Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-05
.ITISUP TOJUDGE WITT
,RotpLE of JAIL CONSTRUCT
DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE.
THEY DID ALL THEY COULD.
address. Communication TO the
Judge Acknowledging Service OF
u.. order. and That They Were
Doing Al, rhey Could, But Feared
o-aor would Not DC Carried Out

FOR about enc hour las. night the COM
no,,tce or grounds and buildings Sa'-
ya.sed and discussed the status oil mat
tors at the city jail and Judge VIII
-..- directing the building to be COM
ni.,aa within ten days. on pain Oh INC
court taking Charge OF IT Tor iaiiure -
carry out this instruction
CIV Attorney Pollard net win anu 'Ao-
v..es with The committee on their mooe
of procedure undsr this singular uai'i
Of circumstances.
Assistant City Engineer WATSON oilei-
" rchcarsed the recent history OF ''ie
troubles OF the Jail and inc oeiass e"
cojnt.red in It's construction.
In summing UP lhe mater ne saiu ''ia :
ihe ;niI was practically completed except
~ ,wo divisions Of the work the plumb
,rc and the cooking apparatus The gas
sy7,res were still 10 he put in, but that
,..s q matter of one or TWO days work.
The Stewart Iron Works had promised
sa,,e time ago 80 take UP the matter OIL
,he nlumbjns with the sub-contractors.
Ma,nnev & Collins. but the city engineer
sena-,men. had heard nothing further
rom il.
There. is a difference of opinion be-
fween Col. Cutshaw, the city engineer,
snd the Stewart Iron Works about me
cooking apparatus. Col. Cutshaw claims
hat under the contract the Stewart iron
Works are required to supply sufficient
cooking apparatus for the building ana us
purposes. For this ii seems that both an
oven with kettles and range are neces-
sa,y, but the Stewart Iron WORKS de-
cline to supply more than one oil ,ht Sc
requisites, the oven and kettles CT the
range II only amounted to dlfferencc
Of about 500 and the city would pay that
much out in the meantime, Mr.. wilson
said. for the temporary building they
were now using. Mr.. Wilson read let
ter to Col Cutshaw from the Stewart
iron Works under date of November IS.
in which they offered to construct an
oven and kettles at the cost OF So and
authorized Col. Cutshaw TO orGcr The
work done for them. if he would do so.
This proposition was submitted to the
committee for inst-i!c.ions and the COM
mittee instructed Coz Cutsi:aw 10 mile
the order for the work 10 oc ion" as
requested by the letter of Tic Stewart
Iron WorEs
HAD DONE ALL THEY C.l'i.D
The disposition of Judge Wits order
was then discussed at some length. On
the motion OF Mr.. Hicks. it was finally
ordered that the clerk of The committee
address q communication to the Hon. S.
B. Witt Judge of the Hastings Court,
stating to him that copy of the order Of
his honorable court. entered Oh .he IND
Of December. 1892. in regard TO the long
delay in the completion of The AL WAS
served on the chairman CT this committee
and was laid before the cop'-nit."n. AND
thereupon the city engineer laid rcforc the
committee I: report Of the progress OF tne
work on the Jail an! its present rnndi-
ton, and after a Jul; discussion Of the
matter. it was ordered that the HONORABLE"
judge be Informed iilat This e rlrlitic &c
has done and is still doing all in its pow
er TO promote the speedy completion Of
the work But Il view of the present
condition of the work il fears that the
building will not be completed within the
time specified in the said order
The committee transacted some further
routine business.
There Were present John r. Grimes,
chairman: Pollock. Hicks. Shea, Gilman.
Washer. Whittet.