Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-07-18


for positions in said reformatory have
been fled in the office of said Clerk
Affiant further says, that since he
has been with SAID institution it has
been the custom of said superintend'
emit when anything was needed or sup
posed to be needed in said reforma'
tory, TO order the same himself or in
struct affiant to order.
Affiant further says, that the follow
ing bills for supplies are on file in said
institution:
English Supply & Engine Co....$l9s II
U. S. Water & Steam Supply Co 267 04
Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co... SO IL
English Supply Co ............ Z 0C
Burnham, Hanna, Munger s. Co
100 blankets. ............". 2lO 90
N. L. HOLLOwELL.
Subscribed and sworn to before this
9Th day of July, A, D., 1895.
JOHN.F. SMITH,
Notary Public.
My commission expires March 4,
1897.
STATE OF KANSAS,
OHAWNEE OOUNIft
James Durkin of lawful age and be-
ing Rrst duly sworn deposes and says,
he is resident of Shawnee county,
Kansas, and is by trade a plumber,
that he was employed by France &
Wilson" of the city of Hutchinson,
Kansas, to work at his trade on con-
tract between them and the Board of
managers of the Hutchinson Reforma-
tory, that he is acquainted with H. f.
Hatch, superintendent of the State re-
formatory, that while at work on the
job the following conversation and in
cidents occurred between himself and
Mr. Hatch and in his presence as near
ly as he can recollect:
On the first day that we were there
we got into conversation about the
soil pipe coming down from the bath
room through the story below and to
the outside of the building, the con-
tractor, Wilson, supposed the pipe to
run one way and Superintendent
Hatch wished it torun in another way,
and asked him, the contractor, to re-
duct $4,000 from his contract on ac-
count of the difference in cost of the
two ways. upon examination of the
specifications it was found that pro-
vision was made for running the pipe
exactly as the superintendent wished
to have it done, he says: Now, if you
fellows want to get along with me,
you have got to do things the way l
want them, and Captain Stauber says
this is the man you have got to suit,
because he is the man that is going to
live in the building, then l said, we
will try to suit you as far as possible,
but we are going to stay by the speci
fications; then he says, he did not give
a damn for the specifications, the
architect, or any Board or anybody
else, he was going to have things done
the way he wanted them. Then about
the water supply coming from the
kitchen over to the bath room he OBJ
iected to the manner in which the
pipes we're run, and l says, where will
we put them, and Mr.. Hatch said, put
them in the partition, and l says, how
can we put them in the partition when
the building is built, said it would be
different now, il they were building
the building then we could put them
in, but since the building is built, this
is the best place to put them, and that
is where the architect calls for it. Mr.
Hatch says, see you fellows are go
ing to do it the way you want it, l
saws, no, sir, we are not, we can not
do this job to suit everybody's idea,
we have got to follow the specifca-
tions, he says, You go ahead and do
the job according to your own speciti-
cations, and when your job is done, l
will have this job torn out and have it
done to my own satisfaction, l says,
when you lear them out, if you have
not got plumber would like to get
the job of doing it.
JAMES DURKIN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this goth day of June, A. D.. 1895.
CHAs. T. MCCABE, Co. Clerk
[sEAL,l By JNo. R. WRIGHT,
Deputy.
We also append to this statement a
copy of the affidavit of G. w. Living
ston:
STATE OF KANSAS S.:
G. w. Livingston of lawful age be-
ing duly sworn says, that he is resi-
dent of Hutchinson, Reno county,
Kansas, and plumber by trade, that
he is acquainted with ''Frazee & Will
son" who had the plumbing contract
for the Administration Building of the
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
and worked for them during portion
of the time they were putting said
plumbing, that he knows said H. f..
Hatch, the superintendent of said re-
formatory, that he heard controversy
between II. F. Hatch and Jas. Durkin
in regard to the soil pipe coming down
from the bath room to the story below
on the outside of the building; he said
the pipe was not put in to suit him and
he was going to have it torn out, that
he was angry and boisterous and
seemed very much excited and said he
proposed to have it done his way and
Durkin said, we are doing it the way
tie specifications call for, then Hatch
said he did not care damn for the
specifications, the architect or any
Board or anybody else, he was going
to have things done the way he want
ed them. G. w. LIVINGSTON
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this End day of July, 1895.
J. R. GILLESPIE,
Notary Public,
My commission expires January 9TH,
1899. I.. .... t..-t g.. /.
We also herewith opened a copy of