The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-03
Sensation at Meeting of
Board Of Supervisors of
HenriCo Yesterday.
lBRYANT'S CHARGE
AGAINST ROSE
Declares That Latter Has Not
Lived Up to Contract and
Has Installed Inferior u
Appliances-Allega-
ton Vigorously
Denied.

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MIR. Charles K. Bryant, the SUPERVISE
ing architect OF tho Henrico county jaiL
now In process OF erection. brought be- !.
fore the Henrico County Board Of Super-
visors yesterday morning serious charges I
against Mr.. John =. Rose, Mayor OF Bar
ton Heights, who has the plumbing and
piping contract OF the building. Mr..
Bryant alleged that the Arm OF John y.
Rose & Company, plumbing contractors
had not lived up to It's part Of the con-
tract; that they were fitting in inferior|s
pipes and closet appliances, and that j,
they had not first consulted him. as the,
supervising architect. as to tie materiala
to be used. MIR. Bryant.s contention ist.
that tho Interpretation OF the plans and /
specifications should be left to him., I
claiming that this Is the custom where "a
supervising architect is employed.
Mr.. Rose, on the other hand, denied ab.d
solutely and in toto the charges, contend-f
Ing that he had performed his part OF |
the contract In every particular; that, as |
the contractor for tho plumbing, he should (
have some range OF choice as to the ma:
terial to be used. end that all the work
had been done in compliance with th0l
city ordinances OF Richmond.
Personal feeling ran high. Both ment
restrained themselves. but the under-
current Of personal antagonism and .directj
opposition of views was too strong nott
to BIO felt.
Vehement Language.
At ono point In the proceedings, whena
Mr.. James Phillips. plumbing contract
or, called in by Mr.. Bryant as witness,
| had left the room to examine the hoppers
being erected in the Jail, AIr. Bryant asked
Chairman Frazier II the board were not
| in recess. Mr.. Frazier answered affirma-
lively. and Mr.. Bryant. standing UP and
| squarely facing Mr.. Rose, said:
\ i wish to God / had never been mixed
| up with you In this contract, and I hope
20 God will never be connected with
you again. am speaking to you now as
man to man,
IT am sorry.' said Mr.. Rose: II am very
sorry. Mr.. Bryant :.
| IT would not employ you In any. cons
tract for anything In the world = con-
| tnued Mr.. Bryant. "a.
II am sorry, Mr.. Bryant: very sorry,''ss
answered Mr.. Rose from his seat
The building OF Henrico county Jail has
entailed deal of trouble and delay. Soon
after the beginning of It's construction Mr.
Bryant absolutely refused to accept the
concreting which had been done. and {
much of 1t had to be destroyed and res.
placed with material and with sNch cons.
struction as more aptly accorded With
the views OF Mr.. Bryant.
Mr.. Bryant now finds fault with the
plumbing, and refuses to accept 1t. Thea
entire affair consisted In merely the
charges and the denials OF one ana tho
other, and toward the end OF tho meet-
ing, Mr., Fraziler, who saw that lttle
could come of the contention In this meet
Ing. said from the chair:
Gentlemen, the chairman and the bonrtlI
are placed in very embarrassing position.
and 1t Is very evident that personal feel-
ing has entered largely into the matter.
The architect makes and reiterates chargesi
against the plumbing contractor. Thal
plumbing contractor denies them, and thsI
architect brings forward no proof of his
allegations. It Is a very serious matter,
Would Not Brand Man.
Addressing the architect the chairman
continued: You have nothing to provsd
that Mr.. Rose Is not living up to hi4
contract s$..ss
And we are not hero to brand mani
as trying to swindle the board OF superb
visors and the county OF Henrico. " a dis-}
Interested party (AIr. Phillips. who hadt
viewed the plumbing and pipes and ro-i
ported on their make and construct1on)I
says that the piping is bought from thai
Standard Company, and that it appears
to him to be all right
Mr.. Bryant said he thought, and had|
been so told, that the board would meetl
next Tuesday, and that he was. therefore.j
not prepared to bring forward his proofsl
of the allegations ir this meeting. BSS1d3
was asked how long 1t would take himf
to prepare his side Of the case. f1a|
thought week would do. provided tlal
plumbers would so no further In hetM
work. &
Mr.. Rose said that he would go ahead
and put up the hoppers. and that, IL
afterwards they were proved to be un-t
satisfactory and inferior to what wa1
them out at his own expense. and subs 81
stitute what tho board deemed best. 1I25
was moved then that the board adjourH
until next Wednesday morning at y
o'clock.
The contention was over the quality
and weight II the prison hoppers and oA
the quality and thickness OF the piping ii
used. Mr.. Bryant called in Mr.. = hilips,
and the board requested Mr.. Phillips I'd 4;
go down and view tho work and report 8:
to them his Judgment on the matter.
Much of the question was on tho weight q
OF the hopper, and Mr.. Philllp on resa
turning, said that he could not Judge OF u
that, as he had no other hoppers with
which to make q comparison n Ss
: He said that the pipes We're OF staIusss II
ard make. rs they bore the letter III VI
which signliled BY what people they werS
! made. Tho pipes We're somewhat 4 ifress5
ular in thickness he thought. But NJ slS
Phillips said that he would have used
the same hopper. getting 1t from thu 81
Standard people. withHwhoin he had hces N
accustomed to deal Mr. Rose had gn3 gSS
1t from a branch house, and Mr.. Bryant III
contended that it' was not the hop pper tlS
Ishad ordered, IL WAS shown. however, lS8
that tho hopper wss manufactured IA ssg
Ithe branch house, and that norps Warl 9ss
always sent from this branch hnnse. irlt I
stead of. from tho main Office. Mr.! Phil1 gssl
lips sad however, that no would moi
have used the Standard pining under Y IA WI 3
plans anS specifications laid down sp4 #
Arr, bryant, Mr.. Rose said that tsse pip