The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-10


taking effect of this Act but not until
The CONTRACT between the State of Colo
RADIO and The Denver Northwestern and
Pacific Railway Company. its successors
and assigns, as In Sections and here
Of provided. shall have been executed.
The Tunnel Commission, in the name OF
and on behalf OF the State of Colorado
shall enter into contract with some
duly qualified person. corporation, asso-
citation or partnership for the construc-
ton of the tunnel, tracks and approaches
herein provided for: the contract may be
let to one or more persons corporations
associations or partnerships, but either
the one contract or the several contracts
shall provide for the construction Of the
thereof. and in case several contracts
lre so let they shall be let upon the
same day and provide for the compile
ton of said tunnel on the same day.
Such contract or contracts must pro-
vide for the construction and compile
tion of said tunnel and the necessary
approaches thereto upon plans and speci.
ficatons to be approved by the Tunnel
Commissio and according to the provis-
| ions of this Act. for n sum not to ex.
be payable in the State Tunnel Bonds
at not less than their face value. The
said contractor or contractors shall
agree to accept said Tunnel Bonds in
payment of said construction and all
parts thereof at not less than their lace
tract or contracts shall provide for maxi
ing payments in said bonds only for
| work the same has been completed,
!
mel Commission on the ioth;, o. each
month for ninety per cent. of the con
tract price for work completed during the
| previous calendar month and upon GER
| tificates of the Supervising Engineer to
said Tunnel Commission the ten per
cent of contract price withheld by the
| Commission as provided herein shall be
paid to the contractor entitled thereto,
when the contract shall have been com
pleted in full and accepted by the Iuh-
| mel Commission. The bonds so to be Is
sued and delivered to said contractor or
contractors shall constitute payment IN
| full for the construction of said tunnel,
| subject to the conditions in this Act i'm
posed and said tunnel bonds so used for
the payment of said tunnel ana the eN-
| Denses herein provided for shall at the
time and before the delivery thereon nave
all the matured interest coupon or cou-
pons removed therefrom and any other
interest accrued any such bond or
bonds shall before the delivery be cred
tied upon the coupon next matur,nE, .,.,l.,
Such contract or contracts must provide
! that any and all persons employed or
engaged in work and labor in or about
| the tunnel or in connection thereMith,
except such men as may apply of their
own yolition, shall be directly employed
through or by means or the Soiolauo
Free Employment offices created ana es-
tablshed by the State of Colorado ana
conducted under its auspices, that eight
shall be and constitute u days work FOR
any and all of such persons so en-
ployed or engaged in such work labor IN
/ about or in connection with said tunnel
and that all miners, muckers. trammers,
motormen machine men engineers; llne-
men carpenters, timbermen, eiectriciahs'
and all other workmen OF any nature,
kind or description shall receive as com
pensation for each days work OF eight
hours as above provided not less than the
wages paid for similar work in the Grip
ple Creek district of the state OF Colo
rado and in no event shall any OF these
employees receive less than three tS3.oul
dollars per day in tunnel bonds. ana the
Cont ractor shall redeem them at not
less than par.
Such contract or contracts shall also
proviue that every efforl will ne made to
proyide for the most complete and effec-
tive scientific sanitation in and about the
tunnel and its approaches, ana an pu,iur h
inRs structures, tents. camps or other
places where the persons employed IN or
about the tunnel live. work. or assemble
for recreation or pleasure, ana ohstacie ohs, lie
, interposed to as frequent inspections as
! the commissioner of Mines or the labor
Commissioner may deem necessary or de-
, | sirahie of the tunnel and its workings:
. buildings dwellings or other places usen
: nv the employees in and ABOUT theli "o.
/ or labor and that they will recognize ah1
consent to the application of the so-calleo
factory inspection laws to any ana =.
work and work places ouilu,nss, .ha an
., t;re enierprise from it's commencement
4 to its completion. The further form ano
: | terms of said contract with sald contrac
p tor or contractors shall be determlneuu
f. by the Tunnel Commission which sha,, s
i require a good and sufflcient ponu ~. iui
4 the faithful performance of all contracts
$ Sec ! The salaries of the Supervis-
S | ing Engineer and Secretary to the Tun-
5 mel Commission. as herein proNlueu,
l Tunnel Bonds at not less than the face
value thereof: and none of SAID nohus y
shall be negotiated issued or u,sppsss az in in
by the Tunnel commission eNceP' % '
this Act provided.
8 Sec s. The said tunnel shall never be
used in whole or in part for the nlNsr- s
sion of waters from the Western To- tne
Eastern Slope of the Continental Divide
: for domestic irrigation manufacturing
storage power. or commercial purposes
Sec .. This Act is hereby referred 10 10
i the people of the State of Colorado Tor
: their approval or rejection at the neN,
biennial regular general election anu
. shall not take effect until the same has
! been approved by. vote of the people as
! provided in Section of Article OF the
Constitution of the State or Colorauo.
Sec. 10. Each. elector voting a. salG 40
election and desirous of voting Tor or
, against this Act shall deposit in the pal,
lot box ticket whereon shall be printed
or written the words For an AG. p,ty 20 ptpv
OF the State by constructing tunneI
under and through the base Of James
be used for public semi-publc pur-
poses" and Against an Act to promote
and increase the general prospera,y p,prn, ui ol
der and through the base of James Peak
spur of the Rocky Mountains. to De
used for public or semi-public purposes,
and shall Indicate his or her approval! or
rejection of the proposition by placing
a cross (X) after one of such sentences.
. The vote cast for the adoption or re,
lection of said Act shall be canvassed
and the result determined in the manner
| provided by the laws of the state OF
Colorado for the canvass of votes for
| REPRESENTATIVES in Congress
Filed in the office OF the Secretary OF
State this Fifth day of June. A. ID. 1911.
In Testimony Whereof: I have here
unto set nv hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the State of Colorado. at
the city of Denver. this First day of
October. A. d. 1912.
JAMES B. PEARCE,
TSEALl Secretary of State.