STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1461, sig. 109-4/1215

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89 Appendix No. 3 Examples of contested invoices. Firme Pittel & Brausewetter K. 9.800,- Note: The director's hour at lo K. is very high, the companies Möse and Svoboda counted 9.30 and 9.50 K respectively. It is difficult to check whether the large number of hours worked, 978 hours, is really the same as the work done. The material is also very expensive, which showed a comparison with the calculations of the companies Möse and Svoboda. Company Kos Vaclav K. 257,50 appropriately Chemical plants, Aussig K. 95-= appropriate Company Svobododa Josef jun. K. 1.765,42 During the construction of the fireplace in the upper guide's room, I found that the bricklayers did not carry out their work with the necessary accuracy, so that they had to tear away parts of the listed work and start again. Except for this, they seemed to have the intention of using the hourly wage as much as possible. I exhorted them and told them at the same time that part of the working time would not be taken into account for them. I also told the representative of the company Svoboda, Mr. Baumeister Fritsch, in his search at the procurement office. He agreed that l2 masons hours = ll4 K. and 9 henchmen hours = 72 K. would be deducted. For the other part of the invoice, this applies to all other invoices of the company Svoboda. Company Josef Svobida jun. K. 5.067,5D Note: The invoice is, like all invoices from this company, very high in the material prices as well as in hourly wages. As a comparison, prices of the firm Möse are indicated, which also calculates very high prices: -2-