, 1866-12-05
ANl01'ss%s~tssssss-s..+ E1,5X1. .GS
1hc nbore statement belicre to lie correct.
WE II. ClAIEE, Askistau. Engineer,
ofF1cE or HoAtD OF Public WonKs,
GuIcAGo, Noyenhek Z lSIu.

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ahc nbore statement belicre to lie correct.
! Mh H. ClAHKE, assistant Engineer,
ofFlcE Or Hoard or PUBLIC WoNKs,
CHICAGO. November = lSGu.
fafned by William Wood ru caused by dc civ IN
wss ps9 tho sum d si@, ies;tss % ss'SS s;odS g.
$l;ST.Gs, upon which they have received noii,ins.
ihis siatcm@n ut was so a variance with the cal.
enlatois made and Submitted 10 your committee
upwards n tht caec Of The iosmcr, and SL6D or
upwards IN tho case OF thu latter-that We called
Gpon ~; Clark to iurntsh rs with tull and con.
above figures ne trds CORRECT. Mr. Clark at once
complied With our rcQucst, and submitted the an
he1ea, which is made part Of tlis report, and is
To Mcss.s: Wicker, Holden and Lawson, Finance
Committee, Common Council:
u ho.1d q ass %ofks e TsS@ s9a s ae
nents made BY Mr.. VIM. Woodruff and alcaers,
35gEfn 35s3Es MsAag6 IL Tsisrense % he cause Of
ers for The city, respectfully reports:
the Vii M Vii te o eveat santsi Is ,Ss q
elty, in With Jou viii nd ,he W ioiloGins s W ploT
fione: 1et- That Ill the sewers 10 be hut hy them
..ssaeept .s @ the po,k erect sewer, by Mr. W1odrt1
ehonId bc completed BY tho 1st day OF October,
lst'. II It fs answered by lhcm that they were
RfsSsptef %3,. f5o% 9nT ] y ths failure 81 he
bricks during the yea. 1865. reply that the rlays
LOT bricks were few and temporary, moi exceeding
=, aay at aSy one time, and not amounting III aft
~ me case OF either contractor, 10 over ten days
50 that the work was never suspended, so far a.
tae I excavation was concerned, aud for The dclay
tract provides that In tho case Of delay to the enn
tsaetos on nccount Of the Board not furnishing
nm wtth IN bricks or Pipes. he shall DO allowed a1
but shall not 10 entitled 10 prospective damages
The iaci { that the delay which prevented them
Msiie prices OF labor were low, was caused partly
~ tbs TcEs rainy season Of is65. and parlly BY
nnnr s q isorers md The eontlaetos not
upon The several sewers, which they were urrcd
10 uo oy ttc Board, but which they stated they
:. The Board provided bricks for The work tp to
lhH tfnc when It was not safe to continue II on
acsls s1 9 a from s
In the months q October and Novemhcs. ' s''s
n apy vsE ths that the
iss Than what h3s hesn SLOWED and paid 10 them.
sGftns Of laG IN Tie prostdins " btIcSs, II f.
sasj!ass i ,Saaa q s3ts ss
inE been reported 70 yon heretofore.
~ TIC spEng Of 1sH there va. delay for bricks,
ss mat season Of shc year The market is always
they were provided by the Board md rlaecd upon Don
s,.s me VOL DIX 4 Is tEne thst 1s Of the bricks,
Noodfnh, were taken for the use OF the Lake Tun.
the contractor for which having failed 10 sun
nly himself, and thu Board being Of opinion that
nnaer ne h. e ep
NJ: Woodsua, the cott Of which hare fully esti-
mated - prcytone report, as well as that to
uuttl sufficient brick con1d be Purchased 10 com
rlete tho contTac*, 70 commencing early in tba
spnne. and beng Obliged TO stop again before the
will now take up the several causes Of COM
1laint in tnsn, commencing with those Of Nj.
Of tho eontsaci, ali Claims for e1tra cofpensaion
by the contractor at the erd Q! thc same month
items arc now presented fos tho drst t1ruc
II. AZ 1osees occurring IN 1865 by Cause Of Nc.
compensated at the time. -
which .; he Eupriea 70 Nj. GoTsn, l. vas entirely
the request Of tho Boasd simply guafanterd tdAt
,he Board would do %. which Ii did, wiz twenty
70 the aycraEe price which be paid to them
There were io1ty.two men, who worked two days
sewer md forty -dve men. who wosIed cne n;cSi
who weIt from The Milwaukee avcnuc ecwer. The
former am prepared to prove, all returned 70 his
occur1td on The att Of July and the Ill Of August
The rturns OF tho inspectors on those sewers
thow That bis force was double IN August that of
July, 50 that he did not suite. ron tho loss or
laborcYs on that account
d. DELAY for want Of brick in 1865 1t ha. been
previously stated that The total delay did not
amount to more than ten days, It being gcucr-
ally fraction Of d d1y at 4 timc,
ntt Interfering With the casthwork, and fos tbs
aelaA OF masons tc was compensated ~ an cx-
tfa allowance. As to Indiana etrret the Board
n3Se the right by their contract to say ,Enen
ano Wnerc the work shall be commenced and
Msnca ~ on. and MT. Woodruff We compelled to
"! op 1hc excavation which he had made With
cni compensation. because be did II in direct VI
olanon ot the orders Of tho Assistant Engineer
sslh. Jr1ca1se Of Hrie1s for H,ke Syryks SurY.
When ". Woodr,l. took the contract for that
sewer, October q 1868 he promised 10 mt On m
czFa gang OF hands. and po' 10 ,lirtni.iI his
force employed on The old contracta IN ,h,t
promise be was authorized 10 nnrrh1se thc
brick for that eeecr. Met.rs. Wsiksr = rn,,ins NV
a3feTM ira arda ohersd to ell 10 the Board aboni
~, coo Of them on the sewer which N. %nod.
fpa vas building undcE the old contract. which
fihe lizard considered should be nsst huit A.
they had nothing to do with ths contract of NJ
Noodrud with Messrs. Walk.r & Cutting. h.
conld not expect them 10 be responsible fos ths
execution Of ii. At any rate Mr. WoodfuG hssf
more work 10 do upon the old contract thsn M.
could provide men To cxccntc daring that season
The bo1fd Instruct NC to say, That thc eta,e,