The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-03-20
Legal Opinion on Contract

Legal OPINION ~ THE NATTER
or THE CONTRACT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF kLLENSBI RG AND
THE INTERN CONTRACT
co. FOR THE CO\STHI CTIO\ OF
\ WATER-Sl pPLI SYSTEM FOR
THE CITY OF ELLENSBi ItG
The contract between tn" City OF
EllcnSburg and the on
tract CO.. for tho constructor OF "A mu-
nicipal Watcr'supply system seems to
have been prepared with care and de-
liberation and is very full. specific
and complete, and is as binding upon
the parties thereto as language could
make it,
The contract company by express
words especially agrees.
"To construct municipal Water
Supply system for the City of Ellcns-
burg in accordance with the plans
and specifications thereof proposed by
G. N. Miller, the engineer in charge OF
the construction OF the sad municipal
watcr-supply system for the City Of
+ llcnsburg said plans above referred
to and q copy OF the specifications
attached thereto are hereby annexed
to and made a part OF tins agree
mcnt.
And the proposal set out in the first
part of the plans and specifications
reads:
THE undersigned hereby propose TO
furnish all the materials and Labor
for the construction of the municipal
water-supply system for your City in
accordance with the plans and spcci-
fications for the same prepared by
H.. l..Il
for the items OF abor and material"
And in the body of the contract oc-
cur the following
"rhc City of Ellcnsburg, Washing
ton, hereby covenants and agrees to
and wit h he party of the second part
for the consideration mentioned here
in that it will pay to the said party
OF the second part at he follow ing
rates and prices of materials and
items of labor and work to be done
as hereinafter dcsi gnatcd and partic-
ularly defined in the annexed spccifi-
cations to-wit:
MAIN PIPE LINE.
Clearing and grubbing. per
acre ......... ...... ......... secs. Sl lo.OO
Earth excavation and back
filling, per cubic yard ........... 80
Cement gravel ...... ...... ...... u
Building wagon road and
bridge, lump sum ......... ...... S05 90
Hauling and unloading mater
ials. per ton ...... ...... ......... u
Laying l6 in. wooden pipe, per
lin. IT,. ......... ......... ............ .lS
Laying II in. wooden pipe, per
DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.
4 in wooden water main in
place. per lin. IT,. ......... IS .195
6 in wooden water mains in
place. per lin. e., ..... ........ %
8 in. wooden water main in
place, per lin. f.. ..........,... .26
10 in. wooden water main in
place per lin, IT,. .............. 81
IL in. wooden water main in
place, per lin. It., ............... .345
Hydrant settings with pipe
connections each .............. -. 300
Hauling and unloading mater
inIS per ton Observation-Disclosures. 10
Building I mil gal reservoir,
complete, ............ ...........%l 1916 90
Building pumping station.
complete, including pump
ing machinery, ....... 7726. 90
Furnishing Materials FOB. Ellens-
| burg:
MAIN PIPE LINE
10 in. wooden pipe for 200 #.
head, per lin. IT,, .............. ~
Etc, Etc.
DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.
~ in. wooden pipe for $50 #.
head, per lin. IT,, ............. .65
| 10 in. wooden pipe for $50 Fl
head, pcrr lin. IT,. ............... .55
Five hydrants each ................ $500
Etc, Etc.
All payments to be made by special
and improvement funds in the man