The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-06
'DU bots AFTER CUqLBY
He Contradicts the boy Con-
tractor at Almost Every
Point.

Mr.. Jacob Dubois of No. 9S Oakland av-
enue, who had the contract for the earrenser
work on the Hall Of Records, has found
fault with the charges made by Contractor
Joseph H. Cutley, while testifying in the
Giele trial, that the carpenter work had not
been properly lone. Nh. DdBois writes to
THE News to say that Cutley's testimony
was positively false, and that he not only
did the work properly, but he did more than
was called for III his contract.
In order to investigate the matter, | called
on Mr.. Dubois this morning, and secured
from him the following statement:-
.tWhat Mr.. Cutley said on the witness
stand was manifestly untrue, and | defy
him to prove his assertions. My roof beams,
according to tho plans, were TO rest upon
the wall built by him, which wall he never
built. At my own extra expense built a
temporary truss as a guide SO that ne couid
build his wall more accurately to carry the
ends of the beams. Instead of building the
wall it would seem that the truss | built as
an accommodation for him took the place of
the wall for four years.
.sAnother absurd statement of Nh. CUT
ley's was that it was the duty OF the carpen-
ter to cut holes in the stone wall to support
the beams. Such a thing IS entirely out of
all common sense and custom, as carpenters
are not supposed to do any stone cutting. He
also said that | had had trouble with the
County Superintendent and Architect Giele.
This statement, like the others, is also false.
"As a matter of fact Cutley and County
Superintendent Cannon were always at
swords points over the quality of his work:
l was never told, or had to take down and
alter any of my work, which is more than
Mr.. Cutley can ~truthfully say. he had TO
take up and alter the thing because 1t was
not laid level and often had fights with MI.
Cannon, who will substantiate what l say:
81 also did considerable extra work for
which I received no compensation. For in
stance, the plans called for ~ inch solid
doors when they should have provided for
veneered doors, which are more expensive:
This was the fault of the architect, but
veneered the doors at my w expense and
put them in. refused for over two mouths
to put in the woodwork IN account OF the
d~alnpness of the building. There was
no fire or steam, which is neces-
sary to dry a new building
before putting in wood work, especially IN
a stone building, and you could go there In
the morning and scrape the water OH the
doors. 1t is a wonder they stood it at all.
Another mistake lac was the calling Tor
iron window frames and sashes. | put in
the plate glass. 1t was impossible TO move
the windows up and down, and two or
three years after they had to take them out
and put in wooden ones.
"On the order of County Superintendent
Cannon and one of the Freeholders-I think
it was MIR. Tierney-I put in extra head
lights of iron. and was assured by them that
l would be paid for this work. l have not as
yet been paid, and today l commenced suit
against the county for $50 to pay for that
work.
''Mr. Cutley had better be sure whereof
he speaks i'll the future aud exercise o little
more care, or l may take it into my head to
have him indicted for perjury"