The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-21
CITY Topaz $2Sy&1
! TOWOODRICH GROUP
] AFTER ARBITRATION
=
Payment Due. on Construction
Done by Company at Bis.
marck WaterWorks
5.YEAR CONTROVERSY ENDS
City, Claimed Amount Due Was
Only $1s,6 o4; Contractor
Wanted 1929
5.YEAR CONTROVERSY ENDS

zoe made by the city OF Bisnarck 70
the Woodrich ConstrS:-A'on company
of Minneapolis for construction work
done on the city waterworks system
in 1924. a
This was announced today by the
city connie. IN after an arpltrau.n
committee had decided on the bal
am, due the contractor. The arnltra-
tion committee was appointed ave!
the CITY and the company e.terco
irto = stiuailation submitting the con-
4roversv over the amount due, pc
cause Of Its technical cnssscses' :"
arbitration. ..,u.,,.
well known civil engineer, repleeen0eu
IL. contractor, and Adolpn Me. q,
hydraulic engineer Of nAtaonA 1epu.
tstion. represented the c-sy on ~
4 :nmittee. These two men selecveu
wiiliam L. Darling, who for years was
chief engineer Of the Northern "a.
cific Railway company, as umpire aQ1
third member Of the committee.
" The CITY claimed 1t owned the COM
Aanv only 4l8.604.55, while the Goa
tractor claimed ~, 333.43. The city
had already paid 81 700 on the totaI
amount. The arbitrator decided tne
amount due was $50, 986.S6. From TINS
amount 47.067.46 was dedus..cd Io1
n,aterial furnished by the city, max
Inc the amount $23.ll9.40. Interest," -
& ner cent brought the sum 20 $zS'-
B4l.45.
YHAvAVAM
The contract required that the con-
struction OF the filtration piant pulla-
inr. suction well. sedimentatlon 0asln
And intake be completed ~ -. :,
1923. The contractor did not ns .n
the excavation for tina intakc u'sa
The WORK was only partially com
r,eted when tho Ice In the river 49,
~ early IA April Of thAt year. ana
tie Uork vas continued intermittenMy
Shronrh the summer and fall q tnat
vear The contractor in c : cher, lv1s,
discontinued the work altogetner.
ieavinr the intake In such condltion
that It could not be used.
The city in January, 1S2o, tc-
minated the contract and directed ING
waterworks department to compaete
the laying of the intake. -.
Tn the summer Of 1924. after the
f,,ra.ion plant was completed ana
ready for use, the city, at ITS "a ex-
nense. laid q temporary main from
the intake to the old pumping station
to the suction well Of the new station.
tNhile the cost Of operating tne wases
works system in this WY Wa coms =
what higher, according 70 tnoee ~
charge Of the system. IT enabled t.;s
city to get the benefit Of the seol-
naentation equipment ana tne m
creased fire protection reSultang from
the more adequate pumping EQUIP
ment.
differences arose between the
Woodrich Construction company and
the city engineer as to the amount
ia which the contractor Was entitled
for the work which 1t had done.
The plans for the work to be done
were prepared by T. H. Atkinson, the
ci+-- engineer. who had employed q
Consulting engineer Louis =. VOLT
one Of the best known engineers -
the northwest, who has had charge
a. tn, construction Of large numbe1
ofwaterworls systems throughout thu
northwest states. The immediate ~
p.-vision Of the construction and tn
inspection thereof Was In tina hands
az Thorne Dickinson, assistant city
cneineer. who Immediately after TIL
work was completed entered the EN-,
nIoy Of Ulen d 90. Of New York city
contractors engaged IN Constructsor
n. 49,