The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-20
Foreign Contractors Were
Favored Only When 1t Was
Absolutely Necessary, Says
Secretary Goodwin.
DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
Meeting Held Last Night Re-
suited in the Choosing of the
Old Boards for the Ensuing
Year.

Year.
The first annual meeting of the in
corporators of the Richmond Y NJ. c.
A was held last evening and directors
and trustees of the institution were
elected for the ensuing year. On June
5. the directors will meet and elect
officers. 1t is quite probable that the
present officers will again be chosen.
They are Sharon +. Jones. president;
George II. knollenberg, vice presi-
dent; Arthur l.. Smith, recording sec
retary, A. NJ. Gardner. treasurer and
George l.. Goodwin, general secretary.
All the old directors and trustees
were reelected last evening. The
nominating committee only presented
one list of names. Those reelected
TO the board of directors are as fol-
lows: Sharon +. Jones, George II.
Knollenberg. w. S. Hiser, Charles II.
Moore, Richard Sedgwick. f. X. Shera,
A. l.. Bramkamp. J. S. Harris and
Howard Dill. The trustees are: Adam
bdIttl, Jpnu %, DOuSdu, NJ. \. Hell
ley. Henry Gennett, John +. Mccarthy,
Glenn Gaar and John Fl. Johnson.
On September | another meeting
will be held for the purpose of thor
oughly discussing all the business de-
| tails in come ction with the work of
constructing the Y. NJ. c. A. building.
After the election of directors and
| trustees President Sharon L. Jones
read his annual report then General
Secretary Goodwin read his report.
Goodwin Explains.
There has been some complaint re-
garding the action of the building CON-
mittee in awarding contracts to out
of town bidders. After mentioning
| the firms that secured these contracts
Mr.. Goodwin had the following TO say
| regarding the dissatisfaction referred
| to:
In view of the fact that the build
ing committee has been criticised
from certain sources for awarding con-
| tracts out of town and some persons
not knowing the situation, have gone
so far as TO say that all the contracts
have been let out of town. and in this
not paying their subscriptions 10 the
building fund. a word of explanation
might be given.
Bids Were Low.
| You will notice that Mr.. Fosler the
excavator. was a town man, and after
using every endeavor and postponing
the date of the opening of bids for the
I do In ArIa
bidder, the committee failed in receiv-
/ ing the same through no fault OF
theirs and thus was compelled to
award the contract to Wolf & Ewing
of Indianapolis at a figure which was
considered very low.
In the contract for the superstruc-
ture we received nine bids, ranging
| from s49,850 to $54.237. This contract
was awarded naturally to the lowest
responsible bidder, which was 5000
| less than the lowest home bidder,
with the understanding that any sub
! bids that the committee had on file
which were lower than the itemized
| schedule given by the general contrac-
tors might be substituted by us and
! thus rendering saving 10 the asso-
/ Cid Llch III IHlS way We were dDiE I'd
secure the contract for the entire brick
work OF the building for the firm OF
Weaver and Williams. our local con-
tractors in this line. The other con-
tracts, plumbing. heating electric wir-
| ing, of course, speak for themselves
as being wholly with in our town. fur
ther in view of the fact that Wolf and
Ewing employed all Richmond labor
except foremen and purchased all ma.
! terials from Richmond dealers. and
that the general contractors are persu-
| ing the same policy in so far as it is
practicable for them to do so IL seems
| TO me that the criticisms the commit
tee have received, are certainly not
justified and that you as the members
| of this association should have know
! ledge of the facts here given. The
work on the building has not made as
rapid progress TO date as some of US
! wished, but weather conditions and
/ the inability Of the contractors to Sc
cure materials have been the chief
reasons for the delay. Sufficient ma
| terial, however. is now on the ground
and is daily arriving so that much pro-
gress will undoubtedly be made in the
course of the next few weeks.
| Apart from this work in connection
with the building there has been many
things of general interest leading up
10 the organization of permanent COM
mittees etc, which your secretary has
been engaged in. Not least among
these has been the acquaintance OF
| the business men and the leading
young men OF the city through the
meetings of the Commercial club and
other organizations which / have at
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