The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
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An automatic mixer, propelled by
a gasoline engine, was used in mix
ing the concrete on the McAndrews
job. At night Harry had gang of
negroes working at warehouse in
the West End, filing empty cement
sacks with sand, and In the morning
he saw that the wagons which hauled
cement to the Job were loaded with
alternate sacks OF sand and cement.
And, right under the noses OF Messrs.
Carter, and VanAustin, Harry and Joe
would dump from the pile OF cement
sacks into the cement channel OF the
mixer first sack OF real cement, and
then sack OF sand, Tapping the
empty sacks up and down and cais-
ing the cement dust to fly into the
air from each Thus the concrete
work on the job was allowed to get
about half the quantity OF cement for
which the specifications called. Inc
other words, Harry and Joe were
SHINING the Job" for all 1t was
worth. Joe took turns with him in
loading the mixer. Colonel Horton
made 1t his business, when he could,
to keep Carter and VanAustin engaged
for the most part in inspecting"
other phases Of the operations.
When the concrete work had thus
got fairly started, Harry thought it
about time to make a report of his
and Joe's work to Mr. McAndrews.
The latter was astoundedl at the con-
dition OF affairs revealed and at once
summoned Colonel Horton into his
presence.
Now. colonel" said Mr.. Mean
drews, I'VE have you just where we
want you. We have ample evidence
that you have been robbing and at
tempting to rob me right and. left,
going and coming I'm sick and tired
thing you can do now and that is to
relinquish this contract right where
it is. at cost, and then clear out"
These young men are spies and
sblackmailers!" yelled the colonel st
is a put up job on their part to bleed
both you and me of our money. !
shall prosecute them
NO; you will not do anything OF
the kind, Mr.. Horton. especially and
positively not after / tell you that l
have some very discriminating evil
dence against you. obtained by these
two young men. whom employed for
the purpose and who have been large
ly instrumental in breaking UP the
builders plot against me. You or
ganized the Orlando Rock Wall Ce-
ment Company and deliberately pro-
ceeded to rob me by dumping in poor
stone and about half The necessary
cement; this work, however, has only
ato ~ al md lx.,1,o H.
crued falls upon you.
II know that you bribed one OF my
inspectors. know that you have
bought the terra Gotta fire proof TIL
ing from the Noko company at $4S a
Thousand while the material is billed
to me as S61.75. i know that you have
made similar thieying deals with the
Picturesque Ornamental Iron Work
Company, the Unison sShale Brick
Company, the Tennessee Master Com
pany and the Gordon Lumber Com
pany. You thought you were going
to make me pay the fancy price OF
forty-eight cents apiece for a large
quantity of prism block glass. All
this and other evidence have been
carefully obtained by these two young
men, my attorney and myself: Do
you really want to prosecute, Col.
Horton, or do you want to close up
the contract as ] haYe suggested?"
cob, hell, I'm losing money on this
contract anyway sayagely growted
the colonel, "and I'd be glad to get
out Of this mess at cost right now.
No self respecting builder can put up
a building such as you want and
such as you will not get for the
money when a dozen prying persons
are meddling and trying to run the
job
Very WE'LL dryIy observed Mr..
McAndrews. Come around here to-
morrow afternoon and we shall ar
range q settlement with Thomas
Gregory, whose firm is to put up the
McAndrews building"