The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-23
MUSEUM ANNEX
IS BADLY BUILT
The Committee is Making an
Examination.
MEETS AGAIN ON MONDAY
The Architects and Contractors Are to
be Present.
MEETS AGAIN ON MONDAY
DEFECTS THAT WERE NOT REMEDlED
The Attention Of Both the Architects and Con-
tractors Were from Time to Time Called to
the Shortcomings in the Work and
They Were Asked 10 Remedy
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Yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock the
building committee of the State Board OF
Agriculture met for the purpose of in
speeding the work on the annex to the
State Museum, now being erected.
This committee is composed of Col. Jno.
$. Cunningham, r. II. Jones, j. w. Bailey,
j. A. Holmes, S. l.. Patterson and T. X.
Bruner. All of these were present ex-
cept Col. Cunningham Mr.. Bailey pre-
sided.
The committee ordered that the archi-
tects pearson & Ashe) and the curator
OF the Museum (Mr. Brmley) examine
the new building thoroughly, make note
of any defects, compare the work with
the specifications and contract and report
the result to a meeting of the committee
TO be held on Monday, March Goth. Secre-
tary Bruner was ordered to notify the ar
chitects and contractors of the meeting
next Monday.
Also the committee decided that when
il adjourned it would do so to make a
personal inspection of the building and
in doing so have all defects noted by
the Secretary and reported at the next
meeting
This examination showed the following
defects, among others, on the outside of
the building:
Defective brick work under the window
sills on the south side
Salmon brick in the wall on the south
side.
Soft mortar used in some of the seams.
bulge in the wall on the north side.
On the inside of the building the de-
fects noted were:
Untitled joints in the wall on west side.
Bulge in the wall on the south side.
Careless masonry work about the win
dows.
Practically all the defects discovered
yesterday were in the details of the
brick work.
The defects heretofore complained Of
by the committee were for the most part
in the wood work and can be ramedied
The records of the committee show that
on September Ind Secretary Bruner, OIL
request Of Curator Brimley called at
tention of the architects (Pearson & Ashe)
to the supports provided by the con
tractor for the east end of some under
sized floor joists on the ground floor where
they join the wall of the old building.
On January 9Th no attempt had been
made to remedy these defects, and or
March 7th the work had been partially
done and left incomplete at this time.
During the October meeting of the
Board before the walls were completed,
the building committee made cursory in
spectiOn of the building, their attention
being called to rough looking brick-w work,
but at this time the absence of flooring
and the presence of scaffoding made
close inspection impracticable.
Another letter was written to the con-
tractors calling attention to the follow
ing defects:
Understood floor joints in middle room,
ground floor.
Improperly supported hangers on old
wall ground floor.
Improperly supported sill, upper floor,
north end of long room next to present
building.
On the same date the agent of the
bonding company of the contractors was
notified of these defects and he was mott
fed that unless they were remedied the
Board would proceed against the bond.
On February 21st the contractors atten-
ton was called to q defective drain pipe
that was causing injury to both the cd
and new walls, and he was informed that
unless he fixed it within 81 hours the
Board would proceed to have it fixed ard
the cost deducted from the CONTRACTING
price on the building.
Also during February Architect Pear
son, Secretary Bruner and Curator Brim-
ley made an inspection of the building
generally. The brickwork then complete.
or nearly So was found not up to spec II
cations as members of the building COM
mittee have since seen for themselves ii
detail.
The contractor was notified of this III
n letter quoting a paragraph of the speci-
1ications in regard to the kind of brick to
be used and adding: The point in
question is the unsatisfactory condition
of the interior walls. the specifications
calling for run-of-kiln brick, which means
two hard to one soft brick. Examination
shows that there are at least 20 soft to