The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-11
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Supervisors 20 11enrico Decide
That Portion 81 Jailaiss J a; No y. i.
lJpa :'.7 s:ts ,lltla1r M /! ;,
FRAY sER WRITES ARCHITECT 4 !; !; I <
Chairman 81 Board Tells 3. Mr. Mr.
Bryant He Will Not VotesStto
Pay for Such Work.

sub-C ontractor "a. NJ. NfcCl who lfI rs g
doing the. concrete work on the walls OF o.
the Henrico county jall Is ordered BY
Architect bryant ana the Board Of SUI s'i
.pekvsors Of the county yesterday az az
ternoon to tear down the wall that at, l' u.
had built and Is concrete II anew In s .S'5
cordance with the contract =,
Mr.. w, 3. Frayser, Chairman OF the.
Board 4 OF Supervisors OF the county,
watched the work done by the employees
Of Mr.: Clay and was convinced that the
concrete was not satisfactory. He there A'i g
fore made complaint to q rchitect Bry-
ant and at once called a special nsceting 6,
OF the board yesterday. At tnlS meeting
1t vas found at ter the members ~ tho
board, witt, Judge r. Garter Scott mug
examined tho wall erected, that. the coll
crete work was not up to the standard
Architect Bryant readily ae1 uiesced and I'D
ordered the wall torn down Su 81 ontrac.
tor McClay will have to build I'' the wall iEll
over again. ,.3s5 4 $5 . i3S s "A NJ
% Supervisor Frayser. at the special 9, ! Y !
meeting OF the board, read the following
letter which he had sent TO Architect Bry-
ant, and this was the CAUSE OF the m IN
vestigation OF the wal. which follows:
Chairman Frayser's Letter. Il
sS Laurel Spring Farm,
Henrico County, July 81 1eoe. n
Mr.. Charles X Bryant, supe rvising 1T
Architect OF Aenrioo jail ~, u
Dear 6ir.-On Saturday n1orn q q 9, I8ss
July 18th, Visited Ten'r .t & County
Il Courthouse. Soon after getting there i
" nv attention was called to the small M
proportion OF cement used in the con-
II create which was being sused IN the IA
4 construction OF the new jail:
Securing q chair, took q seat at
IA one OF the windows Of tho courthouse
4 overlooking the work. and soon satls-
p fied myself that the specifications were 38
not being complied with8as to the con-
crete. siEs l; IA II 3{ gs55 z 8
23E Immediately attempted to- COM a.
II rurlcate with you b. phone, and was vas. 8}
told several times from your office . III
that you were not In | then sought lu N
1. Mr.. wharton, foreman for Ragland q Ss
4; Slaughter. 81 bcontractorfo OF the jail. 8ss
II and called his attention to the mat
4. ter After looking over the specifica-
& tions in his pos sessio and being told
81 BY him that. he had no lions
4 other than I, those Of the footings OF
the concrete. started In pursuit OF &
e y 1,. . and as you know, found you at #
& your Office, and stated to you what Z nj
Il I'D seen. You Immediately, after 83
4 looking over the spec!f icatons, n called ~
y IN &Ragland q Slaughter and notified ~
4 them to u have work on the concrete
stopped Immediately. You also stated
I to me that you would on Monday }5
Z have n the work done Saturday torn
4 down. 3zs After leaving your office 6s!
4 stopped by the court house and found
thai your orders had been compiled
with. and work suspended. a bout III
O'Clock Saturday evening 81 was re- re-
liably informed that the stoppage was was NJ
S Of short duration, the work being soon "I' w
started up again and continued during
& Now, as a member Of the board OF
supervisors OF Henrico county, de- 5
sire to state that ! shall mel ther vote "
to receive this work, nor will | vote IL
E, to pay for the same, but shall use my
i efforts to have the work torn down ii.
and removed. I shall call q meeting
OF the board Of supervisors for Tues s n
day, July 10th, at 10 o'clock, to fur-
Their consider this matter and give you Az
such assistance as you may desire lesl1,t' 5 ~
from them. ] am, @
Yours very respectfully s
si'S 81. w. B. FRAYsER,
I Chairman Board OF Supervisors OF
Hcnrlco county, Va BssS5 81
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