Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Contract. [ARTICLE]

Contract.

Contract entered between the Board of Commissioners and Heinzman Bros, for the construction of a new court house. First: The said parties of the first part do hereby for themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators; or assignee, covenant, premise and agree to and with the said board, party of the second part, and their successors in office that they the said party of the first *part, their heirs, executers, administrators, v or assignes, shall and will for the consideration hereinafter named, now or before October 15, 1897, erect, finish and deliver in a true perfect, and thoroughly workmanlike manner, the workmanship, labor, implements, models, and material, cartage, and scaffolding and all work required in the erection and completion of a court house building of the best, quality, and pay for all labor and material used in constructing the same; for the party of the second part, on ground known as the public square in Rensselaer, county of Jasper, and state of Indiana agreeable to the plans and specifications and drawings prepared for the said work by Grindle and Weatherhog architects, or those appointed in their place, to the satisfaction and under the direction and personal supervision of said architects and will find and provide such good, proper, and sufficient material of all kinds whatsoever, as shall be proper and sufficient for the completing and finishing all the excavations. foundations, and the entire of the materials as aforesaid and all other works of said building as shown by the detail, plans, drawings, and specifications, and signed by the said parties, within the time aforesaid for the sum of Eighty-nine Thousand One Hundred and Eighty dollars. Second. The said parties of the second part do hereby for themselves and their successors in office, eevenant. promise, and agree to and with the said party of the first par£, their heirs, executers, administrators or assigues, that the said patty of the second part and their successors ir\ office will and shall, in consideration of the covenants and agreements being strictly executed, kept and performed by said parties of the first part as specified, well and truly pay, or cause* to be paid unto the parties of the first part or unto their heirs, executers, administrators or assignes, the sum of Eightynine Thousand One Hundred and Eighty dollars lawful money of the United States of America, in the following manner: Payments to be made every thirty days as the work progresses, mul to be ninety per cent of the estimate of the said architects Grindle and Weatherhog, such estimates to be based upon the work and labor performed and material furnished in the building and upon the grounds and the other ten per cent to be retained until said building is completed j and accepted by the said Grindle And Weatherhog and the said boarc and when all drawings and specifications have been Returned to said Grindle and Weatherhog, Architects. Provided, that in each cjise of said payments a certificate shall be obtained from and signed by the the architects, to the effect that the work is done in strict accordance with the drawings and specifications, and that they consider the payment properly due; said certificate, however, in no way lessening the total responsibility of the contractors, neither shall it exempt the contractors from liability to replace work, if it be afterward discovered to have been done ill, or not according to he drawings and specifications, either in excution or materials; and at the time of making said payments the contractors shall furnish to the board for their inspection a sworn statement of debts due and unpaid for materials and labor. And it is hereby further agreed by and between the said parties: First—That the specifications and drawings and detail plans are made a part of this contract and are intended to co-oper-

ate, so that any works exhibited in the drawings, and not mentioned in the specifications, or vice versa, are to be executed the same as if mentioned in the specifications and set forth in the drawings, to the true intent and meaning of the said drawings and specifications. Second.—The contractors at their own proper cost hnd charges, are to provide all manner of labor materials, aperatus, scaffolding, utensels and cartage, of every discretion, needful for the due per-, formance of the several works; must produce, whenever required by the architects or board, all vouches showing the quality of goods and material used; and render all due and sufficient facilities to the architects, and local superintendent of works, for the proper inspection of works and material and which are to be under their controi; and they may require the. contractor to dismiss any workman w’liom they think incompetent or improper to be employed; the workman and contractors having control of the ground for the proper execution of the work. Tlie contractor shall deliver up the works to the board in perfect repair, broom clean and in good cornlilion, when complete. ThirdShould tlie board at any time (luring the progress of said work, require any alteration of, deviation from, addition to, or omissions in ! f said . contract, specifications or plans, they slinil have the right and power to make such change or changes, and the same shall in no way injuriously affect or make void i the contract, but the difference forj the work omitted shall be deducted from the amount, of the contract by a fair and reasonable valuation to be first agreed upon and stipulated; and for the work required in the alteration, the amount to be agreed upon before commencing addition, as provided and herein- ! after sot forth in article 6 and I ! such agreement shall state also tlie j extension of time sis any) which j is to be granted by reason thereof. j Com. Record io pages 24.1 to 245. - Note Tlie remainder of the contract will appear in our next. , issue. Bicycle riding on sidewalks is ' more dangerous titan bicycle rid- j ing witlioutlamps. The lampless bicyclers we arrest and fine; the sidewalk bicyclers pursue their ' dangerous practice with impunity It ought to be stepped. A state law forbids riding 011 sidewalks 1 with vehicles. This is sometimes 1 construed to cover bicycles, and therefore to render unigatory any j b\'wn or city ordinance against j bidycles on walks. This view is j noj held in all places, and many I cities and towns have ordinances' against bicycle riding on sidewalk ! that are enforced and produce! good results. We suggest that j our city council assume that the * old state law does not cover bicycles, and that they at once adopt a stingent ordinance covering the point, instruct Marshal McGowan and Policeman Childers to rigidly enforce it. If the council is unwilling to pass such an ordiance let them take the other view that ! the state law covers bicycles, and order the Marshal and Police to enforce it, the same as they ordered that the boys should be j stopped from jumping on trains. ! The marshal and policeman do not like to take all the responsibility of enforcing a necessary| but not entirely popular law. and; it is not right that they should be compelled to. So let the council take its share of the responsibility.” Rensselaer Re-! publican. , We fully concur with Brother i Marsha! on this subject. It is i one of the practices of certain ! “smart youngsters” to ride up > behind pedestrians and when about 15 or 20 feet from them i give a shrill whistle and they must either get off the walk or j run the risk of being run over, j This practice should be stopped and a few good fines would do away with the nuisance. -1