The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-22

completes the list Of witnesses. The
plans which the committee has are not
those submitted by me. marked REX"
1 took those to my ONCE to make blue
| prints from. He described the adoption
OF his plans. the changes made In the
| specifications by the board, the loss
and subsequent recovery OF the plans.
the loss OF the sample of stone and
other circumstances with which the
pubic II familiar. I was at the build
Ing on an average of twice q day.
thought while the trenches were being
aug. and still think that should have
had an assistant superintendent. Port
land cement was used. except a little
last fall. when Bean told me there was
nome In town, and / gave him permits
sion to mix various brands. Kelly now
says he always had Portland on hand.
In my specifications I meant American
Portland cement. 1t is not the rule
among all architects that Portland ce-
ment means English Portland. don't
remember how I specified the cement
for the court house. of which 1 was ar
chitect- II i wish imported cement i
say 30. am not sure that Akron Is
hydraulic cement have never tested
1T. II II Is hydraulic, they have COM
piled with the specifications. They
have been using imported Portland
this spring-four or FIVE car loads. That
the specifications call for Portland.
and understand it to be American
Portland, is no bar to their using inn
ported. Any Portland cement comes
under the specifications. I never sug-
gested to Mckay that American Port
land would be satisfactory. don't
know that there II any difference in
price. The board ordered Mckay stone
used IN the foundation. II had my
way It would not be used. II I have
my way, the other stone will be used
above the water table. The board has
taken much authority away from me.
The memorandum submitted with my
plans. describing the building. Is not
the boards property, and / have re-
tanned 1t. 1t is not necessary that the
board should have IL to know that the
building Is being properly constructed.
The plans and specifications were not
signed. 1t is not the rule to sign them;
1t Is not of vital necessity. The con-
tractor is bound by them. whether
signed or not. They are sometimes
signed for Identification. When I was
at the building they carried out my
instructions. I take this stand: That
II was impossible for me. employed, as
was, to watch every bit of mortar
used. looked at the cement, i think.
a dozen times. / call that all good
work that has been exposed. / was not
present when all the footings were
laid. employed F.. ID. Josalyn to SUI
perfntend the work for a week. i did
not have q good deal of influence with
the school board; they were so divided
among themselves that nobody had
any influence with them. / told Mr..
Roberts last week that / might resign
as superintendent. 1 did not tell him
that would see that he got the job
as superintendent. / did not tell Leu
chars that this building would be con-
structed In the same manner as the
Helena building. He had a skittish
horse. and he hardly spoke a word dur
ing our drive. The plans and specifica-
lions include plumbing and steam
heating. The contract does not. That
is because Mckay said he had not con-
tracted for II. and the board took his
view of IL. The iron plates under the
beams are to be put in. I thought the
handling of the heavy beams up there
would jar them loose. and 1 instructed
the carpenters to level them with wood
and the masons could build in the an
chors afterwards. l don't remember
saying those plates are not necessary.
1t is not impossible to do a thing right,
but you can't get perfection in this
world. / told you before you COM
menced digging that the footings were
all in the circle. Mr.. Bean told me So. 4
I told you after you commenced dig
ging that they were not there. / sup
pose there is no building anywhere, IL
you uncover IL. where the contractor
does not get the best of the superinten-
dent, unless you are there all the time.
they should have given me someone to
be there all the time. 1 do not blame
the school board; 1 do not blame any
body. IL Miller says footings were
placed in wrong according to my in
structions, he Is mistaken. / asked the
board for an inspector. but they could
not agree upon one.,