The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17


taking effect of this Act but not untn
| the contract between the State of Colo
| rado and The Denver. Northwestern and
| Pacific Railway Company. It's sucCessors
| ana assigns In Sections aud here
| Of provided. shall have been executed.
rhe Tunnel Commission, in the name of
| SHAH enter into q contract with some
| duly qualified person. corporation ASSOC
| cation or partnership for the construc-
| ton or the tunnel, tracks and approaches
| herein provided for; the contract may be
| let TO one or moro persons corporations,
| associations or partnerships, but either
| the one contract or the several contracts
| shall provide for the construction of tho
entire tunnel and for tho completion
| nre so let they shah be let upon tho
| same day and provide for the complo-
! tion OF said tunnel on the same day.
Such contract or contracts must pro-
Vice for the construction and compile
tiou of said tunnel and the necessary
appr, aes thereto upon plans and speci-
ncatlons TO be approved by the Tunnel
Ions of this Act. for sum not to ex-
coed four millions of dollars. which shah
be payable in the State Tunnel Bonds
al 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 face
value, and not otherwise. and said con-
tract or contracts shall provide for max
ing payments In said bonds only for
work the same has been completed.
and payment may be made by the Tun-
mel Comm sson on the 10th, of 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 Tun-
, mel Commission. The bonds so to be is
| deli
> contractors shall constitute payment in
fun 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 and the eX-
: penses herein provided for shah at the
time and before the delivery thereof have
all the matured interest coupon or cou-
pons removed therefrom, and any other
interest accrued on any such bond or
, bonds shall before the delivery be cred
] tied upon the coupon next maturing.
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 therewlth,
except such men as may Apply OF theis
through or by means of the Colorado
: Free Employment offices created and es-
tablished by the State of Colorado and
. conducted under its auspices, that eight
hours out of every twentytour hours
= shall be and constitute a days work for
: any and nll of such persons SO en-
: ployed or engaged in such work. labor In
| about or in connection with said tunnel,
C and that all miners. muckers, trammers.
: motormen. machine men engineers, ilne-
r men carpenters, timbermen, electricians,
I and all other workInen OF any nature
: kind or description shall receive as com.
n pensation for each days work OF eight
/ hours as above provided not less than the
: wages paid for similar work in the Grip
Y ple Creek district of the State of Colo
. rado and in no event shall any of these
employees receive less than three tS3.0o)
: dollars per day, in tunnel bonds, ana the
: Contractor shall redeem them at not
n less than par.
( Such contract or contracts shall also
a | proyioe that every effort will ue made to
: | provide for the most complete ana ellec-
: tive scientific sanitation in and about tho
: tunnel and its approaches, and all build
r ings structures, tents. camps or other
: places where the persons employed IN or
: for recreation or pleasure and that no
: | opposition will be offered or obstacie
9 interposed to as frequent inspections as
g the Commissioner of Mines or the LABOR
Commissioner may deem necessary or de-
4 | sirable of the tunnel and its WORKINGS
: buildings, dwellings or other plaStes ta seS useS
q | by the employees in and about their WotK
i or labor and that they will recognize ano
d consent to the application of the so-callea
a | work and work places. buildings, machin-
cry, appliances and generally 20 the en-,
entsrprse from The 'f further form and
= terms of said contract with said contrac.
a TOR or contractors shall be determineG
{ by the Tunnel Commission which ehail saI
u u tse faithfuI performance of all contracts.
5 Sec. I. The salaries of the supeTvis-
) ing Engineer and Secretary 10 evidsd rhe tHd-
y shau he paid from time to time in State
i Tunnel Bonds, at not less than the race
value thereof; ana ,ed none o, Or sisuosed sh,u Of
9 hv the Tunnel Commission except as In
this Act provided.
> Sec. S. The said tunnel shall never be
used in whole in part for the diVer-
= of
Eastern Slope of the Continental Divide
for domestic. irrigation manutae.u6,ms' man, ss
storage power or commercial purposes
Sec 9. This Act is hereby referred to
i the people of the State of Colorado TOT
their approval or rejection a. tns neMi snd
biennial regular genera ran eeesn ,he ,sme has
i been approved by vote of the people as
provided in Section Of Article OF the
i Constitution Of the state OF ooioraoo
Sec. TO- Each elector. voting At said
election and desirous of voting Tor or
against this Act shall deposit in tho bal,
lot box ticket where9n shau % Pp'n,1u pr nro.
, mote and increase the general prosperity
of the state, by eonstruSe.ins San q 1unms. Iams.
, Peak. spur Of the Rocky Mountains. to
be used for public or semi-public pur-
poses" and Against an Act to promot::
and increase the general prosperity OF
the State. by constructing a tunnel un-
der and through the base OF James Peak,
spur OF the Rock ln,bie mobheamS purposes.S e ~
and shall Indicate his or her approval or
raIaction of the proposition by placing
cross Co after one of such sentences.
The vote cast for the adoption or re
lection of said Act shall be canvassea
and the result determined in the manner
provided by the laws OF the state ,or or
Colorado for the canvass OF votes fo'
Representatives in Congress.
Filled In the office of the Secretary OF
State this Fifth day of June. A. ID. lsl1.
In Testimony Whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the State of Colorado. at
the city of Denver, this First day OF
October. a. d. 1912.