The age-herald., 1901-08-16
Atlanta Holds Up Check of
 Local Concern
SAY WORK IS UNSATISFACTORY
Characterize Pipe as Being Too Hard and BrlttIe-Represent of the Company Goes to Settle
 the Matter.

F. B. Dimmick of the Dimmick Pipe company left Birmingham yesterday af- ternoon for Atlanta where he will inves- tigate the causes for the complaint of the city of Atlanta regarding pipe furnished by his company.
 Thursday afternoon the company re- ceived telegram from Atlanta stating that their check for July shipments, amounting to more than S20,0OO, would be held up pending investigation of the pipe, some of which was said not to be as good as is called for in the contract.
 Mir Goodapple. manager of the compa- ny, said yesterday that he did not know the character of the complaints. but MT. Dimmick had gone to arrange the matter. He felt positive that it would be settled without difficulty as the Atlanta people were receiving fine pipe and no complaints were being made by others receiving the same grade of work. Further than this he would make no statement.
 Story From Atlanta.
 The story of the complaint as it comes from Atlanta is as follows:
 Prom statements made during the meeting of the water board yesterday afternoon by President George Hillyer and Superintendent Park Woodward. 1. appears that some of the pipe that has been received from the Dlmnick Pipe Company of Birmingham, for the exten- sion and better equipment of the water works system Is not up to the standard required in the contract.
 "The board has taken steps 10 withhold the money for the pipe and specials re- ceivcd during July, and this money will not be paid to the pipe concern until the matter has been adjusted to the com plete satisfaction of the water commis- sioners. The members of the finance com mlttee of the board and the superinten- dent have been authorized to employ an experienced inspector to be placediAon duty at the pipe works in Alabama to see that the pipe is manufactured accord Ing to agreement.
 'sThe bills for pipe shipped by the com- pany during the last month will probably amount to more than $20,O00 After the water bonds were passed and contracts | for material were being let by the board
 the Dlmmick Pipe Company secured the | contract for supplying pipe and specials | This contract was worth about S1O4,OOO l and the city has already paid to the com pany something like sS5,ooo for material | received.
 Not at All Satisfactory. "Some of the pipe that has been re- ceived was characterized by Judge Hill yer as too hard and too brittle. He stated that the coating was not at all satisfac- tory, and said further that some of the mains had been found to be thin on one | side and thick on the other. showing that | the core had not been adjusted properly | in the casting.
 "These defects, it seems. were not dis- | covered until within the past few days, | and only when it became necessary to cut some of the mains in order to make short | connections
 "The names of two capable inspectors 1 have been taken under consideration and | one of them will doubtless be employed in | the next few days. Members of the firm l owning the pipe works at Birmingham were notified by wire of the action taken"