The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-07

the said Improvement committee and
city engineer and the time for complet-
ing his contract shall be extended by
as many days as he was thus delayed.
If, in the opinion of the Improvement
committee and city engineer 1t is neces-
sary for public convenience, the street
railway shall be granted permission to
lay a temporary track on one side of
the street while the track is being prop
erly relaid.
DEFECTIVE WORK TO BE RE-
PLACED.
g. Any work which does not, in the
opinion of the Improvement committee
and city engineer, fully comply with
these specifications shall be taken up
and replaced according to their direc
tions and at the expense of the con-
! tractor.
WORK MAY BE INCREASED OR d.
MINISHED.
10. The improvement committee and
city engineer may, when, in their Opin-
ion, 1t becomes necessary, make alter
ations or notifications of the specifica-
tons or plans of this contract, or may
omit from the work covered by this
contract any portion of the street or
/ territory originally ordered to be i'm
proved, the price to be paid for the
work under such orders or modified
contract to be agreed upon in writing
and signed by said party of the second
part and some person authorized by
the council on behalf of the City of
Shreveport
ALTERATION DOES NOT VIOLATE
CONTRACT
II. And it is expressly agreed and under
stood that such alteration, addition. mod
itications omissions shall not in any
way violate or annul this contract, and
the contractor hereby agrees not to claim
or bring suit for any damages. whether
for loss of profit or otherwise. on account
Cf not being allowed to do such work or
furnish material Whenever during the
progress Of the work any additional work.
or change. or modificat ton in the work
contracted for, is agreed upon between
said Improvement committee and engineer
and the said contractor. such additional
work. alteration or modification shall be
considered and treated as though Origi-
ma ly contracted for. and shall be upon,
and subject to, all the terms conditions
and provisions of the original contract.
EXTRA WORK AND MATERIALS
y. All work of the kind agreed upon
shall be paid for by measurement at the
contract prices and no claim for any ex-
ira work orE material will be allowed.
unless it is ordered in writing by the said
improve ment committee and city engineer
and the price to be paid is agreed upon
by a written agreement. before the work
is done or material furnished. signed by
the contractor and by some person au-
thorized by the city council on behalf of
the city of Shreveport: and in no case
shall the contractor claim. or be entitled
to receive more pay fer any extra work
or material than the price fixed by said
@Greement. All claims for damages. or for
! any other matter or things for which the
contractor may consider himself entitled
to extra remuneration, must be made in
writing to the city council a the time the
damages occur or the cause for the claim
arises; and unless such claim is so pre-
sented it shall be held that the contractor
has waived such claim, and he shall not
be entitled to claim or receive any pay for
the same.
EXTRA MEASUREMENTS.
IL. No extra or customary measure
ments of any kind will be allowed in
measuring the work under these specifi-
cations, but the actual area only shall be
considered.
WORK INCLUDES CONNECTIONS
WITH OTHER WORK.
IA. 1t is understood that the completion
of the contract under this agreement in
c1udcs any and all work that may be
necessary to connect the work done with
the adjoining work in a req sonable man
ner, said reasonable manner to be deter
mined by the city engineer.
WORK KEPT CLEAR OF WATER.
Is. In making the excavations and en-
bankment, the contractor to keep them
clear of all water from whatever source,
at his own expense.
QUALITY OF MATERIALS
is. AL materials furnished shall be of
the best quality of their respective kinds.
MATERIALS TO BE INSPECTED.
II. No materials of any kind shall be
used until they have been examined and
approved by the engineer and improve
ment committee, who shall have full
power to condemn any work or material
not in accordance with this specified ton,
and to require the contractor to remove
any work or materia' so condemned and
at his own expense to replace the said
work or material to the satisfaction of
the engineer and Improvement committee
and the decision of the engineer and i'm
provement committee shall be final as to
the quality of the work or material. Tn
case the contractor shall neglect or re-
fuse, after written notice, to- remove or
they shall be removed and replaced by
the Improvement committee at the con-
tractors expense.
Any material rejected by the engineer
and Improvement committee must be re-
moved at once by the contractor on no.
tice from the engineer and Improvement
committee.
INCOMPETENT WORKMEN TO BE
DISCHARGED.
IS. If at any time any overseer or work
man employed by the contractor shall be
reported by the inspector to the engineer
ana Improvement committee to be I'M
faithful or incompetent, the contractor
shall, on the direction Of the engineer and