The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
PULITZER SUED.
A Suit Has Been Brought Against Him
hy "A Boston Architect

by Boston Architect.
Portland. Me-, May 30.--An interest
/ ing hearing occurred in the United
States circuit court this afternoon in
! the suit brought by Henry Jaques. a
/ Boston architect. to recover the sum
of $4,000 alleged to be due him on his
contract for building an addition to
"Hhatwold,' the Bar Harbor summer
cottage of Joseph Pulitzer of New
York. Former Mayor Nathan Mat
thews of Boston and the Hon. Hanni
bal E Hamlin of Ellsworth appear as
counsel for the petitioner, L. B. Deasy
of Bar Harbor, and Arno w King of
Ellsworth for the defendant.
The suit was first brought in the
Hancock county supreme court, and
by agreement of parties was trans
ferred to the circuit court. the Hon.
George E. Bird of Portland being ap
pointed auditor
According to the statement of the
plaintiffs counsel. Mr.. Jaques made a
contract with Mr.. Pulitzer to build a
tower and extension to the cottage,
Mr.. Jaques to finish all plans, specifi-
cations, Materials and labor and to
receive IL per cent of the total eXpen-
diture, the work to be completed June
Is, 1895. Mr.. Pulitzer was to settle
every month, paying so per cent of the
account, the remainder being reserved
The contract stipulated that the
foundation of the tower should be
within two feet of low water mark, and
| the basement contain a swimming pool,
with suitable apparatus for heating
water. A sea wall was to be built at a
cost of $500, the steps to cost $500
| and lodge $4,000. One feature of the
| tower was to be a sound-proof room,
| for the sole benefit of owner, who was
at that time recovering from an attack
of nervous prostration, and the library
was to be lighted in manner best fit
| ted to his impaired eyesight.
Mr.. Pulitzer was in Europe during a
| part of the time that the work was in
| progress. When he went to Bar Har-
Dor with his family he expressed dis
satisfaction with the work. When
| Architect Jacques called to present the
| bill to Mr.. Pulitzer. the latter declined
to see him. Mr.. Pulitzer placed the
matter in the hands of Bar Harbor
attorney, who notified Mr.. Jacques that
the bill would not be paid. claiming
| that the contract had not been lived
up to.
Mr.. Bird. the auditor, submitted to-
| day an exhaustive report, in which he
| said his duties had been somewhat
complicated by the discovery that Ed
| ward B. Mears, one of the contractors
had not been paid. According to the
auditors figures, there is due Mr.
Jaques including Mr.. Mears' account
SAL 544, or $2250S exclusive of that &C
! count
The plaintiff declares that he fulfilled
his contract so far as the action of the
| defendant would allow. that much Of
the work was done in the winter. ant
the cost of labor and materials wa!
unexpectedly increased. Mr.. Pulitzer'S
claim is that the tower room. which
was to be sound proof, is such only il
name; that the library was not Lighted
as it should have been. and that The
| work in general was not up to expec
tation He further says that while
the original estimate of the cost wa:
only $1,000. the actual expenditure was
about $10s,000. He says he was no
properly notified of this prospective in
crease. and that Mr.. Jaques is not en-
titled to the 5000 commission.