County Scraps Courthouse Contract Amid Legal Dispute
The Ferro Concrete Company of Seattle walks away from the Benton County courthouse project as legal challenges persist.
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The court house fight took a new and rather sudden turn last Thursday when J. S. Andrews, president of the Ferro Concrete company of Seattle, wired Chairman F. L. Bash of the county commissioners, asking that the contract for the court house be cancelled and the company released from its bond. Complying with the request, the board, with Commissioner Houston absent, passed a resolution rescinding the contract and releasing the Ferro company from all liabilities. As the county has completed the purchase of the Rich property, the legal fight is now narrowed down to the original bonding case, which is pending in the supreme court.
“The court house fight took a new and rather sudden turn last Thursday.”
Public works disputes involving out-of-town contractors are a timeless civic frustration. This legal deadlock over a courthouse property purchase echoes modern difficulties in municipal infrastructure planning.
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