extras which they wanted allowed, the
work ceased for time.
"All during this intervening time, F"
said j. A. :. Nerdier, chairman OF the
Building Committee, 1--WE have tried to
come TO an agreement, but owing to
the exorb.tant demands of the con-
tractors for extras, we have been
utterly unable to do so. This
week we decided TO continue
the work on our own hook. and day
before yesterday we began. We hire
men by the day, and at present have
seven employees; one mason and two
helpers and four carpenters. Mr..
kroeger, OF the Building Committee,
has charge of the carpenter work,
and Mr.. Lutten, Of the committee, has
charge OF the mason work. We expect
TO 90 right along and complete the
work SIS soon rs possible. All the diff
Guilty has been III regard TO the big items
for extras that have kept coming III.
We, OF course, expect that we shall
have difficulty in the courts"
Abraham Nanden Boogert was seen
by the TELEGRAM-HERALD, and thus
stated his side OF the case.
1--WE had to present bills for extras
which were larger than would be the
case in most buildings, but there was a
reason for it, and reason
which we expect will stand tine
test of the courts. The plans
and speci ficatlons furnished us by the
architects show radical inconsistencies
In different elevations. In some case
they have been entirely changed after
the original designs were almost com-
pleted. For instance: On the ground
plan where the gable on the northwest
corner starts the floor plan measures
thirty-one feet. The drawing at the
caves measures thlrty-sevcn feet. fnere
is mistake somewhere. Again the
height of the building from the bottom
of the basement Jost 10 the coping on
the brick wall outside on one section is
forty-one Ieet and on another IT is for
ty-four feet. The specifications called
for Holland stone rubble work. Part
of the drawings showed il and some of
them did not.- There was no facing
stone on the ground SO we had to lay
Oft. Mr.. Rush by the terms of the
contract, had the entire super
lntendencv, ordered some blue
amber stone, saying that the
building committee would stand
the difference IN expense. 1t cost
nearly seven times asmuch. The COM
mittee sfterward refused to stand the
difference on the ground that Mr..
Rush had no authority to get that
stone. The contract called for SIX
steel beams, tnlrty-two pounds to the
foo. IN weight, and Mr.. Rush ordered
eighteen beanfs weighing eighty five
and sixty-four pound. 10 the foot. The
committee would not allow the differ
ence. The plans showed an arch Mr..
Rush changed to steel beams on the
ground that the arch would not stand
the pressure. Then ne ordered two
extra beams eIglity-hvc and sixty-four
pounds 10 the foot respectively to sup
port the main floor. These
were extra. The after part OF
the chimneys were up. The drawings
from the company furnishing the
heaters made rebuilding necessary, in
volvIng 800 square inches OF
AR tiue, all new mason
work. aud an extra chimney
IN front OF the tower. Then extra
walls in the cellar were ordered. The
cut stone details also differ from the
original plan. | might name many
other changes that had to be made and
on which we did not bid. but these are
sufficient To show that the fault is not
with US. our bill of extras amounted
To about 5000. We shall commence
suit bv our attorneys, Mr.. Rutherford
aud Mr.. Wesselus, and shall claim
damages in the nominal sum OF SIS, 900
THIS wilI cover the bill of extras and
the profit we would have made"