Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-01

iSSeSi eaOO1SSSeQ ~ inc DOdTu VI
supervisors. comes to the defense Of
the contractor w. L. Longcor, and as
sures the board and the county that
the building is being properly con-
contract.
Mr.. Mayberry's letter was written In
answer to certain criticisms made of
the construction by the grand jury,
which visited the building and filed a
written report with the court and the
supervisors.
Is According to Contract.
MIR. Mayberry has had general SUI
pervision of the construction, he hav-
ing visited the building from time to
time. The grand jury found fault with
the manner in which The walls were
bonded, the anchoring Of the floors,
the setting Of door jambs, the support
ing Orders over openings and exposed
reinforcing rods. Mr.. Mayberry says
these details are correct according to
contract.
Walls Properly Bonded.
In his letter Mr.. Mayberry answers
llICSO S11s1SlS1AiS, l<ANAAAS I1AOlAA aP OiiS
by one. His communication Is as fol-
lows.
Il have made a very careful investi-
cation of the report of your grand jury
in regard 10 the new building which is
being built at the county farm.
In Article Of this report the
grand jury say that the hollow tile for
the inside walls, and the inside and the
outside wall are not properly laid up or
bonded together; also that cross walls
and floors are not properly anchored
to the outside walls and the center
Orders are laid over openings five
feet wide without proper sup
ports; and that the inside door jambs
are set and should not be until af-
ter the plastering was done and dry.
"Now, in regard to the hollow tile
walls. I will say that on my
monthly trips to this building dur
ing the erection Of these walls,
! / found all walls properly bond
| ed and where the tile themselves were
| not bonded into the walls, that galvan-
| lied metal bonds were used which are
conceded by all mechanics to be equal
| ly as good as bonding the tile, but in
the majority of all cases the tile are
bonded at least every third tile in
height.
Answers Criticism Of Floors.
'In regard to the floors not being
properly anchored to the outside walls,
will say that these floors in all places
on all outside walls have a bearing of
from four to six inches on the walls
and the walls for the next story above
are laid directly on the edge of
these concrete floor laps and form a
bond from which there can absolutely
be no chance of the floors and walls
separating.
I'm regard to the inside door jambs,
where the plastering is returned to the
jambs as is the case with all inside
and outside doors in this building, it is
absolutely necessary to set these
jambs before the plastering is done,
as it would be impossible in any other
way to secure mechanical job where
the plaster joins the lambs.
TN regard to the Orders being laid
over openings five feet wide without
proper supports, will say that fail
to see how your honorable grand jury
could arrive at the conclusion that
they were not properly supported
when these Orders are resting on a
concrete beam, twenty inches in height
and nine inches in thickness, prop
erly supported at the edge on the tile
walls and each of these Orders are re-
inforced with six iron rods and their
carrying capacity will figure at twenty
tons per each girder on a factor of
four for safety. and figuring the load
that these Orders have to carry, / find
that they only carry a load Of about
five and one-half tons when the floors
are loaded at 200 pounds per square
foot, which is more than your load
will ever be. and this still leaves you
a working safety Of fourteen tons or
more on each of these Orders.
Praises Tho Builder.
Now in regard to Article where
they say they find some Of the rods
for reinforcing the concrete floors are
turned up inside Of the walls. I find
on careful investigation that there are
five or six of these rods turned up as
indicated in the report. but they come
over a very small room where the span
is only about six feet, and even If there
were no rods at all in this floor over
this room the floors would stand three
times the weight which they are in
tended to carry, and as long as there
are only three or four Of these rods
turned up and all other rods are an
chored properly. there is no cause for
complaint on this account.
Il have found in all my dealings
with Mr.. W. j. Longcor, that he wishes
to give the county everything that the
contract calls for, and in my inspec-
tions Of the work he has shown a dis
position to cheerfully remedy any de-
fects which I have noticed and called
his attention to and I can assure the
board and the grand jury that the
erection Of this building is entirely
satisfactory to myself as far as the
work has progressed and I have no
doubt that the work will continue to be
finished in as satisfactory a manner
as it has in the past, and I would fur
Their say that the board OF supervisors
and people OF Marshall county need
have no fear that they are not getting
what their contract calls for IA this
building"