The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-06

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lum. who was in the city recently. says
In answer to the charges made by Mr.
Bachelet. that they are all old and ex-
ploded matters which have once been
The new building has settled some.
as all brick buildings are bound TO do
but II Is a good building; in fact. rather
the best building Of any at the instiiu-
ton. There is one arch In the founda-
ton that looks bad, a row Of bricks are
not put in level and II gives the effect.
at first glance. of a falling arch. but II
is merely an optical illusion. You put
straightedge on the wall and you md
II is all right.
''rhe boat incident has all been gone
over. There were three or four Of us
that were boat cranks and thought 1t
launch. and we built IL. and II cost us
every cent IL was worth. had an inter
est in II at one time. and paid fun
price for II, too. The matter was brought
up before the board and through what
! looked upon as perjured evidence. II
was made to appear that state time to
the extent of 800 had gone into the boat.
and was adtudged to pay that sum.
which l did, though l never considered
II right. and believe the board came 20
that conclusion through evidence that
was perjured. However. l let IT go at
that, and that is the way the matter now
| stands.
why Boatkeeper stays.
preacher from Seattle. by the name of
earns. Is perfectly contented to remain
there. He ran away once and returned
to Seattle. and they raised such a fuss
over there that | had to go after him
and take him back. He is content TO
stay there and take care of the boat, and
/ don't see that any one Is harmed by IT.
AS for Mr.. Fix. he was employed
| without my knowledge, and while Mr..
Lister was away, and with no intent OF
| keeping his mouth shut. He lived at Ort-
ing. and l suppose that was the reason
| Capt. Allen employed him. He was let
| out at the asylum for incompetency. That
old boiler was good boiler for the
| price $500 delivered at the building. Our
| appropriation was short and We had TO
get cheap boiler; A new one would
| boilers, and finally took this one from
| the Milwaukee brewery. 1t is "a fairly
| good boiler for a secondhand boiler. and
| fairly good for the price we paid for it.
ords show what we paid for II. and 1t is
easy to ask the Milwaukee people what
they received
Not Worth Replying To.
The talk about a horse and carriage
| for the matron. Miss Head, Is not worth
making any reply TO. Mr.. Seeman. the
| chief steward. always had a horse and
carriage. as his predecessors have al
ways had. and Miss Head and my wife
have frequently taken that horse out
Tor drive. II Is Mr.. Seemans horse
/ he has charge of It, and not the matron.
| There Is q carriage for general use. such
| as all similar Institutions have. and that
| II all the vehicles there are connected
| with the institution, except, of course
| the wagons used In farm work and haul
| ing supplies.
why Bachelet Left.
when Mr.. Bacheiet came there ne
| was doing large amount of work. fitting
| UP the steam plant, the electric iigh,
plant and generally putting the institu.
! ton Into shape. He is an excellent work.
| man and capable of accomplishing a
| great deal We installed him as chief
| engineer raising his salary to the con-
| stitutional limit. and also bringing his
family out there and Keeping them which
| was beyond the limit. but we did It. and
showed him more attention than a chief
| engineer had ever before had. In June
4 however, ne became dissatisfied and gave
| notice that he was going to quit. Atoms
toward the last OF the month. after hs
had had the lighting plant torn up fol-
several days, l insisted that he rush the
| work along at better speed. He told
| me plainly he wasn't going to connect
| up the wiring with the dynamos in theil
| new position for somebody else and
told him he might as we'll quit right then
| and we would get somebody who would
| do H. so he quit And when he loft he
! gave me the assurance that he would
| make II hot for me, which | suppose he
IL now trying to do