The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1913-01-30

lSs. 900, a. evidenced BY the one eia
We had ON the stssl construction. Tah'
ing L At the very lowest rate Al when
body could possibly think OF u. OF
Sis psr ton. We will have saved IN
the uslghborhood Of >i.Soo. Tnus
you sss By the figures given immsd'-
atsly above, We will save on the srse'
tion with home labor. prac'ieaiV -
much a. We have besn accused ot over
paying ON the purchase Of tho steel
'Ths original Job was to b. rivsssd,
and would have besn 80 constructcd
has an outside concern done u. we,
however. wanted to erect Il ourselves
ana the Northwest steel company
substituted. without extra cost. bolts
to put the building together, Expert
Testimony says that tho use OF ooi~
really makes q stronger construction
than rivsts. This change had tho ap'
proval Of our architect. and the strue'
tural engineer who drew the plans,
IN the construction OF this build
ins you will have whom We are done
one that you will be proud Of: one
that viii b regarded a. tho best 10
the state Of Oregon outside Of Port
land. There are back Of Il In 10
plans and details Of construction and
IN the construction thereof. some OF
the biggest and best brains on the
Pacific coast. The county court 10
not suGlcisutly capable to construct
this buildins: none Of ~ have had
sxpsrisncc along this line sufacisnt
% superintsad the construction; ~
have done that which any prudent and
reasonable man would do. and have
employed men whoyo know. and Who
win get thor esu0. A. far ~ the
/ county court Ia concerned, Il must
make good. There must bs construct
"a Q building with which no fault can
b found: one that viii stand: cas
that win b. Q credit to you - the tag
payers Of klamath county. and one
that will stand the test Of time. We
szpecs % live among you the rest Of
orr lives. and 40 want this buildins
TO bs % constructed that II viii never
- . rsproach TO ~. nor to you. There
fore. we have sought TO put only the
best material. the best Of construc-
tioa. and the best Of woskmanship
into this structure. 90 far - II hes
soas.
when the steel 10 erected the most
particular things are done. Il has .
soundatioa which would hold Q TWEEN.
~ story building. II has sui,eisnt steel
frame 70 hol1 tons and tons Of prss-
sure. TIE jail In the root b con-
posed of The cells and Iron cayes
needed exceptionally stroas material
TO hold the same. consequently ~
dscidsd that We would rather you
would criticiss nov for perhaps vay.
Ing . little more than you though:
We ought. than for you to toll ~ n
I've OF ten ysass that We had made Q
mistake In constsuctioa. and that "
we're penny wise and pound foolish.
Tor then Il would - too late TO rem
edy the defect We feel that vs can
stand absolutely upon everything that
has been done thus far toward the
construction Of this building. We
would be glad 70 have you 60 through
and zee for yourself. Don't depend
upon what anybody else says about Il.
but 30 and look Il over. sss the foun-
dalton. ses the material. and then 20
into headquarters and look over the
plans. look into al the details. ask the
superintendent Of construction all the
questions you wish. and satisfy your.
self whether the eousty court b right
or wrong.
I'VE will eoastSuct this building
only once. II you VIII give 10 . free
hand and trust 10 W will got you
something for . reasonable price
which you will not have 70 touch In
the way Of rsoain for . hundred
years. This can b done for q rsss.
enable amount Of money. and II 10 not
our plan 10 b sxtssvagant or spend
more moasy than We should. We
think the grand Jury d absolutely
right In that Il says w cannot afford
to spend from $4,000 70 $500, 900
for . court house. Their rscommsn.
dation that w stay within . limit Of
from $4,000 70 $4,000 b reason
able and Just. The building which
We are constructing win cost COM
rlsts els6.ooo. Il viii b. class A IN
every partieuiar. end something you
VII b proud ef. aad one that win
000rn IN c0nu