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Show 'QUE5T10K OF PJUNT MUCH JVIODTED ONE Man Who Did Work and One Who Furnished Material Ma-terial Are Heard, Concerning tlie rejection of the inside painting of the Liberty school building as not being in compliance with the specifications, Charles Gulbransen, who did the work under a sub-contract, said yesterday that the quality of the painting paint-ing is as good as if the specifications had been regarded exactly. Mr. Gulbransen was disposed to scout the correctness of the analysis made by State Chemist Herman Harms- E. H. Doelle, manager of the Sunset Color works, from which manufacturing concern con-cern Mr. Gulbransen bought the paint ready mixed, said frankly, however, that the paint used did not contain more than about 5 per cent of white lead, as reported by the state chemist. Mr. Loelle said that the paint was sold as the company's product, with no understanding under-standing that it was to comply with specifications of any sort. He explained that it is a regular formula used by the company, and that much of the inside in-side paint or the capltol building was of the same composition.- Mr. Doelle said that his company know nothing about the specifications governing the work of the Liberty school, in which the paint sold to Mr. Gulbransen by his company wai naed. He said, however, that his company would be willing, since the paint has been used, to furnish a guarantee bond regarding the quality and durability of the paint as applied. He explained that they were not contending that the specifications speci-fications had not been violated, but simply that the paint furnished by the Sunset Color works for the painting was of a quality that the company is not afraid to guarantee. In the meantime, Mr. Gulbransen is endeavoring to make stick the substitute's substi-tute's argument that the paint used was just as good or better than the pure white lead and oil specified would have been for the painting. The contention con-tention of the superintendent of school buildings is that the paint used is an unknown quantity and that the city school system has no money to spend in experiments in the hope of finding something -just as good as or better than the white lead and oil of known merit. The contention has sifted down to the argument of the painting contractor on the one side that he has done a first-class first-class piece of work and should be paid accordingly for it, and the counter-contention of the superintendent of buildings build-ings that the painter did not do what he was hired to do. In the meantime, reports are being awaited from the state chemist as to the composition of the paints used on the outside of the build-in build-in fT hv Mr. Gulbransen. Mr. Gulbran sen said yesterday that the report could not be negative as to these paints, since he mixed them himself and knows that the lead specified was in the mixtures. |