Show THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING the plans and specifications for the proposed joint city and county buildings were completed and virtually accepted accept eq by the old city council the liberal administration acting so far in unison with the agree mentor understanding between their predecessors in office and architect apponyi sign edwith the county officials official 0 the following CONTRACT this agreement made in duplicate this day of june A D 1890 between salt lake city a municipal corporation of the territory of utah and salt lake county of the territory of utah the parties of the first part and 0 E ap apponyi of said city and county of salt sal t me lake the party of t the he second part Wit that the said 0 E apponyi for the consideration hereinafter mentioned promises and agrees to and with th the party arty of the first part and that he wilf will promptly make and use the utmost care in prepa preparing I 1 ng full fuh and perfect plans and specifications necessary or needful for the erection and completion of the joint city hall and county court house building to be erected in said city and for said city and county and that the said second party will execute a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars to said first parties for the faithful performance of this agreement and guaranteeing and saving iving s sald said first parties harmless from any loss lose damage or injury sustained by said first parties in the erection and construction of said building by reason of any mistake or imperfection in the plans or specifications of said second party and that he will make good any and and all damages or injuries affecting said building or sustained by reason of or growing out of such mistake or imperfection as aforesaid and that the said C E apponyi shall have the absolute control of the construction and supervision of said building until relieved as herein provided and that he will use the utmost carev care diligence and skill and faithfully superintending super intending the construction of said aid building for the consideration and subject to the conditions hereinafter named and the said first parties in consideration of the premises agrees to pay said apponyi for his plaus plans and specifications ficat ions three and one half 3 per cent of the cost of said building and for the construction of said building one and one half la 11 1 percent per cent of the cost of said building said payments to be made in case said C E apponyi superintends super intends the construction st of saidi building as well as furnishes 3 a said plans and specifications i in n the following manner to wit i twenty five hundred dollars upon executing this agreement and the bond heretofore mentioned and in four months from the date hereof in twelve months from the date hereof and the balance on completion of said building provided that if the said first parties should deem it necessary or for their best interests to release said C E apponyi from the aforesaid at t any time they may do so and are hereby expressly given tho the right in their discretion so to do u upon p on the payment of said three and one half 3 per cent for the plans and spec specifications I 1 1 ficat ions aforesaid and an equitable apportionment of said one and one half 1 per cent for superintending super intending the work then done and further upon discharging and releasing said 0 E apponyi and his bondsmen from any and all liability and responsibility under and by reason of said bond given as aforesaid in witness whereof tile the baill salt lake cit city by its mayor and recorder the said salt lake county by elias A smith and achard howe two of the Select the said C E apponyi have the d day and year first above written dignen signed sealed executed and delivered deliver Ld this agreement SALT LAKE corporation by M K parsons oris acting mayor SALT LAKE COUNTY by ellas elias A smith richard howe selectmen C E APPONYI witness in the presence of louis HYAMS recorder by thomas B shannon deputy the ty of nullifying this contract has for some time been agitated there are different opinions regarding the cause of this attitude toward mr apponyi without at present stating them or the gloudis on which they are presumed to be based we will here introduce a report on the plans an and d specifications from mr fred A hale architect to whom they were referred for criticism mr MB HALES FINDINGS to the building committee of the salt lake city and county buildings emen in compliance with your orders I 1 have examined tte the drawings and specifications for the caland any and county bull building dine and beg to submit the follow following ln re report ort we wg will I 1 grat first take up the question of strength and the durability of the building the brick walls of the central portion of the building are three leet feet thick the entire height which is bad construction I 1 have assumed that the tower proper is to be omitted thi th weight on each square of basement tower walls wall a with tower omitted emitted is 8 4 to tons no with the material and workmanship liable to be obtained in this city I 1 consider sixton six ton pressure our p per r square foot the limit of safety in short even if via the tower be admitted the basement walls would crack and soon become dangerous it if the tower should be built the basement waits would undoubtedly crush take again one of the inside columns 8 inches in diameter one metal a basement abasement column said Saide column olumn will safely carry 65 tons but the load thereon according to plan plan is 77 tons aud and the column is unsafe ansaf e k the he footing of brick under said column 1 is 3 nine re feet hence the pressure on th the e brick is in tons per square loot foot but as six tons per square foot is the limit of safety the brick work would certainly crack ana and eventually crush the thickness of the walls in most cases is not figured on plans hence it has been difficult to aso ascertain ertain their a bength the corner turrets appear to be built of stone but no support is provided for the inside corner I 1 cannot ascertain the he kind of material used in constricting the roof of said aid turrets the beams under gallery posts are not of sufficient strength they should be capable bleff of earr carrying ying thirty two and one half tons but as specified their limit to is thirteen tons or seventeen tons ions as shown on one drawing the drawings disagree di disagree rhe necessary tie rods between beams have been omitted on oa gallery plan of steel work I 1 also object to eight inch walls three or four stories high with steel beams of chent strength built therein the beam hould be strong enough t carry the entire strength THE DRAWINGS the drawings and specifications are a part of the contract in fact the very essence thereof hence should he exhaustive and clean and free fro 11 errors thus saving large bills of extras I 1 find the drabin drawings a and specifications very incomplete fu in some cases the kind of material to be used cannot be ascertained and in other cases a variety of material ii indicated for the same purpose the rhe window areas are not shown on the plans lane their size and material must be con lectured letu red the flues are located wrong on basement plan all elevator walls are dx except at fifth th floor which is ax error ahe 1 he section of the water closet should show in section of building error one iron de tail of sky light webs does not tally with on section of building also the figure in xa line should read wi also the line of 4 fig re res a in plan adla adis ad Is same line in section on small drw ings adds error the specifications say s ly see detail of skylight but no detail is drawn no acce a is shown to the roof or to the rear area no transit is indicated over inside doors no doors are shown to the water closets the great variety of windows part of them practically inaccessible showing the court rooms and council woula present from the interior a very unsightly ap bearance pe arance the gallery floor should be inclined inc med LACK OF DETAIL there are no drawings whatever wh etever of at the window frames or the door frames of the finish casings etc chere are no details of the stone work the statue is not mentioned and might be furnished ot or marble or zinc at the option of the contractor i he cepi delih it of air ducts location of sewer etc to which reference is made to plans is not indicated on plans the figures on drawings are very incomplete in short there are not one third enough drawings to illustrate the building ina in a proper in inner so as to allow an intelligent tell igent estimate of cost and to insure a conti 11 ta act embracing the complete building in all its part pact t without continual bills of extras during us its progress specifications we will consider each heading separately ratel E excavations x e the excavated earth from trenches c hes shou d be removed fro n P premises y demises sewer P pipe e very best qualen quality y but the material materia is not ape specified c ifield plumbing grade of I 1 in 60 is ti it chent for horizontal soil anti pipes the channels for all pipes should be shown on drawings the rho size and material of all pipes should be specified wat r apply the tank should be located on plans ani proper tank a supports pro vidad an access given to tank tanks should be prevented from freezing and be provided with at least three inch overflow the location of supply pipe from tank the heater the distributor and the hot water tanks lanka are all specified to be located where directed by the architect these should all b located en cn drawings urinals the kind of cock is not mentioned and no safina is IP provided baths A 1 inch trap is specified for water closets which would of course render them useless it is impossible to tell from the specifications the size the strength or th the material 0 of f the various supply pipes to fixtures electric wires the kind is not specified gas piping the taps are not shown on plans wrought wrong bt iron and nd ste steel e Oar carnegie negie oo 00 are git given the mon monopoly poly 0 on this work the beams beam should ail 11 be painted brick work brick of the size specified are not manufactured stone work the kind of sandstone should be specified no pointing is apeci fled fied except for alley the amount of 11 pitch itch to batone should be mentioned conf only y th the e side on arst east street and the recess is specified to be stone this chis disagrees with drawings holl hoi I 1 w tiles the lining of the interior walls with tiles I 1 think unnecessary in this climate especially the veneered vene ered walls cement work the front court is specified to be bb paved with cement the section shows stone sone paving a disagreement cement plastering I 1 lie be turrets are apeci fled to be cemented as per details no details are drawn and no material indicated for roots roofs of turrets down pouts the number and location fre are not given heating eating apparatus specifications are completed in six lines the system of a certain company specified and allom all peti tion lion barred nothing in the specifications clearly indicates anether the system is abeam ati am direct ste adem m indirect hot water or hot air competition is ag in b A certain firms manufacture Is is specified no mention is made of the number and size of the cables size of cars thed material except floor the kind of machinery and the source of power boora and windows I 1 cannot recommend m end redwood for doors except the panels I 1 lie be size of glasa is 19 nowhere indicated one aud and one quarter inch glass in the door is too thin to properly bevel doors beadi g to man mam street are specified cherry I 1 cannot recommend oregon pine for window fr braes tra aes nes the door frames are not men tinned te T e price of the entire hardware hard waie is a fixed in the specifications I 1 to be settled ua 1 the architect each article ot or hard w ware should hould be specified and competition s secured 0 curd plastering the outside openings should be specified to be closed during durig drying to prevent cracking each bach coat coal should be partially or tully fully dry before applying next cost coat for a good job the first coat should contain hair A tro sand finish is spotted and unsightly would suggest a floated finish the specifications tor for impasto em pasto reli celivo voll are a re very indefinite the cause must be conjectured lectured said work is specified tor for front entrance which is indefinite floor tiling rhe specifications call for mossic mosaic wainscoting in the main entrance first east street and the di owing awing shows stone ast ashlar ilar the height of mosaic base where not a part of wainscoting is in not mentioned mosaic base is specified throughout gout it is extravagant to plaster coal room on en print frint room rom and repair shops at bic c and to place mosaic base thereon the specific are conflicting as regards the floor of brement bs b ement stat stai a no details are shown for the iron et stairways airways and no sizes vt ut iron given cost must be conjectured skylights width of glass not specified cast iron mullions bullions Mul lions no drawings size styles or thickness of metal steam boilers specifications very incomplete the quality and kind of ni aerial and strength of boilers h high wo h or low pressure etc not spec specified fidd no drawings are sh shown wn v of boiler house bouse which is located 20 leet feet distant from coul room the character of boiler house root roof is not mentioned the purpose of the boilers is not men tinned and no connee connections lions therewith to main buildt building i n painting ahe the bronzing for turrets to is very perishable perish ble a and n d must be frequently re dewed no finish is specified for bard wood outside doors the hard wood frame should not be painted and sanded respectfully submitted by FRED A HALE architect mr apponyi made a request that the joint committee for the city and county give him a hearing this was granted and it was understood that he worsted mr hale on the diSCUSS discussion IOD sustaining his bis work against the criticism of the latter this victory for mr apponyi did not muse cause the committee to decide in his fall favor vor it appeared to be necessary to find some competent judge on such subjects who would criticise criticism critic ise the plans and in some way sustain the objections hence they were forwarded to mr charles E illsley architect of st louis with the following result MR MB STATEMENT ST LOUIS oct 10 1890 hon george M scott mayor f dear sir on the ath dinst I 1 telegraphed receipt of city hall plans and specifications also your letter of alt with enclosures and on ath dinst mailed you a list of drawings and 8 specifications 11 1 0 no found within the me case 11 in irl view of f your request for an early reply I 1 have examined these papers sufficiently to ase ascertain ertain their general character and make a preliminary report without delay while the drabin drawings are neatly rendered they show a elk lack of familiarity with building operations of magnitude and a dangerous oversight of the principles of safe construction they are incomplete in number not more than one third or perhaps one fourth as aa many as should be provided for such a I they imperfect and obscure in themselves vos that no contractor can bid intelligently while it to is impossible to tell in most cases precisely what may or may not be intended I 1 should fear if an attempt were made to erect the walls from these plans that they would not stand long enough to get the roof on there would also be difficulty in placing ingmire fire in insurance Aurance I 1 find the specifications equally incomplete and defective apparently a compilation from hand books and trade catalogues cataloguer catal made by some one inexperienced in practical tidal work there are but seventeen pages where I 1 |