Evening journal., 1901-10-15
BRIDGE AGAIN
THE SUBJECT
Argument Over Weight Of
Green White Oak
MAY ASK FOR OTHER BIDS
Coal Investigation Will be Concluded
at This Afternoons Session
Of Lew Court


There was little done at this morn
ing's session Of the Levy Court other
than discussion which arose over The
proposed replanking OF Washington
street bridge, and that ended in the
rejection of all bids.
After the bids were opened and read
President Lynn asked the members OF
the body if they knew what an extra
weight they were putting on the struc-
ture. which they already had pro-
nounced weak Il have received a re
port from an expert engineer giving the
information that the placing Of 10000
feet of green oak on the structure
would mean a weight of $500 pounds
to each 900 feet, and a total weight Of
| l08 tons, or 140 tons more than the
present weight on the bridge. You
know" continued President Lynn,
that the objection to the railway COM
pany using the bridge was because Of
the additional weight"
There was a discussion on the point
and Mr. Chandler finally agreed with
the president that his report of the
weight was right
President Lynn seemed to favor the
placing of yellow pine lumber on the
bridge. as he said that it would last
Just as long and be much Tighter
Mr. Elliott's motion that three-inel
oak be used instead Of four was an
other subject for argument The mo
ton was carried and was followed by {
resolution. offered by MI Armstrong
which rejected all Of the bids that lhat
been read and authorized the court L
readvertise for bids for three-incl
lumber. "Ihis should have been dis
cussed before bids had been asked for
said Mr.. Willis. Here we have adver
tised fer bids at the expense Of $50, an,
Nil5 have to do it over again.
I'VE may save a good many dollar
by the different sized timber" was Nh
! Armstrong; reply
AS dinner hour was at hand MI
Armstrong made a motion that th
I court adjourn until 2 o'clock.
Mr.. Willis objected on the groun,
that there was a motion pending.
Mr. Chandler adjusted the matter b.
moving that the question be postpone
until 2 o'clock this afternoon Tn
s motion was carried.
This afternoon the court will discus
: the Goa. question, raised last week b
! Mr.. Chandler.
COAL SUBJECT INQUIRED INTO
In his Office in the county Court Hous
last evening Comptroller Kelley invest
! gated the charges made by Mr.. Chandle
that htcre were not 1870 tons OF coal dcliN
cred to the Court House as alleged i
, Rhodes 4 Healcy, dealers. 1nc 60;
+ firms bin amounted TO S7l5.
= Mr. Healey, of the firm, was preser
and stated that on February II his team
put so tons of coal in the cellar and 'o
March IA he pnt in the additional 40 tons
, OF this amount thirty tons was nut co;
4 and the remainder was pea coal. NJ
coal at the time was selling for $3.50
Z ton. and pea coal for S5.25 n ton. I}
making a uniform charge Of $3.50 a ton
Z he found the bill was about the same a
if it were specifically itemized as 10 iii
Equality Of coal delivered. The coal WA
Z ordered by John Lynn he said, withoi
asking for an estimate of what il w0ul
cost. When be began to deliver the 90,
there was some coal Of different kinds
the cellar.
James Rogers. ianitor at the con
house, remembered that coal had been III
liyered in March and John Campbell, Ill
former fireman. said that he remembere
coal being placed in the building ON tw
! occasions, but did not know how man
! tons were delivered or the exact dates.
Mr.. Rogers said he took box Of coi
n from the pile at the suggestion of Con
d | missioner Chandler ana had it weighe
The box weighed twelve pounds, nr
filled with coal it weighed siXty-tW
pounds. III contained 4 cubic foot of Goa
J. r. johnson and William A. Kline.
civil engineers said they had measure
the hoal bin and had estimated on i
contents They calculated that il the b
had been filled to the ceiling at one tim
. il would have contained 13S tons. Mea
n uring from mark pointed out 70 them
. where the coal had reached they calci
? lated that 90 tons were there AT one tim
e and estimated from marks coming undl
! their observation that there were ahol
. thirty tons of old coal in the bin befol
u the new was placed in
It Mr.. Healey remarked that from Febr
4 ary II until March a. great quantities
coal had been burned. He said he won
take oath that he had placed 1870 tons
n coal in the Court House cellar.
= Mr.. Campbell said that anywhere fro
= One-half to one ton of coal was burnt
y daily during the time mentioned by NJ
Healey.
!. AT The conclusion of the hearing NJ
4 Healey said that the charges made /
e Mr.. Chandler had been very injurious
4 him and that he was sorry that he hs
4 accepted an order from the county.
. Mr. Chandler said that he Gid not b
+ leve 1870 tons Of coal were placed in II
cellar This exasperated Mr.. Heale
who reminded Mr.. Chandler that if
were a younger man it would not be we
/, for him TO make such a remark.