The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1913-01-30
UTIa d .19HIT COURT


| sS,ontinued frou Page ~
~ to the reliability Of the company
with whom Il was dealing"
1T b unQusstionably true that
were We In the markst for the court
house steel now ws would have to pay
even = higher price,"
Regarding the work In erecting the
steel. the letter roads:
You viii note in the nrst part Of
this article that We had one bid for
Iths erection OF steel. and that by the
Pacific Rolling Mil company. OF oS.-
lls. for the erection Of practically
500 tons At the rate Of e36.7e per
ton. We did not ash for any further
bids on that. In fact We did not aak
for this. II came submitted ~ = part
Of the original bid. We are pleased.
however. that Il was included. for the
reason that Il gives ~ . chance for
comparison. We have erected this
steel ourselves. giving the employ.
ment 70 our own unskilled home
labor. under the guidance Of oar su-
Ipcrlntsndent. Mr.. II. y. Auslin. We
have to date erected loS tons Of steel
at . cost OF el.oSS.ss. You viii note
that this 10 at an approximate cost Of
go per ton. done by home labor. and
the money b kopt atshome. No out-
side arm IN the business Of placing
structural steel could have undsrtak-
sa Il for lss than eis PER ton u they
had wanted to DO the work at cost.
You ask the question Why and this
b the answer. There b only one way
TO look at things. and that b the
actual facts In the case. The Arm Who
bid on this steel 10 an outes who
erscts In San Francisco. They have
their regular engines. HOSTS and pow
Or plants for doing the work. In the
6rst place thoy would have had TO
ship IN expensive equipment 70
Klamath Fails 70 accomplish the
same. You all remember tho noisy
engines and rivsting machines you
have heard In both Portland and San
Francisco on your visits there. Such
an OUTFIT would have had TO been
shipped to klamath Palls By the
same company. The wages Of struc-
taral steel workers b % per day and
"a for the foreman. No union steel
worker viii stay On . Job whore Q
common iaborsr or caspsntsr has any
thing to do with the handling Of the
steel II they do and the unioa Aads
It out. each and everyone viii b ansd
$50. hence. n N outside arm had
been employed TO erect this Job. every
man employed would have been
brought here from the outside, anA
would have received - per day asd
his transportation both ways. Their
wages would begin from the tine they
boarded the train. and b due until
they arrived again In San vrancisco
or Portland. and even u Il rainsd or
showed one or two weeks at . time.
and no one could possibly work, the
contractors would have to pay those
men their full wages. Thus you see
why the Pacific Rolling Mills company
was compelled TO ask over 5000 for
the erection Of this steel.
Nov. on the other hand. vs have
done this work ourselves. every man
that ID employed here spends his
wages here. and In . number Of cases
pays taxes. There u . case or two
whore the wages are received are
prevsntins them from becoming coun-
" charges. The average wages paid
on this steel erection b $3.50 Per
day, and II the men work only two
hours per day they get paid for two
hours work. and not one cent more.
The equipment that h used 70 erect
the steel. while II b not the Ansst In
the land. d practical and safe. COM
posed Of . breast derrick, ana 20
gssred that one man can lift four
tons. This derrick viii bs ussd
throughout the entire construction
OF the building. An olRsr has been
made By . we'll known arm In this
city 70 buy II whom Il b no longer
needed. II We are practically half
doas. and the worst half. st . cost Of
e1.0ss. W. very likely will DO the !
other half for little lees money. At
Any rate. on . basis Of $4,000 70 a.
100 for the erection Of steel with |
home labor. We are going 70 save |