Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-09-14
TO Jackson and Cole.

Answering the article of Messrs Jackson
and Cole which appeared in the columns
Of the Dushore paper some days since, we
have this t. say
When the question of Heating the
Court House presented itsalf. we at once
resolved that the question of few dollars
should not and would rot stand in the
way of placing the very best article the
market afforded We We're not familiar
with the different. and hest methods of
heating and decided. first of all, to avail
ourselves of every possible source of in
formation First of all the different heat
ing firms were consulted, and their opip-
ions carefuiy considered. We at once
learned that%Ot- water is the most econom-
ical, the most durable. and in every way
he most desireqhlc We had in addition
10 consulting the different firms who rep
resented the heating business. Travelled to
different points throughout the state. and
consulted other County Commissioners
and County Officers. In the meantime,
the parties from DushOre were endeavor-
ing t. convince us hat Hot-watcr would
prove unsuccessful, and cause us endless
trouble. but when they finally saw that
hot water would be the heat. they asked
to put in the job for us. How could we,
consistently, consider their bids on hot.
water. when they profesSed TO know moth
inc about it? We are therefore compelled
TO state that when the gentlemen say that
Connolly ONLY favored hot water, that
they ia ed what i fal, g n every particular.
They know Russell Wheeler & Co. talked
nothing else but hot-water, and would not
bid on steam. They know that Peter
Forve talked in favor of hot-water, and
advised it. They know that Colvin is a
hot water man. and that Rritz of Sunbury
also favored it, If they have stated whit
they must have known to be untrue in this
regard what part of their article will you
give credence to?
We come now to the question upon
which they lay so much emphasis, viz
why was Connolly awarded the contract
as sgainst Covin, there being il difference
of S43. and Colvn being the cheaper,
when Colvin represented the very same
article. We are here to say that again
they have prevaricated Colvin specified
no class of heating, only that it would be
hot-water. lie did not say in his specifi-
cation what goods he would use. He isno
more the Agent of H. B. Smith & Co
than he is of any other large heating con
Germ He buys from every concern. where
he can suit himself the best and is not the
sole gent of H. B. Smith IL Co. Peter
Forve also handles II. b. Smith & Cos
goods. but offered us a Dunning Boiler.
We can. also ,truthfully state that there is
not a specification on file as complete as is
the specification of III. B. Smith e Co.
they have specified brick arch and cast
iron bel for their boiler. They have filed
Bond to heat the building to 10 Degrees
in the COLDEST WEATHER (Which
frequently means 90 end 2j Degrees below
zero in Laporte) where nearly every other
concern specified 70 degrees of heat in
ZERO wheather Is not this in itself
worth the $42? Then Connolly has spec-
fed his boiler. 1t is the No. IL Mercer
Boiler. listed at $647. In fact he has speci.
lied every inch of work that is to go into
the apparatus and we know just what we
have purchased. We. also. are comfoi ted
bv knowing that we have on file in our
Office the Bond of II B. Smith S CO.,
doubtless the largest heating concern in
this country, and whose reputation as a
heating concern cannot be questioned
AS to the price we were not expecting
70 get something for nothing after looking
at different jobs, we concluded that fair
price for our heater would be somewhere
in the neghborhnod Of $1,000 and when
we came to consider the bids we found
that the best bids ran all the ways from
s 300 to S2445. We certainly liked
Smlth N COS speclncation the best, and
decided that if they would put in heater
at the price mentioned. they could have
the contract for doing So We then in
structed our Clerk TO bring Mr.. Connolly
before us, and il is great injustice TO our
Clerk TO accuse him of not doing his duty
in this matter. He simply acted under our
directions and did as he was requested.
In conclusion, we desire to assure the
tax payers of the County that rs in other
matters that have come before us. we have
endeayored to keep in view the best in-
ierests of the County. We desire now 10
let the matter rest until the December term
of court when all can see the merits of
our lew Heater.
Respectfully.
GABRIEL LlTZELMAN, !
JOHN J. WEBSTER, Co. CONS.
JOHN II. FARRELL.