The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-17
fcations and detail drawings show nc
provision for this ring bolt and plate.
Printing County Warrants.


regular county warrants and probably
for the extra warrants also but the
| board, when the first warrants were
printed. were Informed that warrants
would be furnished free by the First
National Bank of Cleveland, which
concern furnished a high class war
rant, these warrants having been pre-
pared at an excessive cost to those
the county would have prepared, an
understanding between the contractor
and the county was to the effect that
the county would pay one-half of the
cost of these warrants. Therefore, in
our opinion, the county's liability for
cost of printing these extra warrants
cannot exceed one-half of the cost, Or
1852.
is. Extra plaster court room, $4,000.
An order was given by the architect
to the contractor reading as follows:
You are hereby instructed to put
white coat plaster in court room and
| an extra amounting to $4,000 is hereby
allowed for same"
The specifications on page % pro-
vide that 'all of the walls and ceilings
to receive two coat work. The top
finish coat to have smooth sand finish
it from q smooth sand finish ready for
| tinting to a white plaster finish.
This item is correct.
IT. Filling windows, 90.
An order was given by the architect
| to the contractor reading as follows
| for this work.
You are hereby instructed to fill
| two windows of negro cell block solid
with concrete in boiler room and an
extra amounting to $54.00 is hereby al
lowed for same
On the original plans there were two
windows provided for in the concrete
wall between the boiler room and ne
/ crrsN all On or nf a
of communication through these open
! ings and affording a possible avenue
| of escape for the prisoners these win
| dows were eliminated by the architect,
| and an order given to fill them up with
concrete. This item should be alt
| lowed.
Cell Block Footinss.
10. Concrete footings negro cell
| block, $4,000.
We find order from the architect to
the general contractor reading as fol-
lows:
you are hereby instructed to place
concrete footings in cell block for ne
gro cells and an extra amounting to,
$4,000 is hereby allowed for same"
This item is not proper item of
charge. as footingS were provided for
in the original plans and specifications,
section sheet NJ NJ No. s, also detail
of foundation, page No. 1, section I.
Construction Company to L. r. Benz,
architect, on this subject, as follows:
I'VE are advised that you do not in
| tend to place a footing under the outer
edge of cells where sliding doors occur.
We are advised by the Pauly Jail
Building Company that If this is the
| case, there is the probability Of the
| sinking Of the cell floor, and throwing
-, the cells out of line and the sliding
| doors may be jambed. We desire to
| notify you that after these cells are
| once installed we cannot assume the
responsibility for the working of these
| doors.
kindly call the attention of the
| board Of county commissioners to this
| matter.
"BLOUNT CONSTRUCTION CO.,
| by F. NJ. Blount"
1t may be contended that the change
/ from brick to concrete construction for
cell blocks changed this or omitted
| these foundations. We find the origi-
nal plans and specifications provide
/ for concrete foundations or footings;
| there could have been no change in
| these footings contemplated from the
| fact that concrete was already provided
| fors furthermore, the proposal by the
| Bount Construction Company for this
| change has reference solely to substi
tuition of concrete construction for
| brick construction. Under original
plans concrete was provided and can
not be substituted for concrete. The
proposal is as follows:
"To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners:
1--WE hereby propose to erect county
| Jail building as per plans prepared by
| the Southern Ferro Concrete Co, of
| Atlanta, Ga, making two cell blocks
| of concrete throughout and using sys-
| tenn of above firm in all reinforced con-
crete work for the additional sum of
! three thousand nine hundred (S3,900)
dollars, added to the contract price of
| $3.50, $4,000. 4.
'KEYNTON CONSTRUCTION CO.,
| by r. NJ. Blount.'
Approved, Rudolph Benz Sons, by L.
| r. Benz.
Change of go Foot Windows.
10. Beams, $4,000.
We find order from the architect TO
the general contractor read ding as fol-
lows:
You are hereby instructed to place
fourteen beams under windows in ne
| gro cell block and an extra amounting
| to $4,000 Is hereby allowed for same. "
At the meeting of the board on Feb
ruary IA, 1911, the Blount Construction
Co. presented proposal 10 change the
32-foot windows to 5 feet and feet s
inches by foot openings, and the fol-
lowing order which had been given by
the architect to the contractor was ap-
proved:
You are hereby instructed to change
S2-foot windows in cell blocks to foot
and feet s inches by 6 feet and
an extra amounting to S625.00 is here
by allowed for same"
The board action as the minutes
stow it was as follows: Extra for
changing windows at new Jail amount
ing to $62500 was ordered approved
and passed, So windows in cell block
to 8 openings 4'S''x6'.'
This amount is included in the
amount of the contract proposed and
the extra allowed him by the archi-
tcct. This item has on numerous Oc-
Cssions been before the board and the
board has repeatedly disallowed it be-
cause of the original agreement with
contractor to change these windows
for S625.00. l.. r. Benz in report to
board January 81, 1912, says:
No. 10. Beams. $4,000. This item has
: already been discussed several times
/, to the board, and in my opinion the
charge for these beams was included
in the extra issued by the board wher