The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-25
TINE alIANLY coNrRAcr.

The final cessation of operations on the
part of the State occurred on the 2Sth of
September, 1868. Previous to that date
the buildings at the central shaft had been
rebuilt. The shaft was filled with water
this was pumped up, and the shaft was
kept free from water by the tate until the
Shanlys commenced to work When the
State ceased operations there remained to
be pierced Is, SOB feet of tunnel. and the
depth of the central shaft still to be exca-
waited was four hundred and fiity-seven
feet The governor and council advertised
for bids in July and August, and the fol-
owing firms offered to do the work for
the sums named
Carpenter, odlorne Il Gardner. .s+,O2I,1sO
Uran, Brother q CO.................... 4,53T $50
Francis and Waiter Shanly ............ 4,G23,069
Jacob IIumbird q SOn...... ........... 4,Gy0,ls3
CLARK, Lyon, Hayden, Bryon a Malone, 469O,65O
Bradbury Dun. ....................... 4,sOO,OOO
stanton 4 Doane. Observation-Disclosures. 4,ssl,lG6
IL. Haupt. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
Thomas Rutter. $500, 600
L. Hitchcock 81 Co..................... 5,3i2 35I
a. G. Brown, {. ". Vent a l. Brooks, 5,sII,l42
5. e. Walker * Co. Observation-Disclosures. 53TS,354
The bid of Messrs. Shanly was not the
lowest but the law did not require the let
ting of the contract TO the lowest bidder.
Gov Bullock in his valedictory address
took occasion to rchearse his reasons for
awarding it to the Messrs. Shanly. These
were, briefly, their willingness to give II
satisfactory guarantee, which was the de-
post of approved public securities to the
amount of 100000; and their high stand
i'm OH of ~ ny eli in
ing work 1t is no part of my present
business to pronounce an opinion on the
wisdom Of anything that has been done in
the conduct of this great enterprise, but it
would hardly he possible to report COY.
Bulock's remarks in regard to the contrac-
tors without saying that his judgment has
been amply vindicatcd by the energy, intel
lgence and skill with which they have per
formed their duty, and the entire good
faith they have observed throughout their
connection with the commonwealth The
award was not made in haste. The gentle
men to whom the governor and council
referred the bids-Alyah Crocker, Tdppan
Wentworth and ) W, Boardman, tunnel
intending engineer, and Benjamin II. Ia
throbe. consulting engineer reported on
the 9th of September, but the contract was
not signed until Dee 24lh.
THE TERMS OF THE sHANLY CoNrRAor.
\ brief summary Of the contract may be
given. The tunnel was to be built, one
railroad track laid through it, and all ma
terias removed from the tunnel by the first
day of March, 1871 for the sum of 4,594,-
2Gs. The tunnel was TO he of the size
| given in the annexed schedule. The con
tractors were to provide men and materials
sufficient to make a given rate of progress,
| but were not to be obliged To attain that
rate before the first of May 1869 and in
| the expectation that the section between
the west end and the central shaft might
prove hard to work, provision was made
for extending the time of the final compile
ton not more than sin months after March
| LIST, 1874. If the contractors should fail To
| make the specified rate of progress, the
governor and council might terminate the
contract ON three months notice. The en-
| gineer was to give the lines and grades and
! he responsible. Certain rates of settlement
were agreed upon for the heading and tun-
| mel enlargement. extension of full size tun-
! mel. etc. which need not he repeated here
| The engineer was to make monthly com
! putation of the amount earned under the
| schedule of rates. No money was to he
| Maid until the contractors had made the
| ful sum of half million dollars but Ger
| lidcates to the amount of eighty per cent,
! of the sum earned were to be delivered to
| the contractors. These certificates in sums
! of $40 900 each, bearing interest at five per
cent, would be redeemed by the treasurer,
provided that the security should never be
| reduced below half II million dollars. On
the completion of the whole work sum
sufficient to make up the full contract price
of 81 ,50i ,26S would be paid but until
that time the payment was not to eN-
| coed that sum less one mi lion dollars. The
| ACCOMMODATING schedule fixed the size of
the tunnel in rock at - fee, in width and
20 feet high in the clear Where arching
was required ii was 10 be 90 feet wide in
the clear and 81 high above the rail when
laid down. have already given with SUI
ficicnt fulncss the statement of the con
! titon of the work and what remained to be
done. The rate of progress was to be rs
follows Tunnel enlargement, 70 feet a
month heading enlargement, 70 feet
month extension of full-size tunnel, 1875
feet a month, The central shaft was to be
sunk to the floor of the tunnel by the LIST of
May, 1870, and thereafter To construct full
size tunnel from the central Shaft at the
rate of not less than 100 feet month.
| There were various miscellaneous stipuls-
tons in the schedule designed to remove all
cause OF misrepresentation, nut they naed
not be summarized here, that which mas
been given covering all important points.