The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-29
BOARD GETS CLAIM
County Board Receives Claim
Setting Forth Basis for Big
Claim for Damages.

courthouse, now in the process OF
construction. This represented accord
ing to Mr.. Hutter the outline OF the
losses sustained and additional ex-
pense incurred by the Hutter Con-
struction company by reason of the
failure to deliver the site for the
courthouse at the time scheduled.
The original plan for the court
house was that work on it should be
started at the opening of the building
season. The county and city had en-
tered into a contract whereby the city
agreed TO furnish the new site for
the courthouse but the city was de-
Iayed for several months in securing
the property. Meanwhile the company
could continue only with the construc-
ton of the Jail building and was forced
to delay the building of the court
house proper. The claim is based on
the demands for additional work made
upon the contractor by reason of this
change.
Referred to Committee.
Mr.. Hutter showed a willingness to
go into the claim in detail with the
committee and it was voted by the
board to refer it to a conference to
be reported back at the adjourned
meeting of the board in December.
Members of the county board felt GER
tain that some pruning of the claim
would be made in the committee hear
ings
The itemized statement of the claim
as presented by Mr.. Hutters is as fol-
lows:
To handling jail excavating
at a disadvantage and hav-
ing to rehandle approx
mately one thousand cubic
yards of dirt at 90c per Gu.
yd. ............. SUU.UU
To hauling of cement to ware
house furnished by Keno
sha county and rehandling
at the building site 1890. $4,000
To additional cost for cement
to complete work by reason
of not being able to take
! advantage of our contract
with the cement company
estimated additional re-
quirements 1000 barrels at
zoe per Dbl. .....A.. 10000
Delay will necessitate tenn
porary heat, additional ia
cilities for protection of
work, temporary enclos-
ures, etc. ............. 100000
To increase in labor costs on
items as follows and
amounts as stated due to
cold weather production:
Setting of stone work-4-7 OF
total amount still to be
set $4,000 feet at 15c -. 100000
Common brick work-4-7 of
our estimated quantities.
amounting to 100000 COM
mon brick at So per M -. 100000
70 loss of revenue for seven
months-delay in delivery
of site-six months-winter
construction and shorter
days will extend this delay
to seven months at $4,000
per month .........,.. 100000
To overhead expense for sew
en- months needed longer
than was originally intend
ed at $3.50 per month .... 3,850.00
To additional cost in hand
ling of cut stone for Jail
building-piling high, etc.,
$500 Gu #. at 15c ..... $4,000
To three levels of floors to
frame at an additional cost
for winter construction of
twenty per cent in labor on
$1,000 ....,.......... $4,000
To additional labor made nee
essary by the placing of
the Jail building concrete
with wheel barrows, double
elevator and concrete bug
gies, in lieu of the use of
the tower-788 Gu. Xds at
$2.06 per Gu. yd. .. 1,62328
1oIat 9o4,oIo.Nc
In explaining the $4,000 item, the
largest one on the claim, Mr.. Hutter
declared that his company had its or
ganization on the ground ready to
work and that this organization cost
them in the neighborhood of $4,000
a month as stated.
Who Will Pay the Bill?
After the question of the amount
of the claim is settled, the next ques-
ton to arise is, who will pay the
bill?"
Contractor Hutter will sue the coun-
ty of Kenosha as his claim must be
established against it. In turn the
county maintains that the delay was
occasioned by the failure on the part
of the city to furnish the site as
stipulated and that the city of Keno
sha will nave to reimburse The coun-
ty for all funds paid out because of
this delay. 1t is maintained by coun-
| ty officials that the contract made with
the city when the switching of sites
for the courthouse was authorized
provided that the county be protected
against any claim for damages aris-
ing from a delay in the delivery of
the site.
STOCKMAN FOUND DEAD.
/ Fond du Lac, Wis. Guy Worthing,