Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-05-24

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contract was let to Mckay. On the plans
| figured on, tho cornice was copper, IA
ounces cold rolled p p the spouts
and cutters the same, and all these
turrets or bartisans were supposed tn be
copper have the figures | made with
me. Breads them). The difference in
On these parts would be about Sl,2OO
cheaper for the galvanized IRON.
CHARLES w%oEHNEE's TESTIMONY.
Charlcs Woehner, druggist, being
sworn, testified that Dan Mckay in.
dnced hsm to 20 into partnership with
hitn N buying a quarry from the state.
lie e@id he was going to build the high
9chuol from 1t. In conversation at n
time he told him there would be lots OF
extras on tho high school building. The
lir9i extra would be foundation, $4,000,
thr1 he figured up d lot moro ''eXtras"
Ill he gaiG the complete building would
COti .i2l,OCO instead of 100000. He SAID
"h" had the school board or a
ma urity Of them" | understood they
were to use the stone from
quarry after the contract was lei
They never did use any. When ] aske'i
him why they did not ,lse it he said thai
he could use the other stone SO much
cheaper. He said Bean was kicking like
hi, that it wac too hard, and that he
could work the other stone easier.
f. II. KELLY's TESTIMONY.
Il. b. Kelly of the firm of Tod & Kelly
testified that he had sold Bean d Co,
sub-contractors on high school building,
cement for the work. both Portland aud
Akron cement, 81 barrels of the former
furnished Portland cement any time
they called for it. Never sold them any
Akron cement because we were out of
Portland. The difference in price be-
tween Akron and Portland cement is g
a barrel. The person who ordered the
cement for Bean (Cornelius) made 4
great roar on one occasion because W.
had not the Akron cement. I think
they shipped in q carload themselves.
Architect Hoepner submitted to the
committee a written statement to the
effect that there had been no fair com
petition of plans. He had been told by
Contractor Shuster that it was no use
for him to put in plans as the chairman
of the board had promised White in adj
vance. The Rex plans were not in ac-
cordance with the advertisement of the
board in several respects. The work
done he examined last fall and consid-
cred it very poor work. the stone was
too soft. Mckay had told him that he
was only a s~ubcontractor
WILLIAM WHITE's TESTJuoNy.
William White, being duly sworn, tes-
titled that he submitted drawings and
plans marked "l,ex" to the school board
in response TO their advertisement. They
were fled with tho school board, and
then be went to Glasgow and remained
thore during the whole Of the cumpeti-
ton. When no returned he was in
formed that his plans had been adopted,
He turned the plans over to his draughtH-
men, who made working drawings and
took q blue print from them, which was
filed with the board. The original draw
ings were given to the board. | was
notified that Mr.. Atkinson wanted them
and delivered them 10 the board al lie
next meeting. Those are the original
drawings that you have. The drawings
were in the POSSESSION Of Mr.. Werhuue.
L ney were LOST last summer, bat in
making Il search Ia tho clerks office for
d sample OF stone w cuiue HcrJSs chem
on the top Oh d bookcase. AT 4 later date,
before | filed The specifications with the
board, the building committee Of the
board at that time looked them over and
changed them and then adopted them
They were her filed with Terhune and
remained with nm. When the bonds
were brought back from Chicago the
new board went through them and made
other changes. In the first specitica-
tons the timbers were to be of Missoula,
k%alispell, or Oregon fir encased in oak.
Tho board changed it to Oregon fir.
champered and oil finished above the
basement. | don't think this would
make any difference in the cost. You
would nave to use a better quality of
timber to finish and I think it would
cost az much one way as the other. The
next change was from adamant to lime
plaster. Mr.. Emerton and others OBJ.
Jected to adamant because it was
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cheaper the cost On the whole building
about 5 LOGO. To offset it the ceiling Of
the whole basement was to be plastered,
which was not on the original specifica-
tons, and several of the play rooms were
to be plastered with lime and cement
In my opinion that would offset the diff
ference. The other change was in the
metal work outside of the cornices and
clock face and one thing and another
of copper. The board objected to that.
| think it was Mr.. Holmes. He based
his objection on the fact that the stone
was gray and the metal work would not
be painted if 1t was copper, making a bad
contrast. If galvanized iron, it would
be painted. TO offset the difference,
which would be about S1,0CO, the metal
shingles, which cost about Sc a square,
were changed to tile, which cost $l2 a
thousand laid down. Those were the
only changes except that a
clause was inserted giving the board
a right to advertise for bids
if an extra foundation was found neces-
sary. After these changes were made
the specifications were given to Mr..
Crowthers to re-write with the changes