Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-24
THE WATERW0RKS
Committee Met and Nearly
Reached a Conclusion.
OF ARBoR DAY AND VANDALISM.
Some appropriate Exercises al Inc Missouri
Avenue Public Sohool--A New Commit
tee Of the City Council, Authorized
by Ordinance, Advocated.
am wATERwoRKs cnAl,nrrrr

I'M w AIltkNf OltNS COMMITTEE
Yesterday afternoon az the Office of
City Engineer Kerr the waterworks COM
mittee held a meeting and there were
present. Mayor Paddock Chairman Nicks
ot the WatcrwOrlSs committee Aldpffnef,
Drake BARLEY aud Terrell. Civ Attor-
ney Powell, Engineer Kerr. Waierworks
superintendent Scoble and Mr. fiawley.
representing Macarthur Bros. The pui-
pose OF TIE meeting was TO try To get
an agreement about some items iu the
maj settlement for the construction of
the new WaterwOrks Ia which the con-
tractor and the committee differed.
Mr.. huwlcy presented his side III tue
disputed eases. These were nbout the
mode Of measuring 10 determine tho
number of cubic yards OF as1nry IN
some walls bill for rehauumg some
oil the tsirty-sixinch mains. No. 11G:
whether the price to be- paid for the
intake well was $1,000. Tie original con-
tract prce for an intake vol. or al the
same prices 60 be paid fof similar work
on the puinphouse, making a difference Of
aoout S2J9O; the mode Of measuring the
PIPE INC and the classification of the
excavation work in trencLiug for the
pipes.
Tho points IN these latter were. Mr..
Huwley concluded. that hc was entitled
% tie full l.nenr measurement Of the
Pine line, the MIGRANTS and specials being
put m at an agreed price. That where
specials We're put In some of the pipe
was cut ont aud az this was wasted
ne allowance. Le claimed. was TO offset
tnl3 waste. About the excavations Mr..
liawlcy contcndJd that whore he opened
u trench three feet deep, for example,
ana found it necessary to blast out the
bell holes and maybe q small quantity Of
rock to get n level surface for the pines
to rest on lac should bee allowed for
this rock work at the price for rock ex-
ovation, instead of merely that for
earth excavation.
After Mr.. Hawloy had presented his
case, he retired and the committee dis
cussed the items ia order IL was deter
mined Mr. Hawley was right I'm his
contention that he was entitled To the
girth of tie walls IN calculating the cubic
contents, but az the walls were six feet
thick 90 the base and two feet two OF
the top compromise should be offered
making the measurement ut the top of
the wall
The bill for rehaulng was d'sallowcd.
The cluim that the price for the Intake
wen was. not 90 be az pumph0use prices
was disallOwed
And the measurement Of the pipe line
aud the classification OF Engineer Kerr
were sustained 20 all of Mr. Huwley' 3
tluimS were disallOWcd but the one
about the mode of measuring masonry
in walls.
One other matter was presented by Mr..
lluWlCy 40 tile request OF Mr. Nicks, and
that was on the question OF forfeiture for
non-cumpletion of the pumphouse within
contract time Mr.. Hawley claimed
che delay was due to the Carnegie strike.
Tat hc had contracted with that concern
for the roof trusscs, eyeheums and other
steel work, that he made Inquiries Of
other concerns and could not get the
steel; that he was never IN the way of
tie Holly Pump Manufacturing com.
pony; that he had offered 10 put ten.
porary roof over the building If the
pumps should arrive: thnt the city wa.
not Injured $40 worth and anyway hc
was protected by his contract. which
provided against delays beyond his con
troll
Auditor tombstone reported there was
q delay of 100 days. milking the forfeit
ture $1O,l 100 This did not correspond
with the data before the committee aud
1t adjourned 10 get moro Information.
CITY