Building Commissioners Minutes, June 28, 1801 [Containing Resolutions on the Discontinuance of Work on
South Building
on the Contracting of Work for the
Grammar School
]
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Moore, Alfred, 1755-1810
Alves, Walter
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At a meeting of the Building Commissioners of the University of North
Carolina — held at the University the 28th day of
June 1801.
After duly deliberating upon the present situation of the funds of the
Institution, it was unanimously Resolved
That the workmen proceed to carry up the walls of the
Main Building
to the top of the
first Story, which it is supposed will consume all the materials now on hand or
nearly so, and that they proceed no farther.
That as soon as the walls are raised to the height of the top of the first Story
it shall be the duty of the Superintendant (M
r Henderson
) to examine the same & if the work be in his
Judgment faithfully executed according to Contract to relinquish or Cancel the
Bond of M
r Rogers
for performance,
the said
Rogers
delivering up the
Bond of the
Trustees or their Superintendant for the performance on their
behalf, and to grant a certificate thereof to the said
Rogers
which shall entitle him to final Settlement with
the Treasurer of the Board & full payment at the rate of forty Shillings
for every thousand Bricks actually laid as Specified in his contract —
Resolved further that in the mean time as soon as the said
Rogers
shall have ascertained what
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number of Bricks have been laid by him on the walls
of the Main Building of the University over and above what he has already been
paid for —
The Treasurer shall pay to him whatever balance may appear due to him reckoning
at the rate of 40/ for every thousand Bricks actually laid, agreeable to the
Contract existing with him.
Resolved also that M
r Bennehan
& M
r Alves be requested and
authorized to Contract with some person for Building a
Grammar School
on Lot No. or any
other convenient place on the unappropriated Lands of the
Trustees to be compleated
by the first day of January next, upon the plan presented by M
r Alves and approved of. The price not to
exceed (£150) one hundred & fifty pounds.
Resolved that as soon as the walls shall be raised to the height contemplated in
the first resolution M
r Henderson
shall take certain & effectual measures to preserve them from injury or
decay & to keep the foundation free from water which may be left by rain
or otherwise by keeping the drains left for that purpose constantly open or
opening others where it may be necessary.
That M
r Henderson
be requested in a
particular manner to attend to this last Resolution and also to the preservation
of any materials which may remain on hand after finishing the walls.
That M
r Alves give notice to M
r Rogers
that the commissioners will
not receive more bricks on account of
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M
r Lucas'
contract than the 40 thousand
already paid for the said
Lucas
having failed to deliver them within the time stipulated in his contract.
That M
r Rogers
be permitted to use
the wood cut by him upon the lands of the
Trustees for the purpose of Burning
Brick to compleat
Lucas'
said
contract — at one half of its value to be ascertained by M
r Henderson
— and accounted for
with the Treasurer of the
Board at the Settlement of the said
Rogers
accounts.