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

81. Guard room One window TO De
made to open
"a. Freight elevator passage. Two
windows to be eased
b. Padded cell room One window
to be eased
81. sherifrs once. Entrance door
butts bend under weight OF door; door
to be re-hung and properly adjusted
3S. Sheriffs private Office. Window
to be made to operate
80. Women's cell block Four win
dow5 to be made to operate.
al. Women's cell block. Broken
glass IN window to be replaced
AZ. White mems hospital, second
floor. Lock on door to be repaired.
81. Rest room, first floor. Window
| to be eased.
Is. Rest room. FIRST floor. Shat door
| to be made to close
81. Court room, first floor. Broken
glass to be repaired and windows
eaaed-
SO. East entrances hallway. Win
| dows to be eased.
| 65. Jury rooms Door to be made
to close in north jury room
67. Solicitors room Windows bro
| ken and easement sash leak All SINH
! lar easements ON street elevation OF
| building leak.
These items have been considered by
| the Blount Construction Company In
/
head They say 'all OF these things
relate TO conditions as they now exist
| and not as they existed when the
building was completed This build
ing has been occupied by prisoners and
tho jauor since April, 1911. and for
months by the tal1ttoT. During a large
| part Of that time work has been goin &
on by the woriEnen of the electrician
and Of the plumber. The items men
/ toned were put By US in perfect order
/ and any damage done to them, or any
J requirement for repair of them, Is due,
not 70 US. but TO the other causes men
| toned. On November 25th we wrote
to the architect as follows;
L. r. Benz, ESQ, City:
! We desire to advise you that ac-
! cor ding to our contract for the erection
| of the Escambia county jail building,
and the specifications which have been
| made a part thereof. we have thor
! oIlghly cleaned all parts OF the building
| and have finished ell paint work and
other work. in a manner acceptable to
| you. as stated by you before witnesses.
| on November %, 1911, and, therefore.
/ since the county is occupying such
! parts Of the building, and workmen in
| the employ Of contractors doing work
under the county are still at work in
the building. we win not be rsspon-
| sible for any further cleaning which
may become necessary, or any damage
which may occur to the building.
Yours very truly;
THE BLOUNT CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY,
BY = NJ. B1ount.
President.
Since that time nefT1aar we, nor our
worlzn1en, have been working in the
building, except in remedying some Of
| the above omissions, suggested by
architect, and we are not responsible
| for any damage done since that time.
In letter from the Blount Con-
struction Company 10 l. r: Benz.
following:
| Regarding tho occupying OF the
sher1ff's office by the jailer, would
state as we previously stated to you.
| that we have no objections to the
county using this part Of the building,
/ and that we stated to Mr.. Stewart
when we were asked If he could move
in, that as far as we were concerned,
1t would be alright, but that the board
| OF county commissioners would have
to authorize his taking possession of
that part Of the building"
The board has never officially xu-
thortEed the occupancy Of any part Of
/ the building, except the cell block.
| The occupancy OF the cell block Is pro-
vided for IN tina contract and speciflca-
4
! county, as follows.
Building on premises. The old
| building that Is now On the premises
and which is now being used for a
! Jail for Escambfs county, shall at hrst
| be only partly demolished, the remain
ing part to be left intact until its
demolition be directed by the arclli-
| tects. The intention Is that the part
that rs to remain shall be used for the
L fy1A L., -
parts OF the new structure that ia not
included over the space occupied by
the remaining part of the old building
| shah be complete and finished, so that
the prisoners may be Immediately
transferred from the cells Of the old
building to the cells in the finished
part of the new structure"
We cannot understand why any
claim can be made against the doing
Of the work mentioned in these items
because the building is In the hands Of
the general contractor until final ac-
ceptance-
Items 50, 50, 81, GO. and So, relate
| to easement of windows and doors
These things should be attended to by
the contractor.
Item 81. Entrance door butts bend
under weigh Of door. Door to be re-
hung and properly adjusted" The
contractor says: "A most casual I'm
spection of the butt which Is bent will
show that it has been bent by the
door being closed with some hard sub
stance in the JAM" and declined to
adjust the same. On examination OF
the door we find that the Blount door
check was improperly located or ad-
justed, and the opening of the door
formed 8. fulcrum, which bent these
hinges, and pried them o: of the orig1-
nal location; these, of course, should
| be rerhedied by the contractor.
Items Al, 81 and 81, relate to broken
glass in windows, Necessarily these
should be replaced by the contractor
since the building has not yet been ac-
copied.
The remaining items have already
been discussed in this statement.
10. White mems cell block The
floor drains to be cleaned and cement
scraped from strainers.
| The contractor agrees to make al
lowance for the cleaning of these
strainers by the plumbers.
10. White mems cell block. Hard
ware for windows east side to be fur
nished.
This hardware, the contractor SAYS
| sffS SCARCELY rApaSSaTr In Iooa Ys%x-