Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-15
WORK ON SECTION TWO.

wIn Not be F'nI.hed When ths Time
 LImts ExpIre=-Johu w. Gafraey Before
 the Water Hoard.
 Mayor Kildun presided at the meeting of the water committee last night. Bids were opened for the houses in the basin of the new reservoir as follows: Thomas A. Gotsel offered s65 for the temporary structures used as a dining room and first sleeping building respectfully. Milo K Gray offered S46 for the dining room building. George s Abbott offered S3O for the Hetchkiss house and s20 for the barn and sheds adjacent; s25 for the Fay | Tor house and S3O for the three barns ad jacent; s2O for the dising room building: SIS for shanly No l: siO for shanty No g; sl0 for shanty No 3, and slO for the shanty west of the Taylor house.
 'Gentlemen. said the mayor. you | have heard the liberal prices offered for the buildings in the basin of the reservoir what is your pleasure to do with them?''
 NIT Cairns was surprised at the small amount offered for the buildings He said he had just received s20 for two months, rent for one of the buildings and in view of | the maagre sum offered he recommended d | that they be allowed to remain where they | were until next summer. Some of them
 he said would be needed there uutil the | whole job is completed This seemed to | Ot tue oplulou OI tue mttIluH ana On mO- ton of Mir Fitzpatrick all the bids were re- j-cted.
 Notice was received from the selectmen
 of Tbomaston stating that they would
 claim damages for injury to fences aIonu
 the highway during the construction oi
 the pipe line. The clerk was instructed
 10 inform the authorities of Thomastou
 that the damages referred to had been re
 paired since the date of the receipt of theiI
 letter, November l.
 After these matter had been disposed oi
 the mayor turned towards the engineer
 and said: MT Cairns. have you anything
 to say. or have you a great deal? ?'
 'lt seems to me that have n great deal
 to say" answered the engineer, but vol
 scared it out of my head by asking me SC
 suddenly" "Well. then. said the mayor
 as if to refresh the engineers memory
 'how is section two?'
 Mir Cairns then started of and told O the unsatisfactory condition of the worl on this section. There Is no Likelihood l that the job will be finished by the tim, ! limit. December l. still the contractor lad more pipe during the past two week than they did for the month previous
 The engineer recommended that no actioI be taken in the premises until Decembe 1. The recommendation was adopted a Work on all the other sections is satisfac tory. The engineer stated that he had de , cided to stop work on the dam until nex [ spring. as he did not think 1t we'll to con g unue the masonry in this kind of weather , John w. Gaffney appeared before tn, p meeting and asked If the committee coulG { see its way to paying him the percentag D which had been kept back on the pipe lin I contract. or come to some understandin l about extras. limiting, of course. about tn granite facing on the dam Mir GAffne , said the work cost n good deal more thai s they anticipated outside the extra work . the Portland cement alone costing abou s3.OOO. The terms of the Gaffney con 0 tract is that fifteen per cent of the con
 tract price be retained for thirty days afte
 the completion of the work and until tn
 engineer certities that the work has beer done according 10 the terms of the con
 tract. The percentage retained on th n Gaffney contract on section three amount - 10 S5.0O0. Mir Gaffney thought that thi
 section was completed 50 that the hrr
 might be paid the percentage.
 . The engineer thought there was som work yet unfinished and the matter va referred to n special committee consistin of the mayor and the city engineer. to r, : port at the next meeting.