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PULLMAN LIGHT ROADSTER.
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Price $125.00.
Weight 31 pounds.
1 he material from which this machine is constructed, is absolutely the best that can be obtained, while
the workmanship is a feature of which we are justly proud. Its lines are the latest and most approved design,
embodying treat strength and beauty, and its running qualities are unsurpassed. We especially recommend this
machine lor speedy riders. '
PULLMAN LADIES'.
Weight, all on, 35 pounds. Price $125.00.
Same quality of material as in the Light Roadster, and is fully guaranteed
EAGLE ALTAI R.
PULLMAN HEAVY ROADSTER.
Price $125.00.
Weight, all on, 39 pounds, stripped, 35 pounds. One of the strongest road machines made.
DUKE.
Price $75.00.
Weight, stripped, 33 pounds.
THE DUCHESS.
Weight, 23 pounds. This wheel is made in five weights, ranging from 22 pounds to 28 pounds, and in
price from $115.00 to $150.00. These wheels are the best on the market. All have eagle cold swaged frame,
Aluminum rims with clincher tires, if desired. Also furnished with Palmer tire
Price $75.00.
The above machine has a detachable bar, and is one of the best ladies1 wheels for the money.
nneumaUcS? tolvESffl!! A1SV fU" f novelties, such as lanterns bells, pneumatic horns, cycle lantern oils, luggage carriers, Beauty's Child's Scat, repair kits, Morgan & Wright
pneumatic tires, &c. Wheels sold on instalments. Large discount givenfor cash. For further particulars, call on or address ' , .
J. W. MEARS. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Office and ware room
Fifth Street, 2 Doors below West Street.
ACTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Commissioners' Office, Bloomsburg,
Pa., April 10, 1894, Commissioners J
G. S-vank, G. M. Ikeler and W. II.
Utt present. Mr. Ikeler moved the
adoption of the resolution following :
Whereas the report made by Mr.
John A. Wilson, Civil Engineer, tor
the County of Columbia, in relation to
the county bridge at Bloomsburg, con
tains most valuable information and
instruction in respect to the plans and
specifications of the said bridge, and
the true interpretation of the contract
of the substructure of the same, in re
spect to the kind of work to be done,
and the manner of payment therefor.
Therefore, be it
lieaoloed: (1) That before the piers
of the said bridge ure constructed,
James C. Brown, Engineer, shall file
in the Commissioners' office plans and
elevations of said piers, and show by
the same, the depth of excavation nec
essary to reach solid rock, or gravel,
and shall follow the opinion of Mr.
Wilson contained in said report, viz s
" My opinion is that the foundation of
the piers should be placed not less
than 3 to 4 feet below the present
river bottom, except where they rest
on rock. It might be found on exami
nation, that the rock could be reached
in some of the piers at a reasonable
depth below the present river bottom,
in which case it would be advisable to
use cofferdams and sink to it."
(2) That the Commissioners re
affirm their resolution of March 1,
1804, rejecting "Estimate No. 1" and
"Estimate No. a" made by said En
gineer in favor of the contractor for
the subsctructure.
The Commissioners call the atten
tion of the said Engineer to the opin
ion of Mr. Wilson respecting these
Estimates
" My opinion as an Engineer has
been asked respecting certain esti
mates, as to what is usual and custom
ary in the business and what should be
a proper interpretation of the con
tracts in this respect. Copies of two
estimates in favor of Jos. Hendler,
contiactor, certified to by J. C. Brown,
Engineer, have been shown me, viz :
Estimate No. 1 approved December
30, 1893, for 1 100 yards of stone
dressed at quarry ready to be shipped,
$5940.00. Estimate No. 2, approved
February 7, 1894, for sundry items in
cluding stores f'resjed in quarry, stone,
anient and sand delivered on the
work, &c, amounting $5395.82, after
deducting the assumed payments on
Estimate No. 1.
Contractors are often men of small
means, and it is usual and customary
to make them monthly payments, and
the written contract generally reads
" for materials delivered and work
done."
This is fair and right, and in ac
cordance with the custom of the busi
ness. Bat in no case should an En
gineer estimate and pay a contractor
anything for materials not delivered
and not in the custody and control of
the o.vner of the work.
All materials estimated and paid
for must be so deposited that the owner
of the work ihall h ave a clear title to
it, as against all other claimants, and
it is evident that stone dressed in a
quarry perhaps 50 miles or more from
the site of the bridge, cannot be in
the physical possession of the owner
of the bridge and consequently is not
in proper shape to be included in an
estimate, and cannot safely pe paid
for.
In the particular case now under
consideration, whoever prepared the
contract for the masonry omitted to
mention "materials delivered" as an
item in making estimates.
I he contract with Mr. Hendler dis
tinctly recites prices for work in
place completed.
My opinion of a contract of this
kind is, that the contract is the law
which governs the Engineer, that he
derives all his authority from the con
tract and can not go beyond it, and
that the County Commissioners should
not make payments except in accord
ance with the contract.
Therefore, I am of the opinion that
in this case, no payments can be made
to Mr. Hendler except for completed
and accepted work in place, and that
materials delivered at the site of the
bridge, or stone cut in the quarry ready
for shipment, &c. &c, should not be
estimated."
(3) That the Treasurer of the county
shall not pay the order issued by the
late Commissioners on the last day of
their office for $5940 00, which said
order is based upon estimate No. 1
aforesaid.
(4) That the attention of said En
gineer is called to the report of Mr.
Wilson, in respect to the masonry in
the South abutment, which report is
as follows, viz :
"My opinion has been asked as to
the specification and contract for the
masonry and the quality of the work
being done by the masonry contractor.
The contract and specifications are,
in many respects indefinite, but on the
whole call lor good work.
The foundations are to be con
structed as, in the opioion of the En
gineer, may be necessary to secure a
solid bearing.
The masonry of the wing walls of
the abutments is to be 3d class ma
sonry, that is, rubble work j otherwise
the masonry is to be rock range work,
the "face stones to be accurately
jointed and bedded, and laid in reg
ular horizontal courses."
"The stones for the heart of the wall
will be the same thickness as the face
and back, well bedded but not jointed,
but must be well fitted in their places."
This means dressed stone in regular
courses throughout, except in the wing
walls.
My inspection of the only pieces of
masonry laid up, in the South Abut
ment shows a fair quality of rubble
work in the wing walls, so far as ex
ternal examination can determine.
Just how the work may be bonded in
the interior of the wall, could be ob
tained only by observation during the
progress of the work.
The main wall however consist of
range work on the face with rubble
backing, and is thus clear ly not in ac
cordance with the specifications and
contract. The wall is thin and the
stone used are in heavy courses. It
therefore becomes difficult to secure a
good bond and tie the work together.
My judgment is that there is very
little bond between the face and back
of the wall, and I am clear that this
wall is not in accordance with the con
tract and its accompanying specificat
ions." The Commissioners by reasons of
matters contained in said report and
quoted above dispute that the masonry
in the South Abutment is in accord
ance with the contract, for the sub
structure of the said bridge and the
plans and specifications accompany
ing the same, and therefore request
the said Engineer to decide in writing
the said dispute between the said
County and Joseph Hendler, con
tractor. That the said James C. Brown shall
file in the Commissioners' office a
statement showing the actual amount
of stone used in the said South Abut
ment, upon which the contractor did
not pay $2.40 per cubic yard freight.
That the clerk shall serve a copy of
t'lis resolution on James C. Brown
and Joseph Hendler.
On resolution being put the same
was adopted by votes of G. M. Ikeler
and J. G. Swank i W. H. Utt, negative.
Always Out.
" lift ure your Hln will Una you out"
Tlieu ilobt must be a ttlu,
For wlion colliictoi-H oome about
Tuoy rarely tlud u lu.
DriHiKlyn Li,
This Spring.
I sing of spring, a thing
That this year seems a hoax;
For ihe breeze doth freeze the trees,
And the croctis croaks,
JSullivan Jlevieie.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial Day is the next holiday.
Year by year the veterans of the late
war thj men who wore the blue in
the troubulous times from '61 to '65'
are dropping off. The number of re
sponses to the roll calls in the Grand
Army of the Republic becomes small
er every year. It will be but a short
time as history measures time when
the civil war will be only a memory,
and all those who participated in it
will have spread their tents on fame's
eternal camping ground. Dlooms
lurff Daily.
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when desired. .
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