The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-17

No. as claimed by F. NJ. Blount, of
Blount Construction Company. At
present I have not checked same for
payment.
The items are as follows:
raising walls ......-..........S 1870
Chipping concrete ...... 10000
Filling in windows .......... 5000
Beams In windows ............ 1900
Furr1ng walls ................. 1850
FILLING in windows ...... 1000
Base down stairs ............. 5000
Total ..;,,,,...............:....sss7.2O
Yours respectfully,
L. r. BENZ.
Architect"
The contractor will have to explain
this item. as we cannot find any reason
1or the change as made.
81. Change door pent house, pass
enger elevator $500.
We find order of architect to con-
tractor dated July 5, 1911, reading as
follows:
You are hereby instructed to change
door to pent house from single To
double doors, also cover same with tin.
as per city ordinance. and an extra
amounting to $500 is hereby allowed
for same
This item is a correct charge and
should be allowed
"a. Cove mould negro cell block,
$500.
We find order of architect to con-
tractor, dated July Is, 1911, reading as
follows:
you are hereby instructed to place
cove mould around outside Of negro
cell block, and an extra amounting to
$45.00 is hereby allowed for same"
On pages 80 and SO, General Speci-
locations, where cement floors for cells
are provided for, and paragraph next
to last provides as follows: The floors
of all the cells and other floors at the
second and third tiers of cells shall be
covered with cement coating as de-
scribed for the finish of other cement
floors, and all edges of corridors where
they meet the cell bars to be neatly
covered up to the top of the steel
channels. The above fully covers the
original specifications, but this con-
struction would not have secured
drainage desired for cell floors and
corridors. The item should be al
lowed.
80. Trim. B Windows, $1,000.
We find order from architect to gen
eral contractor. dated July 5th, 1911,
reading as follows:
You are hereby instructed to place
trim similar to door trim around all
windows marked 3D." An extra
amounting to $1,000 is hereby allowed
for same"
This trim for these windows provid-
ed for in the plans and specifications,
page 50, sheet II of plans. Item should
be disallowed.
Work Called For by Specifications.
SO. Bolts at end of beams, $4,000.
We find order from architect to gen.
eral contractor reading as follows:
You are hereby instructed to place
iron bolts at the end of all concrete
beams where same rests on brick wall,
ard an extra amounting to $4,000 is
hereby allowed for the same"
This item should not be allowed, for
the reason that the general specifica-
lions on page 20. last clause, provide
as follows:
The work included In this subject Is
the furnishing and erecting OF all the
structural steel and iron work shown
on the drawings and described In the
specifications furnished to the mason
contractor, cast iron bearing plates
fo1 all beams having ends bearing in
masonry, do without extra charge all
cutting, fitting and drilling Of steel and
iron work necessary to complete the
same: also all cutting. fitting and drill
ing that may be necessary for the
proper setting and anchoring OF ma
sorry, etc. Furnish labor and ma
terials of every description connected
with the completion of the work speci-
fed and, including all carriage, hoisting,
apparatus, ETC.
This item also provided for in the
specifications of reinforced concrete on
page /, paragraph 5, as follows:
The contractor for the reinforced
concrete shall perform all labor and
furnish all material for all necessary
ferns and molds and shall leave all
openings necessary for machinery,
pipes. electric wires and fixtures. etc,
and all necessary plugs, anchors, etc,
such openings, fixtures, plugs, anchors,
etc, to be located and placed by the
general contractor
The bolts were placed in the ends OF
reinforced concrete beams on each floor
in order to form a tie between the two
walls of masonry and concrete beams,
in other words. to anchor them.
Specified Work-Extra Charged.
81. Chipping face of concrete,
We find order from architect to gen
eral contractor reading as follows:
You are hereby instructed to chip
face Of all concrete ceiling in order
tnat plaster may properly adhere TO
the surface, and an extra amounting
TO $4,000 is hereby allowed for same"
On page of the General Specifca-
items we find the following:
Specifications and drawings to be
CO operative.
These specifications and the accom-
panying drawings are intended TO de-
scribe and provide for a finished piece
OF work They are intended TO be CO.
operative. and what is called for by
either shall be as binding as if called
fol- by both. The contractor will un-
derstand that the work herein describ-
ed shall be complete in every detail,
Notwithstanding every item necessarily
involved is not particularly mentioned
and the contractor will be held to pro-
vide all labor and material necessary
for the entire completion Of the Work
intended to be described and shall not
avail himself of any manifestly unin-