The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-02-24

in their bid; that the COMMISSION luily
Investigated the matter: that the at
torney general gave his oiiicia! opinion
that the general opinion had been that
The contractors owned the old mate
lial. and the commission could not
claim it; that the opinion Of The attor-
ney general was approved by the com
mission, excepting only Mr.. Marshall:
and the commission referred Mir. Gar
funkel'S proposition to it 10 buy the
old material from the contractors.
! repeat that | cannot believe that
this investigating committee conSld-
cred the report, or knew OF these facts.
If they did, think a discriminating
public can see that they are determined
to uphold Col. Marshalls minority re-
port, even if d suppression OF ."old
facts is necessary.
Generally:
good and honest service in the cNpend-
iturc oil its money OH the State house.
and in refutation Of many charges
made but not sustained. by the III
vestiSa ting committee, | desire TO sub
nit the following statements OF hon
CRADLE, widely known contractors, not
withstanding the chairman Of that
committee, on the floor of the senate,
where he was secure from repiy, de-
scended to the tactics of trying TO be-
smirch and impusn any Of and all Wit
nesses who dared to speak the truth.
If not in support of his report:
Nicholas Ittner. Contractor. l.. y. BOX
COG. Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga, March 22.l9Ol.
Mr.. Frank P. Milburn. Columbia, ;. Z.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10th to
hand. l examined the material and
workmanship at capitol building, and
find it first class job. | consider 1t Il
good, substantial piece of work.
Yours truly,
(SigneO Nicholas Ittner,
Contractor.
Savannah, Ca, Aug. II, 1903.
Mr. Frank ?. Milburn, Columbia s.
c..
Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry
Of August 7th in regard to the work re-
Gently done on the State house. l. VIII
say that | have had considerable en-
perience in large work, and nave had
quite Il number Of contracts from the
United States government. was one
of the iirm of the Stewart Contracting
company. who bid for the contract in
Columbia. | WAS in Columbia Aug.
lIth, and while there Inspected the
State house work. AS a whole. ! THINK
the work very satisfactory. There may
be some minor things that | would nave
done different if 1 had been award
ed the contract Anyone looking to
lind fault can always find il. There is
one thing certain, the State OF South
Carolina, in my estimation. has re-
ceived full value for the money eX-
pended, and now has Il capitol that
any State might we'll be proud OF.
This is my honest and unprecedented
opinion. Yours truly,
(Signed)
J. E. Burgess, Manager,
Savannah Contracting Company.
Note. Mr. Burgess renodeled interior
of pustoflice building in Columbia, i'll
1903.
Augusta, Ga, Sept.2. 1903.
Mr. Frank P. Milburn, Columbia, S.
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 the writer has frequent
ly gone over this building during con-
struction and since it was finished, ana
consider it as good 4 job as it is pos
sible to make out of remodeling job.
and being familiar with the price paid
FOR the work. | consider the State Sc
cured n regular excursion price on that
building.
We have had considerable experience
in remodeling work, ana know now
difficult it is to make everything per-
fectly satisfactory, as there is some-
thing always in the way that cannot
be moved. You would have no trouble
to PROV" up values il the matter was
investigated. as you know from eX-
pcrfcnre that il is much easier To crit
iciSe than ii is to execute.
Yours very truly,
tSicncdD J. Fl. Mckenzie & Sons.
General Contractors.
by Charles +. Mckenzie.
Johnson City, Tenn, Sept -. 1908.
Mr.. Frank =. Mi!buin. Columbia, 5.
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 | con-
Sidered t. same well executed and fui-
ly UP to the standard for such work. !
have had experience in remodelinS old
caIiitols, and have found ii hard to
please every one, as they do not un-
dcrstand the many troubles that we
have to contend with. | am surprised
that any objections are raised in re-
gard to the job. as | thought the quail
!ty Of the work done, considering the
NLS HtII w w III VIC liiNN
raid for it, | should think it would be
worth fully 100000 To duplicate the
same work now under the present con-
ditionS OF markets. etc.
Yours truly.
Signed) ]. T.. Parrish.
Contractor and Builder, LynchburG,
Va.
Columbia. S. G. Feb. 3. 1904.
Mr. Frank p. Milburn. Columbia, $.
&.
Dear Sir: Replying To your favor of
recent date, in which YOU request us t"
inspect the work done on the State
capitol building at Columbia. :. c., we
beg to advise as follows:
After Il careful inspection of the
work. We are prepared to say that in
our opinion that the work seems to
have been performed in Il substantial
and Wurkmanlikc manner. In our Opin-
ion, the appropriation was entirely too
small for the amount of work Under
taken. Very truly yours.
(SigncD ". T.. lladlow Co.,
~ q. II. lladluw.
General Contractors. Jacksonville.
Fla.
Columbia. :. e.. Feb. L.. l90l.,
Mr.. Frank i. MilbuGn.
Dear Sir: ! have this day been
through the capitol building III CO.
lun,hiu G. and after looking over