Evening journal., 1916-02-19
MUST finish BRIDGE
Within THREE weeks
If Not, Levy Court Will Do
the Work at Expense
of Contractors
SOME DELAYS
ARE POINTED OUT

''i NVuiHe lic Cohl OF lnc WOih Will
be deducted from the contract price
of the bridge.
Following lengthy conference
yesterday afternoon the Levy Court
adopted the following resolutions on
the subject:
Whereas, by agreement bearing
date Of the fifteenth day Of July, A.
d., one thousand nine hundred and
thirteen, and the supplements there
to. between the Levy Court of New
Castle county and James /. Vincent
the said Levy Court OF New Castle
/ county did contract with the said
James l. Vincent for the construction
I by the said James /. Vincent. OF the
supor-structure Of the proposed Chris
tiana river bridge, at Third street,
Wilmington. Delaware; and
Whereas. In the judgment of the
consulting engineer the said James |.
Vincent, the contractor has not from
time 10 time, complied with and per-
| formed all the terms and provisions
stated and stipulated in said agree
ment on the part of the said con-
tractor in manner and form, and with
in the time therein mentioned And
Whereas, In the judgment OF the
the said consulting engineer 1t appears
TO the said consulting engineer that
the said work to be performer by said
contractor does not progress with
sufficient speed. Therefore, be IL
Resolved, That unless said super
structure shall be completed within
twenty working days from the adop-
ton OF this resolution, the Levy Court
of New Castle county take over the
work to be done under said contract
and to require the said contractor to
cease work. And that the said Levy
Court contract for the completion of
the work remaining to be done, or
that il employ any other person or
persons to complete the same, and
that It charge the costs of said COM
pletion TO said contractor; and be ii
urther
Resolved That copy OF this
resolution be sent to the National
Surety Company, surety for said
James l. Vincent. the contractor
John u. tirciner, consulting engineer
aud james l. Vincent, contractor, AM
: the May Hunt Company, sub contrac
e tors, had been notified to appear belor
i the court yesterday and were present.
d Mr. Gremer said there was no reaso
II why the bridge should not be iinishc
within three weeks. lie suggested ths
If the work was not done in that tim
that the Levy Court should demand II
contractors bondsmen 10 complete u
work or the Levy Court should hnis
the contract. While the work has bee
an exceptionally slow one, ho assure
The commissioners that the count
would have modern bridge.
James l. Vincent. the contractor a,
niitted that since last October the cou
bad not been responsible for the della.
lie said that there had been no di
agreements between himself aud IL
suh.contractors regarding payments t'
work on the contract of itself, but tha
there had been. and still was. some di
pute relative 10 the claims of the latte
for extra work the sub contractor CLAIM
cd TO have done
Mr.. Vincent admitted in answer I
Mr.. Burris that some of the steel 70
the superstructure had arrived i'm tn
wrong shape. holes for rivets an
bolts cut out of alignments. and wit
remember that bolts required wer
more than three months behind tim
a as Mr.. Burris stated was his under
standing Mr.. Vincent seemed incline
to place the entire responsibility fC
Me delay on the work upon the sui
contractor and announced that If
could not get the work done MOI
rapidly. he, Vincent, would be con
Il. ] II oil 4 90 20 70
l. He said that he had so notified Il
bondsmen for the sub-contractor.
Fay Hunt said that he had ha
he much trouble with the contractor an
,t- that the "extras" mentioned would n
be extras" for the Levy Court. b
e' for the contractor. Since the first
ly, November last, when they had bee
cd ordered, MIR. Hunt said he had r
ceived but ISIS out of 4S0 special bOl
which were necessary for the ope
'ed alton. MIR. Hunt cOntended IN
mt much OF the steel was received wi
Nc dishes" in Il. having bend Of
least two inches in the middle. viii
ho- threw each end out Of alignment, a
me that II was necessary TO spend mu
time aud labor in Strengthening {
,ar troublesome "saucers' by the use
al nA0ldullt ldtkhs anu ihdA All VI u
cost him dearly, and was includ
- in his bill OF extras. because he h
:. e a right to have the material sent
the proper shape. He said that Il
warping of the girders was due
shearing and punching in the she
where II was made.
MR. Hunt said further that he I
TO cut out 900 or 700 rivets OF
r girders at different times. and thu
I'D were in such positions that the N
had 10 climb around and work fr
points and in positions where tn
IAN work was necessarily slow and ay
All ward. and in setting the steel we
.lty 10 take time to ream out new hol
ar and do much other work which sho
at have been unnecessary. and VIII
no was not contemplated in my share
ia, the contract. In brief. all of this
III resulted i'm a bill Of $4,000. or 10
NJ, cent. for extras. which should HI
a.. been avoided. i'm great measure.
Ia other thing. there were several Il
~ inch. six and seven-inch shs
received without any babbetung in
hearings, and this work had TO
~ done on the Job. For none OF IN
"' things could I have been prope
men chargeable yet they were necessary
the do in order that my share OF the W,
2 could be completed. had to n
hile them done as | went along i'm or
10 be able 10 do anything. n
leep not charged all of the extras. eitl
tain that ! should have done"
side In answer TO a question Mr.. II
the said there is no reason why the W
hin, zhOuld mt no finished in thro. ~.