The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-15
THE NEW COUNTY BILL.

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July 3rd. 1852
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Char;ties thr cH.t not to exceed lbo limit of
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writing A pote.on the order in Clerk Cor
naIr,s 6arJyriting shn,ysd tb. order wa, ilrd
il, tho hot,np,missiunors, ntiir, April Il 1890
Tho andors.,,ent or the (lerk OF the Court
ni,ice limo ION Iso7 l.. viii he remembered
there was some dispute about wh.r re this
nrdar of court was duriup the iuterv ew.
Jpdge pershipp iIe,titied tine contract Al
,,ro,.,d hy court xing tine rn,uneu. .,,iuu of
Arrhitect VIM. ID. IIII at s.. 600. There Laa
hee,, a nrevinus contract submitted d, ,hi.h he
had refrsod IN annro,,, b,causc different per.
rant,ges for different portious of the work
,,oro' ,,,e,,tionnd which made it. diBicnit aud
ir,nossibIa IA estimate what the Architect
fees would amount to. 1t was then decided
at this meeting that round sum of two
thousand dollars would be allowed the arch-
tect for all work from beginning to eud. Mr..
Irlricb said he would have the second con
tract drawn mn and present it to court. lie
did so and if was the one approved
Mr. Irlricb Objected to any questions about
the old contract, but court allowed them
O We're you informed by the Commis-
sioners that they had already paid 81 .695 on
the architects work when they presented
the SECOND contract of Nav H. 1895. and that
the 50 600 fee was to be additional
A They did not.
O Did thew not inform the court that the
81 900 was to be the entire fee for architect,
Ca From, heoinning to end9
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q Was IL not EXPRESSLY stated that tbi,
60 0oo was to cover All comnensation to Tin,
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II r,os mot ovnro.slv st,tad at tLe finn,
ui,1t aa,t,,ot i,.,s cr,,sidorod hv T,dao
io paol,toI and r,yselr hut when the first CON
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,ra ,,orn io,t nrder that imnrcssion
Mr IT,ricb ohiectod to further ouestiou.
80, ,t.ot Iina ond court oyarrnled him An
or,a,'t;,,, ,,os noted
p',o" ,,
Mr.. Ryoh also ouJect anu WIS ohcII"Ieu.
Mr.. Whalen: Was II not possible at thai
time to get other architects to do all thi.
work for 81 600?
A. My impression was that was sald by
Judge Bechtel in presence of Mr. Ulrlch. That
was one Of the reasons we would not agree to
a percentage We could not calculate from
tho narcentaoe nIan what the nav WouId
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Iuuse becnUei was ~ NOV H''" '"'S II
per cent OF any per cent cIau9e "uulH hahe
| it profitable for the architect to increase the
cost of the building?
A. believe that was said.
Mr. ITIricb olsn remember tl,at that vvas
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| speclncaI lohS pIesen'eu 'o '"e 'o"Iu loI APP
| provalP
q Did you have any correspondence on
the subiect
| Yes sir wrote to them Feb % 1sog
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l5oaru Oh Tuollc Charltes hau lhe p'ahs ana
specifications and had not yet approved them.
| Mr.. Whalen here read from the minutes of
the Commissioners Feb "a, 1896 which
stated that the clerk was instructed to write
the court about the plans and specifications
which had been in the hands of the court for
same time.
O Were they ever i'm vour hands9
| A No sir
A letter from the Board OF Charities dated
March 20, 1896, to Clerk Cunuell approved
! the plans and specifications aud On the
strength of this court approved them on
April q, 1896.
| Under cross-examlnation by Ulrich he
SAID the hrst meeting between court ana
Commissioners was held July 10Th, 1895. He
took notes of the meeting. The Commits
sioners were there. l suggested the i'm
provemeuts should be approved by three
Grand Juries and it was said this was done.
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