The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-12

isfactory to all concerned, and where 90
inch brick walls were called for 24-inch
stone walls were substituted: 16 inch
brick walls were converted into 20-inch
stone walls and ~ inch brick walls into
Is inch stone waIls, and in this manner
the whole number OF foundation walls
was increased from four to six inches in
thickness. The stone found on the ground
by Mr.. Condor was the best have ever
seen, Mr.. Condor used about 1900 feet
OF stone, and as he had agreed to pay b
cents foot for it, that gives to the city a
rebate of $72O."
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
To substantiate this statement Mr..
Giele produced from his safe an agree
ment entered into between the city and
Mr.. Condor, which read as follows:--
March 2, 1892.
Mr. L. H. Giele:
| do hereby agree to pay to the city of Jersey
CITY six 90 cents for every foot of stone exca-
ated on nj the sp property to be occupied by Public
struction of the cellar walls of said building.
Signed, p j. CoNpoN
Contractor.
MIR. Madden also has a copy Of this
agreement.
'The increase of inches in the width
of those walls" continued Mr.. Giele,
'gives us about 8. 900 feet of stone wall,
and, figured upon the basis Of 20 cents
per foot, we have another saving of 5000.
This sum added to the $720 rebate from
the sale of rock to Mr.. Condor gives to che
city clearance of 81, 320 / have experts
measuring the walls as they were to have
been constructed, and when that work is
completed l will show Mr.. Wanser that
Mr.. Condor, instead of gaining anything
by using rock in the foundations, lost
| money"
NO SPECIFICATION JUGGLE.
In relation TO Mayor Wanser's accusa-
tions of the existence of two sets of speci-
fications, Mr.. Giele make the following
explanations
"When l submitted the plans for the
proposed new school building to the
Board of Street and Water Commission
| ers was directed to go before the Board
| OF Education and secure the approval OF
my plans by that Board. They kept the
plans about one week.
specifications are always drawn in ac-
cordance with the plans submitted.
On November 20, Mr.. Poland, then
| Superintendent, told me that the Board
| of Education had decided to do away
with all the toilet rooms on the third
story; that they had decided to have them
| all put in the basement, and make library
| rooms of the proposed toilet rooms. | ut
once objected and maintained that such a
| course would not be advisable. 1t was
| finally agreed that some toilet rooms
| 5uOulu pldCSo upOh GAO tuiAd oLOly
| and several in the basement. The plans
were altered, and l issued orders to have
| all The old specifications called in and de-
stroyed | was SICK for about two weeks,
| and if any bidders submitted bids
| under the original plans it was his loss,
| because contractors were directed to re-
turn the old specifications. Con-
tractors are permitted to have
| specifications certain length of time
and il will perhaps astonish Mayor
| Wanser to know that these alleged in
| jured bidders keep frequently the speci-
| fications longer than the time allotted
them, solely for the purpose of debarring
eeaef sea Ieft Mayor a Wanser @ sn iou IS
error in stating that Mr.. Condon's
specification does not call for metal
plate ceiling. think it does. The copy
/ have does at any rate and Know that
Mr.. Condor has in his bid, an estimate for
this work. II that provision is not
EN- bodied in Comptroller Hough's speci-
| tications, it is copyist's mistake and /
| intend examining The specification per-
| sonally because know that people not
accustomed to this work will not dis
cover these things even when they are
embodied in the papers.
MORE BLUNDERS.
"His Honor Is also in error in saying
that no time is set down for the compile
ton of the work. The work must be
completed by the first day of September.
Ii any person does not believe that those
specifications became unintentionally con-
fused, If they were confused at all, l can
prove that l was ill and unable to attend
to the duties imposed upon me by the
testimony of either of DIR. Durrie or
Father Wall.
LAS architect of that building have to
sign for all extra work done, aud / say
that the extra work so far done is reason
able. In response to Mayor Wanser's
statement that the city is not sufficiently
him to clause that myself had inserted
in the specifications. Here it is:-
"The contractor shall have no claim for any
work not called for in the plans and specifica-
tions unless such work shall have been specially
ordered by the architect or owner in writing;
said order to stipulate the price for the extra
work. and all orders for such work must be at
tached to the bills and presented to the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners.
THAT is protection enough 1 con
sider."
"The specifications held by Contractor
Condor. Architect Giele and uspector L.
]. Mcdonald agree in every particular,
and the clauses that Mayor Wanser
three named, and If the specification on
file in Mr.. Hough's office differs it is
simply attributable to the typewriter
who prepared them"
STATEMENTS ENDORSED.
The statements made by Architect Giele
are corroborated by Commissioners Mad
Gen, Dugan and Somers and Inspector
Mcdonald, Commissioners Dugan and
Somers only add that Mr.. Condor re.
moved the bank found on the school site
at about 40 cents cubic yard. The usual
rate for this work is about rs cents per
cubic yard. 1t being IN the winter time
| and Condor having no work for his teams,
agreed to do the work cheap. This work
was done exclusive of the school con-
| tract but the cost had necessarily to be
charged to the appropriation for the
| building of the school.
1--WE had Chief Engineer Ruggles
cross section that bank and
report to us how much 1t
would COST" said Commissioner Somers.
"He reported to us . higher figure than
Condor and we told him to go ahead and
do the work. So far as Mayor Wanser's
statement goes to the effect that bricks at
that point would be much dearer than
stone, is all nonsense. James Halls brick
yards are at the foot of st. Paul's avenue
and that is within stones throw OF
where the building is in course of con-
struction. l maintain that the building
is better for the use of stone in every
particular"
PHIL MARTINS BILL.
In explaining Phillip E. Martins bill
bill for $50 extra work in plumbing, Mr..
Somer said:-"There was no water in
Columbia avenue, and Martin was asked
to make connection with the nearest