The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-30
LIST OF EXTRAS.
Marsh Bridge Company Attempts to
Offset Forfeiture.


With a bill for extras which would
furnish a school of instruction for the
proyefb1aI summer resort hotel man.
ager, the Marsh Bridge Co. has at
tempted to offset the reported attempt
on tn epart of the city council to COL
iect forfeit of $500 for delay in con-
struction, exceeding the time limit,
which was placed for July 1.
the bill for extras amounts to ST.
964.79, and was submitted to City En-
gineer McCabe by c. c. Loomis, of the
Marsh Bridge company. and his at
torney, Harry Larimer, this morning.
There is only one item there, gem
tlemen, that l will O. X" said City
Engineer McCabe, as he glanced over
the paper and long array of figures,
and that rs the item of $15.7S for a
retaining wall which I ordered the
men to put in. There is not a thing
in the other items that I will go on
record as approving. I believe, how
ever, that you have done your work
faithfully and correct and in true
Workmanship manner, and for that
reason I believe that the city council
should not attempt to collect the for
felt I have handed in a final esti-
mate to the council for the full amount
of the estimate of $4,000 without
paying any attention TO the matter of
a forfeit
The bill for extras is dependent
mainly upon the claim of delay which
was occasioned by the presence of an
old foundation wall and cofferdam
which was struck in sinking the first
abutment. The claim is based upon
the stand that the city failed to notify
the bridge company that the old foun-
dalton wall existed in the bed of the
river
1--WE never. were required to fur
nish, them, with anything but the pro-
file of the, elevation of the river bed
said City Engineer. McCabe. eff they
wanted to find. out what was in the
bed of the river they should have
quired to tell what they would find.
and they can't bring any claim against
US on that ground. In addition, I
saved them considerable money in a
number of ways
The bill. which looks rather anus
ing on the face of it and which con-
tains all the charges which could be
imagined, follows:
Labor, retaining wall $15.7S
Extra paving ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1888
Extra curbing ..... $50
Extra sidewalk -.......-;....-.-. 1l.oo
Cost of labor, bursting water pipe 5.92
Add Is per cent engineering, Incl
dentals .-"...s.--. -........-.... 24.oU
Grand total .................... $1S4.O7
Extra cost of excavating for abutment
due to presence or old fOun0dUlOn ana
Golfer dam not shown in profile, as fol-
lows:
81 days labor less IA days, leav-
ing II days extra at $50 per
day .........$ 1884 90
Foreman. II DAVIS at S5. $500
Time keeper, II days, $350...... 59.50
II days of time limit continued
at $40 :.-:-...--.... 1fV.VO
Is days of time limit consumed
by reason of high water at SO, 10000
Cost of caring for work during
high water ......-.......-.... SS2Zz
Three days delay by reason of
laying water and gas mains on
DElUSe oV-OO
iii - $500
Repairing old pedestal .......... $50
Change in curb and sidewalk. 5000
The matter Of collecting the forfeit
Will be brought up at the council meet
ing Monday evening. There is move
mert on foot among. some of the coun-
cilrnen to drop the collection of for
felt. If this is done there is no ques-