Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10
Sec. 8. within ninety days from the

the contract between the State of Colo
Pacific Railway Company. its successors
and assigns. as in Sections 4 and here
of provided. shall have been executed
and on behalf of the State of Colorado
shall enter into a contract with some
duly qualified person, corporation. asso-
citation or partnership for the construc-
ton of the tunnel, tracks and approa ches
herein provided for; the contract may be
let to one or more persons. corporations,
the one contract or the several contracts
shall provide for the construction of the
entire tunnel and for the completion
thereof and in case several contracts
are 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
ton of said tunnel and the necessary
approaches thereto upon plans and speci-
fications to be approved by the Tunnel
ions of this Act, for a sum not to ex-
ceed four millions of dollars. which shall
be payable in the, State Tunnel Bonds
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 pro<de for MAX
work as the same has been completed.
and payment may be made by the Tun-
mel Commission on the 10thy of each
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 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
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 and the eX-
penses herein provided for shall 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 tire 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 there|ith,
except such men as may apply Of their
own volition. shall be directly employed
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 twenty-four hours
shall be and constitute a 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: line
men. carpenters. timbermen, electricians,
and all other workmen of any nature,
kind or description shall receive as COM
pensation for each days work o., Of eight IN
wages paid for similar work in the Grip
pie Creek district of the State of Colo
rado and in no event shall any of these
employees receive less than three s3.00)
dollars per day. in tunnel bonds, and the
Contractor shall redeem them at not
less than par.
Such contract or contracts shall also
provioe that every efforC will ne made to
provide for the most complete and effec-
tive scientific sanitation in and about the
tunnel and it's approaches, and all build
ings, structures. tents, camps or other
places where the persons employed In or
about the tunnel live. work. or assemble
opposition will be offered or obstacle
interposed to frequent inspections as
the Commissioner of Mines or the Labor
Commissioner may deem necessary or de-
sirable of the tunnel and its workings.
buildings, dwellings or other places used
by the employees in and about their work
or labor and that they will recognize and
consent to the application of the so-called
factory inspection laws to any and a
work and work places. buildings, machin-
cry, appliances and generally to the en-
tire enterprise from it's commencement
to it's completion. The further form and
terms of said contract with SAID contrac-
tor or contractors shall be determined
by the Tunnel Commission. which shall
require good and sufficient bond Tor
Sec I. The salaries of the Supervis-
ing Engineer and Secretary to the Tun-
mel Commission. herein provided,
shall be paid from time to time in State
Tunnel Bonds. at not less than the face
value thereof: and none of said bonds
shall be negotiated, issued or disposed OF
by the Tunnel Commission except as in
this Act provided.
Sec s. The said tunnel shall never be
used in whole or in part for the diver
sion of waters from the Western to the
-
for domestic. irrigation. manufacturing
storage power. or commercial purposes
Sec O. This Act is hereby referred to
the people of the State of Colorado for
their approval or rejection at the next
biennial regular general election and
shall not take effect until the same has
provided in Section i CT Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Colorado.
Sec. 10. Each elector voting at said
election and desirous of voting for or
lot box a ticket whereon shall be printed
or written the words For an Act to pro-
mote and increase the general prosperity
under and through the base of James
Peak. a spur of the Rocky Mountains. to
poses" and Against an Act to promote
and increase the general prosperity OF
the State, bv constructing tunnel un-
a spur of the Rocky Mountains. to be
used for public or semi-public purposes,
and shall indicate his or her approval! or
rejection of the proposition by placing
a cross CX) after one of such sentences.
The vote cast for the adoption or re-
lection of said Act shall be csnvassed
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. 1 have here
Great Seal of the State of Colorado. at
the City of Denver. this First day of
October, a. d. 1912.
JAMES B. PEARCE.