The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-24

would get all the old material, except
/ the marble: that the contractors al
| lowed for the value CT this oid Water!a!
! in their bid; that the COMMISSION tul'.'
i investigated the mater! thal tNe a.
! torney general gave his oftl.iai OPINION
that the general opinion had been that
the contractors owned Ihe old mate
;,iaI and the commission could MOI
lcla:r, il: that ths opinion IF The ;lttor-
me- general was approved by the COM
mission -NcertinS only Mr.. Marshall;
;,,:,i the commission referred NJ. Gar
.zfunk.-!'s proposition to it tC buy the
v:J .ll;tlerIal from the contractors.
repeat lna1 | cannot believe that
This Investigating committee consid-
rced the report. or knew OF these facts.
II they did. / think discriminating
public can See that they are determined
10 uphold Col Marshail's minority re-
facts is necessary.
Generally:
AS an evidence that | gave the State
good and honest service il the eXpend-
iture OF its money on the State house.
and in refutation of many charges
made. bat not sustained. by The M
restigatinS committee, L desire 10 sub
nit the following statements OF hon
ora bic. widely known contractors. not
withstanding the chairman OF that
committee, on the floor oI the senate,
Where he WAS secure from reply, de-
scende6 TO the tactics OF trying TO De-
Smirch and impugn any OF and a.! Wit
nesses who dared 70 speak the truth.
il not in support OF his report:
Nicholas Ittner. Contractor. +. y. BOX
500. Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga, March 22,19Ul.
Mr.. Frank P Milburn. Columbia, 5. G..
Dear Sir: Your favor OF the 10th 10
hand l examined the material anu
workmanship at capitol building. and
find it a first class JOB. consider it
good, substantial piece of work.
Yours truly,
(Signed) Nicholas 1ttner,
Contractor
= Savannah, Ca, Aug. Il, 1903.
,Jr. Frank ?. Milburn. Columbia, 5.
Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry
OF August 1tn in regard 70 the Work re-
Gently done on the State house, l Will
say that l have had considerable eN-
perience in large work. and have had
quite number Of contracts from the
United States government. was one
OF the iir!n of the Stewart Contracting
company, who bid for the contract in
Columbia. / was in Columbia Aug.
18th, and while there inspected the
State mouse work. AS g, whole. think
the work very satisfactory. There may
be some minor things that would nave
done different if / had been award
ed the contract. Anyone looking TO
find fault can always find II. There is
one thing certain, the State OF South
~ s,, yr~l
ceived full value for the money eN-
pended, and now has capitol that
any State might well be proud OF.
This is my honest and unprejudiced
opinion. Yours truly,
(Signed)
j. E. Burgess, Manager,
Savannah Contracting Company.
Note Mr.. Burgess remodeled interior
Of postoffice building in Columbia, in
1903
Augusta, Ga, Sept.2, 1903
Mr.. Frank P. Mllburn, Columbia, 5.
Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of
Aug. 25th, wanting an opinion from us
on the new State capitol ID your city,
we beg to say the writer has frequent
" gone over this building during con-
struction and since it was finished, and
consider it as good JOB as It is pos
sible to make out OF a remode!ing job,
and being famiiiar with the price paid
for the work, l consider the State Sc
cured a regular excursion price on that
building.
We have had considerable experience
in remodeling work, and know how
difficult it is to make everything per-
fectly satisfactory, as there is some
thing always il Inc way that cannot
be moved. You would have 10 trouble
10 prove up values if the matter was
investigated, as you know from eX-
rerience that it is much easier 10 crit
icise than il is to execute.
Yours very truly.
(SigncO J. II. Mckenzie &; Sons.
Genera! Contractors.
BY Charles +. Mckenzie
Johnson City, Tenn, Sept. %. !sVa.
Mr.. Frank 7. Ml!burp. ColutEola, ,.
c.
Dear Sir: Replying to Your inquiry
Of Aug. 18th, asking my opinion of the
work recently done on the South Caro-