The Lambertville record., 1926-10-21
WORK RESUMED
ON COUNTY JAIL
Architect And Contractor Still
Fighting, And There Is Little
Hope For Prompt Com
pletion
FREEHoLDERs CRITICIZED

Tuozzolo who have been going thru
the motions of building the new
County Jail. They had been pre-
emptorily order to stop work week
before because they were dead
locked on the work. Schumann ard
Tuozzoio are both suing each other
what the real issues are nobody
seems to have a clear idea, but ii
seems that both are trying to re-
cover funds from each other.
In the meantime Architect Schu-
mann refuses to certify the contrae-
tors bills for work supposed to
have been completed, and Tuozzolo
in turn claims he is unable to hire
sufficient workmen to complete the
job because his bills are being held
up. For instance, one of Tuozzolo's
bills was for fifty perches of stone
used on the third floor, which is
extra" above the regular contract
Tuozzolo demanded S45 perch for
the stone, and Schumann said it
was worth only $50 perch.
The Jail was to have been com
pleted last April, but after six
months over the time contracted for,
the Jail is still unfinished and the
slip-shod, hap-hazard management
of the whole project has created
such scandal as the county has
never known. At the Freeholders'
last Thursday Schumann
asked for Tuozzolo's removal from
the job because he had neglected
to let several subcontracts which
are delaying the work
In turn, Tuozzolo asked that
Schumann be fired and another. nv
chiteet be secured. He claimed that
Schumann was prejudiced and had
harrassed him so much that the
work could not be carried on prop
erly. Tuozzolo is suing Schumann
for $4,000 which he claims he gave
him after he got the contract thru
Schumann's efforts. Schumann
claims the money was paid to him
by -Tnozzelo in return fss-loans. h.
made him.
The New Jersey Department of
Institutions and Agencies is inves-
tigating the muddle and it is hoped
they will be able to arrive at a
conclusion as to who is responsible
for the muddle and attendant de-
lays. Representative of the bond
ing company who bonded Tuozzolo's
contract were also present at the
meeting, but it is not known wheth-
er there are penalties In the con
tract which the bonding company
will have to make good or not
Another discussion of the mess will
be held today.
DAMAGES ROBINSON'S CHANCE
A significant thing about the sit
uation is that Freeholder Robinson
is chairman of the building com
mittee. He is running for reelection,
but his claims to business ability
as qualifying him for the job, ap-
pear ludicrous in the light of the
Jail muddle and he is losing ground
every day in the esteem of the
voters. Taxpayers are saying, I'm
agine business man putting up
with this sort of nonsense on a
100000 factory or store that "as
contracted to be finished last April,
and is still only two-thirds COM
pleted after delays Of six months
The Hunterdon County Democrat
which is supporting Robinson, last
week warned its readers to expect
Republicans to blame Robinson for
the Jail muddle, and argued that
Haynes, the only Republican mem
ber, had also voted for resolutions
in connection with the jail. This
attitude on the Democrats part is
a clear admission of guilt for Rob
iHSOH > litH itlclSJ' iNopiIi9'H wac
reported as declaring the bording
company will make good any loss
SO that the taxpayers will not suf-
fer. But any business man knows
better. No bonding company will pay
for damages from two winters ex-
posure and deterioration of parts
laying around gathering rust. And
the third floor work is extra" over
and above that specified in the
original contract, and these extras
are not covered by bond.
Robinson is now pleading for re-
election on the grounds of zone
good turn deserves another" but
the voters know that the turn
he is having is far from good. II
is poor business to hire a man the
second time who has proven him
self failure. And Robinson's greedy
interest in the increase of salary
for Freeholders from $4,000 to $4,
900 when it came up at the las
session Of the Legislature, is no'
appreciated by Hunterdon taxpayer
who are already overburdened. They
are pointing out that Robinson ot
tended every session of the Legis
lature when this bill was being cen
sidered. And when it pas ed it lai'
an additional burden of three thou
sand dollars year on the tax
payers. 1t is to the credit Of As
semblyman Prall that he vote
against the bill.
And the voters are not blind t.
the fact that Robinson is the
chief backer Of Frank Dineen, clerl
to the Freeholders, who receives
$500 dollars year for one Day
work each week. And this while h