The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-05
More Jail Extras Precipi-
tates Discussion Among
the Members.
CONTRACTOR SUBMITS A BID
FOR s2,51ass FOR WORK DONE
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND
WHICH HAD BEEN ORDERED
DONE BY THE ARcHITEcT-DE-
CLINE TO PAY BILL UNTIL A.
TER INVESTIGATION.

The session of tho board of county,
commissioners which was held last
night was a lengthy one, and the
early part of 1t was decidedly stormy
one. The new county jail building
was once more the alI-absorbing topic,
the discussion being precipitated when
the contractor presented a bill OF ex-,
tras to the amount of $2,51S.S3, the bill
being approved by the architect. AZ
ter a lengthy and heated discussion.
terms and expressions were employed,
the board decided to refues the pay
ment of this bill until thorough in.
vestigation is made.
Several reasons were given by the
various members Of the board as to
why they objected to the payment OF
this bill, the principal one being the
fact that at a meeting some weeks
ago the board had requested the archi-
tect to furnish an estimate of the to-
tai amount of extras which would ac-
crue before the completion of the
building. as a result of which he fur
nished an estimate of about $s $500.
which the board and the public gener-
ally seemed to understand included
everything. The board arthoHzad the.
extras to that amount, asnf Ii "
stated. considered that Ana.
Il wss also brought ont IN the in
ycs. fgaItoh that the work for
which some of shese extra charaes
I.eentaiIled Ii Pc sill prssanted
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One of the extra ftafns r. I'D (.
the bill presented last nfeat VIZ s-ys-
some hrick trenches, the amount being
$3.50. 1t was shown that this work
was done some months ago, and the
architect and the contractor claimed
that it was authorized by the preced-
ing board of commissioners, but an
examination of the minutes showed
that no such authorization was re-
corded.
THE ARCHITECTS RIGHTS.
The architect stated that he was au.
thorized under the contract to issue
orders to the contractor for any ex-
ira work that he saw fit to have
done in connection with the Jail build
ing, not exceeding 5000 for any ons
item, with calling a meeting of the
board or consulting them, and that
he had acted strictly within his
rights. He said that he had worked
for what he believed were the coun-
tvs best interests and that in his opin-
ion every dollars worth of extra
work which he had ordered was abso-
lutely necessary and would save
money for the county in the long run.
The contractor sated his position In
the matter, stating that it was pure
ly matter between the board and
the architect as to the extras incIud- s
ed in his bill He said that under the !
contract when he was ordered by tha
architect to do any extra work there
was no course but for him TO do II.
and that as to whether or not the ar. !
chitect was authorized to order the
work did not concern him. He con-
tended that the county is strictly la
bic for the amount called for in his I
bill
The final disposition of the matter
was that the bill was referred To the
county attorney for his opinion as to
whether or not It is legal, and after ;
hearing from hi]6, and investigating
the matter further, the board viii /
either pay or refuse to pay the bill.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR FURNITURE
At this meeting the architect pre-
sented the revised plans and specffica-
tions for the furnishing of the new
jail building, and the clerk was in i
strutced to advertise for bids.
A special meeting will be held at 10
o'clock on April 26th for the purpose
OF opening the bids and awarding the i
contract for this work
OTHER BUSINESS,
An application for a permit to san i
wines. beers and liquors was read
from H. ]. Sprinkle and the applica-
ton being in proper form II was dt.
rected that it take the usual course.
The notary bond of o. L. Bass. Jr..
was approved. The notary bond OF
John P. Stokes was referred to the
county attorney for information.
The bond Of George Dansby to carry