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27 Feb. 1909.
not working to their instructions as to stresses.
Indeed, in connection with the construction of the
roof, girders had to be taken down, and after extra
plates had been added in order to strengthen same,
were again hoisted and fixed in position.
I beg to enclose for your perusal the original
drawings of the roof prepared by the Architects,
and would request that if the Government have any
12 Nov. 1908. doubt as to my statements these drawings be submitt-
ed to any recognised Architects in London, and I
would venture to submit that their report would be
such as to confirm my opinion that they are un-
worthy of a Government work that has cost about
one million dollars of public funds.
27 Aug. 1909.
Marked "B".
Owing to the vagaries of the Architects (even
after the 12th November, 1908) practically another
years' delay ensued, this brought the period up to
December, 1909.
I beg also to attach copy of a minute that I
forwarded to Mr. Denison, the senior member of the
Firm that will partly explain the difficulty that
I had with the Architects even as late as the 27th
August, 1909.
On perusal of this communication it will be
noted that Mr. Denison admitted that he was unable
to prepare the drawings, and he also promised to
confirm important matters in writing; I waited
in the
several days, but he failed to do so;
meantime he submitted other plans and sketches to