Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-08-08

sharp sand, such as the speci6-
cations call for, or he is not look
ing after the peoples interest as
he should.
The same is true as to the
brick work-if he knows when
brick are laid properly, why is
he allowing them laid in such
manner as that even the archi-
tect is willing to admit they are
not properly laid.
Mr.. Millard was furnished with
sand and cement that is being
used by Mr.. Henry Kincer, and
was asked to make q test of this
as well as the materials being
used in the Courthouse. This
he did by laying two dry bricks
together; the brick being dry
took up the moisture Immediate
ly, rendering the cement useless.
He brought the brick in and laid
them on the floor, and they fell
apart as if there was no cement
between them, and we picked up
the mortar and could mash it
into powder with our fingers.
Mr.. Bryan stated, that was
no test. This shows that Mr..
Millard does not know how to
test cement.
Now Mr.. taxpayer, you are
paying, $26, 100000 for what is
supposed to be a fire-proof Court
House, constructed of brick,
steel, concrete and hollow tile.
You are paying an inspector
$4.00 per day Il understand }
and it seems to me to have been
clearly shown that he does not
know good sand, when brick are
properly laid, or how to test
materials. Now do you think
you are getting the worth of
your money?
AS to the upper story of the
Court House being torn down. |,
with the rest of the mechanics
of the town have from the be-
ginning said, that the concrete
floors could not be put in the
second story and save the old
walls above that point. Mr..
Millard told us in his article how
it could be done, and stated
that the concrete floors on the
first floor were already in, and
that the floors could be put in
for second floor in the same
manner but failed to say that
walls of first story were "a
inches thick with a stone belt
on the outside projecting four
inches making a total of % in,
at the point where the first floors
are put in. The walls Of second
story are two brick, or about 16
inches thick, specifications re-
quire the floor slabs to enter the
brick walls 8 inches, and chases
have to be cut to receive them,
and on all interior walls this
would mean you would cut 8
inches deep on either side, this
would cut the walls in two.
The second story had ten
windows and one door in it, and
the openings for same extended
almost from floor to ceiling,
which virtually cut the walls in
to section vertically, and would
leave but small sections of wall
in any one place. Does any man,
be he mechanic or not, believe
that you could cut this wall in
two and put 8 inches of concrete
under it without wrecking the
whole upper story.
In my judgment the contract
ors would have had to take down
these walls and replace them at
their own expense.
Mr.. Millard suggested to the
Board and building committee
that the uper story was not of
sufficient strength to carry the
steel girders and roof. Now the
condition of the upper story is
just as good as the lower one,
and was built in the same man
ner, at the same time and by the
same hands and out of the same
materials. Now if the upper
story wouldn't carry the roof,
how does he expect the first to
carry the concrete floors, the
second story walls and the
roof. Perhaps he fig
ured on the extra thickness of
walls in first story over that of
the second, but he faild to men
tion this when he was telling us
how he could cut the walls in
two with a concrete floor and
save it.
Now through Mr.. Millard's