The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-02-25


would set all the old material. excep'
! the marble: that the contractors al
! lowed Tor tie value oi this old na;eTla
in their bid; that the commission IuliL
Investigated the matter: that tAe at
! torney general gave his otlcial p!lllo!
that the general oplIlon mac hce.i tu>ii
iie contractors owned III. ~! H:le-
,iul. and the commission cruid nJt
cl;,im it: that thu opin!"" L! IN" att"E-
."y general Nus approved - lNc com
MISSION, excepting; unlE Mr. NaisH;'.!,
aa,; the commission referred Ar. Car
tuni.2ls prupUsitlrn 10 il TO puE tne
Old material troln l!ie contractors.
repeat ln3t l vuan@t uriicVc That
his investigating committee cGlS!u-
cred the REPORT, Or NncW ~ these 1Itts;
II they did, l think discriminating
;ubl!c can see ih:.t they are Determined
TO uphuid CCl. MarS.alls minority lt-
port. even i q suppression "t cold
facts is necessary.
Generally:
AS an evidence that l gave the state
4Uou and honest service ii the eNpenu-
i,ure ot its lIoney on The State house
and in refutaIion OF Ei;.nE charges
made. but not sustained. by the III
Ie.st!Sai ing committee. ! u"Sir" 10 sub
nit the following statements o. hon
CRADLE, widely known contractors, not
WitnStanQing the chairman Or tn%t
committee, on the floor Cl the senate
where he was secure from reply, de-
scenGed TO the tactics OF trying 10 be-
snlirch and imUugn any OF and al! VII
nesseS VINO dared 90 speak the truth
i rot in support OF his report:
Nicholas Ittner, Contractor, 2. .. Box
COZ, Atlanta. Ca.
Atlanta, Ga, March %, 1901.
MI. Frank P. Milburn. Columbia, ,. 4.
Dear Sir: Your favor o1 t:le 10Th IL
hand i examined the material AND
workmanship at capitol building, ana
find il a first class JOB. consider 1t {!
good, substantial piece of WORK.
Yours truly,
(Sicned) Nicholas Ittner,
Contractor.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. II, 1908.
Mr. Frank P. MilDura. Columbia, S.
&.
Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry
Of August 7th in regard to the work re-
Gently done on the State house. will
say that | have ha0 considerable eH-
perience in large work, and have mao
quite a number OF contracts from the
United States government l was ohe
OF the iirll OF TIE Stewart Contracting
company. who bid for the contracr in
Coium:li. l was in Columbia Aug.
l4th, and while there inspected the
State house wo.'a. AS 4 whole. think
the work very satisfactory. There may
be some minor things that | would have
done different ii ( HAD been award
ed the contract. Anyone looking to
ind fault can always find 1t. There IS
one thing certain, the State OF South
Carolina, in my estimation, has re-
ceived full value for the money eN-
pended, and Eow has q capitol that
any State might we'll be prbud of:
This is my honest and unprejudiced
opinion. Yours truly,
(Signed)
j. E. Burgess, Manager.
Savannah Contracting Company.
Note. Mr.. Burgess remodeled interior
of postotfice building in Columbia, in
1905
Augusta, Ga, Sept.2, 1903.
Mr.. Frank F. Milburn, Columbia, 5.
Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of
Aug 25th, wanting an opinion from US
on the new State capitol in your city,
we beg to say tire writer has frequent
ly gone over this building during con-
structicn and since it was finished, and
consider it as good job as 1t is pos
sible to make out Of remoGellng ]on,
and being familiar 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 rennodelinS work, and know how
difficult it is to make everything per-
fectly satisfactory, as there is some
thing always in the way that cannot
be moved. YCu would have no trouble
to prove up values ii the matter was
investigated, as you know from eX-
rerienCe that it is much easier TO crit
icise than it is to execute
Yours very truly,
(Signed) j. II. Mckenzie & Sons,
General Contractors.
By Charles z. Mckenzie.
Johnson City, Tenn, Sept. Is. 1908.
Mr.. Frank P. a1ilburn, Columbia S.
Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry
Of Aug. 25th, asking my opinion OF the
work recently done on the South Caro-
lima State house. Will say that I con-
sidered the same we'll executed and full
ly up to the standard for such work. |
have had experience in renodeiinS old
capitols, and have found it hard to
please every one, as they 90 not un-
derstand the many troubles that We
have to contend with. I am surprised
that any objections are raised in re-
sard to the job. as I thought the quail
!ty of the work done. considering the
quantity, was we'll worth the price
paid for it. I should think it would De
worth fully 100000 to duplicate the
same work now under the present con-
ditiOnS of markets, etc.
Yours truly,
Signed) ]. E. Parrish,
Contractor and Builder, Lynchburg,
Va.
Columbia, S. C. Feb. 3, 1904
Mr.. Frank P. Milburn, Columbia, S.
c.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor OF
recent date, in which you request US to
inspect the work done on the State
capitol building at Columbia, 5. c., we
beg to advise as follows:
After a careful inspection OF the
work we are prepared to say that in
our opinion, that the work seems to
have been performed in substantial
and workmanlike manner. In our op!n-
ion. the appropriation was entirely too
small for the amount of work under
tl l.eD Very trllly YOURS,