Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-21
HOT SHOT FOR Mr.. WHITE
The Trades Council Committee Re-
plies to His Comments IN
Their Report.
Some Further Details Furnished and
Few Pertinent Qucs.
lions Asked.

tlent III NnAWer W mo report OF inc cuM"
mittee from tho Trades and Labor
Council who inspected tho work on tho
Central high school building, We deem
1t within our province to nay II fow worda
in reply.
Mr.. White statos that tho committee
mnde II ono sidod report and that, with
tho exception of ono man, Mr.. Carlson,
all tho ioon,bera of the committee had
boon unsuccessful candidates Tor tho po-
sition Of inspector of the building in.
question. We bog leave iu inform Mr..
White that ho stntrH that which Ia I'M
true. MIR. Gay wat Il Candidate Tor tho
ponit,on OF inspector, having been made
40 by tho Tradcs and Labor Council, that
organization endorsing him out of ak
candidates whose nRiuns were propunru
to THAT body. Mcaers. Do Long and Nc
Farllnd were mentioned 10y some of tho
membors Of tho chuol board, but thoy
never ut any time filed applications with
the board for tho poailion. Mr.. Gay
u,d not wish to net ON the committoo of
Investigations, ~ he thought that what
no might say would bo taken by nomo IN
in tho light OF prejudice; but M ho was
pressed To net ho did 10 fairly und hon
catly, and we cnn uanuro Mr.. White TINT
hlH prejudice talk IL moonnhino. Lot tho
work bo dug up and then tho public can
500 IL prejudice oXiata.
In regard to the matter Of "toating'
tho ground. Granting for argumonta
ento that II wan not tho architects duty
to "tcat" the ground, why did not Mr..
White put II clause in the specifications
making it II purt nf tho contractors duty
to 20 down to bed rock for the foundn-
ton. In thut event the contractor could
NAT tIif IN n hIl far mara tIut, EJl nMI
and obtain tho contract INA that WINS tho
sum voted for the echool building nnd il
would have boon part Of the contract to
go TO bed roclt An IL il thorn was
extra excavation and extra foun lution,
costing, wo underHtnnd, somewhere IN
tho ncighborhoOd Of $1,000. Mr.. Whito
guaranteed that tho building, according
to l,in plans, could b" cohHtrucioi for
aGO,OOO.
In the circle we nImit that There
should he two fooiingo, but in the tower
there should be three footinpe Of through
stone.
Mr.. White WANTS 10 know how anyone
could toll whr,her the fpntingH we're
properly placed after heiuR filed IN with
fourteen feet Of earth. Az tn" working
mon Of Grcnt I'nlln bad II great dnnl 10
do with ~eIcctInR the majority Of the
present echoul honri, and hnyinR tho
IutrrcHtH Of the thxphycrh at henrl, tho
work on tho nChnrI house WnH Watched
: very carefully and during thn tiino the
alleged fooiInRd Werc being put 10 tho
, YtUilnnce committee WnH not nlnnping.
Hence the statement lhnt tho fuotinRH
are Tot placed in hccordhnce with the
& specifications Dig up the work.
, l,rfnrrIng to tho partition wallis, Mr..
Wlits rIpiIil tt,ut tJtu urt. ,IIt If
plumb, but follows this up with the
/ abatement tina, this was CAUSED by the
earth frrsziHU. Sow, Just think Ut ~ We
v would like 10 AJAX my intelligent person
If he really brIIcyrg that the Wehthor has
been Hp cold hH 10 freeze the loose earth
hard enough W push ii two foot wall out
Of pIncn:
Mr.. White hyn that il vas through
hig Drdnfg tina, The luinte were changed
q from o~ur-guart:r H. thrcc.ciRhth Of an
, inch, but he dnee not shy Why Hnms Ut
the IoIntH IN places are three Juhrtcrs Of
n an inch.
: n Mr., White vail glance over some
oi the piers at the cast end ~ the build
inc he viii trc where the hnckinK rs sep
nrating from the cut stone. And, further.
If he will tear Darn some u the pierre hr
Will ind that there IL ii lack rf nnchprt
hB called tor III the npncihcatipnn.
NpW. nH to the terms II the contract
requiring that matGuaI and lhbpf fur
r.,"hcd be pad for every tWr weclf", w
WrulJ respectfully nnk Mr. White II tbs
contract ~ ~ construct by him IA t'
mean that mntruhI not nlrcady used II
n, the bujldinp when ,hr estimates ar
made iG IT, te pad frtt Dt, IN rthcJ
wpr1H, wtnn E;2p Worlh II IimH rs plannf
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