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angver. a i rememher n ~ tSst q ~. ccs,.
trad executsd SeStenber IA. is7i. v;ts Henrv
Bingham, Of Philadelphis. We dosire the com
mitfee to inspect in Connection With that Cor.
tract No. 80, subsequently with George ".
LinvfIle. Idesire 10 call sttention 10 tbls Ian.
guage In tie contract Of b. b. Bingham: M -
"Builden Keystouspsvemeut per square yard,
Is; two inches to include two let OF Rrsiinr,
burnetized wood. Afty cents per eouare ward. %
This contract bens dsts Of September Is,
1871, You VIM find from an inepecfiou of con.
| tract No. 50, not an extention the Contract,
that having been Cancelled, that was subse..
quently Issued for the same work. -
Mr.. Merrick. The COMMITTEE asked whether
that work of Evans under contract So had
been completed. Onpaee 81 Of the Governors
report, Il d stated Wcontrsct SO. G. e. Eysns.
complete.0
Nj. Christy, The point am making nv eom.
pairing these contrscts "a that In The eonfrSct
| made with Mr., Liuyille there Il this proyiaion
for burnetixing. aThe price to DO fxed by The
board-the contract executed subsequently In
the precise time. an uuable to Al Hithouf an
inspection Of that contract with Mr.. Linyilie.
and the ORIGINAL contract With Mr.. Bingham -
| mean that on the 18th day Of eep{Amber.
| 1871, the board make contract with II. II.
Bingham, and agree in that contract to pay him
SO ceuts 1br the 6urnetixfno al wood. when al 4
psed . e.. sssy -. + ;nothsr
ting that d hereafter to b estsblished by the
board. desire to have that anachronism ex-
planned II the committee desire Il.
Mr.. Stanton. That u another contract with
another person, d It noti
Mr.. Christy. am residing the two together;
1t was an impossibtlity to AZ the ptice Of bur.
nothing on the 18th dsf Of September. and 1
take tho contract to have bean exec1fSd at the
time that Il bears date, whom they include IN
that price not established, and Z system of
treating wood not then determined upon by the
board. Il d one Of those anachronisms, of
course, that may b explained.
Governor Shepherd. / do not see that there d
anything to explain. Tho board never have
paid but sne price.
Mr. Harrington TO Mr.. Christy.) Do you
claim that that contract was granted upon
price to be thereafter fixed BY the board; that
the board granted larger price than the usual
rstei
Mr.. Christy. Here IL contract made on the
18th day Of September, which provides for the
payment at Is 80 . square yard Arst for the
Bidler pavement proper: SS then for burnett
izing ally cents pcr square yard in addition.
Now, how could they ct that time have de-
termined the price for the treatment of wood
not concluded at all by the board, and the
price Of which Is not established, ! think Is .
matter for the consideration Of the committee.
Mr.. Stanton. L. there any accusation in
thisi
Mr.. Christy. This Is the most satisfactory
evidence take II. It is evidence certainly Of
q much dignity as record evidence.