The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
MUSK0GEE QUIZ
RESULTS IN TWO
BEING RELIEVED
conrrNuEp FROM PAGE ONE.

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man Fell called tho hearing TO or
der at 1915 a. M n was more than
an hour late I'm starting. duo TO the
The first step was 20 have Arch
itect Nieder and Captain Jayne in
spoct aud Identify the plans under
which construction work has been
going on. lBoth men positively
rwore that the plans 80 entered as
exhibit "A" wcre the plans that
the Manhattan Construction com
pnny was using To construct the
hospital Exhibit "E." the original
plans wero introduced In the after
noon.
Mr.. Nledcr then asked permission
to read letter which he had mailed
to the soldiers relief commission on
Thursday. protesting against the
action OF captain Jayne IN order
ing the Manhattan company 20 stop
work. Excerpts from his letter fol-
low:
Upon arriving Mt Muskogee this
morning Thursday. May is. l922,
from a short trip to Florida, | was
very much surprised To read ia gar
ing headlines I'm tho Phoenix that
work on the soldiers memorial hos
pital had been stopped by Mr..
Jayne. Immediately proceeded to
the building site and checked the
work thus far completed ana found
the work progressing In q most sat
isfactory manner and In strict ac-
cordance with detail drawings
| Detail shop work viii he re-
auired on almost every part or thls
work and they will In a great many
Instances show slight changes from
the general drawings. This will oc-
eur during the construction or every
! important building as the general
| drawings are not sufficiently COM
/ pletc for detailed execution OF the
work.
Found Jayne Charge Unbiased.
| According to newspaper reports
Mr.. Jayne charges that inferior ma
terials are being used. THIS l nave
been unable to find and In view
OF other statements OF Mr.. Jayne q
the effect that the work as thus far
executed appears to him TO be the
best OF It's kind ever brought 10 his
\ attention. | am at loss to Know
why he wished to hold up the
speedy execution of the work, unless
ho has some grievance against the
wounded soldiers or the soldiers re-
lief commission.
"You will remember that because
tho MuskoKee municipal hospital
| WAS t1lONtu ftHIFf Nllf tiAuA'AN
pital the commission was forced TO
move It's building about 75 feet In
order to retain space between the
two hospital buildings. This In itself
rpauIred some slight redesigning OF
structural features OF the buildings,
and this In addition 10 the large
amount Of detailing OF the work re-
aulred additional drawing to more
fully explain the work.
These are probably the extra
drawings referred to by Mr.. Jayne
"In bidding on the wor% all con
tractors were provided with n bid
ding blank which included the max
, ing OF two units bids, that for n
, lunit price per ton OF reinforcing
steel and that for n unit price per
, cubic yard of concrete. the intention
, OF the commission evidently beins
that should changes In quantities ol
steel or concrete be required. the
commission would have n unit basi'
5 upon which TO base additions or de-
ductions.
4 Had Duplicates Made.
'Tn having the detail drawing
made ! instructed my engineer Il
= save for the commission any ma
. terial possible aud In checking ul
Ii this item thoroughly a. the compile
< tion OF the work such credit as pos
= sblo win he saved the commission
@ Also where any Pdidtionni work l
- dono the commission will reimburs
v the contractor.
. "As an instance ! wish 10 instruc
= the contractor to put in three add
tlonal signal lights on each corridor
@ so as to facilitate the working OF al
q entire floor at night by one nurse.
q This IL IA slight detail. but on
r that has only recently developed
o and will be "A distinct advantage, II
% the operation OF the hospital. y
e therefore Throughout. the work
changes advantageous 10 the build
ing will be recommended to III
= commission,
"The specifications state that nd
IS ditiuns aud deductions may be mad
by the architect ana owner as the
= may deem necessary, etc, the cos
L for same to be agreed upon before
Is hand. Consequently no breach O
= the contract Is made by any chang
= that may be made"
a MIR. Fell, the chairman, announce
a that he was present when 'he mat
Il ter OF chages in plans was dis
cussed, and recalled that a resolu
j. ton was passed that no changes b
y made without the consent OF all O
e the commission,
N bIiftllNNi'N nttN 'hts
II Isn't that so?' Mr. Fell inquire
q of his colleagues,
a 81 don't remember" answered NJ
llagan, Il have no recollection O
such a matter, one way or another.
X II don't remember that we eve
talked of such a proposition" sal
ii MIR, Visitor.
The session moved slowly alon
" as the commissioners sought to as
,e certain knowledge of the change /
RI plans,
m MIR. Nleder said that while he wa
m chief architect and approved of III
of plans. that they actually were draw
,e by u. IL. Taylor. an engineer ,
Kansas city, Mo-, whom Jayne a,
as cused of working for Hans Won Vi
a werth, having offices next door
a the Manhattan company. This Nj
ce der denied.
m Nieder said that when he left Z
Elorida on April "a. the chang