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completed. and to cover this {

/ is competed. ana TO cover tliS
guarantee IS given for one year.
Tie copper ana tile roof on the GOV
ernment building in Augusta ieake'
from tjl?le u ti!Ee end gave the officer:
considerable Jroun!t.
E4sncnI:Ull".
(SignntD T. (. Brown 4 son,
Per r. c. Brown.
General Contractors. Augusta. Ga.
THT. GOVERNMENT EXPERT.
No d.nui n. public is curious: 4
ll!luW suiilttl:ing more ol MI. Hunt
urC,l Wii0m tn. committee seem; con
TENT 20 res; for the support Of its Iu'
!nHrous criticisms Of designs. plans anC
work with III" single exception Of the
plumhinG.
had understood until last week
thai the maine Of This witness was II
=. Hunt. Mrd that ne was a govern
ment architect. as Committeeman Pat
tcrson announced III the house. and
made dili2"nt inquiry in Washington
rs 20 identify and starding.
In the limited time at NY dispose
sing" Thursday, l have inquired lis t'
the work. position. etc. Of Mr.. >. ;
Hunt. resulting in the following in
formation:
|, Before going to Washington, Mr.
Hunt enjoyed the reputation OF being
2 good mechanic.
The Washington city directory 70:
1903 contains his name as a contractor
The congressional directory does not
show any such office as 'Super:ntend-
ent OF constructing OF the United States
capitol The last congressional d!rec-
tory shows as connected with the Office
superintendent Of the capitol:
Superintende Elliott Woods, Con-
gressional hotnl.
Chief clerk, George II. Williams. 21l
f. street.
Chief electrical engineer, Christian P
Gilem, 642 East Capitol street.
Clerk. John Welch, SO North Caro-
lima avenue, S. E.
w. B. Fitzpatrick wires:
"Architect says neither S. s. Hunt
nor H. II. Hunt, superintendent of con-
gtruction capitol. Never heard Of such
Hunt
J. K: Taylor. the supervisirr. archi-
tect Of the United States CIvernment
wires:
"Ofice has no knowledge Of S. S
Hunt in connection with any Of its
work"
Paul ]. Pelz Of Washington. one OF
the three. architects (and rhe only sur
vivor) who designed the famous con-
Sressional library. says that his name
is not in the government Blue Book:
that he neither knows s. S. Hunt as
a builder, contractor or architect. anc
that if he had been of prominence IN
either capacity. he would have known
him.
VIII South Carolinians endorse the
lioelous report of this Investigating
committee. confessedlE based on the
opinion Of this witness, in the face OF
the opinions Of Nicholas Ittner of At
lanta. J. E. Burgess Of Savannah
Charles F. Mckenzie of Augusta, J. E
Parrish of Lynchburg, c. II. HadloW
of Jacksonville, and T. c. Brown OF
Augusta?
The following extracts from the rec
ords Of the Capitol commission will nc
doubt prove interesting to the public:
Upon motion of Mr.. Derham:
Resolved. That when the work on
the Stare house is finished, prior tc
accepting the same, the architect shall
notify the governor, who shall call
the architect shall inspect the work,
and If the same is satisfactory the GER
tifcate shall issue"
Columbia, S. c.. May 90. 1902.
Hon, NJ. 3. McSweeney. Chairman
State House Commission:
Dear Sir-I wish to report that Nc
Twain. Jnkerer Co., contractors, have
completed the work as outlined by me
on the State house. That is. the spir-
it. intent and meaning of the plans
specifications and notifications of the
same, and are entitled to the final pay
Nent.
Frank P. Milburni
P. S. This report to be filed when
the commission are satisfied with the
work as done.
Resolved, That it appears to the
commission for the completion Of the
State house that the work is satisfac-
tory and that the contract has been
substantially performed.
Whereupon Mr.. Marshall made the
following motion as a substitute:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
commission the work done under the
contract to complete the State house
has not been performed by the con-
tractors according to the plans, speci-
ficationS@and contract, and therefore
the work done is not satisfactory to
the commission
A roll call having been demanded up
on the question Of the adoption of Mr.
Marsha1l's substitute, the substitute
was rejected by a vote OF to l, as fol-
lows:
Voting yes-Marshall-1.
Those voting no-McSweeney, Jen-
'nings, Mower, Johnson, Wilson, Bel
linger. Derharl-1.
CONCLUSION.
I have tried to briefly and calmly
show the public the plain facts connect
ed with the State house work, with
out resorting to rant and cheap clap
trap about balnboozling. etc.
I have no desire to conceal anything
from the public and court the fullest
investigation, feeling sure of COM
p)ete vindication from the cruel at
tack which has been made upon my
character for the first time.
Very respectfully,
Frank P. Milburn.
A PREACHER WITH A RECORD.