Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-05

| contractor the increase VIII Dc aQQeu
to the contract price. to be paid by
the city, and II the cost be diminished
the amount Of such dininution will be
deducted from the contract price.
II the alteration should be merely
an increase or decrease in quantities
Of structure or work for which unit
prices are bid and provided in the
contract, the contract price for Item
| will be increased or diminished by
the difference in quantities at the re-
spective unit prices.
Should the change involve work or
material Of class for which the
contract does not contain n price, the
Increase or dtminution of expense
will be estimated by the chief enRl-
neer, and shall bo subject TO agree
ment between the Director and the
contractor before proceeding with the
changed work, or ut the discretion Of
the Director the work may be re-
auired to be dono under the force
account Item ot the contract.
No loss Of prospective profit on portions
Of work cancelled will be estimated to the
contract Any change to be made at an
Increased cost may, Mt the option of the
Director, be executed under a separate
contract, therefore, tho work under this
contract being suspended, IL necessary,
until snid changes are completed. The
contractor shall give every facility for
lowed compensation for delay, but during
any delay that may result, the charge for
inspection and supervision will be sus-
pended.
AT OPTION OF CITY.
This provision, it was pointed out today
would permit the city to cover the changes
by letting an additional contract for re-
building the foundations under city Hall
which was not contemplated in the orig
inal contract, 1t being supposed that the
foundations could be merely underpinned
whel asked the nature Of the amount
of the extra. he would demand from
Mayor Smith and Director Twining at the
conference today, Senator McNichol said
"Of course, l can't give you those de-
tails before the meeting takes place. but
I can say that the most important thing
to be considered is the wall"
"Thc rubblc wall under the City Hall2"
he was asked
YES" he replied "They have got to
devise some way or means by which that
can be satisfactorily bolstered UP before
the work can be resumed"
There Is nothing more to do now than
To find out what conditions surround the
foundations. We assumed when we took
the contract that the cty's Investigations
had shown the walls to be in good condi-
ton We took the city description and
made no separate tests.
'But no tests had been made below the
Is-foot depth of the walls, and when we
began excavatng, we found from 10 to 16
feet Of loose rock before we reached solid
foundations We must have solid foun-
dations for the subway, and It means the
excavation of from IL to 16 more feet
than we expected.
The location of the Broad street sub
way station under City Hall, as planned
by former Director Taylor is also certain
now While both the Mayor and Presl- |
dent Lennon. Of Select Council. who intro |
duced the amendment increasing the tram |
sit item in the loan to S57,100,000 believe |
that the Twinng plan would he preferable /
they have agreed TO withdraw all opposi- |
tion and the victory of the Taylor plan |
is now complete.
If there Is any necessity to specify |
plainly in the Lennon amendment that |
the station must be under City Hall, Mr.. |
Lennon has offered to submit further |
amendment at the meeting Of Councils to- |
when the transit loan will be |
reported from the Finance Committee.
When quizzed as to whether his amend
ment contained any other "jokers" or any
thing which might develop to be joker"
Mr. Lennon said it did not and that he
submitted 1t with the idea Of giving the
people the Taylor plans,
What were your reasons in dividing |
your amendment into various items and
specifying the amounts that should be ex-
pended on each?"
For the sake of expediency," he re-
Piled
Former Transit Director Taylor will |
appear before the Municipal Affairs and |
Committee of the Philadel-
Dhla Chamber of Commerce and point |
out the advantages of the Taylor plan of
rapid transit development. |
Yesterday Director Twining spoke be-
fore the committee, and explained that
he had acted purely as an engineer in
making his recommendations.
81 have gone into this fight simply as
IN engineer" he continued, without any
collar around my neck So far as I am
personally, they can extend the
operations to Erie avenue, to Olney avenue
,r to Jenkintown. But they must pay
he freight
II am seeking merely to impress upon
hem this fact: The people of Philadelphia
should awake to the fact that they will go
read over heels in debt If they adopt the
Taylor plan. This must be met either by
axation or increased rates of fare until
he development of outlying regions pays
eturns on their investment, for it would
'e nothing else"
To a query concerning the connection
'etween his plan and the desires of the
Rapid Transit Company,
Director Twning said: II am merely an
ngneer with no political connection. The
otherwise have been due to
failure of those people to read my re-
'ort. have suggested two plans, one
hat proposes connection with the Phila-
elphia Rapid Transit system and another
lepicted on the map on page 10 of my
eport, which does not"
The meeting was presided over by x. c.
vice president OF the committee