People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-11-01

OF 1893, Mr.. W. r. spicknall secured the con-
tract for furnishing all material used In the
construction OF the stOne-wOrk OF the Pres
byterian church In the city Of Wellington,
and also the contract for placing the same In
the wall; that Is to say that Mr.. spicknalls
contract bound him to construct and COM
plete the mason work incident to and includ-
ed in said building, and furnish the necessary
material to enable him to comply with his
contract.
This afiant saith that shortly after enter
ing into this contract he (the aifiano was en-
plOyed by Mr.. spicknall as foreman TO take
charge Of oversee and construct said stone
work, and to discharge all such other duties
as are imposed upon and entrusted TO fore
man in contracts Of his kind.
That Mr. spicknall told tant that one ID.
A. Espy was to be Overseer Of the Job on
behalf of the church.
That as such foreman, this affiant had the
immediate supervision Of said work ON be-
half Of Mr.. Spichnall. and as such was pres
ent. during the construction thereof. on and
about the building ten hours each day.
That this afiant knows that all purchases
or contracts for material used in the fulfill
ment of and compliance with the terms Of
Mr.. Spicknalrs contract were made by Mr..
spicknall himself, and by no other person.
That all payments ON account OF and FOR
the labor employed and used in the cOmpli-
ance and fulilllment Of said contract, were
made by W. X. SpiCknall, and by no other
party.
That as laborer on and foreman Of said
work | received all orders from the con-
tractor, W. Il. SpicknalL and from no other
party; that all other wOrlmen on the build
ing unCer this contract, received their orders
from me and | was responsible for their
work.
That in Mr.. Espy's"superintendency"o the
work done and performed under this con-
tract did not consult with him nor he with
me.
That in experimenting said work. Mr.. Es-
DIV would usually come to the building about
eight o'clock in the morning, remain short
time and 90 away to his Office or otherwise;
during the day he would return at intervals
Of two or three hours, remain short time
and go away To return again the latter part
Of the day. This was Mr.. Espy's usual Gus
tom i'm experimenting the work; and in said
superintendency Mr. Espy did not employ
anything like all Of his time, but only few
hours each day; there may be, ana probably
are, few exceptions to his expenditure Of
his time, but the foregoing was his usual
mode OF superintendent And further AMI
ant saith not
CHARLES COOPER
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 3lst day Of October. AID 1884,
lsEALl f. A BLACK,
Notary Public
My commission expires August Is, 1895.
1t being stone church this covers
the greater part of the construction.
Mr.. Espy is not an architect, not a
mechanic-has not even taken the
hOd-carriers' degree. Yet he received
jOurneyman's wages for looking on an
hour or so each day, while the labor
ers who did the hard, back-breaking
work of building, working ten hours a
day, received from $3.50 to 800 per
day.
Another thing that appears strange
is that a man like Mr.. Espy, whose
time is worth $3.50 an hour should ac-
cept the office of commissioner, which
pays only $500 a year. He surely can't
afford to work for that salary. He
must expect something on the side: