The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
NO WORK FOR
 LOCAL MAS0NS
 ON THIS JOB
High School Contractors Import Help From Out
 side, Is Charge
INFERIOR STONE
 IN FOUNDATIONS
Superintendent Explains That @Worknen'' Get
 Bad Piece Occasionally

ba0 E1GC6 OCC1aolO1Acb1ly That stone of a decidedly inferior character is being used on the foun- dation of the new High school build ing is the contention of the local stonemasons, who have been watching with interest the work of ths con- tractors
 When the Garner representative fn- quired of -Nr- H. F. Haus. superlhten- dent of the work. he was told that the stone used in the foundation was the best that is being blasted out of the nit The bad is thrown to the side and will all be carted away, accord Ing to the superintendent He pointed out stone of a b1ueish color and stated that it was the only kind allowed to go into the foundation
 This stone is of a. fairly good char acter according to the local stone xnasons, but not the proper stun to De used in such a large and costly build- ing. However. ranged behind the stone masons were piles of stone, in which stone much worse than the blue-stone was mixed
 In many places the contractor has .plastered, I'D the foundation with ce- sments so that it is impossible to see the nature of the stone used The sreporter was told that this wall was icomposed of the better grade of stone. This cement was still wet, identity placed upon the wall this morning after the account of the meeting of the Board of Education appealed in the morning papers. MT. Haus declar- ed himself In utter ignorance of the , matters taken up at the meeting ana treated Mir ArnoId's complaint to the board of inferior material being used
 When thR cement was. Heraped away with a nail. stones of even worse cl1ar- acter than those declared by the stosls- nasons as not being the best for foun- dati0n work was exposed to view Alr. Haus explained that the stonenaa asons ct times would get an inferior piece An the wall
 A great many of pieces of stone that are ranged along the wall for the use of the stone masons is of the inferior grade of material Some of this stone Is very poor being in many cases rotten and sca1ys Very little force is necessary to reduce it to a dust
 while MT Arnold complained of the poor quality of concrete used, this according to the stone masons is not as bad as it might be. However they all agree that if this concrete had been tamped it would have given a better appearance, and would have been considerably stronger.
 MT Arnold has made daily visits / to the grounds since the breaking of the ground, and declares that he had never seen a tarnrs used, and that the concrete was merely raked over Stone masons declare that, it would have required a stronger form to hold the concrete, and would have been necessary to hire at least three men 4o do the tamping properly
 The excavating contractors, 12ich- ardson and Devona are three weeks behind in the work of blasting out the excavation according to MT Haus. fSomeone, although MT. Haus would not say just who had complained to the bonding company about this. AS Mir Haus was conversing with the Farmer representative, Charles O'Sea foreman for the excavating company came up and declared in loud tones:
 Anyone who says that Pm laying down the job is a -" liar, and l want the public to know it.'-
 He walked off declaring that the work was progressing as fast as pos ssible as the character of the ground would permit Mir Haus declared that hA was unacqIainted with the person who made the complaint which resulted in the lacking up of k7Er- O'Sea by the bonding company.
 That the contractors who have the 1eontract for putting up the founds.- ftion walls brought stone nasons from New York and that up till this after moon. no local stone n1asons were em-
 
 able to say on reliable authority.
 Local stone masons believing that it was not fair to erect a. public build ling and employ all outsiders appealed to the contractors for a share of the work The contractors agreed to hire half local and half of their own force which they brought with them.
 This morning MT Haus laid off' a stone mason from Bristol who had been working for the last couple o1 days and this afternon two local men started to work on the foundation However, none of the old force, which is composed of Italians, were laid off These men were declared to be mem. 3bers of the Stone Masons' union
 The local stone n1asons are skeptical zz to whether the contractors will dive up to the agreement by hiring T4fe required number, of Bridgeport imen- They also insinuated that all though these New York stone masons may be union men, it was dollbtfui whether they are receiving the stipu- lated so cents per hour, as is required Ian the rules of the Stone Masons ss1nion-s