The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
MR. PUbITZER'S COTTAGE.
An Addition Cost Him
$148,OOO
Hence Has Arisen Some Interesting
Salts.
Bar Harbor Building
Operations Renewed.
The Plaintiff an Architect from
Boston.

few years ago Mr.. Joseph Fuh1Aer'
IF the NewIYork World, built an addition
TO his summer home, "Chatwold," at
Bar Harbor. This addition seems to have
been by no means u modest one, for 1t
has cost STAG, 900 for materials and labor,
not counting what it - costing for
lawyers and scourt fees on a big siao,ooo
suit which was brought against Mr..
Palitzer by MIR. Herbert Jaques OF Bos-
ton, the archit,ct and builder OF the
addition. This addition is called the
tower and northern extension. MI.
Jaoues was to furnish the plans and
supervise the work, receiving therefrom a
total of twelve per cent for his services.
The work was to bs done'by June 10,
1895 MIR. jacques was to pay for all the
work and material. Mr.. Pulitzer to settle
with Jsoues each month, paying eighty
per cent of the account, the reinainin
twenty to be reserved until after the
commission of the work. One OF the
stipulations of the contract was that the
foundation of the tower should be placed
within two feet OF low.waterpm mark, and
that the basement of the tower should be
finished as a swimming pool, with suitable
spparetus for a, thorough heating OF the
water.
Besides the tower-there was to be ssa
wall costing $500; steps costing $500;
and lodge costing $500.
One of the features of the tower was to
be a room which should be sound proof.
Mr.. Pulitzer was that time suffering
from nervous trouble, and from an
affection of the eyes. Besides the sound
nroof room he stipulated thatlthere should
be suob arrangements for the light of the
library as to suit the conditions of his
eyes.
When the contract was made the esti-
mates were lower than what the costs ul-
timately turned out to be.
Mr.. Jaoues claims that much OF the
work had to be done.in winter, when the
cost of labor and ma terials were unex-
nee. edly increased. Whatever may have
been the causes the expenses increased,
and MI Pulitzer's addition cost him
much more than he expected. Also, when
he came with his family to occupy Chat
wold" he declared that he was not pleased
with the work. The sound-proof room
was not SO silent as he expected and
wished; and the library WAS not lighted
TO suit the condition Of his eyes.
Not having obtained what he wanted
exactly MIR. Pulitzer seems to have de-
termined not to pay the bill until he got
satisfaction at least. When Mr.. Jaques
went to see Mr.. Pulitzer with his bill, the
latter refused TO see him. Nor was MIR.
Jaoues able to see him thereafter. as MIR.
Pulitzer put the whole matter In the
hands of his attorney, l.. B. Deasy. Esq,
of Bar Harbor. Mr.. Deasy wrote Mr..
Jaoues that Mr. Pulitzer would not pay
the bill as it, stood, and did not consider
under the circumstances that he was
bound longer by the terms of the con-
tract. Ihereupon legal proceedings were
taken in Hancock county; but were
transferred to the Circuit court of the
United States.
To arrive at satisfactory determine
ton of the amounts due, the case was
turned over to Hon. George E. Bird OF
Po.tland, as auditor. Mr.. Bird made an
exhaustive inquiry into the whole con-
tract and the execution thereof. He found
the case complicated by the fact that one
of the contractors. Edward B. Mears