Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-05-21
GOVERNMENT EXPERT COMING.
County Comm iss,on ers Ask for 6ox.rnmsnt
Expert to Examine NsW Court House.

o"Ah6 w ouo saoilo JaIy q az lOli
IN regard to the new court house
now under construction here,
Chairman Trott has de .ided to g-t
the very hest advice pr curatl.
before taking steps to hold % the
work OF to withhold payments to
tho contractors With this idea
in view he wrote to Senator Over
man to secure a government ex
port, If possible, and the Senator
was fortunate in being abs to do
so. Beside the correspondence be.
tween Senator Owe rman aud Mr..
Trott the latter has receive ed a let
ter informing him that Geo. O
Won inertia. a government expert
and the man who made the final
examination Of the big pest Office
building in Atlante, will arrive
Friday aud is expected to make a
thorough and impartial examina-
tion and report accordingly and.
upon this report the commissiol.-
ers will depend largely as to their
future action. Further comment
is not necessary until the report
js made.
The following communications
took place between Senator Owe r.
man and Mr.. Trott:
Salisbury, N. c., May ID. 1918.
Hon. Lee S. Overman. U S. Sen-
ate, Washington, D. @.
My Dear Senator:
At thu last term of the Supe-
rior Court CT Rowan Count" the
grand jury, after an. investigation,
reported that thu new court house
in course of construction was i'm.
properly tuiIt and improper bui'd
ing stone and material was being
used.
The court house is still in the
hands of the contractors, The
King Lumber Company, and also
in the hands of A. Ten Eyck
Brown, architect. The county
has a $50, Ot0 bond from the build.
ing company for the faithful exec
cution of the contract, and of
course we, as commissioners, will
not receive the building until it is
according to the plans, s%pecifca.
lions and contract.
The construction of this build
ing is in the hands of the archi.
tect and We are required to pay
over q percentage IS be directs us
to do. However, as the grandjury
has called our attention to the
matter we desire to be fully a..
qualnted with the true state of
facts in order, if We see proper to
do so, we will have some grounds
to justify the refusal to pay fur.
ther vouchers.
To this end l am writing you to
be good enough to send us q gov
4rnment expert in granite, brick
and construction WORK. II posi-
BILE We would like to have him at
once to make a full, careful and
c omplete examination Of our new
court house building.
We further request that You
send us a man who is in no way
connected with any granite, brick
or other material firm, person OF
coporatiou so that we can get at
the exact situation. In other
words send us a man who is em.
ployed by the 6 .vernu,ent as al
expert On materials and con truc.
We, as the Board of Commits.
sioners and as ~cit,z3ns Of Rowan
an County, r deslrous of doing
our duty and secure for our coun-
ty the very b5st court house pos.
slble, aud we want the material
and construction to be exactly &C.
cording to the contract we found
when we came IN as commission
ers. We will pay the expenses of
tho Government expert if we eau
him.
We trust you can do this for US,
al w believe it is neces-
sary and will greatly assist us in
getting q court house according
to contract.
With kind regards, l am,
Very truly yours,
(Signed) H. c. TRorr,
Chairman. Board Go. Commits !