APPENDIX. [A.] [See page 5 of this Report, ante.] ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, MADE THIS THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, BY AND BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ACTING BY ITS BOARD OF HARBOR AND LAND COMMISSIONERS, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND SETH PERKINS AND JOSEPH E. WHITE, BOTH OF BOSTON IN SAID COMMONWEALTH, CO-PARTNERS DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF PERKINS AND WHITE, PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART. The said parties of the second part hereby covenant and agree with the said party of the first part, to do and complete all the work specified and described in the following specifications for filling with gravel portions of certain streets on the South Boston Flats, all of said work to be done and completed in the manner, and in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions, in said specifications set forth: Specifications. Said parties of the second part are to furnish all the plant, tools, appliances, labor and materials for filling with gravel, as hereinafter specified, portions of certain streets on South Boston Flats, as follows: D and E streets from the southerly line of Cypher Street to the southerly line of Congress Street, and Cypher, Claflin, Danby, Egmont and Fargo streets and Mt. Washington Avenue from C Street to D Street and from D Street to E Street, also Anchor and Bullock streets from D Street to E Street, reference being had for the location thereof to a Plan on file in the office of the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners. The portions of D and E streets to be filled are each 2,400 feet long. D Street is to be 80 feet and E Street 60 feet wide on top at grade 16. All the other streets are to be 50 feet wide on top at grade 16. The aggregate length to be filled of all the 50 feet streets is about 6,700 feet. The depth of the gravel filling to be about 3 feet. The top surface of the streets, after the work is completed, to be left smooth and level at grade 16, and of the full width above specified measured at said grade. The slope of the filling on the sides of the streets to be one and one-half horizontal to one vertical. The material used for filling to be clean, coarse gravel, free from rocks, large stones or boulders, clay, loam and vegetable matter, and satisfactory in all respects to the Engineer of said Board; and to be deposited, levelled and trimmed in accordance with the lines, grades and directions given by said Engineer. The amount of gravel required is estimated at about 76,000 cubic yards. The amount to be paid for to be ascertained by measurement in the fill after it has been deposited, levelled and trimmed as aforesaid, and no filling to be paid for which is more than 6 inches outside the prescribed lines, grades and slopes. Measurements of material in the fill, made for the purpose of determining the amount of compensation due the parties of the second part, to be based on the grade of the surface of the bottom before the work is begun, and the grade of the surface of the filling after the work is completed; but no allowance to be made for any settling or compression of the bottom, or for any shrinkage of the filling. Preparations for the work to begin at once, and the work to begin as soon as practicable, and to be prosecuted vigorously and without intermission in all suitable weather, and the whole work to be completed on or before July 1, 1894. The parties of the second part to be responsible for all damages to persons or property arising from or in consequence of the work of filling, or from anything done by them in connection therewith. All injuries to sewers, man-holes, catch-basins and connections to be made good by the parties of the second part. In all questions which may arise concerning measurements, line s and grades, the decision of said Engineer to be final. |