, 1892-02-13
A SCAPEG0AT.
WHO WILL 1T BE, WITH REFER
RNCE TO THE COURT HOUSE.

what IL said About the Trouble
Between Ihe Court House Com
tractors and lhe superintendent
for Ihe county.
What are the county commissioners go
ing To az with the court house matterG is
the work to go On RI asked TRIBUNE re-
porter today to one Of the county officials.
Yes, if the county commissioners back
down ana allow the contractors to run
things the work Will go On, was tile re-
sp0nse.
How is that "A was asked.
Wen, the contract says the architect Is
the arhiter OF all disputes between the con-
tractors and the superintendent for the
county. The contractors say that Super
intendent Rogers is objectionable and thar
they will not 80 ahead unless he Is re-
moved and another one appointed.
What wrong has the superintendent
doneg"
Nothing, except To try to make the con-
tractors live up to the specifications, which
are part Of the contract The specifications
say that nothing but hard burned brick
are to be allowed about the premises.
Rogers has kicked against soft brick which
is on hand To be placed IN the building. He
has also kicked against placing a less num-
bar of stones in one OF the arches than the
specifications call for. He has kicked on
other nenlsSness in reference to the spect-
dcstlons, and be has kicked SO hard that
the contractors are feeling sore about 1T and
have declared war.
"Will Rogers be asked to resign"
"Nes, because if he does not resign the
commissioners fear that there viii be liti-
cation. They say that litigation viii cost
the county good deal of money, hence
Mr.. Rogers must be made q scope goat for
4 loosely drawn contract, which it is al
legged the commissioners were led into sign
ING by the county attorney.
us there q written record Of the county
attorneys opinion that the contract was all
right"
There Is not"
Then the contractors are She bosses
That's what they are.
ROGERS RESIGNS.
LAzER.-At the meeting Of the county
commissioners this afternoon, Architect
Ritchie presented a communication iii
which he stated that be hsd notified con-
tractor Rlgby to discharge foreman Cole
and mason foreman Ross, at once. and to
employ new men ln their positions before
proceeding with the work This be did iii
accordance with the terms Of the contract.
This was followed by the presentation of
the resignation OF County Superintendent
Rogers, which the board, after some de-
liberation accepted.
In doing SO, they passed a resolution
that they accept his resignation with regret.
realizing that Mr. Rogers has endeavore9
to faithfully carry out his duties under the
instruction Of this board, and has endeay-
cred to have the work done in
accordance with the specifications.
They further stated that their only rea-
sons for accepting the resignation is that
the strained relations existing between the
county superintendent and the contract
or's foreman makes IT impossible for the
work to proceed, and they deem this the
only practicable method.
In accepting the resignation, the board
also insists that the demand made by Ar
chiteet Ritchie for the discharge OF the two
foremen, be complied with. Work will
probably be resumed ON Monday at noon-
The question Of an extension Of time was
not considered