The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-11-03
Inferior Material Used.

work is greatly diminished and the buira-
ing weakened
Inferior Material Used.
Tenth. That the plans and specirca.
tions for the roof OF the cell house calls
for steel frame riveted together. Sew
| enty-flve per cent OF the rivets wer lefr
| off and bolts used instead, thereby great
ly reducing the cost OF that part of the
work.
Eleventh. That the walls Of the west
cell house are faulty. cracked and weak
| ened at windows four and FIVE.
Twelfth. That I was foreman OF tho
steel gang working on the west wing o:
the cell house for about three months
from March to June 1901 and had in my
| possession the original plan and speci.
| fications OF said building. Revised plann
for reinforcement of the floors were de-
livered to me and was instructed to
use them in placing the steel for the re-
inforcing the 1cors. The original plan,
| called for half-inch steel on the floors
! and portion Of the ceiling and the bal.
ance OF the ceiling hree-eighths inch
| steel, all to be laid ten inches apart
| each way. The revised plans called FOR
half-inch steel on portion OF the cell
Ing and all OF the floors and three eighths
inch steel on the balance OF the ceiling
laid ten inches apart one way was
instructed to and did lay only three
, eighths inch steel fourteen inches apart
| one way on ceiling and on all floors that
I laid.
Thirteenth. That the revised plans for
| the ground floor called for half inch stee
| reinforcements laid fourteen inches apart
one way, The original plans called for
| half-inch steel laid fourteen inches
apart both ways. No steel reinforce
ments OF any kind vas used or laid on
the ground floor OF the west wing o, the
cell house.
Plans Burned; Substitutes Used.
further charge on information and be-
lief:
First That original plans and spec,-
fcations were prepared for the admin
istration and cell houses providing for an
administration building three stories
high with basement additional and two
cell wings and rotunda with three stories
and basement and that the contract OF
tho Texas Building Company was se-
cured by them at price bid upon tho
| administration building and the west
I wing Of the cell house to be constructed
according to said original plans and
specifications.
Second That after the foundation for
said administration building and west
| wing OF cell house was constructed, the
original PLANS and details, except the de-
tail for the floors OF the cell house were
burned and new plans and details sub
stitu'ed, calling for the construction Of
an administration building OF two stories
and basement and with all the work and
material OF a much lighter, cheaper and
inferior quality, and that said buildings
were constructed by said Texas Build
Il Company under said revised plans
and details without any reduction Of
price on their original contract
State Lost eIg Sum.
Third. That the State OF Oklahoma
was constructing a concrete wall or In
closure around the penltentiary grounds
at the same time that the Texas Build
ing Company was constructing said ad
ministration building and west wing OF
cell house, and that large amount Of
the labor, steel and concrete material
used in construction OF said adminstra-
tion building and cell house was paid
for by the State OF Oklahoma as having
been usei on job No. or the wall and
paid for again by the state TO the Tex
as Building Company as having been
used in the construction OF the admins
tration building and cell house, and thar
the State OF Oklahoma by reason OF hav-
ing paid for said labor and material
twice was thereby defrauded out OF a
large sum OF money. to-wit more than
one Hundred Thousand Dollars
Fourth That the State OF oklahoma
was overcharged by the Texas Ruildins
| Company not less than seven and one