The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-15
De tail Specifications.

De tail Specifications.
90. CLASH tication. ALL material
required to be excavated in oonnec
ton with the construction of the
canal will be measured in excavation
and clsss fed for payment as follows:
Glass /. All material that is loose
and can be handled With scrapers and
all material that can be plowed by
six horse team, escn animal weigh
ing not less THAI 400 pounds, attacht
to suitable pillow, all we'll handled
by at least three men; also all mater
ial that can bs thus plowed after the
removal of loose rocks exceeding two
cubic feet in volume such loose rock
after removal being classed as class 2.
Glass 2. All material not included
in classes l and 3.
Glass 3. All lava rock in masses
exceeding ten cubic feet IN volume.
If any question should arise as to
whether or not any material belongs
to any one of the foregoing Glasses
the engineer may, at the expense OF
the contractor. personally conduct the
test as provided and the final deter
mination of the classification shall
be based upon such test.
81. Canal Section. The canal
and embankment sections are shown
in the drawings or are staked out on
the ground but the undetermined
stability of the material that will
form the canal banks may make 1t
necessary during the progress of the
work to vary the slopes and the d.
mansions dependent thereon. Vari-
ations of this character will not
, entitle the contractor to pay at any
other rates than those named in the
!, contract. The canal shall BIZ exca
waited to the full depth and width re-
quired aud must be built true to
line and grade in workmanlike
manner. Earth slopes shall be neat,
ly finished with slip scrapers OIL
other suitable appliances. Rock
bottoms aud banks must show nc
points of rock projecting more than
2.1O feet into the prescribed sec,
ton. Above the water line tbs
rock will be allowed to stand at it.!
. steepest safe angle. and no finish
- ing will be required beyond remov
al of rock masses that are loose ant
liable to fall.
%. Material for Canal Embark
70 ments. ALL suitable material exca
waited within the prescribed cana
lines will be available for embar k
= ment construction. So much thereo
:, as may be needed shall be placed ii
:" the embankment where directed b
. the engineer. Where this source Q
70 mater ial is inadequate additional ms
10 terial may be obtained from borro'
20 pits whose location will be subjee
- to approval of the engineer. Unles
=, the engineer gives the .c)ntractc
- specific written orders to excavai
~ other than class | material from boz
~ row pits for embankment col
% structon, all material obtained fro
40 this source for such purpose will
. paid for at the unit price bid fo
, class l regardless of its actual cha
~ acter.
%. Construction of Embanl
ments. The ground under all Al
:. bankments that are to sustain wat
w pressure shall be cleared of brus
no trees and roots. The foundation gu
VI ia 20 shall be we'll plowed. Shou
W the engineer direct that unsuitab
'ns from the site of tho embodiment t
~ material thus excavated will be pa
ny for as excavation. All material d
100 posted in embankments that are
". sustain water pressure shall
- thoroughly compacted.
''0 "a. Excess excavation. Materi
loo excavated for the canal in excess
mo that required for canal embar
IL nents shall be used for the wideni
ave of the embellishments as may he I
VI rected by the engineer. Mater
u taken from cuts that is not suita|
"' tor emtankment construction a
20 other material not required for g
' bankments or embankment wideni
iou may be wasted on the right of "
p'- provided it Is not deposited in dra
INC age channels nor within twenty t
feet of the edge of the canal cut.
%. Overhaul. In hauling ex
uo waited material required for embal
'o ments or other useful purposes or
no. laying aside for subsequent use,
'"' hundred feet will be considered
Vi limit of free haul aud any haul
Nv" excess of this distance will be tern
2.o. overhaul. Whenever the engin
requires such material tc be hau
more than two hundred Zee, the C
81 tractor will be paid for overhaul
the rate of one and one half cents