Report of the Government of the District of Columbia: Including Miscellaneous Reports, Volumen2 |
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Página 170 - ... promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them with labor and materials in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract...
Página 153 - SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this office for the fiscal year...
Página 171 - ... loss or damage due to negligence, or arising out of the nature of the work to be done, or from any unforeseen or unusual obstructions or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same, or from the action of the elements, will be sustained by the contractor. 5. Employees.^-The contractor shall employ capable superintendents or foremen to represent him on the work, and they shall receive and obey orders from the engineer.
Página 161 - ... following the date of the proclamation by the President of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace...
Página 166 - It will then be thoroughly spread to a thickness of at least 2j<£ inches by means of hot iron rakes, in such manner as to give uniform and regular grade, so that, after having received its ultimate compression, it will have a net thickness of at least il/2 inches.
Página 165 - ... per cent. If the proportions of the mixture are varied in any manner from those specified, the mixture will be condemned; its use will not be permitted, and, if already placed on the streets, it will be removed and replaced by proper materials at the expense of , the contractor.
Página 170 - ... similar character; or, if the extra work should be of a class for which no rate is fixed by current contracts, the actual reasonable cost to the contractor as determined by the engineer, plus 15 per cent. The contractor shall have no claim for compensation for extra work unless the same is ordered in writing by the engineer.
Página 172 - If, in any event, the party of the second part shall delay or fail to commence with the delivery of the material or the performance of the work on the day specified herein, or shall, in the judgment of the engineer in charge, fail to prosecute faithfully and diligently the work in accordance with the specifications and requirements of this contract...
Página 164 - ... course shall be composed of clean, broken stone, equal in quality to the stone for the base, and passing an inch and a quarter screen.
Página 165 - ... to the inch screen. If the sand to be used does not contain the desired fine material, mineral dust can be added to make up the deficiency, and in any case at least 5 per cent of such mineral dust shall be used. The amount of fine material may be increased or diminished on streets of light traffic at the discretion of the engineer commissioner.