New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-26

nav the bs The work is to be done and delivered OH
or before June l, 1883.
The bridge is to be composed OF three arches OF ma
sonry each $50 span Ia the clear, fonr piers OF n
feet width each with two abutments OF stone OF
s35 feet length making total length o. LOO feet IL
IL TO be eighty wide for passage. with ootWay on
side OF the roadway which IS to be fifty feet wde
Theerms Of the contract, which Is open for any aer
ntious tba commissioners fit to make lnVoiNe INC
expenditure OF $1,68O000. The commissioners agree
10 pay contractors for tho construction OF
bridge in tho manner aforesaid tbs actual cost 10 loe
oarties of the st part OF said bridge that is 10 say OF
all labor ana materials employed ana uae' III
the construction of said bridge, toSeIHel
with any expenses incurred thereto heuulDs
rent OF grounds houses landing piers uerricA w.
etc. and also additional amount equal 10 ~ pei ''
on the total amount OF such actual cost provided nov"
,at ucb etua cost together with the SAID 10 per
cent added thereto shall not exceed the sum Vi
80 ESQ 600" but tho cost does exceed mat sum inc
commissioners shall pay 1t and no more Ihey IuI'H'i
agree however, in the unlikely event that IL sh"I ho'
amount to 900 which case the contractors ~
per cent will he large as the contractors th"A !"
bculd br, TO make up to them the fall Of $2i3OOo
which is estimated the value OF their services Inc
contractors the right to sub-ot the contract
they want do They are to render to the com
InlssoneYs monthly statement Of what the work mas
cost them during the last month and are to he PAID ha
amount and per cent extra within five Jays thereafter.
No provision uaio for auditing or supervising their
bills. They are simply to DC paid.
II there any delays i'll payments
or II delays Occurr for any causes
which the contractors may claim they could not avoid
such as strike epidemic. the tiAc limit lor 'n'
completion OF the bridge IS to be extended Within sixty
days after the completion Of the work the balance que
the contractors the unaudted bills Of account Is 10 NC
paid. really ridiculous provision in the contac' Is
that II tho company fails to deliver the bridge on time
shall forfeit to tho Commissioners the mmousc sum OF
H. *
agreement involving the responsibility of the CON
tractors The only other clause bearing upon tha phase
of the provides that II the company "oahuohS
the work or assigns it, or il that one solitary csoIlan
OF the taxpayers rights the engineer shall certify IN
writing that the work being unnecessarily delayed or
that the contract is being wifuy violated fulfilled III
bad faith, then the commissioners after giving
fifteen days notice, and tho evils coHi-
planned OF not being corrected, may hOilIy tue
contractors that they must quit work
ayd may give the contract for Its completion
gut though the contract not stpuae any forfeit
ure on the part of the company In case fails to per-
form It's agreement 1t contains forfeiture to the com
pary the shoe is on the other foot II there Is
delay III the of six months for reasons over
which the contractors may claim they have no control
they may abandon the work and collect the cosV
for it up TO that time, and ten per
cent additional and DE per cent on the
estimated cost OF the portion remaining unfinished IL
do, not say who shall estimate the remaining cost.
These are the main features of this astounding con-
tract
The commissioners have awarded TO tho design pre-
scented by c. schneider Of this city, the first premium
MI schneider the designer OF the Cantiover Bridge
over tho Niagara River. The second premium was
awarded to w. Hdenbranl also Of this city. The de-
scn presented 10y Colonel Julius W. Adams was awarded
10 premium, his design for an all stone bridge
and the circular issued Uy the engineer Of tho commits
sion contemplated composite structures But the design
OF Colonel Adaos regarded as presenting tie great
est merits of AL those submitted