The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-31
q O. T I N u E ID
Verbal Sparks Fly
At Capitol Inquiry

OF Holabtrd & Root at Chicago. Kurke
said he had not.
Sinkler then read from q letter he
said Bangs had sent to Hackett July
IS, 1928, In which Bangs said: bud.
get B and c (contingent) should, sep.
arately, provide that each should
separately become binding and fixed
upon both the commission and the
contractor by the exercise of an op-
ton by the commission" adding "the
point being that upon the adoption
Of contingent budgets B and FOR c
each becomes an inviolate portion o.
the contract and protected by con.
stitutional provisions, so that in the
event of hostile legislation after jan
uary l, 1888, the contractor will be
protected by an inviolate contract
Knew Nothing Of Letter
Kurke said he did not know about
the letter or when it was written.
Sinkler questioned Kurke about his
work as architect, and whether Hol-
abird & Root had done most Of the
work of drawing up the plans or
whether Kurke and J. Bell DeRemer,
Grand Forks, the other state archi-
tect, had done most of it.
Kurke said about 40 men had work
ed on the plans. He added that
DeRemeh supervised the men and he
had charge Of the management Of the
organization, the money and super
vision Of the building work.
Sinkler told Kurke 1t was not nee
essary to tell what DeRemer was do
ing as he expected to put DeRemer on
the stand and he could tell his own
story.
Kurke was asked how many days
he had spent on the lob" in Bis
marck and said out Of five months
there were only 81 working days and
that he had spent 81 days at the
building and about 81 days with the
capitol commission.
During his entire examination.
Kurke stood In the witness stand. He
was told at the start he could sit
down but said he preferred to stand.
Questioned by Senator G. Norman
Brunsdale, q member Of the investt-
eating committee, Kurke said the
original unit prices were not kept be-
cause they expected to get lower unit
prices and wanted to get the benefit
Of the saving.
Anders Also Testifies
Frank L. Anders, secretary Of the
commission, was on the stand first.
Just before the hearing adjourned un-
til Wednesday morning Gust A. Erick-
son, structural steel contractor, wa
questioned regarding whether he had
q contract during the first month ne
worked on the capitol. He said mo.
Anders was asked by Bangert about
the "trayelogue" data he had pre-
pared concerning trips the commits.
sion had taken and the expenses Of
the trip. He said though he kept
itemized expenses at first he quit i
because It took too much work K
copy so many items and added he dio
not have q stenographer.
A trip taken by Anders and q
Angus Fraser, member of the capito
commission, to Baton Rouge, La, *
view the new capitol there was studied
by the investigating committee ant
numerous questions asked Of Anders
whether the trip was made by trair
or car with Anders explaining theJ
had gone by automobile.
Anders was asked II there were an!
unit prices furnished ct the signing
Of the Lundoff -Bicknell contract ant
he requested Sinkler to explain wha'
he meant by unit" prices. Sinkler, II
answer, asked Anders to explain wha'
he meant then by the wording "uni1
prices at the close Of the printet
advertisement for bids. Anders sait
the commission had put 1t there.