Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-05
UND MISUSE
OF THOUSANDS
POINTED OUT
Accounts Board Report Says
$7,242.82 Was Squandered
on Art Building.
CHARGE GROSS NEGLECT

Unauthorized expenditures of thou
sands of dollars and payment for
numerous extras" in the construc-
ton of buildings at the state fair
grounds are charged in two reports
on the affairs of the state board Of
agriculture turned over to the auditor
of state today by the state board of
accounts. The report recites a his
tory Of mismanagement hardly
equaled in the affairs of any state
department on which reports havs
been made in recent years.
According to the report, which is in
two parts-one made by examiners Of the
board OF accounts, and the other by John
J. Twiname an architect appointed for
the purpose expenditures were made on
] numerous occasions by members of the
kexecutive committee of the board, indi-
gidua1ly, and by Charles L. Kennedy,
secretary of the board.
N1E MISUSE OF
S4S.s2 ON ART BUILDING.
In the construction Of the woman's
cAiIding or "fne arts" building, a total
extras" 1t is estimated that If these
extras had been authorized they should
have amounted only to $3.390.37, a diff
ference of 81, ,242.82 A W. Stoolman of
Champaign, ILL.,, was the contractor for
the building. The contract price was
S114 232, according to the report, but
total of S116977.66 was paid.
Specifications were not followed in
many particulars according to the re-
port.
''The surface of the concrete floors is
not level, has not been troweled, and is
very rough" the report says, "It should
have three coats of "hardener" applied
to remedy this defect, which will cost
about S1,4S09O.
"The foundation sills and ornamental
concrete work, which was changed from
cut stone to cement, has been con-
structed In a very rough, unworkmanlike
manner.
THE hue for the kitchen range is so
instructed that 1t does not have the
roper draft.
smaHne contractor has fled numerous
covering extra work which he
inns was put on the building, not
ecihed or shown in the plans and
pecifca dons.
CLAIMs ON "EXTRAs"
WELD ILLEGAL.
"The specifications provided that no
extras were to be allowed unless the
extra and cost thereof were to be
agreed upon in writing by the proper
authorities. This section of the specifica-
tions was not followed and therefore
none of the claims for extras should be
allowed or paid for"
At this point in the order a long list Of
the extras" is set out They total
S10,638.19, of which $7,242S2 would have
been an oVercharge had the extras been
authorized at all, according to the report
An interior grade of roofnE was used
in the construction of the Manufacturers
building, according to the report The
report asserts that the roofing was bought
from a concern of which the architects
of the building, Jacob E. Kopf and Ken
meth K. Wooling, are directors
s'The contractor has completed TINS
building according to the plans and
specifications prepared by Kopf & Wool
ing architects, and has compiled with
the same in practically all particulars
with the exception of roofing tile,' the
report says.
"The specifications provide that all tile
shall be either terra Gotta or cement
equal to the terra Gotta tile manufactured
by the Ludowic Caladon Company, Chi
cago. and known as their Imperial Eng
Iish' tile terra Gotta red: or a cement
tile approximately inches by 10 inches,
with a Pinch exposure to the weather
and of interlocking design, weighing
about FIVE pounds and coloIed a stand
ard red permanent mineral color.
CHARGE INFERIOR
TILE WAS USED.
According to the above clause, the
tile should be the equal OF that man
ufactured by the Ludowic Caladon Com
pany, but the roof was covered with
much cheaper product manufactured by
the Indiana Contretile Roofing Company
1.-THE delivered price of the imperial
English tile as specified, Is SIS per
square and the price Of the tile roof
manufactured by the Indiana Concretetile
Company is So per square, a difference
of Sc per square or a total of about 167
squares, or $1002.
According to Article 6 of the articles
of Incorporation the Indiana Concretetile
Company, Jacob Il. Kopf and Kenneth K.
Wooling are the directors for the year
1910
"These men were also the architects of
Nase building and wrote the specifications
a1d superintendent the construction of