Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-05
SEVENTH STREET BRIDGE PLANS.

terry AS To the Real Plans.
| Robert Barnett, who is paid $40 or
s125 month as inspector at Seventh
street bridge, representing IN that ca
paoity tho Levy Court OF New Castle
county, was present ct the nesting of
the court yesterday and was asked
this question by President John Lynn:
Have you got tho plans and specifi-
cations OF Seventh street bridgeY"
Yes" said Barnett, handing them
to Lynn. The chairman turned TO Com
missioner Chandler and said:
Mr.. Chandler these are the plans of
Seventh street bridge, which you asked
for the other day. You went down and
demanded them Of this man tBsrnettl,
which don't think you had right to
do. That was with the bridge com
mittee."
Where lie the contract" asked Mr..
Willis, a5 Mr.. Chandler was looking
over the papers.
Lynn-"1 think the comptroller has
it,
Chandler lie has IL, but has neither
the plans nor the specifications
WilIits--"I thiak the court should
have copy"
BY this time Mr.. Chandler had found
that the plans handed him did not in
clude ground plan showing APP
pioaches, and was informed by lynn
ana barnett that he had all the plans
they knew Of
Then Mr.. Chandler made the dis
covery that the plans bore this endorse
ment; PLANS revised January 9th,
1901, and he asked: "Who ordered
these plans revised since this court
came in. We have nothing to do with
these plans, not having seen them
before. They were to Fave been ap-
proved by the court"
Ought to and being nre different
things" remarked Chairman Lynn.
Mr.. Willis suggested that the records
might show authority for the revision.
Ii was learned that the plans in Mr..
Ohsndler's hunds had been drawn by
the American Bridge Co., whereas he
understood that Alvin X. Morrison
made the plans which were adopted by
the old court, MIR, Lynn said no plans
had been revised this year, but he
afterwards changed his statement in
this regard.
Mr.. Lynn asked Mr.. Chandler: care
thoee the plans tho bridge is being
built ty2"
~ don't know" said Mr.. Chandler.
well, you ought to take that up, -
remarked the chairman. who had him
self produced the man Barnett) and
had taken the plans from him and
called them the plans for Seventh
street bridge
About this time, Patrick Fahey, the
contractor for the bridge, appeared and
Chairman Lynn said be was glad TO see
him and asked him If there were any
ground plans for the bridge.
Mr.. Fahey said there we're none.
Lynn then drew Fahey's attention to
that fact that the nlaus before the
court had been revised January 9th,
lsOl, and Fahey said In explanation
that the plans had been revised " hen
1t was. decided to raise the pier three
feet, which made some change in the
stone work, and the American bridge
Co., which built the superstruoture,
made its plans from Mr.. Fahey's plans,
which he said we're the plans adopted
by the court in the first place.
Then Lynn recalled that the fridge
committee had ordered change in the
height OF the pier.
With reference to claim made by
Mr.. Chandler that the contract under
which Fahey IS working calls for
approaches to the bridge, Fahey said
somebody had plan showing an
prosohes at the time the estimates were
being made, but the adopted plan never
included approaches.
Let mo ask you a question: said
Mr.. Willis, "how wide is Seventh
street bridgeY"
"Twenty-four feet" answered the
contractor.
Mr.. Chandler announced that he was
Informed that the right plans for the
bridge showed approaches.
What plans are you working on?"
asked Willis.
by plans approved by the Levy
Court and signed by the bridge COM
mittes. ("
'Are those the plansf"
mo; L think they are duplicates,
however. {"
Fahey spoke again of the changes
made In the height of the piers and
the incidental changes in the stone
work, ana 10 reply to question from
Willis, Fahey said the original speci-
fications were not affected, except In
that regard. He said he could LET the
court have blue print of tho original
plans.
II am satisfied" said Mr.. Ohsudler,
that your contract calls for putti1g
the approaches there"
. am ready to do it If the contract
calls for 1T" said Fahey.
From inquiry, Mr.. Chandler learned
that plans for this bridge had been SO.
cured from the comptroller'e Office by
Henry NJ. White, former levy court.
man and afterwards an inspector at the
bridge, which had not been returned.
Mr.. Fahey told the reporterf that he
had not rroduced the plans because he
had not been asked to do so. He was
positive that they do not call for ap.
proachos.
On the matter Of the contract, speci-
locations and bond for the Silver Run
road work, which had been reported
missing, Attorney Knowles made a
statement TO the court. He said that
the day before be went on his vacation
he went to the Court House to plaoe
those papers in the hand of the COMP
troller,. the legal custodian, but found
him absent, and LETT them with the
president OF the court to turn them
over to the comptroller. Mr. Lynn had
put them in his desk and there thew
had been found when Mr.. Knowles re-.
called giving them to Mr.. Lynn. He
now proposed to give them to Mr., Kelley,
Messrs. Armstrong and Willis an
nounoed that more work was needed on
, Silver Run road. The contract was
being carried out all right but IL had
not been made large enough. Arout
l,5O0 feet has been sheathed. IL was
thought that sheathing 100 feet more
! and putting IN a sluica would do much
. | towards preHefyino tha rnad Eabay