The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-21
And Brings Suit Against the
City of Pensacola in
Sum of $25, 600.
MAKES CHARGES
AGAINST BOARD
In a Petition Filed in the
United States Court
Yesterday.
CONTRACTOR STATED LAST
NIGHT THAT He HAD CEASED
WORK IN CONSTRUCTING THE
SEWERS, BUT WOULD FILL UP
EXCAVATIONS AND PLACE the
STREETS IN GOOD CONDITION.
AGAIN.

Inc Work OF 1usfat1nE the sewer
age system of thu city ceased yester.
day afternoon, when Contractor R c.
Storrie ordered his men tc stop max.
Ing excas atoms, and henceforth, acs
ccrding to the contractor, the only Ia.
Dor to be performed by him viii be-
In filing In the excavations made for
the installation OF the sewerage sys-
tenn upon various streets, which he in,
tends placing in the same condition
that he found them.
The stopping Of work followed the
fling Of suit, accompanied by .
length petition, in the United States
court, by counsel fm the contractor.
against the City Of Pensacola. This
suit claims damages In the sum Of
$4,000. In the bin Of complaint, or
petition, the contractor charges that
the engineer and the Board Of Bond
Trustees wrongful1y and frauduientiy
|conspired together to wllong and injura
him and to prevent the prefornanc8
OF the contract.
Paper Served on Mayor.
Yesterday afternoon United States
Deputy MnrshaI Wolf secured service
on Mayof Bliss. when he presented
him With an order of the court to re-
spond to the suit of Contractor Stcf-
RE on April Is.
Chairman Green Surprised.
Chairman Green, of the Board Of
Bond Trustees, was surprised yestel<
day afternoon when Journal rep
rosentative called upon him with q
request for a statement regarding the
suit of the contractor. He had heard
nothing of such proceeding.
Later Chairman Green made the
statement that he saw no reason for
such proceeding upon the part OF
the contractor.
This was after a meeting of the
Board of Bond Trustees, which con-
yened at 4 o'clock. City Attorney
John B. Jones was present, and for
two hours the matter was discuss0iyat
length, but the board had no stRte-
ment to. make with the exceptions&of
that of the chairman
Contractor Storrie Talks.
Contractor Storrie was seen at thu
Escambia Hotel last night and asked
regarding the suit he had broughts
against the city, and IL he had ceased
work ON the sewerage sssxem.
You can see In the petition flied NY
reasons for bringing the suit" he said
II do moi. intend to continue the work..
which was stopped this afternoon. but;
will Eli in the excavations made on
Palafox, Intendencia, Chase, Govern
ment, Devillter and Baylen streets.
and place those streets IN as good
condition as possible.
81 have asked nothing but what isI
TIL inst
copies Of letters have written tho
board You can see this for yourself.
have done everything possible to
get along with this board, and In re-
turn they have done everything to
keep me from working have been
all over the country. and have never
before gone up against such q board
as this one 1t is the first time in my
life that I have encountered q board
with whom I could not get along, and
have never before had any trouble
o. this nature.
The bill which has been fled in
court was drawn up hurriedly, and
viii be amended within a few days
by the fling Of another. have ceased
the work for good" he concluded
Mr. Storrie also stated that the
work had been interfered with when
the consulting engineer wrote him that
he would be compelled to discharge
Foreman Muer, whom Mr.. Storrie
says, Is one of the best men on sewer
age work In the entire country, and
one who has few equals in this busi-
ness Upon the advice OF the consult
ing engineer he had employed friend
of the latter to take charge OF the
work in Pensacola. but when he. (the
contract0r}. arrived here from Phsla-
delphia later he found the work NOT
progressing to suit him and he was
compelled to let this man 60
Contract Was for $4,000
The contract for installing the sew
|eraxe system and constructing the
storm drainage, system. called for an
expenditure upon the part Of the city
or $4,000 This contract was award
ed Mr.. Storrie last year, and he com
|menced work ON Oct 18th. and accord
Ing to his statement last night has
6nished about onefourth Of the sys-
tenn,