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_ Pm e O S esaaece -- fsssffmmmimamim t ( ( l O o 0( mgd k *.; ; & Tour feet under the 87°"'}'t vg:l:lvtlko &A f Allon more than raw linseed oil. the posts at ten feet each» to square Bix, Mr. Fraszz--I want an answer to my post 24 inches in circumference f;% Inches 'question, and _he believed A p"f":dg ix inches Witness--It would make about half a m dilmetel' Could b' 'q f th .gch !tufi': cent ' y.rd dlfi'erence. He allowed $20 a thousand for 'er the cor-- Mr. Turry said it was generally considered He allowed sixty cents 'p'? :ouuld not say best to use boiled linaeeg oil on a vertical :Vgtpg:h' :flims' &tg:l. posts :or in the mar-- ' surface, and as they desired to make a good 0 P 9+ ; § ket, but he thog:ght he would have been né)le | ;:)c(fj.f the work they included it in the con nivannng l"t'Fm forleuu;th;n tth';el:):flydl;; * The CHarryAx--I wish to test the witness | cents apiece, . The fenc::ilot f fences, The as to his practical knowledgo of the trade,. | was better than the gent;i {y':,e ew what To Witness--What brands of white lead, | g"" he had put upon this fen did not the use of which you consider would consti-- | e would have assessed it at. | He di ce tute a good job. ::doa'r 'll::t Et';': ::'Sm"ff.fl"h%"m ;e::on. Witness :--I consider that James & side red were sufficient to cover the mth;,f ' g'::ixl;?; leads zro not equal to Blundell and' "'3!"'11"'"- Hobt:mzsht th: :gm 3 f The Cuarrmax--That will do upon that and lumber o{ol?d ked pos ts, -- He bad | point, Do you, as a practical painter, con-- | expensive as solid cedar pos th | sider that raw cil is preferable to boiled oil ? | mever valued a solid cedar post of ohnme | _ Witness--Yes, in winter time. dimensions as those outside, nor bought nor The CnarrmAN--If raw oil is used will seen one before. He had not made any en not the paint creép? quiry, and could not say what one of these Witness--Not il:: winter time. ] cedar posts would cost in the rough in the The CuarrmAN--What is the difference market, _ If he had tendered against Mr. between raw and boiled linseed oil ? Percy for this job, he would have had ' Witness mentioned szoveral ingredients in to _go far below _ twenty cents a the boiled oil which were not in the raw oil, yard _to have obtained the contract The CEarrMNAN said he was astonished that He did not know that benzine had been used any practical man should not know that the in the work. One coat of _Ys'nt would be only difference between the two oils was that worth one--third of 20 cents if properly doune. | one was boiled and theother was not. The fence round the (iovernor's House was | _ The Committea adinnsned ab 11.R painted, having three coats, for under10 conts | ayard. Two coat work would cost from 12} cents to 15 cents, It was on the third and | fourth coats that painters made their money. | For four coat work and sanding, 25 cents lhe | believed was the usual, but it would depend | on competition. _ He would not like to do it | for that sum. Twonty--eight cents would be \| afair vrice if raw linseed oil were used, Hoe would have tendered for the painting of the fences, giViflf four coats and sanding, for 25 cents, -- Thirty cents for that work was a good deal more than Mr. | Percy would have obtained had he tendered. | He was aware that the master painters had ' had a code of prices since: 1867, but --they | never adhered to them. He did not know | what the prices were,. Hon. Mr. Fraszrz--Would you charge less than the ordinary trade prices? Witness--I would not refer to the book for this information, Mr. Fraser repeated his question. Witness saikd he had been out of business for nnrl{l:ix years, but he did a little last year for his son, Mr. Friskr--Do you think the prices of the trade, eight cents for one coat, fifteon cents for two coats, twenty cents for three coats, and twenty--five cents for four coats of common colours per superficial yard, are too high? Witcess--I have nothing to do with thoss prices, Mr, Fraserz--Do you think thaso prices are too high? Witness--I am not bound by the Union, . Mr, Fraser--Will you answer the ques: tion; do you think those prices are too high? Witness--It would:depend altogether upon the materials used. 'Mr. Fraszr -- Would they be too high baving reference to the material used by Mr. Peroy? Witness--I have alroady stated what my opinion is with regard to the prices of that work, Mr. Frassr--Will you answer the ques: tion ? Witness--It depends upon competition, Mr. Frasen--I require an answer to my question. Witness--I am not here to tell you what t Mr, Percy would do, but what I would do | myself. | -- Mr. Fraser re:{;eatcd tl.q (question ssveral | times afterwards, but was unable to elicit a direct reply. t * A In answer to Mr. Sinclair, witness said the quality of the work was sometimes deter-- orated by competition, but this should not be so. %Vhen he tendered for work and lost the contract he never felt sorry, because ho was sure that the person who offered to do it lower could not make anything out of it, Mr. LAivDper read the contract of Mr. Percy, which specified that boiled linsesd oil ;houfd be used in the painting of the feaces. Witness said ho never heard before of boiled linseed ofl being used for outsid work. He thought it must be a mistake, Mr., Fraskr--You said 23 conts per vard, using raw linseed oil, would be a fair 'vrice for four coats and sanding. What do you consider would be & fair price whan boiled linseed oil was used ? Witness -- Thirty cents is too high. | Boiled linseed orl is only a few cents per B on