Evening journal., 1916-06-06

sioner for instructions. If the super
visor and the engineer. il any there
be, should be unable to agree upon
! the manner in which said work
should be carried out one or the other
would necessarily be incompetent,
and under the law the highway COM
/ missioner would have the power TO ;
summarily discharge the incompetent
one.
Statement Commission of Engineers.
And .he specifications should fur
| ther provide specifically and definite
| ly that such changes would. of course. /
/ affect the final contract price and (
| increase or decrease dependent upon .
/ the quantities as shown by the final /
survey and estimate. This plan. of /
course. involves recommendation /
! that proposals be made upon items. |
that the contract be awarded on the /
basis Of a summation OF the products |
! of the quantities and the respective /
prices bid for each item and that the |
final contract price be based upon |
the summation OF the products of the !
quantities as determined by the final
survey and the unit bid prices as con- /
tanned in the original proposal"
Recommendation BY Attorney For
Levy Court.
The above suggestion should not
be adopted. as it is not practicable.
II is provided by Section 1925 Of
the Revised Code Of the State of Del
aware. A. d. 1915, that
1T shall be unlawful of any COM
missioner of the Levy Court of New
Castle county to vote for or to consent
to the doing of any work and labor
for New Castle county. or said Levy
Court or TO vote for or consent TO
the furnishing. having or using by or
for account OF said county or Levy
Court of any merchandise, tools,
implements. machinery or materials
whatsoever where the cost in any
particular case will probably exceed
the sum Of five hundred dollars,
whether said work. labor merchan-
disc tools, implements. machinery or
materials shall be required for new
work or for repairs upon old work
unless and until the said Levy Court
shall publicly invite sealed pro-
posals for the doing of such work and
81 the furnishing of such merchandise,
tools, implements, machinery and ma
terials and give the contract resulting
therefrom and therefor to the lowest
responsible bidder or bidders
I Highway Commissioner Comments on
p Another Recommendation OF the
Commission Of Engineers.
! II has never been necessary, under
the provisions of this section. for the
] highway commissioner or supervisor
10 direct material taken from eXcava-
- tions to be deposited in spoil banks
O. or waste piles. Wherever it has been
necessary to take earth from any cut
e or ditch provision has been made for
e the using of said earth In nils. the
e plans and specifications have always
- provided that teh amount of earth
% taken from cuts or bitches and the
e amount of earth used in fills shall bal
- ance. Section should remain in the
70 specifications as A matter OF pre-
p caution.
e Statement Commission Of Engineers.
= Section 49, page 9, states that
n shoulders of the proper height and
e not less than feet wide shall be built
@ and rolled hard before any stone is
= nut on the roadbed' This sction
should be worded as follows so as to
! provide definitely for the width of
shoulders TO be constructed in each
q case"
g Comment by Highway Commissioner
v The height and width Of shoulders
= are always shown on the plans and
e cross sections II is not sufficient tc
Il partially compact them before stone
# is placed on the roadbed. They are
j. then firm and sound and do not per
c nit spreading of the stone which
j. would dimish the thickness on the
iroadbed The shoulders under the
n practice in this county. are finally
rolled at the same time that the fin
+ ished surface on the road is rolled
j Statement by Commission OF
Engineers.
~ "The specifications allow the us'
a of a ten-ton roller only. For example
n Sections IS. IA. 16. %. etc, all rea'
~ as follows. ROLLED with ten 30
X ton steam roller" This provision u
is unwarrantably restrictive. It shoul'
70 read: ROLLED with a ten 00) to fif
,e teen Q5) ton road roller.
le Comment by Attorney for the Lev,
le Court.
n The suggested revision. provided
s. meets with the approval Of the New
s. Castle County State Highway Com
z missioner. should be adopted. al
is though it is not absolutely neces
W sary
le Recommendation by Highway tom
m missioner.
or The suggested revision is not ap
11r proved.
lie In many cases a fifteen G5) to-
$ roller is TO heavy There would b
u no objection to a change in said spe
III cifications so that il would reaC
70 "Rolled with a ten C10) to twelve u2
% ton road roller" The change fror
40 a. steam roller to road roller" a
~ recommended by the highway con
id missioner. is recommended simply a
a an experiment In the past the us
~ of gasoline road rollers on roads
as rural districts has been unsatisfa'
rlx tory. as they seemed to be continual
on in need of repairs and not availabl
by when needed.
ali Statement by Commission Of Eng
nd neers.
be "The requirement of expansio
rs Joints in cement-concrete foundation
id is not warranted based on the result
er of current practice and hence the r.
or ouirement should be eliminated frol
ny Section IS.
be Comment by Highway COMMISSIONS
No contract has ever been awarde
ms by the Levy Court of this county fC
p road with a cement concrete foul
81 dation. and the requirement OF e.
IN mansion Joints in a cement COnCre