Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-09-07
The Commitment Clerk Makes
Statement With Reference to the
New Heater.

Answering the article written over thG
| signatures of Messers Geo, C. jackson and
Samuel Cole and appearing in the Dushore
papers of last week, | beg to state thai
when the Board of Commissioners meet
they doubtless will explain their position
in the matter, and it remains for me but
to reply to the gentlemen only in so much
as il concerns the actions of the clerk
The Comm ssioners' Clerk solicited bid,
for the Heating. and had them in readiness
on August 22d. the date of the letting.
The bids were duly opened in the presence
of the Board, except the bid of Mr. Jack
son (who is now doing the baby act and
he requested extra time in which to pre-
pare his estimate and bid which was the
last placed on file How then can he now
come forward and claim that the clerk
clipped" his bid to III. h. Smith IL Cos
Agent. when all bids were opened and con.
sidered before he had his prepa edY MIR
Cole, also, handed in his bid about 10 or /
o'clock of that day. aud | think after
ConnoIlys bid had been opeGed. What /,
there / the face of the transaction to show
bad faith on the part of the clerk2 They
assert and complain that Connolly's bid is
the highest, aud stIll insnuated Gn Il
cowardly way that the Clerk aided him in
preparing il. Did Connolly take advantage
Of the alleged Information, and uuder-bi,
these gentlemen? No; they complain be
cause he bid high, and in the same breath
accuse the clerk of tipping off their esti
mates.
Gentlemen, you are as inconsistent in
this as you were in the matter of steam
and hot-water heat. In your endcavors
to convince the Board of Commissioner.
that steam was the only heat that cou'd be
successfully introduced in the new court
house you stated that while you had hot
water, still it would prove a nuisance
hat the pipes would be continually freeZ-
ing, bursting &c. The Commissioners
were taken to Danvlle Court House by
| Mr.. Colvin and shown hot-water Jobs that
worked like a charm. and were highly
recommended by the County Officers. as
being the proper article. and economical
in the use of fuel, saving the price of the
heater in few years; they were taken TO
the Northern part of the State by the
Agent of Russel, Wheeler & Co of Utica
and shown bot-water jobs which were
giving excellent satisfaction, and where
steam had been thrown out Peter Forvt
of Wilkes Barre zone of the largest Heater
| dealers in the stale) advised nothing bGt
hOt-water. Reitz of Sunbury talked hot
| water all the way through. and in fac,
every one who pretends to know anything
about il says hot-wuter is just the thing
| 1t is not true then as you have stated, thai
| Smiths were the only people who advo-
| Gated hot-water Then when YOU learned
that there is such thing in the market as
successful hot-watcr Heat, YOU come for
| ward and ask TO be awarded the contract
for putting it in? Would it be consistant
| upon the part of the Commissioners to al
law parties who have shown no knowledge
of this class of heat to place an inferior
article in the court house, even at an infer
ior price?
Just why the Board requested Mr..
Connolly to take the contract at g., 900 as
| against Mr.. Colvin at 81 958. can and will
be explained by the Board themselves but
| no explanation can be required to convince
the public that the Dushore men should
not have been awarded the contract foi
hot-water heat.
| cannot but add word for Mr.. Connolly
| and state that he acted the gentleman
throughout, and attempted nothing that
would place the Board in false position
He was here on vacation, and walked bv
the building for over week before he
thought of making bid. this being out of
his territory. The Commissioners learning
that he represented perhaps the largest and
most responsible heating concern in the
States requested his bid. 1t is true, as the
gentlemen stated, he wore a long cut.awav
coat, but he did not talk through his hat
about the heating business. He wore a
coat of the very latest pattern, and talked
heater of the very latest improved stvle.
and no doubt year or two hence when
these gentlemen learn that a coat of this
pattern is not curiosity, they, also. will
have learned that hotwa'er is occasionlv
used in heating public buildings.
In conclusion it may be said that the
present Board of Commissioners are all
highly responsible men, and have filed a
Bond for the faithful performance of duty.
They appointed Clerk for whose actions
they are responsible, and who endeayors
to faithfully carry out their wishes, and
who has neither time nor disposition to
carry on correspondence of this charac-
ter 1t any further redress is required lay
your grevience before the Board of Com.
missioners.
JNo. E. GALLAGHER.