Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

should submit plans Incorporating the ehap'i
In it? A Yes sir, that was IN the estimate.
o. Upon whose suggestion was III A, CUES
1t was upon mine.
o. There we're only two members present
when this was acted upon in regard to the
chapel A. Only two, | was present
o. Who was abseutY A. Mr.. Murphy
O. Did you reconsider the action OF that meet
ing at a later timer A. Yes sir.
O. What was the RESULT A. The result was
that Mr.. Murphy was opposed 70 1t.
Q. What was the estimate OF Mr.. Chandler IN
regard to that addition, including the chapet
A. | think it $4,000. 1t was $4,000 or
$1,000. No, IL was $4,000
o. You are sure il was s14,OO0I a II was not
more than that II was s14,S0O. ! said 70 Mr..
Chandler, is that the same as you made the e.
innate on the County Home. ] said We can
build this-Ihe estimate of the County
Home was $1,000 with no heating, plumbing or
furniture. We put ia Sass heating plant we
put in 5000 OF plumbing and put ia about 5000
of furniture We completed that building for
sl2O01.O9 and his estimate was 1is,WO w. },
Pearcc was chairman Of the board al that time.
] kept their minutes aud made up lhelr report
on that County home lust the same AZ ] did
with the new addition.
o. So il was your Judgment that the addition
and the chapel, which was furnished. would be-
built for el4,s00 A. On the estimate that he ask
ed $1,000 for.
Q. Events in the future proved that YOU were
wrong in your estimate. A, That Is very true.
We found that material was a great deal high
cr than what IL had been previously and it made
some difference. There was one contract there
iron and steel work.
o. Did the inmates help in the construction of
that addition a. They carried brick aud NOR
tar the same as they did on the county home
All we had were mechanics. We didn't have
any common laborers.
.. What agreement did you have with the
pldsterersI a. They worked by the day,
| Q. In making up this estimate for these inn
provcmcnts was il stated TO the architect or
contractor that certain work would he done by
I the inmatcsy Were they covered i'm the rst-
U ma IT, let for
| labor. All the labor was done by the day.
/ .. Assuming that there were no contracts let,
/ you would have suggested To the architect who
gave you this estimate that certain amount
/ Of this labor could be performed, OF would be
| performed by the nmatest A. ] probably did.
! Q. What proportion of that labor do you con
slider would have been performed by the in
/ mates. A. cannot tell.
Q. II would cost great deal for sou to hire IT..
! Would Ouc-halt or One-third represent the
/ amount Of labor employed there A. You
/ have an idea about how much IL takes To sup
ply four or I've brick layers with material Just
/ As well do and the inmates supplied four or
/ five bricklayers.
| 9. What part of the carpenter work did they
PERFORM A. Our mcnf They helped,
! O. Did thcv help 10 lay floors aud make GER
! tain parts Of the frames and seats aud all that
= kind of work. A. Yes
/ .. In your report before the County Board in
! 1907 asking for thi. appropriation, 10 build this
| new addition, didn't YOU say that you had the
! plans aud specifications and had figured on the
] COST a. ! probably said so, yes We had an
estimate
! Q. Didn't you state before the board that il
would not cost tu exceed the appropriations A.
| ! said thought we would be able 10 make IT,
! q. How do YOU account for this increase Of one
third in costf A. The architect made an esti-
/ mate lower than hc really thOupht hc could get
! Il and we took his word iot it rs To- figures.
/ @. He didn't give you any assurance that he
| thought il could bc built. A. No sir.
| @. You employed the same architect that de
| signed and buit the home2 A. Yes -r.
/ 9 His estimate was much in excess of the ac-
| tual amount of the COST A. Yes, / performed
an that work with the Inmates. That round
I barn, planned il and built II. The lumber ia
/ that barn cost uuly 5000. stole the trade
/ from the cement worker and the cement walks
! have only CoS' three and a half cents a foot.
! o. wiz you please explain how IL is possible
] for los. Ellery To- get iu 100 days carpeutrriug
/ from Jan. Sth until Feb. 2bth OF this last year.
| A. There are two Joseph Ellerys He gave me
. his time and made ont the bill.
/ q. Was that the total number of days2 YOU
! have several vouchers for Jos. Ellery, Jr,, aud
Jos. Ellery, ST. Satisfactory explanation
| madc.l
o The asylum is an paid for {, it not. the ue,,
I addition A. There is little bit of difference
down here at Ford's. There was some material
! returned we haven't had credit for,
/ 9. Ia makiuE payments of these several bills
/ against the asylum did you take the discounts
from these bills. A. ! calculated 10, yes,
! @. Are you sure you took the discounts? A.
o. You would be surprised il I said that in
many instances YOU did not take the DISCOUNTS
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Q. II there was any discounts allowed YOU
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| oIutI SHOULD nave been drawn less the discount.
/ @. suppose the order does not show that that
| was done Who would be responsible for the
/ mistake \. would, guess. | would be re-
I epnnsiple Tor the mistake.
I 9, here was @ls.h allowed by James H.. Glow
ahd iht order hhd been drawn IN tull, you would
I pc Responsible To- the county for rlSNOt \,
/ would YES SIT.
/ .. was lhtit ever any discount ON the con-
/ tract entered INTO with MI McGilltvraf A. Ne
/ sir.
/ 9. Were ms goods delivered &. %, b, Edmund OF
{ T. d. %. black RIVER tall~t y. +, %. ID. Ed
| muud.
/ .. We're most OF the goods Z. %. b, Edmund A ,
/ couldul possibly say.
] 9, Dtd YOU pay Tor two cars of lime that were
| shipped to j. II. Billings at Edmund? Did YOU
( pay tor ilat or the county \. The county.
I Q. DID You send a draft or an order To hinit A.
/ | couldn't say.
@. DO YOU remember whether the discount was
was any discount on those bills,
] q. You didn't nav the tTriUhf those cars