The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-03

Today garnishee proceedings
 against the city of Bridgeport for 1 $75O were filed with City Treasure.. Moses w. Manwaring, and liens were placed in the hands of sheriffs for
 amounts said to aggregate 1,500, one in favor of Truckman Edward Walsh for $940. In additions papers were
 drawn in a garnishee suit against the city. amounting to $S,OOo which
 were being placed in the handH of d sheriff The Farmer went to press.
 It is alleged that payments have not been forthcoming to contractors and
 work1nen from Durkin & Lass, con- 1 tractors, for the new High school for either the full amount of the work
 done on either the High school or
 foundations for the former Kelly house, and it is stated that neither local contractors nor her own em- ployeS have been able to find Miss Durlxin at her New York offices or elsewhere since Saturday last. | Additional material in the form of two carloads of Warsaw stone, for use in window 1edges and other pur- poses was received in the city but has not been permitted to be unloaded from the cars and is said to have been condemned by Inspector George Mich ols under orders from Architect James Gamble Rogers.
 That members of the Board of Edu- lGaLfOn LOQdy are 1dLI- uTOI1 cO010SuL StS to the continuance of the work is cer- tain from the fact that members of the board have already been served with notice that Robertson & Giovan- nj, the sub-con tractors under Durlzin & Lass, will take every team and man
 time entering suit for garnishee of monies from the city treasury
 The lien of SS40 issued for service
 upon the city treasurer is entered by
 Erue1Ennau Edward Walsh. through his
 etorney. zas1dga Thomas C. Cough lin N
 It is alleged that this money is due
 him from the city for work upon the
 high school foundations where he was
 employed by sub-contractors, William Robertson and PasquaIe Giovanne.
 The garnishee proceedings for $750
 were brought direct by the contractors Robertson 6 Giovanne, through their attorneys, Fallon & Greenstein- It is | alleged that this amount is still due for work in excavating the founda- tions for the Kelly house upon it's present site.
 Papers in a. garnishee suit for about l $8,OOO against the city of Bridgeport
 were also drawn and placed in the 1 hands of a city sheriff by Robertson & Gioyanne for excavation work al-
 ready done upon the high school It is alleged by their attorneys, sF'allon & STT66nSI61n, 1 the claims has been made that this amount is still unpaid upon 3, large amount of work done upon the present school site. It is claimed that their | contract was entered into with Dur kin & Lass the general contractors up- on an agreement that they should be paid $175 per square yard for rock removed and 50 cents for dirt. Altogether the work amounted to about S22.0oO of which it is under stood about $14,0oO has been paid. l There is still a difference of about l $8OOO some of which is in dispute. l This dispute became so keen that each firm of contractors retained engineer | ing firms to represent them and check up the material taken out. Rob ertson 6 Gfovanne retained scoheld & Ford, Miss Durkin retaining Palmer 6 Goode1I.
 Charles P. S. Garwood. representing Miss Durkin recently appeared before the board of education where he made | a favorable impression with state ments that the contractors were ahead with their work. This is denied by local contractors who allege that the contracts originally signed specifically state that the excavations shall be completed by April 27, long since past. It is said that delay was granted by the board for the removal or the Kelly building and that further delays have been occasioned by the contractor in failing to make full payments for work done
 It is stated by attorneys for Robert son & Giovanni that although one of the contracting firm has promised on several occasions to meet the Sub-cOn- tractors in Bridgeport none. even her representative Garwood has been able to locate her since Saturday. At her offices in New York it is said that she is in Bridgeport and it is denied that she is here The actions have resulted from her failure to meet alleged cred itors in this city.
 Two carloads of warsaw stone, used for copings and window-sills arrived in this city over the Housatonic rail- road tracks on Monday. It is said that this stone when inspected by the architects representatives was so ''crumbIy'' that 1t was not permitted to be taken from the cars and is report ed as having been returned.
 All work on the high school build ing will tonight be at a standstilI, ac- cording to sub-Contractor Robertson, who when seen today by a Farmer re- porter said:
 Ut is true that I have instructed my attorneys to bring a garnishee suit against the ctty1to recover moneys al- ready expended.
 My suits will aggregate about S9,000 and may possibly run as high as $1O. 900. I shall take every man off the building tonight, both teams and men. believe that Miss Durkin in accept ing these contracts estimated upon a far larger quantity of dirt than was loser thereby. While much of the rock encountered is soft, 1t is far more e-ly to remove than harder sllD-