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TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY.
(COPY OP THE SPECIFICATIONS, GENERAL CONDITIONS, ETC., OP CONTRACT SUBMITTED TO CONTRACTORS ON WHICH TO BASE THEIR TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY, TOGETHER WITH DATE OF ADVERTISEMENT CALLING FOR TENDERS, DATE FOR DEPOSIT OF TENDERS, LIST OF TENDERS, AND DATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER SENT IN BY MESSRS. PROUDFOOT AND MACKAY.) Laid on the Table by permission of the House by the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Date of First Advertisement calling for Tenders. 27th June, 1878. Date for Deposit of Tenders. 29th July, 1870.
List of Tenders sent in. Proudfoot and Mackay, Dunedin .. .. .. £61,500 0 0 Topham and Angus, Invercargill . . .. .. 67,551 17 9 Allan and Stumbles, Timaru .. .. .. 68,711 2 7 H. Howatt and Co., Tapanui .. .. .. 72,800 15 4 J. McKenzie and Co., Dunedin .. .. .. 74,000 0 0 Date of Acceptance of Tender sent in by Messrs. Proudfoot and Mackay. 30th July, 1878.
NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY.—TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY CONTRACT. (Formation, Permanent Way, Buildings, &c.)
LENGTH ABOUT 15_- MILES. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 27th June, 1878. Written tenders will he received at this office up to noon on Monday, the 29th July, 1878, for the above contract. They are to be marked outside "Tender for Tapanui Branch Railway," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. Drawings and specifications are now on view at this office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. W. N. Blair, Engineer-in-Charge. Middle Island. I—E. 7,
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FOR TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY (FORMATION, PERMANENT - WAY, BUILDINGS, ETC.), WAITAKI-INVERCARGILL RAILWAY. GENEEAL CONDITIONS. INTERPRETATION CLAUSE. 1. In these conditions of contract and in the specifications the word " Minister shall mean the Minister for Public Works appointed under " The Public Works Act, 1876," or any Minister or person for the time being acting for him; the words "Engineer-in-Chief" shall mean such Engineer as the Minister appoints in writing for this purpose from time to time; the words "Resident Engineer" shall mean the person who shall from time to time be notified to the Contractor by or on behalf of the Minister for Public Works as the Engineer for the time being having principal local charge of the works; and the words " Assistant Engineer or Overseer " shall mean any person or persons who may from time to time be duly appointed to supervise the works. The word "Contractor "shall mean " Contractors" when two or more persons tender or contract jointly for the work. " Special conditions " mean the Special Conditions hereto attached, and forming part of the contract, and such Special Conditions shall be and be deemed to be incorporated with these General Conditions. The "contract price" shall mean the sum for which the Contractor agrees to complete the works. WORKS, ETC., TO BE ACCORDING TO DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF. 2. The Contractor is to make and execute all the works described in or implied by the specification, or shown in any plans or drawings, or set forth in any lists or tables attached thereto, and all the materials used are to be the best of their respective kinds, and all works of every description throughout are to be executed conformably to the several drawings and details herein referred to, already prepared, or that may hereafter be prepared for that purpose, in the strictest accordance with the provisions of the specifications and conditions, and in the best, most substantial, and workmanlike manner, and to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Chief, and of the Resident Engineer; and, should any work not be so executed, it shall be immediately altered and amended at the cost of the Contractor. PLANS, ETC. 3. The plans and drawings, if any, referred to in the specifications, and the specifications, shall be taken together to explain each other; and if in the execution of the works it shall be found that anything has been omitted or misstated, cither in the plans, drawings, or specifications, which is necessary for the proper performance and completion of any part or parts of the works, the Contractor shall at his own cost and expense execute the same, and provide whatever may be requisite for so doing. Any written dimensions on the plans or drawings shall be taken in all cases in preference to measurements by scale, and anything contained in any one of the plans, drawings, or specifications shall be equally binding on the Contractor as if it were contained in all; and in case the written or figured dimensions on the plans or drawings shall disagree with the scaling, or in case there shall be any discrepancy between the plans, drawings, specifications, and conditions, or any ambiguity in them, such discrepancy or ambiguity shall not invalidate the contract, but the same shall be rectified by the Engineer-in-Chief if he deems it requisite, and the Contractor shall have no claim for compensation or damages on account of such discrepancy or ambiguity. If neither the plans, drawings, nor the specifications contain any notice of minor parts or works, which are nevertheless necessary for the workmanlike completion and stability of the work, all such parts are to be made and executed by the Contractor without extra charge, and are to be deemed by him as included in the sum at which he contracts for the works. The Contractor is required to satisfy himself of the correctness of the information of every kind contained in the plans, drawings, and specifications, as he will have no claim on account of any errors or inaccuracies that may be found in such documents after the works have been contracted for; and the Contractor is further required to inform himself completely and thoroughly of every circumstance connected with the work, and to provide in his tender for every contingency that may arise. COPIES OF DRAWINGS, ETC. 4. The Contractor will be provided with a copy of the plans, drawings, specifications, and conditions, but he must himself compare the same with the originals, as no claim will be allowed for accidental or other errors therein.
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EXTRA WORKS AND ALTERATIONS OF WORKS.
5. The Contractor is to make and execute, in the like manner as aforesaid, and with the like materials as aforesaid, any additions, deviations, or alterations to, from, or in the works, which the Resident Engineer may from time to time, previously to the commencement or during the progress of the works, by an order in writing require. The cost of such additions, deviations, or alterations shall be valued by the Resident Engineer at the several prices or rates set forth in the schedule of prices annexed to the tender; and if any additions, deviations, or alterations shall comprise any description of work not named in such schedule, the same shall be valued at rates to be fixed by the Engineer-in-Chief. If the cost of the additions, deviations, or alterations, when valued as above provided, shall be greater or less than the cost, valued in the same manner, of the portion of the original works in which the additions, deviations, or alterations are made, then the difference in cost shall be added to or deducted from the contract price. But no extras, whether extras within or extras without the contract, and no payment for any additions, deviations, or alterations whatever, which shall be claimed by the Contractor, will be admitted or recognized under any circumstances, or will be allowed or made, which shall be done or executed without or contrary to an order from the Resident Engineer in writing as aforesaid, nor unless the total quantities and the rates of payment for such additions, deviations, or alterations shall have been approved by the Engineer-in-Chief, whose decision as to quantities and prices shall be final and binding on all parties. All works which the Engineer-in-Chief shall deem to be requisite or necessary for the security or improvement of the works shall be made and executed by the Contractor as herein provided, however extensive they may be, and shall be deemed to be additions, deviations, or alterations within the meaning of this clause. OMISSION OF PORTIONS OF WORKS. 6. The Minister, or the Resident Engineer acting on his behalf, may from time to time, by writing under his hand, require the omission of any particular portion or portions of works described in the specification or shown on the plans or drawings, and may deduct the value thereof from the amount of the contract at the rates named in the schedule, or, in case the description of the work omitted is not named in the schedule, at rates to be fixed by the Engineer-in-Chief; and the Contractor shall have no claim for loss, damage, or compensation on account of any such omission. NET MEASUREMENTS. 7. When measurements are made, the net measurements will in all cases be taken, notwithstanding any custom to the contrary. MATERIALS, LABOUR, ETC. 8. The Contractor shall, except in so far as may be otherwise mentioned in the specifications, provide at his own cost and charges all labour and all materials, tools, plant, tackle, machinery, scaffolding, wagons, cordage, cartage, stores, planking, centres, coffer dams, diving bells, staging, diving dresses, and everything necessary for the proper execution and completion of the several works, all of which are in this clause and hereinafter included under the words " materials, plant, and machinery." Due notice shall be given by the Contractor to the Assistant Engineer or Overseer before any piles are driven at any structure, and centres or staging must not be struck without the written authority of the Assistant Engineer or Overseer; nor shall any structure be commenced before the foundations thereof shall have been approved by the Assistant Engineer or Overseer; and, generally, the works shall be carried out under the direction of the Resident Engineer. All material, plant, and machinery, and all prepared work brought upon the ground of the works, are to be the property of the Queen, and the Contractor shall not take away any such material, plant, and machinery, or prepared work, without the written authority of the Resident Engineer. The Contractor will be required to set out accurately, at his own expense, all the works comprised in this contract, agreeably to the drawings and specifications, and shall be held responsible for their being so set out and executed accordingly, and that notwithstanding the Resident Engineer, Assistant Engineer, or Overseer may have assisted the Contractor in setting out the same. REMOVAL OF IMPROPER MATERIALS AND WORK. 9. It shall be lawful for the Engineer-in-Chief, or Resident Engineer, or in their absence for the Assistant Engineer or Overseer, to order the removal from the works of any material, whether fixed or not, which may appear to him to be of an inferior or improper description, or to order the alteration or removal of any work which may appear to him to be executed in an improper or unworkmanlike manner; and the Contractor shall, at his own expense, remove such inferior or improper material, or alter or remove such improper or unworkmanlike work, within twenty-four hours after a written notice in that behalf given to him by the Engineer-in-Chief, Resident Engineer, or the Assistant Engineer or Overseer; and, in case of neglect or refusal to remove or alter the same according to such notice, the Minister shall have power, till such material is removed, or such work removed or altered, to cause to be withheld payment of all sums of money
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that may be due, or that may thereafter become due, to the Contractor ; and it shall be lawful, but not obligatory, upon the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer, at any time after the expiration of the time stated in such notice, to remove and, if necessary, to pull down and destroy any such material, or to pull down and alter such work and to rebuild or replace the same; and the cost and expense of so doing shall be deducted from any moneys then due, or that may thereafter become due, to the Contractor. RETENTION OF IMPROPER MATERIALS OR WORK. 10. If the Contractor shall supply any materials or execute any work which shall not be in accordance with the contract, and if the Minister shall elect to have such materials used, or to allow such work to remain, then and in every such case the Engineer-in-Chief shall have power to fix the price of any such material or workmanship, and the Contractor shall be bound by his decision. CONTRACTOR TO BE REPRESENTED. 11. The Contractor at all times during the progress of the works, when he is not personally present and superintending them, must have a responsible agent or overseer stationed on the works to receive instructions from the Engineer-in-Chief, Resident Engineer, Assistant Engineer, or Overeesr, and to represent him for all the purposes of this contract. PROGRESS OF WORKS, ETC. 12. It shall be lawful for, but not obligatory on, the Engineer-in-Chief or Resident Engineer to direct the Contractor to carry out the works in such order and in such manner as he shall deem fit; and if the Contractor shall fail to make such progress with the works as the Engineer-in-Chief or the Resident Engineer shall deem sufficient to insure their completion within the specified time, or if he refuse or fail in the opinion of the Engineer-in-Chief or the Resident Engineer to use due diligence in carrying out any particular part of the work which the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer shall have directed him in writing to carry out, or if he shall use or employ bad or insufficient material, or shall execute any work in an imperfect manner, or not to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Chief and of the Resident Engineer, or shall fail to employ what in the opinion of the Engineer-in-Chief or the Resident Engineer is a sufficient number of men on the works; and if he shall fail or neglect to rectify any such cause of complaint for seven days after being thereunto required in writing by the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer; or if the Contractor shall in the judgment of the Engineer-in-Chief commit a wilful breach of the contract, then, and in any of such cases, it shall be lawful for the Minister to do at his option any of the following things, that is to say,— (a.) He, or the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer acting on his behalf, may, on giving written notice to the Contractor of his intention so to do, forthwith cause additional men to be employed, and additional materials, plant, and machinery to be purchased, and the cost of so doing may be deducted from any moneys then due or which may thereafter become due to the Contractor; and the Minister may use all or any of the materials, plant, and machinery which may be in, near, or upon the works for the purpose of being employed in or about the same without payment or compensation to the Contractor, whether for the use of or on account of any loss or injury which may happen to such materials, plant, or machinery; and it is expressly agreed that the exercise by the Minister of the power herein given to cause additional men to be employed shall not debar him from afterwards exercising any other powers otherwise provided under this or any other condition forming part of the contract. (b.) Or the Minister may, on giving written notice to the Contractor of his intention so to do, take the work out of the Contractor's hands, and carry it on under the direction of the Engineer-in-Chief. In which case, all rights and privileges which the Contractor may have had under the contract shall from and after the delivery of such notice as aforesaid cease and determine, except in so far as is otherwise hereinafter provided in this present subclause (_) ; and it is declared that, if on the final completion of the works it be found that the balance of the contract price remaining unpaid, if any, and the deposit money and percentages or retention money, together with the value of the materials, plant, and machinery aforesaid, after that which remains thereof, if any, shall have been sold in any way that may appear to be most advisable to the Minister, is not sufficient to meet the outlay incurred in completing the works in all respects, and to pay for damages, if any, incurred by non-completion of the works within the contract time, as provided in clause 17 hereof, then the Contractor, his executors or administrators, shall be bound to pay to the Queen the surplus expenditure above such balance and other sums as aforesaid. But if, on the other hand, the works shall be completed within the contract price, after paying for damages, if any, incurred by non-completion of the works within the contract time, as provided in clause 17 hereof, then there shall be paid to the Contractor, his executors, administrators, or assigns, such balance as may be ascertained by the Engineer-in-Chief to be due to him or them, including the deposit money and percentages or retention moneys, if any, but without any interest thereon; and the Resident Engineer may grant authority to the Contractor or his
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representatives for the removal of all surplus materials, plant, and machinery, if any, remaining on the works after their completion, if not sold as before mentioned. But it is expressly provided that, in the event of a.uy materials, plant, or machinery being returned to the Contractor or his representatives, or being allowed to be removed by him or them as aforesaid, or being sold as aforesaid, Her Majesty the Queen shall not be in any way liable for any loss, diminution, wear and tear, or injury such materials, plant, or machinery may have sustained before, during, or after the completion of the work. It is also expressly agreed that the exercise by the Minister of the power herein given to take the work out of the Contractor's hands, and to carry it on under the direction of the Engineer-in-Chief, shall not debar the Minister from afterwards exercising the powers given in subclause (c) of this present clause 12. (c.) Or the Minister may, on giving written notice to the Contractor of his intention so to do, take the works out of the hands of the Contractor, and re-let the works to another Contractor, hereinafter called the second Contractor, and that either after advertising for tenders or without doing so, as he shall think fit, and from and after the delivery of such notice as aforesaid all rights and privileges which the Contractor may have had under the contract shall cease and determine, except in so far as is otherwise hereinafter provided in this present subclause (c). In which case it is hereby declared that the materials, plant, and machinery, if any, which may be in, near, or upon the works, for the purpose of being employed in or about the same, shall remain the absolute property of the Queen; and, the said materials, plant, and machinery being regarded as in the nature of value rendered or work done by the Contractor under the contract, the works shall be let to the second Contractor with the same remaining on or about them : Provided that it shall be lawful for the Minister, should he consider any portion or portions of the same to be unsuitable or not required for purposes of completing the works, to cause such portion or portions to be sold in any way he may deem advisable. If the balance of the contract price remaining unpaid, together with the deposit money, percentages, or retention moneys, and the amount, if any, obtained by the sale of such portion or portions of the materials, plant, and machinery, is not sufficient to meet the sum which shall be agreed to be paid to the second Contractor for the completion of the works, then the Contractor shall pay to the Queen a sum of money equal to the excess of the sum so agreed to be paid to the second Contractor, over and above such balance and other sums as aforesaid. It is further provided that, if the Engineer-in-Chief shall think that, owing to the Contractor not having made sufficient progress with the works, or to delay caused directly or indirectly by other default of the Contractor, the works cannot be completed by the second Contractor within the time originally fixed under the contract for their completion, then the Minister shall, when he re-lets the works to the second Contractor, give such extension of time for their completion as the Engineer-in-Chief shall decide to be necessary; and the Contractor shall then pay to the Queen a sum of money equal to the damages which would have been incurred, calculated as provided in clause 17 hereof, for a delay in the completion of the works equal to the extension of time so granted; and such sum may be deducted from any moneys then or thereafter payable to the Contractor. (d.) Or the Minister may, on giving written notice to the Contractor of his intention so to do, absolutely determine this contract without further process ; and from and after the delivery of such notice as aforesaid the contract shall be absolutely determined, and on such determination the money, if any, which shall have been previously paid to the Contractor under the contract shall, if the Minister in his discretion think fit, be deemed to be the full value of the work executed, and shall be taken and accepted by the Contractor in full payment and satisfaction of all claims and demands under the contract; and the deposits and percentages or retention money, and also all materials, plant, and machinery then being in or upon the works or near thereto, for the purpose of being used or employed in or about the same, shall remain the absolute property of the Queen. POWER TO ASSESS DAMAGE. 13. If the Contractor shall commit any breach of or fail to comply with any of the conditions herein contained, and on the part of the Contractor to be observed and performed, it shall be lawful for the Minister, on behalf of the Queen, either to pursue the remedy, if any, provided herein for such breach, or to cause the usual remedy to be pursued, or to call upon the Engineer-in-Chief to estimate and assess in writing under his hand the damage and loss that may have arisen or occurred or be likely to arise or occur thereby, and the amount so assessed may be deducted from any money that may be due or owing, or may thereafter become due or owing, to the Contractor under the contract. CONTRACTOR NOT TO SUBLET WORKS OR ASSIGN MONEYS. 14. The Contractor shall not sublet any portion of the works, nor enter into any subcontract for the execution thereof, or any portion thereof, or assign all or any of the moneys payable or to become payable under the contract, or all or any part of any other benefit whatsoever, arising or which may arise under the contract, without the consent in writing of the Minister. If the Contractor shall so assign, either by legal or equitable assignment, all or any
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of the moneys payable or to become payable under the contract without the previous consent in writing of the Minister, all money so assigned shall be forfeited, and neither the Contractor nor the assignee shall have any claim or right to the payment thereof; and such forfeiture shall not relieve the Contractor from any other liability to which he may be subject for breach of the contract. BANKRUPTCY OR DEATH. 15. If the Contractor shall become bankrupt, or shall die before the final completion of the contract, then it shall be lawful for the Minister, on behalf of the Queen, summarily, and of his own authority, and without any process of law for that purpose, to take possession of the works, and to take them out of the hands of the Contractor, or of his administrators or executors, or of the assignees or trustees of his estate, and to carry them on at his option, either in the manner and subject to the conditions provided in subclause (b) of clause 12 hereof, or in the manner and subject to the conditions provided in subclause (c) of the same clause. Provided that in the application of the said subclauses (b) and (c), under this present clause, the word " Contractor" shall include the Contractor's administrators or executors, or the assignees or trustees of his estate, as the case may require. The term " bankrupt" shall include the making of an assignment for the benefit of or a composition with creditors, or in any way taking the benefit of or being brought under the operation of any Act for the time being in force for the relief of debtors, bankrupts, or insolvents. LIABILITIES OF CONTRACTOR. 16. The exercise by the Minister, Engineer-in-Chief, Resident Engineer, Assistant Engineer, or Overseer, of any of their respective powers shall not relieve the Contractor from any liability to which he may be subject for any breach of the contract. TIME OF COMPLETION. 17. The Contractor shall complete the whole of the works of the contract on or before the day mentioned in the special conditions : and the Minister, on behalf of the Queen, shall be entitled to deduct or set off for each and every week's delay after that date, and as by way of liquidated damages, and not as and in the nature of a penalty, the sum mentioned in the special conditions ; and such damages shall be deducted from the contract price and the cash deposit to be made by the Contractor, as provided in clause 25, or, at the option of the Minister, from any other moneys payable to the Contractor; and, in the event of any alterations, deviations, or additions, or extra works being required, the Engineer-in-Chief shall allow such an extension of time, if anj r, as he shall think adequate for such alterations, deviations, additions, extra work, or delay; and at the expiration of the time so allowed the deductions or set-offs for delay shall come into operation. SUSPENSION OF WORKS. 18. The Contractor, on receiving a written notice from the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer, shall suspend the whole or any portion of the works, as may be directed; and the Contractor shall have no claim for loss or damage on this account, and such suspension shall in nowise vitiate the contract; but a commensurate extension of time for completing the works shall be allowed to the Contractor, such extension of time to be at the discretion of and to be decided by the Engineer-in-Chicf. WORKS TO BE SECURED. 19. The Contractor shall provide for effectually securing the several portions of the works from injury or loss by fire, floods, theft, weather, force of waves, or from any other cause, as occasion may require, or as the Engineer-in-Chief, or Resident Engineer, or, in their absence, the Assistant Engineer or Overseer, may direct; and should he refuse or fail to do so for six hours after receiving written notice in that behalf, it shall be lawful for the Resident Engineer to employ men, and to use any materials, plant, and machinery then being on or near the works, and to purchase other materials, plant, and machinery, and to cause such work to be done and such other steps to be taken as may be necessary for insuring the safety of the works; and the cost of doing the same shall be deducted from any moneys then or thereafter payable under the contract. TRESPASS, ETC. 20. The Contractor shall not enter upon any lands outside the limits of the lands defined in and held in possession by him under clause 31 hereof, for the construction of the works, or for any purpose whatever in connection with the contract, without the consent of the occupier and owner of such lands, and shall not, without the consent of the Resident Engineer, remove any trees or buildings within the limits of the lands defined in the said clause 31 hereof, nor shall he open or throw down any part of a fence without making sufficient provision by
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temporary fences, gates, or other necessary accommodation, to be erected and maintained at his cost, for keeping cattle, sheep, or other stock from straying from or into any enclosure affected thereby ; nor shall he interfere with any private road without making proper temporary provision for the convenience of the owners or users of such private road; and any costs or damage incurred by the Government through any legal process on account of any trespass incurred by the act or negligence of the Contractor or his workmen shall be deducted from the contract price, and shall be taken as payment made on account of the contract; and should the Contractor refuse or neglect to erect and maintain, either or both, any such temporary fences, gates, or other necessary accommodation, it shall be lawful for, but not obligatory on, the Resident Engineer, after having given the Contractor twenty-fours hours' notice in writing of his intention so to do, summarily, and without further process, to-cause any such temporary fences, gates, or other accommodation to be erected and maintained which he may deem necessary for the proper protection either of such lands or of the adjoining lands, or for the safety of the public; and the cost of doing the same shall be deducted from any moneys due, or that may thereafter become due, to the Contractor under the contract. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS, ETC. 21. The Contractor shall repair and make good all injury or loss which may happen during the progress of the works to the works, or to any materials, plant, or machinery, by fire, floods, theft, weather, force of waves, or from any other cause; and he shall keep and maintain in good and sufficient repair the whole of the works executed under the contract, and shall provide all labour, and all materials, plant, and machinery, necessary for such maintenance, for the period mentioned in the special conditions as " the period of maintenance," and the Contractor shall, on the expiry of the said period of maintenance, be bound to deliver the whole of the works in good and sufficient repair, and to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Chief. If during such period of maintenance the number of men employed by the Contractor is insufficient to maintain the works in good and sufficient repair to the satisfaction of the Resident Engineer, the Contractor shall, on receiving notice in writing from the Resident Engineer to do so, forthwith employ such additional number of men as the Resident Engineer shall direct; and should the Contractor refuse or fail to do so within twenty-four hours of his receiving such notice, then it shall be lawful for the Resident Engineer to employ such additional men, and to purchase all necessary materials, plant, and machinery ; and the cost and expense of so doing shall be deducted from any moneys then due, or that may thereafter become due, to the Contractor. The Contractor shall be liable for any accident, damage, or injury whatsoever to the public or to any individual which may be caused by his operations during the progress of the works or during their maintenance. He shall also maintain all night-lights and temporary roads required by any municipal or other authorities having charge or control of streets or highways, or that may be required for the safety of the public, and shall make all arrangements, by sidings, temporary roads, or otherwise, which may be necessary or may be required by the Resident Engineer, to prevent the stoppage or delay of public traffic. POWER TO REQUIRE DISMISSAL OF ANY WORKMAN. 22. The Engineer-in-Chief or Resident Engineer may require the dismissal within twentyfour hours by the Contractor of any agent, overseer, foreman, workman, or other person employed by him on the works, for incompetency or misconduct, and any man so dismissed shall not be again employed upon the works; and the Assistant Engineer or Overseer may similarly require the dismissal of any overseer, foreman, or workman. It shall be lawful for the Minister to deduct from any moneys then or thereafter payable to the Contractor the sum of £10 for each and every day on which any person shall be employed on the works after the Contractor shall have received written notice requiring his dismissal, and such sum shall be taken and deducted as and for liquidated damages for a breach of this clause as aforesaid. But the exercise of the power hereby given shall be without prejudice to the exercise of any other power, right, or remedy reserved or given to the Queen, or the said Minister, or the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer under this contract, in respect of any such breach as aforesaid, or otherwise howsoever. TRUCK SYSTEM NOT ALLOWED. 23. The workmen, tradesmen, and labourers of every class employed on the works to which these conditions refer, shall be paid their wages in full in money current in the colony as cash at least once in every fortnight, and no ticket or other system of payment by provisions, liquors, or goods will on any pretence be allowed, nor shall the Contractor, or any person or persons employed by him or in any way connected with him, establish any shop for the supply of liquors, provisions, or goods, nor shall the Contractor oblige his workmen to take provisions, liquors, or goods of any kind from any person in particular. The workmen of every class shall be paid on the works if it be possible, or in some building adjoining, and in no case shall they be paid at a publichouse or other place where liquors or refreshments are sold. If the Contractor shall at any time during the continuance of the contract commit or suffer a breach of this clause, then
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and in every such case, and as often as the same shall happen, it shall be lawful for the Minister, without any notice to the Contractor or any further process of law, to deduct from any moneys that may be due or owing to the Contractor under the contract, or that thereafter may be due or owing thereunder, a sum of fifty pounds. Such sum shall be taken and deducted as and for liquidated damages for a breach of this clause as aforesaid. But the exercise of the power hereby given shall be without prejudice to the exercise of any other power, right, or remedy reserved or given to the Queen, or the said Minister, or the Engineer-in-Chief, or the Resident Engineer under this contract, in respect of any such breach as aforesaid, or otherwise howsoever. And the Minister shall be the sole judge of the fact whether a breach of this clause has or has not been committed. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. 24. In case of any dispute arising between the Contractor and the Assistant Engineer or Overseer as to the quantities or quality or value of materials or workmanship, it shall be referred to the Resident Engineer, and, if the Contractor fail to refer any such dispute at the time it arises to the Resident Engineer, the decision of the Assistant Engineer or Overseer shall be binding on the Contractor. FORM OF TENDER. 25. The Tenderer must send in his tender for a lump sum on the printed form, and the tender is to be accompanied by a complete schedule of quantities and prices, showing how the lump sum has been arrived at. Each tender must be accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged, such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be drawn in manner and for the sum mentioned in the special conditions. Any tender which does not comply with these conditions will be liable to rejection. Should any schedules of quantities or other information be supplied by the Minister, such schedules or information are only for the assistance of the Contractor in checking his own estimate; and, although they are believed to be accurate, at the same time they are not warranted as accurate; and no claim of any kind will be allowed though the same shall be found incomplete or inaccurate. The Contractor must satisfy himself as to the completeness and accuracy of any such schedule or information, and rectify any mistakes therein before making any tender. SECURITY. 26. With every tender the names of two sureties must be proposed, who must attend at the Public Works Office, in Wellington, or other place to be fixed by the Minister, to execute a bond in the form annexed to these conditions for a sum not less than that named in the special conditions. Should the sureties named in the tender not be approved of by the Minister, the Tenderer shall find approved sureties within three days after such non-approval shall be notified to him, and, failing his so doing, the amount deposited with the tender will be absolutely forfeited to Her Majesty. Within seven days after notification in writing of the acceptance of the tender, the Contractor, with his sureties, shall attend at Wellington, or other place to be fixed by the Minister, to execute the bond. The amount of the cheque deposited with the tender is also to be held as security for the performance of the contract. In the event of the non-execution of the bond within the time aforesaid, or of the non-performance of the contract, the Minister shall be entitled to declare such deposit to be absolutely forfeited to Her Majesty, and the same shall thereupon become and be absolutely forfeited accordingly. No Tenderer will be allowed to proceed with the work tendered for until he has executed the required bond. PAYMENTS. 27. The contract price, less 5 per cent., and all other monies whatsoever payable under the contract, together with the amount deposited as cash security, will be paid in three equal instalments after the Engineer-in-Chief shall have certified under his hand that the works have been finally and satisfactorily completed, and that such monies, together with the cash security, are due to the Contractor. The first of such instalments to be paid in 60 days, or as nearly as may be after the granting by the Engineer-in-Chief of such certificate. The second of such instalments to be paid in 120 days, or as nearly as may be after the granting of such certificate ; and the third of such instalments to be paid in 180 days, or as nearly as may be after the granting of such certificate. The said 5 per centum will be retained until the expiration of the period of maintenance, to insure the fulfilment of clause 21 of these Conditions, and from that sum may be deducted the costs of any repairs or defects, failing the Contractor executing the same : Provided always that no sum or sums of money shall be considered to be due or owing to the Contractor, nor shall the Contractor make any claim for or on account of any work executed or maintained by him, or for or on account of plant or materials supplied by him, unless such certificate as aforesaid shall have been given by the Engineer-in-Chief as aforesaid
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nor shall any sum or sums of money so certified be considered to be made payable to the Contractor until the expiration of fourteen days after such certificate shall have been presented by the Contractor to the Minister, nor shall any omission to pay the amount of any instalment at the time the same shall be payable be deemed or held to be a breach of, or to vitiate the contract; but in case of such omission the Contractor shall be entitled to interest on the amount of such instalment at the rate of 10 per centum per annum, for such time as such omission shall continue: Provided also that if the contract includes maintenance, and if the Contractor has not provided an amount for maintenance in his tender, or if the amount provided for maintenance shall appear to the Engineer-in-Chief to be insufficient, then the Minister may retain either the whole or any part of any instalment payable to the Contractor, as the Engineer-in-Chief shall determine, till the full and complete execution of all the works of maintenance. POWER TO SUSPEND PAYMENTS. 28. If, in the opinion of the Minister, further inquiry is desirable or necessary before any instalment is paid, the Minister shall have power to suspend the payment of all or any part of the amount of such instalment, for a period not exceeding one month from the date at which, in the ordinary course, the money would have been paid, and no interest shall be due on any money the payment of which has been so suspended. STAMPS, LICENSE FEES, ETC. 29. The Contractor shall bear and pay all costs, charges, and expenses of preparing, executing, and completing this contract, and all duty stamps, licenses, building or surveyors' fees, or other charges or fees whatsoever demanded by the municipal or other authorities; and if the Minister shall pay any such costs, charges, and expenses in the first instance, he shall be entitled to deduct the amount thereof from any moneys that may become due to the Contractor under the contract. INSURANCE. 30. The Contractor, when required, shall effect and maintain during the continuance of the contract an insurance against fire, in the name and for the benefit of the Queen, on any buildings erected under the contract, for such sums and in such insurance office as the Minister shall direct, and shall deliver the policy or any renewal thereof, together with all receipts for premiums paid thereon from time to time, to the Minister. LAND. 31. The Minister shall, within thirty days after the signing of the contract by the Contractor, put the Contractor in possession of such parts of the land required for tunnels, cuttings, embankments, side cuttings, slips, spoil-banks, road approaches, road and stream diversions, bridges, culverts, drains, channels, and all other permanent works as may in the opinion of the Engineer-in-Chief be necessary for the commencement of the works, and will from time to time put the Contractor in possession of all such other parts of the lands required for the permanent works as may be necessary for the prosecution thereof. The Contractor must, however, procure for himself all land required for ballast-pits, and for all temporary purposes whatever; but the Minister will, at the expense of the Contractor, and only as far as any legal powers possessed by His Excellency the Governor or the Minister may extend to enable him to do so, assist the Contractor to procure such land, or to procure suitable materials for the construction of the works from any adjoining lands. If any delay shall take place in giving to the Contractor the possession of any land required for the permanent works as aforesaid, such delay shall not be deemed to be a breach of the contract, or to give the Contractor any claim for compensation, but the Contractor shall be entitled to such reasonable extension of time for the completion of the works as shall be fixed by the Engineer-in-Chief. Provided that nothing herein contained shall at any time hinder the Minister for Public Works, or any person duly authorized by him, from entering upon and making use of such lands or any portion thereof for any purpose whatever, provided that such use shall not, in the opinion of the Engineer-in-Chief, interfere with or hinder the Contractor in the performance of the contract. CONDITIONS NOT TO BE VARIED, ETC. 32. None of the conditions of the contract shall be varied, waived, discharged, or released, either in law or in equity, unless by express consent in writing of the Minister. DELIVERY OF NOTICE. 33. Any written instrument or notice to be given or delivered to the Contractor under tne contract shall be deemed to have been so given or delivered when it is given or delivered to the Contractor, or to his representative on the works, or left at the Contractor's usual or last known place of abode or business. 2—E. 7.
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34. Should the Minister furnish to the Contractor, for the purposes of the contract, any materials, plant, or machinery, or any rolling stock, or any sleepers, rails, or fastenings, or any article of value, all of which are hereafter in this and in the succeeding clause included under the term " property," or any buildings, the Contractor shall give a receipt in writing to the Resident Engineer before taking possession thereof. The Contractor shall take all proper precautions to prevent injury or loss to such property or building, and shall erect, where necessary, sheds or other covering to protect such property from the weather or from theft; and he shall, when so directed, effect and maintain an insurance on any such building, subject to the same conditions as are provided for buildings erected under the contract, in clause 30 hereof. He shall also repair and make good any loss or injury which may happen to such property or buildings from any cause whatever, and shall keep them in good and sufficient repair, to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Chief and of the Resident Engineer, during the whole time when they are under his care. He shall also renew all brasses, journals, wheels, fire-bars, and other parts of machinery or rolling-stock which may have become worn out. On the completion of the contract, all such property and buildings shall be returned to the Minister, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the specification ; and, for that purpose, all property, after being, if necessary, put into a thorough state of repair, shall be neatly stacked or arranged or placed at such places as the Resident Engineer shall direct. The Contractor shall then obtain a receipt in writing from the Resident Engineer for all property or buildings so returned, and until such receipt shall have been given the property and buildings shall be deemed to be and shall be under the care of the Contractor. Should the Contractor at any time refuse or fail to take proper precaution to prevent injury or loss to any such property or buildings, or to effect any repairs which may be required thereto, it shall be lawful for the Resident Engineer, after having given the Contractor twenty-four hours' notice in writing of his intention so to do, to take possession of such property or buildings, and to cause such works to be done, and repairs to be effected, or renewals to be made, as may, in his opinion, be necessary, and the cost of so doing shall be deducted from any moneys then or thereafter payable to the Contractor. DELAY IN DELIVERY OF PLANS OR PROPERTY BY THE MINISTER. 35. Should any delay occur in furnishing any plans or specifications or in the delivery of any property or buildings which may be specified to be delivered to the Contractor by the Minister, the Contractor shall have no claim for any compensation for such delay other than that, if any, particularly set forth in the specification or special conditions ; but the Contractor shall be entitled to sucb reasonable extension of time for the completion of the works as shall be fixed by the Engineer-in-Chief. RIGHT TO ENTER UPON WORKS. 36. The Minister, the Engineer-in-Chief, Resident Engineer, Assistant Engineer, and Overseer, and any other person whom the Minister may authorize, shall have power at all times to enter upon all or any portions of the works; and to travel by any engine, carriage, truck, trolly, or other vehicle which the Contractor may be using on the works; and to make examination of any materials, plant, and machinery, or rolling stock in use for the purposes of the contract; and the Contractor shall give every facility for the exercise by the Minister and such other aforesaid persons of the powers given under this clause, and shall for that purpose cause the motion of any locomotive or other vehicle, or of any steam-engine or other machinery, to be arrested when requested so to do. ARBITER. 37. Should any dispute arise as to any matter or thing connected with the execution of the works, or as to the intent or meaning of any part of the contract, it shall be referred to the decision of the Engineer-in-Chief, and his decision, interim or final, shall be finally binding and conclusive on all parties. But it shall be lawful for the Engineer-in-Chief to refer to the Resident Engineer for his decision the settlement of any disputes which may arise as to the quality or quantity or value of work or material, and in such case the decision of the Resident Engineer shall be finally binding and conclusive on all parties. SPECIAL CONDITIONS. Clause 17 of General Conditions. 1. The date for the completion of the works shall be twenty-two (22) months from the date of acceptance of the Tender, that is to say, the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred aud seventy-eight. 2. The sum to be deducted or set off under clause 17 of the General Conditions shall be fifty pounds (,£5O) sterling a week.
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Clause 21 of General Conditions. 3. The "period of maintenance " shall be six (6) calendar months from and after the date when the Engineer-in-Chief shall have certified that all the works to be executed under the contract have been fully completed to his satisfaction. Clause 25 of General Conditions. 4. The cheque to be deposited with the tender shall be drawn in favour of the ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account (and not to bearer or order) at the Bank of New Zealand, and shall be for two hundred and fifty pounds (£250) sterling. Clause 26 of General Conditions. 5. The sum for which a bond shall be executed shall be two thousand pounds (£2,000) sterling. SPECIFICATION OF WORKS TO BE EXECUTED UNDER THE TAPANUI BRANCH RAILWAY CONTRACT. General Description. 1. The works included under the title "Tapanui Branch Railway Contract," and to which this Specification applies, begin at a point on the Waitaki-Invercargill Railway, 2 chains north of Waipahi Station, and end at a point in Section 4, Block IV., Town of Kelso, County of Tuapeka, as delineated on the accompanying plans and sections. The total length of the contract is 15 miles 45 chains, or thereabouts. Extent of Contract. 2. The Contract shall include the supply of all labour, plant, materials, implements, and tools required for the construction of all fences, excavations, embankments, tunnel, retaining walls, pitching slopes, ditches, road alterations, level crossings, bridges, culverts, drains, supply of permanent way materials, ballasting and plate-laying on the main line and sidings, the laying of points and crossings, the erection of passenger stations, engine shed, goods sheds, loading platforms, coal store, privies and urinals, tanks, and well; together with all other works necessary for the completion of the railway as specified or implied herein, and in accordance with the plans, sections, and drawings, as set forth in List A, and with the general conditions annexed, and the maintenance of the same for six months after the date fixed for the completion of the works. Interpretation Clause. 3. The word "Engineer" means the Resident Engineer when he is present on the works; and when he is absent, it means, subject to the conditions of clause 24 of the General Conditions, the Assistant Engineer or Overseer. Line. 4. The pegs on the ground mark out the centre line of railway as shown on the plans, and along which the longitudinal section was taken; but the Contractor is required, before commencing the works, to satisfy himself that the line so laid out is in conformity with that delineated on the plans, and he shall be bound to construct it in accordance with the said delineations and markings. Alignment of Structures. 5. In the construction of the bridges, culverts, road crossings, cattle-stops, and generally, it is stipulated that all structures are to intersect the line of railway at such angle or curve as may be necessary and approved in each case, although they may be shown on the drawings straight and at right angles. Clearing. 6. All flax, scrub, and rushes growing on the line of railway shall be cleared off to its full width—between the fences—and burned; no material of this kind will be allowed in the embankments. Fencing. 7. The Contractor shall provide for 25 miles of single fencing to be erected along the line where directed. The description of fencing used shall be or either class 20r3, as shown and described on drawing attached, according to the discretion of the Engineer. The timber in the posts shall be totara, matai, kowhai, or cedar ; and in the rails totara, matai, cedar, manuka, or other approved timber. At all crossings of roads and other places where gates or cattle-stops are used the fences are to be completed up to the gate-posts or the cattle-stops, and then properly secured. Existing fences crossed and cut down shall be connected with the railway fences, and left in a proper and thorough state of repair, aud cattle and sheep proof.
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Cuttings and Embankments. 8. Cuttings. —The cuttings are to have a base at formation level of 11 feet in solid rock and 13 feet elsewhere, and are to be made in accordance with plan and section attached. The slopes shall be \ to 1 in solid rock, and 1 to 1 in all other material; but should the Resident Engineer require any other slopes, the difference in cost shall be added to or deducted from the contract sum. It is, however, specially provided that the Resident Engineer shall be sole judge as to what class the material in the cuttings belongs, and any alterations of the widths or slopes of cuttings will be ordered in writing. Additions or deductions shall be at schedule rates. The material obtained from the cuttings and side drains shall be used in making the embankments; and should it be insufficient for the purpose, the Contractor shall obtain the balance from side cuttings as hereinafter provided. But no side cuttings shall under any circumstances be made within the area of the station grounds. All slopes shall be neatly and uniformly trimmed off from top to bottom to the inclinations shown or specified. During the execution of the works the formation and slopes shall be properly drained, so as to prevent any lodgment of water. A drain is to be cut along the bottom of slopes of cuttings, as shown in drawings, and in all cases must be provided with a proper outfall of at least the same size. Catchwater drains shall be dug above the top of one slope of all cuttings, and where necessary above banks, at a distance not exceeding a chain from the top aud foot of slopes. These ditches shall average 5 cubic feet per lineal yard and shall be true and regular to the inclinations directed; no stumps or roots to be left in them; they shall be made at the commencement of the work, with proper outfalls, and shall be cleared out from time to time as may be necessary or ordered. Embankments. —The embankments must be carried forward uniformly of the proper shape, with such an addition to the heights and widths, to allow for subsidence and shrinkage, as the Engineer may consider necessary, so as to avoid, as far as practicable, the necessity for making subsequent additions either to the heights or widths of the embankments to bring them to the correct levels and dimensions. When not otherwise directed, the allowance for shrinkage alone is to be 1 inch to every foot in height. Whenever the foundation of an embankment is on sloping ground, steps and benches must be cut under the base of the embankment; and should the seat of the embankment be of soft material, the Contractor shall remove the same. The top of the ordinary single-line embankment at formation level is to be 12 feet wide; the slopes, where not otherwise specified or shown on drawings, to be trimmed off to an inclination of not less than 1\ horizontal to 1 vertical, and to be maintained full and true until the completion of the contract. Whenever any change is made in the inclination of any of the slopes, it must be done gradually, and in not less than 20 yards in length. The Contractor shall not in any way interfere with or divert the existing drainage areas, unless otherwise directed, and shall leave such stops or stanks in the side cuttings, and take such other precautions, as the Engineer may think necessary for that purpose. The side cuttings for bank material must be made in a regular and approved manner, and, unless specially authorized, not less than 10 feet from the foot of any embankment, nor less than 5 feet from any fence; and where they have to act as drains they shall be taken out clear, and to a uniform inclination. No material shall be run to spoil, except with the written sanction of the Engineer. When material is run to spoil, it must be done in such a way and in such places as shall be approved by the Engineer. Behind and around the retaining walls, culverts, walls, bridge abutments, piles, struts, and all structures what kind soever, the embankments shall be wheeled in and carefully rammed. Any injury done to such culverts or other structures, by movement of the embankment, shall be repaired and made good by the Contractor. Tunnel. 9. A tunnel is to be excavated through the spur near 3.40. Its length and levels are defined in the general plan and longitudinal section, and dimensions and form on Drawing No. 4. The tunnel is all to be taken out to the section represented by the outside of the brick lining. One recess, 8 feet square and 4 feet deep, shall be made in the side of the tunnel for the accommodation of-workmen and tools. Two 6-inch tile drains shall be carried down the sides of the tunnel as shown, and led into the formation ditches at ends. The trenches shall be taken out to a uniform section and gradient, and afterwards refilled to formation level with 3-inch bluestone road metal or clean shingle of the same size. The pipes are to be of the best manufacture, glazed both sides, well burned, and sound throughout, and provided with socket joints. They shall be bedded on clean coarse gravel or metal for their full length, and packed at the sides with metal or shingle, as specified for the filling of the trench. No packing is to be used in the joints of the pipes. The tunnel shall be lined throughout, the lining to consist of 14-inch brickwork, set in cement mortar. The longitudinal courses are to be laid perfectly straight, and parallel in every direction with the line and levels of the tunnel. The sides shall be laid in English bond, and the arch turned in three rings, with one key brick the full depth of the joint. All spaces between the outside of the lining and the excavations are to be filled up with stone shivers, or shingle, firmly rammed in. Instead of brickwork, the sides may be of rubble masonry in cement 18 inches thick. The tunnel fronts shall be constructed of masonry, set in cement mortar. The stone is to be of the best quality of bluestone, or other stone of equal quality, but the whole of each front must be of one material. The quoins, arch stones, and coping shall be ashlar, picked dressed on beds, joints, and inside, and rock-faced in front, with a
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chisel draft round the margin; in addition to which the quoins and arch stones are to be chamfered in front as shown. The remainder of the fronts shall be substantial block in course, well bonded together in regular courses, not less than 9 inches thick, the beds and joints being pointed and keyed. Should it be found that the rock is sufficiently solid to enable the tunnel lining to be dispensed with or reduced in thickness, the Resident Engineer may reduce the thickness of the brick lining, or withdraw the whole or any portion of it from the contract, and the Contractor shall only be paid for the work actually done. The excavation shall, however, be taken out the full size of the outside of the brick lining, and so that half of the section can be got clear on each side of the centre line; beyond this nothing is to be excavated except what is absolutely necessary for the security of the work. In the event of the thickness of the brick lining being reduced from 14 inches to 9 inches, the Contractor will in such case be paid an extra ten shillings per cubic yard on the reduced quantity. If considered necessary by the Resident Engineer the work of excavating the tunnel shall be carried on incessantly from both ends, day and night, except on Sundays. Protection of Slopes. 10. The face of embankment at all bridges on both sides for a chain back from the abutment or pier shall be protected to the height shown with rough-quarried bluestone or other hard stone rubble, roughly placed in position by hand. The stones shall average \ a cubic foot each, and shall be laid 9 inches in thickness at the top, increasing 1 foot in thickness for every 10 feet in perpendicular height. A layer of road metal, quarry refuse, or shingle shall be first disposed over slope of embankment 6 inches in thickness, upon which the rubble shall be placed. The base of this stone protection shall be placed at least 2 feet below the surface of the original ground, the trench being well filled in and rammed when the stonework is complete. Where the slopes of embankments tail into river, they shall be similarly protected to a height of not less than 10 feet above the ordinary water level except where retaining walls or other protection is shown or specified. Stream Diversions and Ditches. 11. Ditches for the accommodation of the various small creeks and other watercourses interfered with shall be cut in the positions shown on the general plan, and at such other places as shall be necessary for the protection of the works. Where not otherwise shown, the bottom of the cut shall have an uniform inclination throughout, and shall be made at a level commencing at the bottom of the stream at the lower end, and terminating at the bottom of the stream at the upper end of the diversion. At undefined places, 15 chains of ditches shall be dug in addition to those the position of which is indicated on the general plan. All ditches shall be at least 3 feet wide at the bottom with slopes of 1 horizontal to 1 vertical, and placed at such level and with such inclination as may be required in each case. A drain is to be cut along the bottom of slopes of cuttings, as shown in drawings, and in all cases must be provided with a proper outfall of at least the same size. Catchwatcr drains shall be dug above the top of the upper slope of all cuttings, at a distance of from a quarter of a chain to a chain from the top of slopes. These ditches shall average 5 cubic feet per lineal yard, and shall be true and regular to the inclinations directed; no stumps or roots to be left in them; they shall be made at the commencement of the work, with proper outfalls, and shall be cleared out from time to time as may be necessary or ordered. Road Alterations. 12. At the places shown on the general plan and section, and otherwise where required, the present roads are to be diverted or otherwise altered. All district or other public roads shall be formed 18 feet wide, and covered for 12 feet in the centre with 9 inches of 2|-inch bluestone road metal. The slopes of cuttings and embankments in road alterations, and the mode of trimming them off and draining the road, shall be the same as specified for the railway. The roads are to be formed with a rise in the centre of \ inch for every foot in width. The old metal or other materials on the present road may be used in re-forming them, if suitable, but the Contractor will be bound to make good all defects therein. Where no section is given of the proposed alterations, the gradients on each side of the line shall in no case be steeper than 1 in 10, with a level portion in the centre 33 feet long, except where the present inclination exceeds these rates, in which case the inclination of the new road shall not exceed that of the present road, unless, in the opinion of the Engineer, a steeper is unavoidable. In addition to the road alterations specified or shown on drawings, Contractors are required to estimate and provide for 500 cubic yards of earthwork, and 50 cubic yards of metalling, to be executed in forming roads to and across the line in such positions as will be directed by the Engineer. No public or private road that crosses or intersects the railway or works thereof shall be obstructed by excavation or otherwise until the Contractor shall have provided such temporary roads as may be necessary for the traffic. The Contractor shall be bound to maintain the roads that have been altered till the termination of the contract, or till the Road Engineer, or Surveyor, or proprietor takes them off bis hands. Materials. 13. Except where otherwise specified, all materials used under this contract shall be of the following kinds and descriptions : —
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Concrete shall be composed of three parts, by measure, of broken stone, two parts of sharp sand, and one part of fresh Portland cement; or four parts of assorted shingle and gravel, one part of sand, and one part of cement. The stone shall consist of approved hard stone, broken to a 2|-inch gauge. The cement shall be of approved brands, and subject to such tests as the Engineer may from time to time direct. The concrete shall be laid in layers not more than 12 inches thick, and well rammed as the work progresses. Ashlar masonry shall be chisel-dressed on beds and joints and rock-faced in front. The courses are to be at least 12 inches thick, and each superficial yard of face shall be bonded with stones 3 feet 6 inches long. In addition to the above, string courses, coping, and the face of arch stones shall have a chisel draft round the margin. Arch stones are to be dressed to a template and made perfectly true in bed and joint; they shall be the full depth of the arch, and must break bond lengthwise. Dry stone walls shall be built of large flat-bedded stones, and finished on the top with a rough coping of thin stones on edge, bedded in mortar. Where the embankments are more than 6 feet high, the stones used shall have a minimum area of 4 superficial feet on their beds. Rubble masonry shall be coursed and set in cement mortar. It shall be done bonded together, levelled every 12 or 18 inches in height, and with one good through bonder, formed of stones not less than 3 feet long, to every superficial yard of face. The stones shall in all cases be laid on their natural bed, which must be at least 1 5 times greater than the side, and face-work must have no stone containing less than | of a cubic foot. All spalls are to be set in mortar, and not laid dry under the plea of afterwards grouting; and the work shall be grouted every foot in height. All exposed joints of masonry shall be neatly pointed and keyed with cement mortar, and the tops of walls and arches are to be covered with a coat of cement plaster thick. The stone used in rubble masonry shall be sound bluestone, breccia, or other building stone of equal quality. Mortar shall consist of three parts, by measurement, of sharp clean sand, to one part of fresh Portland cement of approved brands; the ingredients of concrete and mortar must all be accurately gauged, and mixed in the presence of the Overseer. Bricks shall be of the best quality of hard-burned kiln bricks, and specially approved by the Engineer. Timber shall be straight and sound, and free from shakes, large knots, or other imperfections, and each side of any scantling shall nowhere show less than | heart. Timber in the main and rail beams of bridges is to be ironbark of the best quality. A\l other shall be totara [Podocarpus totara], matai [Podocarpus spicatd], or other approved timber. Ironwork shall be made of 8.8. Crown iron, or other iron of equal quality, of the dimensions shown ; the whole to be finished and fixed in a workmanlike manner. Bolts shown or specified shall have a square head, of which the thickness shall be equal to the diameter of the bolt, and the width twice the diameter of the bolt. They arc to be tapped with a good clean thread, and shall have a nut equal in size to the head of the bolt, and shall each be provided with two stout washers at least three times the diameter of the bolt and one quarter the diameter in thickness. Retaining Walls. 14. Where shown on longitudinal section and where the ground is steeper than 1J to 1 retaining walls of the form and dimensions shown on Drawing No. 5 are to be erected on the outer side of the embankments. The foundations are in all cases to be laid on the solid rock, which is to be benched out at right angles to the face of the wall. Where the embankments are more than six feet high the stones used in the wall shall have a minimum area of six superficial feet. Level Crossings. 15. Nine second and one third-class crossing, with two cattle-stops at each, shall be constructed at public roads where directed. They shall be carefully placed as to line and levels, and finished in strict conformity with the drawing and notes thereon. Each level crossing sh^ll be metalled or gravelled for a length of 66 feet on each side of the centre line as above specified for the roads, and tile or timber box drains shall be put in the formation ditches if necessary for the drainage of the line or road. Twenty pairs of timber gates, as per drawing, shall be provided and hung at private crossings where directed. They are to be furnished with bolts and padlocks. All the timber work above ground shall be cleaned and dressed, and all gates and posts are to receive three coats of paint of approved colours. Four cattle-stops are to be put in where directed, besides those at level crossings. Twenty private crossings, the same as third-class crossings, with guard baulks, but without cattle-stops, and metalled for a distance of 33 feet on each side of the centre line, shall be placed where directed. The metalling is to be the same as specified for district or private roads. Box drains or pipes, as shown in drawing, shall be placed where directed. Bridges and Timber Openings. 16. Bridges as per detail drawings shall be erected where shown on longitudinal section. The excavations for the foundations of piers shall be carried down to the depth shown on drawings, or such additional depth as may be necessary to get a sound foundation. Any extra work
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occasioned by additional depth to be paid for at schedule rates. All piles shall be of totara or matai, and are to be hooped before driving with a 3-inch by f-inch wrought-iron hoop. The piles are to be shod with substantial iron sboes, weighing not less than 30 lb. each, securely fixed; the points of the piles to be cut true, and to be squared off at the ends to three inches square, and to have true bearing against the shoes. The timber piers and superstructures of bridges shall be secured with iron bolts and straps as shown. All joints, abutments, shoulders, and sides of tenons and scarfs are to be worked perfectly true, and to fit accurately, and shall be covered with thick red-lead paint before being put together. The lengths of the piles, where shown on the sections of bridge sites, are so figured to show the minimum depth below formation level to which the piles in those cases must be driven; but it is nevertheless hereby proprovided that in all cases the piles must be long enough to reach what, in the opinion of the Resident Engineer, is a good foundation; and if the length shown on the section is not sufficient to secure this, the Contractor must provide piles of longer length, and he will be paid therefor at Schedule rates. No foundation will be approved of where the piles for the last foot drive more than one foot to each twenty-four blows of a twenty-cwt. ram, with ten-foot fall. All timber in the bridges is to be rough off the saw. The ironwork throughout shall be painted black. Tenons generally to be 6 inches long, and to be drawbored to receive trenails of hardwood made with hollow auger or trenailing machine; trenails to be well seasoned and kept dry, to be tV inch larger in diameter than the hole bored for them, and to be covered with red-lead before being driven. The trusses shall be erected and maintained with such camber as the Resident Engineer may direct. The Contractor shall provide all proper rods aud gauges which the Engineer may require for setting out and testing the dimensions of bridges and timber openings. Culverts and Drains. 17. The culverts shall be of the sizes specified in the longitudinal sections, and of the forms and dimensions shown on the drawings for each kind of culvert; the foundations shall in all cases be carried down to solid ground, and prepared for the upper work to the satisfaction of the Engineer. The walls of the culverts shall be of rubble masonry, or concrete, with coping of brick on edge or concrete covered with cement plaster. The arches and inverts are to be of brickwork turned in rings, but the Contractor will have the option of substituting rubble or concrete, provided the thickness is increased by a fourth. When rubble arches are built of stones more than 6 inches thick, the stones shall be roughly dressed to the radius of the arch, and in all cases the arch stones are to break joint, and be carefully bedded, packed, and grouted. Arches shall be built on centres aud in frames approved by the Engineer, and in accordance with such special instructions as may from time to time be given. The two-foot culverts shall be arched or flat-topped at the option of the Contractor; if stone covers are used they must be of a tough and durable kind, and specially approved by the Engineer. Stone covers shall be at least 6 inches thick. The dry stone culverts shall be bonded with headers and stretchers in the same manner as coursed rubble masonry in mortar. The frames of timber culverts shall be accurately mortised and tenoned and pinned; the planking to be securely spiked on the frames : the whole of the timber to be heart of totara or matai. The edging of the planking must fit truly for the whole thickness, and the planks must extend over at least two panels, and break joint as much as possible. All culverts are to be covered with a 9-inch layer of well wrought clay puddle. In addition to those shown on the section, 50 lineal yards each of 12-inch, 9-inch, and 6-inch glazed stoneware pipes, and 50 lineal yards of 12-inch box drains, shall be provided and laid where directed. The pipes are to be of the best manufacture, glazed both sides, well burned, and sound throughout. They shall have socket joints threaded to receive the packing. The box drains shall be made from 1J? inch totara, firmly spiked together. The trenches are in all cases to be cut in the solid, and the pipe or box shall be bedded and encased in well-wrought clay puddle. The joints or pipes are to be set with clay, and their ends protected with stonework or brickwork as shown. Sufficient inlet and outfall drains are to be dug at culverts, and all rocks and stumps occurring in the line of ditch are to be taken out. Such drains to be cut at least half a chain from each end of all culverts. Ballasting and Permanent Way. 18. Ballast. —The ballast is to consist of broken stone, shingle, or gravel previously approved, free from all clay and earth. No stones to be larger than 2| inches in any dimension. It is to be disposed as shown. In all cases the embankments and cuttings are to be cleared from mud or vegetation, and brought to an uniform formation level before the ballast is laid on. Permanent Way. —The materials for the permanent way, as per special specification attached, are to be provided by the Contractor. They are to be obtained from such makers as the Agent-General for New Zealand may approve, and shall be manufactured under the direct supervision and to the entire satisfaction of the Consulting Engineers of the Government in England; and no permanent way materials shall be shipped without the approval of the AgentGeneral. The permanent way is to consist of a single line of railway laid to a gauge of 3 feet 6 inches. Throughout the curves the rails are to be laid slack for gauge, the amount of slack being in each case as directed by the Engineer. Rails. —The rails will weigh 40 lb. to the yard; they will be jointed with fish-plates, weighing about 11| lb. per pair, and fastened to the sleepers as shown on the drawings. About three thirty-seconds of an inch of space is to be left between the ends of the rails when fixed in place ;
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or such other space as the Engineer may direct according to the season. The Contractor shall accurately straighten all bent rails, and shall oil and run down any bolts and nuts which may require it before making use of them. The rails will require bending for the curves. This, as well as the straightening of all bent rails shall be effected by a press. In all cases, whether of straightening of bent rails or of bending rails to the necessary curves, the rails shall be set permanently to the form required before being laid, and no temporary bending, springing, or straightening, either by dragging with a lever and hook, or by any other means, will on any account be permitted. Rails for curves under 10 chains radius are to be bent to a template, and any which may have been bent too much for the curve required shall be reduced to the correct curve before being laid. Sleepers. —Ordinary sleepers shall be of heart of totara, matai, or other approved timber 7 feet long, 8 inches broad, and 4-_- inches thick; they are to average about 2,000 sleepers per mile, spaced as directed. The rail seats are to be accurately adzed to a correct bevel, and holes for all fangbolts and spikes are to be bored with augers of suitable sizes, to prevent the sleepers from splitting. All sleepers on bridges shall be securely spiked down, and fitted true to level or cant; all stringers on cattle-stops shall be adzed to a transverse inclination of 1 in 20, and set to the correct level before the rails are spiked down. Great care shall be taken to lay all the sleepers square to the rails on straights, and as near as may be on curves. Where the line is straight, the rails will be level across the line; but where the line is curved, the rails will be canted, the difference of level between the two rails being such as the Engineer shall order. Lifting. —As the ballast is deposited, the rails shall be lifted out of the ballast not exceeding 3 inches in any lift, nor less than four pairs of rails to be lifted at once, and the ballast shall be packed under the sleepers as the lifting proceeds, until brought to a correct level. When a length of 10 chains has thus been lifted and has been consolidated by the passage of vehicles, the line and level shall be adjusted. This adjustment of line and level shall be repeated as often as, in the opinion of the Engineer, is necessary : and before the final certificate is given the whole line shall be gone over, and the rails shall be adjusted for line and level, and any deficiency in quantity of ballast shall be made good according to plan. In order to keep the sleepers square to the line on curves, the Contractor shall cut as many rails as necessary, so that the lead of the joint shall not exceed 2 inches, and shall drill new holes for the fishbolts. Injured Materials. —No injured materials of any description shall be laid in the permanent way unless with the express permission of the Engineer. Subsidence. —Where the Engineer has considered it necessary to provide for subsidence in soft ground by raising the formation level, the rail level shall be raised thereon with the specified amount of ballast, and the gradients joined and made good in a proper and workmanlike manner. Changes of Gradients. —The changes of gradients shall be made by a gradual curve, extending at least 3 chains on each side of the change. Contractor to supply Templates, Tools, and Gauges. —The Contractor is to provide and have upon the ground, at all points when the work is proceeding, a sufficient supply of all such templates, tools, gauges, and other implements as are necessary and are usually required in the aying of permanent way, or as may be required by the Engineer. Use of Permanent-Way Materials by Contractor. 19. Permanent-way materials shall not be laid down or employed within 100 yards of the face of any excavation or the end of any embankment, nor used for hauling earthwork before the ballast is laid. When the Contractor shall have complied with the above requirements, he may use the rails and other permanent-way materials for the purpose of hauling earthwork or materials on parts of the line. Stations and Sidings. 20. The Contractor shall construct stations and sidings at Waipahi, Conical Hills, Pomahaka, Gore Road, Tapanui, and Kelso, as shown on general plan, including the necessary earthworks, approaches, roads, metalling, culverts, drains, pipes, permanent-way, points and crossings, crossings, and all sleepers, ballast, and other works. Except where otherwise directed the grades and levels of the sidings shall be the same as those of main line adjoining, and the work of laying the sidings shall in all cases be the same as specified for the main line. The space between the sidings and the main line shall be formed and ballasted up to the level of the top of the sleepers. Use of Rolling-Stock. 21. The Minister will furnish the Contractor with a locomotive and 12 wagons for ballasting this contract; but the Contractor shall pay the wages of the engine-driver and stoker (who must be approved by the Engineer), and shall furnish fuel, water, oil, grease, waste, &c, at his own expense. The locomotive shall be washed out every week, and thoroughly overhauled at least every month, the axle-boxes and other bearings examined, and any defects in the brasses made good when found to be necessary. Every wagon is to be lifted and , axle-boxes examined not less than once in each month, and wheels gauged at same time. The Contractor shall construct a convenient building for sheltering the engine when not at work.
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22. The Contractor shall erect the following Station Buildings. Conical Hills —6th class Station, passenger platform 100 feet xl 2 feet, and loading platform 50 feet xlO feet; Pomahaka —6th class Station, passenger platform 100 feet xl 2 feet, loading platform 50 feet xlO feet, and water tanks stand with four tanks, well, and fittings complete ; Gore Road —6th class Station, passenger platform 100 feet xl 2 feet, and loading platform 50 feet xlO feet; Tapanui—4th class Station, passenger platform 150 feet x 12 feet, loading platform 50 feet x 10 feet, goods-shed 60 feet x 30 feet, and second-class Station Master's house ; Kelso—sth class Station, passenger platform 100 feet x 12 feet, goods shed 60 feet x 30 feet, 2-stall engine shed, coal shed, water tanks stand with four tanks and fittings complete, and second-class Station Master's house. Separate drawings, specifications, and schedules of each of these buildings and platforms are attached hereto, and shall form part of the plans and specifications of this contract, and their cost shall be included in the sum total of the tender. It must be distinctly understood that the Station and Station Master's house at Tapanui are to be proceeded with immediately on the acceptance of tender, and completed as soon as possible for the use of Engineer and Inspector in charge. Waipahi Junction. 23. The existing sidings at Waipahi shall be altered as shown on plan. The new passenger platform shall be common to both main and branch lines, and shall be of the form and dimensions shown. The present passenger station shall be carefully removed and re-erected behind the new platform. All damage caused by removal shall be made good, and the whole building repainted two coats, in the very best linseed oil and whitelead, as specified for other station buildings. Dunedin, 21st June, 1878.
TAPANUI BRANCH.—SPECIFICATION OF RAILS AND FASTENINGS, AND POINTS AND CROSSINGS. 1. Templates must be submitted by the Contractor for the approval of the Consulting Engineer before the work is commenced, in strict accordance with which the rails and fishplates are to be made. Rails. 2. The rails are to be each 24 feet long, but a proportion, not exceeding 5 per cent., will be accepted in lengths of 21 and 18 feet, cut from longer rails faulty at the ends. No deviation of more than l-4th of an inch from the proper length of the rail will be allowed. 3. The weight of the rails is to be 40 lb. per yard ; none will be received which weigh less than 39| lb., and no allowance will be made for any excess over 40-Jr lb. 4. Each rail is to be made from a pile 7| inches deep by 7 inches broad, consisting of top slab 7 inches broad, lj-inch thick, the full length of the pile; and puddle bars | inch thick the entire length of the pile, and of such unequal width as will secure perfect break of joint; and a bottom slab of No. 2 iron 1 inch thick tho full length of the pile, and 5| inches broad, and side pieces 2| inches broad and 1 inch thick, also of No. 2 iron. The whole of the iron used is to be of the same original quality and make, without admixture of cinder. 5. The top slab is to be made of a bloom formed from two puddle balls thoroughly worked together under a 5-ton tilt hammer, then re-heated to a welding heat, and rolled out to the required size. Should any puddle ball break under the hammer it must be rejected. Or the following plan may be adopted : The top slab may be made from a pile 8 inches square, of puddle bars, the entire length of the pile, and f inch thick, laid so as to break joint. This pile to be bloomed at a welding heat to convenient dimensions, then re-heated and rolled out to the required size. 6. The rail pile, made as above described, is to be rolled into a bloom, again raised to a welding heat, and rolled into the rail. Should the Contractor wish to adopt any other mode of manufacture, he must receive the sanction of the Consulting Engineer in writing before making any alteration. 7. Each rail is to have marked distinctly on the side the initials of the maker, the weight per yard, the year of manufacture, and " N.Z.R." 8. Two oval holes f inch x § inch diameter are to be punched in the vertical web of each rail at both ends, in the position shown on the drawing. The holes must be clean and square through the rails. Any deviation from the correct sizes and position of these holes will render the rails liable to rejection. Four |i-inch holes are to be drilled in the bottom flange of each rail, at right angles to its upper surface, in the positions shown. 9. The rails are all to be turned out perfectly true to the template and straight throughout, free from imperfect welds, splits, cracks, flaws, or other faults; the ends to be sawn off clean and square. Should any rails require to be straightened when cold, it is to be done under presses, aud not by a hammer. 10. The rails are to be subject to tests applied as follows:— 3 E.—7.
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1. Bearings 3 feet apart. Dead load in centre 7 tons. Deflection after half an hour not to exceed \ inch, nor permanent set J inch. 2. Bearings 3 feet apart. Falling weight 600 lb., fall 4 feet 6 inches. Rail to bear two blows without breaking and without deflecting more than 1 inch. Fishplates. 11. The fishplates must be of 8.8. Staffordshire iron or other of equal quality to the satisfaction of the Consulting Engineer, 15 inches long, and be sawn off square at the ends : be perfectly straight and smooth on every surface, free from twist, and of uniform section throughout. 12. Four holes are to be punched in each plate, of the form and dimensions shown in the drawing, or as may be directed by the Consulting Engineer. 13. Each fishplate is to be heated and dipped into boiled linseed oil. The fishplates are to be bundled together by wire in bundles of 5 pairs each. Fishbolts, Fangbolts, and Spikes. 14. The whole of the fishbolts, fangbolts, and spikes are to be of 8.8. Staffordshire iron or other of equal quality, to the satisfaction of the Consulting Engineer, and of the forms and dimensions shown on the drawing annexed. The washers are to be Grover's patent steel spring washers, one washer to be supplied with each fishbolt. 15. Each bolt and nut after being screwed, and each spike, is to be heated and dipped into boiled linseed oil. 16. The initials "N.Z.R." are to be stamped on each bolt, nut, and spike. 17. The whole are to be packed in cases securely fastened, and labelled on the outside with the'number and description contained in each. Nuts are to be screwed on to fishbolts and fangs, and must not be sent loose. Points and Crossings. 18. The points and crossings are to be made to an angle of lin 9. They shall include all proper fittings, castings, fastenings, switch boxes, and other equipments as shown on Drawing No. 19. All wrought-iron used shall be of 8.8. Crown iron, or other approved brand of equal quality, free from all defects; and all welds shall be perfectly sound and free from burns, scale, or other defects. 20. Any steel shall be best double-shear, or equal quality, and shall show perfectly sound welds. 21. All castings shall be of the best cold-blast iron, perfectly sound, smooth, and free from all flaws and defects. 22. The ends of the frog rails, wing rails, and switches, shall be properly drilled where requisite, to take the bolts of fishplates. 23. The switch-rails are to be accurately bent and planed. The rods, bolts, keys, pins, and other malleable ironwork, are to be cleanly forged, fitted, and finished. The bolts shall be cut with a clean full thread, the nuts similarly tapped a good fit, and the cottar-bolts to have clean true slots, with cottars accurately fitted to same. All holes in rails must be drilled. 24. The slide-chairs are to be filed smooth on the surface in contact with the foot of the rails. 25. The switch-boxes shall be with turnover handles. 26. The several parts of each set are to be properly marked by letters or otherwise, and the whole sets are to be numbered consecutively. 27. The whole of the bolts and all other forgings shall be dipped hot into boiled linseed oil. The castings shall receive three coats of good anti-corrosive paint. List A. Drawing No. 1 General Plan and Longitudinal Section (16 sheets). „ „ 2 Cross Sections (13 sheets). „ ~ 3 Bridge Sites (2 sheets) (see also Drawings No. 6to No. 10). „ „ 4 Tunnel. „ „ 5 Cross Sections, cuttings and embankments. „ ~ 6 Standard Drawing —Bridges 11 ft. and 13 ft. span. „ „ 7 „ „ „ 30 ft. span. >! >; O » >) J! It. ~ „ „ J ~ ~ ~ oO it. ~ „ „ 10 „ „ Pile shoes. „ „ 11 Level crossings, cattle stops, Sec „ 12 Fencing. „ ~ 13 Timber gates. „ „ 14 Timber culverts. „ „ 15 Masonry culverts, sheets 1 and 2. „ „ 16 Inlet and outlet walls for pipe drains,
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Drawing No. 17 Permanent way, 40 lb. rails. „ „ 18 Points, crossings, and sidings (3 sheets). „ ~ 19 Passenger Station, 4th class. „ „ 20 Passenger Station, sth class. „ „ 21 Passenger Station, 6th class. „ „ 22 Passenger platform. „ „ 23 ' Loading platform. ~ ~ 24 Two-stall engine shed, class B(2 sheets). ~ „ 25 Engine pit, class B. ~ „ 26 Coal shed, 35 tons. „ ~ 27 Water tanks, (2 sheets). „ 28 Goods shed 60 ft. by 30 ft., class B(2 sheets). „ ~ 29 Station Master's house, 2nd class. „ ~ 30 Privies and urinals, class B. )j si "J- tt » jj Abstract from Conditions of Contract. Date for Completion —Twenty-two months after acceptance of tender ; that is to say, the day of , 1880. Set-off for Delay in Completion —£50 a week. Period of Maintenance —Six Months, Deposit—£2so. Bond—£2,ooo. Payments —In three instalments on completion of Contract.
SPECIFICATION FOR WORK TO BE DONE AND MATERIALS TO BE USED IN ERECTING A FOURTH-CLASS PASSENGER STATION AT TAPANUI. Excavation and Filling. Foundations to be excavated through all made earth, and to a depth of at least 2 feet in the solid ground. All excavator's work necessary for this contract to be performed, and when the foundations and other work necessary are properly placed in position, earth to be filled in and well rammed round them, the layers not exceeding 12 inches thick; each layer to be well wetted; and in this manner the surface shall be brought up to the uniform surface level. Level off the site by excavating and filling in for at least half a chain around the building; remove all extraneous rubbish, so as to leave the premises outside neat and tidy. Carpenter. The piles shall not be less than 8 in. x 8 in. throughout, if square, or, if not square, shall have at least 64 square inches of heartwood in their cross sections, and, if made of round timber, they shall be barked; they must be spaced not to exceed 5 feet from centre to centre. The whole of the plates requiring mortising shall be neatly mortised right through a good fit to receive the tenons. All studs shall have tenons formed at both ends the full depth of the corresponding mortises, to be also a good fit, and secured therein each with two spikes of sufficient length driven from the sides. Ground plates, 5 in. x 3 in. well spiked to piles. Wall plates, 5 in. x 3 in. Angle studs, 5 in. x 5 in. Door and window studs, 5 in. x 3 in. Intermediate studs, 5 in. x 2 in. Diagonal bracing, 8 in. x 1 in., to be well spiked to each intersected stud and plate, which must be cut out to receive them. Saddle-boards, 12 in. x 1| in. Fascia boards, 12 in. xIJ in., finished at upper edge with a 3-inch Scotia mould. Rafters, 5 in. x 3 in., spaced not more than 3 feet apart, well secured to wall plates with bolts. Purlins, 4 in. x 4 in. Floor joists, 5 in. x 2 in. Sleeper joists, 5 in. x 3 in. Cover the whole of the outside of the building up to the roof-covering with weatherboards, 8 in. x 1 in. thick, neatly dressed, to lap 2 inches, and to be securely nailed to each stud. All angles to be finished with 6 in. x 2 in. and 3 in. xby 2 in. stops. The plinth to be 1^ inches thick, with upper edge weathered to an angle of 45°. Lay the floors with 6 in. x 1| in. W.T. and G. Scotch or rimu flooring, or other approved timber, secured with two nails through every board into each intersected joist, all to.be well punched in, and the joints of boards to be well cleaned off. The seat in the lobby shall be of the length and width shown, and 2 inches thick. The wraiting-room, lobby, office, and closet off ladies' waitingroom, shall be lined and ceiled with f-inch W.T. and G. lining boards, well nailed to the studs and rafters. The screens in lobby shall be constructed as shown, properly trussed, and well framed together. The several moulds and panels to be brought boldly out on this as well as the other portions of this building. The windows to be single hung from top, glazed with 22-ounce sheet glass neatly tacked in, bedded in linseed-oil putty, and finished externally with moulded 6-inch architraves. Each window to be fitted with a blind roller with brass fittings complete and approved, also buff holland blind. The doors to have solid rebated frames 1| inches thick; doors If inches thick, hung with 4-inch cast-iron butt hinges, and fitted with 7-inch Carpenter's patent locks with keys in duplicate. The whole of the doors, sashes, and other framed work to be framed a sufficient time for seasoning before being glued or wedged up. The ticket-door slide to be 14 inches wide, and fitted up with a properly hung counterbalance weight
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and pulley, and with an approved brass bolt inside. A desk with two drawers to be provided and fixed in the office as approved. The timber composing the ground and wall plates to be in as long lengths as possible, but in no case to be less than 14 feet in length. Scarfs in all cases to be made over a pile or stud. A name board of station shall be erected above the fence, of sufficient length to contain the name written in 10-inch block letters. The dimensions given in this Specification are for finished sizes. Plumber. Cover the roof with corrugated galvanized iron, to have two corrugations side lap, and 9 inches lap at ends; the end laps to be rivetted together every third corrugation, and the sides with galvanized iron screws and washers 24 inches apart. The sheets to be afterwards attached to the purlins with 2-inch lead-headed nails through top of every fourth corrugation horizontally; the holes for these nails to be punched from the underside of the plates. Provide and fix at eaves a continuous wood bar 3 in. x 2 in., screwed through sheeting into purlins with 6-inch coach screws every 2 feet. Make all necessary zinc flashings around doors, windows, junctions of roof, plinth, &c, &c. Provide and fix where shown on the plan two approved stoves; the one in the booking-office to be for cooking, the one in the waiting-room to be for warming purposes only. Fasten down securely on its flat a timber frame 3 in. x-g in., leaving a space within 3 feet 6 inches square; this space to be filled in over its entire surface, flush with the top of the frame with a composition of sawdust steeped in a strong solution of alum, well consolidated. Upon the composition and the frame a piece of sheet-iron, 4 feet square and inch thick, is to be placed, and securely fastened to the frame with screws; upon these sheets the stoves will be centrally placed. A piece of sheet-iron, No. 16 8.W.G., 3 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft., to be fastened behind each stove to the wall with screws. Fix a sufficient length of 4| inch stove-piping to project 5 feet above the roof-sheeting, properly stayed to roof with f-inch bolts. Provide and fix galvanized iron ridging. Painter. Properly knot, stop, prime, rub down, and otherwise prepare the whole of the woodwork exposed to view, inside and out, wrought and unwrought; and afterwards paint the same with three coats of best colour, composed of white lead and linseed oil, and finished a light stone colour. The ladies' waiting-room and booking office to have written in 2^-inch block letters on their doors, or such other convenient place, the name of room as above, in black. The ticket opening to have the word " Tickets " painted above it. On the signboard paint in 10-inch block letters the name of the station. The whole of the floor to be scrubbed and windows cleaned after painting, and the building to be left perfectly neat and clean in every respect, and ready for use. Materials. Timber. —The piles to be of totara, matai, black birch, hinau, or puriri. The ground plates and sleeper joists shall be of totara ; the remainder of the framing and boarding may be rimu, matai, or kauri. All the timber used shall be straight and sound, free from shakes, large or loose knots, and other imperfections; and each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than three-quarters heart. The galvanized iron to be of " Gospel Oak "or other approved English brand, 8.8. quality, 24 8.W.G., free from all flaws, cracks, damage by water, discolour, or other defects. Ridging and spouting shall be of galvanized iron, the same quality as specified for corrugated galvanized iron. All straps, bolts, plates, &c, to be made of 8.8. Crown iron or other equal and approved quality, to be dipped in oil while hot from the forge. Bolts not otherwise specified to have a square head, the depth to be not less than the thickness, and the width twice the diameter of the bolt, to be screwed with a clean cut screw, and to have a nut equal in size to the head. Two washers to be provided to each bolt not less than three times the diameter of the bolt and one-quarter of the diameter in thickness. All spikes shall be of such a length as that, after being driven through the first timber, they shall enter the second timber at least onehalf of their entire length previous to punching; and all nails shall be in length equal to two and a half times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails the thickness of the second weatherboard must be added to their length. All nails and spikes to be punched in.
SPECIFICATION FOR THE WORKS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE ERECTION OF A FIFTH-CLASS STATION (CLASS B) AT KELSO, ACCORDING TO THE PLANS ACCOMPANYING THIS SPECIFICATION. 1. This Contract will include the supply of all materials, labour, and plant necessary for the erection of the building, as well as the clearing and preparation of the site, and the delivery of the same at the termination of the contract in a complete and perfect state for the purpose intended. The whole of the work to be executed in strict accordance with this Specification and the plans accompanying it, and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer who may be appointed to supervise it, within of the. date of the acceptance of the tender.
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2. Materials. —All materials in timber to be heart of their several kinds, free from sap, knots, shakes, or any other defects. The plinth, foundation piles, and ground plates to be of totara; the remainder of the framing and boarding shall be either rimu, kauri, matai, or totara. The flooring of lobby shall be totara. The joiners' work must be thoroughly seasoned. All scantlings to be as well seasoned as can be procured in the market. All spikes used in this contract shall be of such length as that after being driven through the first timber they shall enter the second timber at least one-half of their entire length previous to punching; and all nails shall be in length equal to 2\ times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails, the thickness of the second weatherboard must be added to their length. Except the floor joists (which shall be spaced 18 inches apart) all the timbers throughout to be spaced 22 inches between centres, unless otherwise described or ordered. All ironwork shall be of 8.8., or of equal quality, sound and well forged. The dimensions given in the Specification and drawing are for finished sizes. 3. Excavator.- —Excavate the site of the Station according to such directions as to depth, &c, as may be given by the Engineer. Excavate for the foundation piles to a depth of at least 2 feet in the solid ground, and through all made earth, so as to insure a solid foundation. When the piles are fixed in their places, fill in and well ram round them with clay. 4. Piles. —The foundation piles to be 8 in. x 8 in., and sawn square at both ends, and spaced not to exceed 4 feet from centre to centre. 5. Plates. —All ground plates to be 4 in. x 3 in.; wall plates, 4 in. x 3 in.; the scarfs in all cases to be over a pile or stud, and well spiked. 6. Studs. —All studs to be 4 in. x 2 in., and angle studs 4 in. x 4 in., framed as shown in detail; in all cases to be 1 inch thicker next openings, and tenoned through all plates, and pinned. 7. Braces. —All braces to be 6 in. x 1 in., let in flush, and placed at an an angle of 45 degrees if possible, and to be well nailed. 8. Joists. —The floor joists throughout to be 5 in. x 3 in., well spiked to bearings. Sleeper joists 5 in. x 2 in. 9. Roof. —Rafters, 5 in. x 2 in., well fitted to plates, and spaced 2 feet from centre to centre. Fix on the rafters 2-inch battens, 4 inches wide, spaced 2 feet apart. 10. Cover the roof with the best 26-gauge corrugated galvanized iron, to lap endways at least 9 inches, and to have two corrugations side lap, well secured with galvanized-iron screws and lead washers through every third corrugation horizontally upon each batten, and every 2 feet upon the side laps. Flash around all the windows and top of plinth with No. 9 zinc flashing well tacked down. 11. Outside. —Cover the wdiole of the outside of the building with 8-inch weatherboards, 1 inch thick, neatly dressed, to lap 2 inches, and to be securely nailed to every bearing. 12. Plinth. —The plinth to be continued round the entire building to one level; to be I^-inch thick, the upper edge to be weathered, and the ends at doorway chamfered. Block out as may be required. 13. Floors. —Lay the floors with 6 in. x \\ in. tongued and grooved boards, nailed with two nails through every board into every joist, well cramped up. All nails to be punched in, and the joints well cleaned off. 14. Lining. —The insides of office, waiting-room, and closet in same to be lined throughout with f-inch wrought tongued and grooved boarding. The office and waiting-room partitions next lobby to be lined same as outside. The ceilings of the office, lobby, ladies' waiting-room, and closet to be ceiled as described for the lining. 15. Doors. —The doors to be 6 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. and 1-Jr-inch thick, four-panel square, hung with 4-inch butts to 2-inch wrought and single rebated jamb linings. Fix 6-inch Carpenter's patent rim locks. 16. Windows. —The three windows to be 5 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in., to have I^-inch sashes in deal cased frames, and deal sunk sills, with metal tongues and beads. The sashes to be single hung from top with No. 5 patent sash cord, 2-inch axle pulleys, cast-iron weights, each to fasten with extra strong spring sash-fasteners. The timber used in the sashes and frames to be deal. The frames to have parting beads, pocketpieces, and all necessary stops and fillets. 1-J-inch wrought and rounded window boards, plain facings, as before described. Glaze the windows with 16-oz. sheet glass, well tacked in, and bedded in linseed-oil putty. 17. Seats in Lobby and Waiting Room. —To be all wrought 1 ft. 6 in. wide, and li in. thick, and to be supported by four 4-in. x 2-in. uprights. The back of seat in lobby to be lined 2 ft. 9 in. high, and finished with plain capping. The spaces between the studs and behind the capping to be filled in flush with 1-in. boarding. Front rail 4 in. x 2 in., notched into front edge of uprights. 18. Vallance Board. —The vallance boarding to be lj-inch thick, 4| feet in depth from plate, chamfered at the joints, and the ends cut and shaped. To be well nailed to plates. 19. Closet. —The closet to be fitted up with approved seat and riser, and flap cover hinged at back. Supply one galvanized-iron 14-inch rivctted bucket with drop handle. Put a fourlight frosted window with louvres at top in back wall of building, also a hinged door or opening 1 ft. 6 in. wide and 2 ft. deep for removing bucket. 20. Painting. —The whole of the exterior aud interior woodwork exposed to view, either wrought or unwrought, shall be properly prepared and painted twice in the best linseed oil and white lead in party drabs.
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SPECIFICATION FOR A TWO-STALL ENGINE SHED AT KELSO. The contract comprehends the following works, viz., —The supply of all the material, labour, and the erection of the building complete in every respect, and, when finished, to level off and remove all extraneous soil and rubbish, so as to impart a neat appearance to the works; and generally to complete the contract to the full intent and meaning of the drawings and of this Specification, and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer in charge, within weeks of the date of the acceptance of the tender. 1. Excavator. —Excavate for foundations to a depth of at least two feet in the solid ground through all made earth; also excavate trenches for drain pipes, &c, and for all work necessary; and afterwards, when the foundations, drain pipes, and every other work are properly placed in position, to fill in well and ram round them the excavated earth and clay requisite, in layers not exceeding twelve inches in thickness at any part; each layer to be well wetted; and in this maimer the entire surface excavated shall be brought up to the proper level requisite. The drain-pipes to be jointed and laid with well-worked clay. 2. Carpenter. —The piles shall not be less than 9 in. x 9 in. if square, or if not square shall have at least 81 square inches of heart-wood in their cross section; and if made of round timber, they shall be barked. The whole of the plates requiring mortising shall be neatly mortised right through a good fit to receive the tenons. All studs shall have tenons formed at both ends the full depth of the corresponding mortises, to be also a good fit, and secured therein each with two spikes of sufficient length, driven from the sides. Ground plates 4 in. x 6 in., well spiked with 9-inch spikes to piles; wall plates, 3 in. x 6 in.; angle studs, 6 in. x 6 in.; door studs, 6 in. x 6 in.; window studs, 6 in. x 3 in.; intermediate studs, 6 in. x 2 in.; diagonal bracing at sides, 6 in. x 1 in., to be well spiked to each intersected stud and plate, which must be cut out to receive them. Tie beams 9 in. x 4s\ in., bolted to the double studs with two f-inch bolts at each end. Purlins 6 in. x 4 in., fixed as shown. The doors at the ends of the building shall be constructed of two thicknesses of lj-inch diagonally laid planking, wrought, tongued and grooved, as shown ; the edges to be sawn square. Each plank to be fastened from both sides to each intersected plank, with not less than two wire nails at opposite corners, well clinched. The planking of these doors to be well seasoned before being worked up. The doors at both ends shall run below upon cast-iron rollers with wrought-iron axles, mounted in wrought-iron carriages. One single and one double roller carriage shall be attached to each half of a door. The top of the doors shall have attached to them small sheave rollers, placed in a horizontal position, and shall run in a proper weathered guide attached to the building. One-half of each door shall be secured with a 12-inch barrel bolt, and the second half shall be attached to it with a proper wrought-iron hinged hasp and staple, with padlock which must be approved, and keys in duplicate. Cover the whole of the outside of the building with 8 in. x 1 in. wrought weatherboards, to lap 2 inches, each board to be securely nailed to every stud and bearing. The angles on both faces to be finished with 6 in. x 3 in. wrought stops, well nailed to studs. Provide and fix in sides of building solid framed windows of the sizes shown, glazed with 16-oz. sheet glass, in a workmanlike manner. A ledged and boarded door, 6 feet high and 2 feet 8 inches wide, to be hung in the side of the building, as shown, with stout X hinges and 8-inch Carpenter's patent rim lock, with keys in duplicate. The mode in which the eaves shall be constructed, also the construction and erection of four smoke funnels, hinges, gate-stops, tumblers, &c, are correctly shown on the detail drawings attached. The whole of the exterior boarding exposed to view to be wrought. 3. Plumber. —The roof shall be made of corrugated galvanized iron sheets, curved as shown, and shall be retained in position by means of wrought-iron clips (one clip to each width of sheet at the joints), and continuous bar at eaves, and 1-inch tie bolts intermediately. The sheets shall be of the best galvanized corrugated iron, No. 24 BWG., of 88. quality, with full double laps at sides, and held tightly together with galvanized iron screws with nuts and washers, spaced 12 inches apart; the ends of sheets to lap over each other not less than 12 inches, and to be rivetted together with galvanized-iron rivets and burrs through every other corrugation, and placed zigzag. To provide and fix to the eaves of roof proper 4-inch eaves guttering, and two stacks of 4-inch down spouting, all of galvanized iron, to be fixed to the gutter and building with all necessary holdfasts, junctions, bends, hopper-heads, &c, that may be necessary. Also flash with No. 9 zinc all door and window heads. 4. Painter. —The whole of the exterior of the building to be properly prepared and stopped, and painted three coats in the very best linseed oil and white lead, to finish wbite. The doors, angle stops, and barge-boards, to be finished a warm stone colour. Sufficient notice must be given to the Engineer by the Contractor prior to the laying on of any of the three coats. The whole of the wrought-ironwork to have two coats of oil black. Paint in 10-inch block letters in black, at both ends above doors, the words " Engine Shed." 5. Materials. —The piles to be of totara, matai, black birch, hinau, or puriri. The ground plates to be of totara. The remainder of the framing and boarding may be rimu, matai, or kauri. All the timber used shall be straight and sound, free from shakes, large or loose knots, and other imperfections ; and each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than f-heart. All spikes used in this contract shall be of such a length as that after being driven through the first timber they shall enter the second timber at least one half of their entire length previous to punching; and all nails shall be in length equal to 2\ times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails, the thickness of the second weatherboard must be added to their length.
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Site and Description. The building shall be erected at Station, on the Railway, in the Province of Extent of Contract. The contract comprehends the following works, viz., —The supply of sufficient approved materials for the filling, which shall be properly laid, and spread to the length, width, and several depths requisite, to level and pun the same to a smooth, compact, and hard surface for the reception of the floor within the store, and the pitching and metal of road approach without; the proper laying of the pitching, and spreading the metal upon the made approach; the erection of the building and platform complete in every respect. To perform all work necessary to impart a neat and workmanlike appearance when finished, and thus generally to complete the contract to the full intent and meaning of the drawings and this Specification. The whole of the work to be executed to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer who may be appointed to supervise it, within of the date of acceptance of the tender. Excavator. Excavate for piles of foundation to a depth of at least two feet below formation level. When the piles are in place, fill in aud well ram round them with clay. Should the site of these works be in cutting, the contractor shall in that case excavate the ground for the road approach and building site down to the lines and levels shown in drawing, but no further; he shall also give a price per cubic yard for such other excavation as the locality may require. Carpenter. There shall be 10 piles, carrying the ground plates, 9 in. x 9 in. if square, or they shall have 81 square inches of cross section if not square. Ground plates, 6 in. x 3 in.; wall plates, 6 in. x 3 in.; angle studs, 6 in. x 6 in.; intermediate studs, 6 in. x 3 in. and 6 in. x 4 in; rafters, 8 in. x 3 in., spaced 4 ft. 6 in. apart; purlins, 6 in. x 3 in.; joist over cart opening, 9 in. x 6 in.; bracing, 7 in. x 1 in., let in flush ; weatherboarding, 8 in. x 1 in.; lining boards, 2 in. thick. The platform to be constructed as shown with timbers of the following sizes, viz.: piles, which shall be square, 8 in. 8 in.; longitudinal joists, 8 in. x 4 in.; planking, 6 in. x 3 in., laid close; bracing, 6 in. x 3 in. The floor of store to be laid iv as shown, well spiked to the sleepers underneath it, which must be thoroughly bedded. Supply and fix a flight of steps from platform as shown. The overhanging caves of roof next railway shall be carried upon a longitudinal plate 6 in. x 3 in., supported by four posts 4 in. x 4 in., with lower ends retained in cleats fastened around them to the boarding of platform. The difference of level between the floors of platform and store to be connected as shown. Cover the whole of the outside of the building from eaves to ground all around with 8 in. x 1 in. weatherboards, properly nailed to studs and plates. The spaces between the studding above the lining boards to be filled in to the weatherboarding withl-in. boards well fixed. All spikes used in this contract shall be of such a length as that after being driven through the first timber they shall enter the second timber at least one half of their entire length previous to punching ; and all nails shall be in length equal to 2| times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails, the thickness of the second weatherboard must be added to their length. Plumber. Cover the roof timbers with galvanized corrugated iron, No. 24 8.W.G., single-lapped at side, and held together with galvanized-iron screws with nuts and washers, spaced 12 inches apart, the ends of sheets to lap over each other not less than 6 inches, and to be rivetted together with galvanized-iron rivets and burrs through every fourth corrugation, and placed zigzag. The flakes of sheeting must then be firmly nailed to each intersected purlin with 2|-inch galvanized iron nails, driven through the top of every third corrugation. Three continuous battens shall be fixed to the roof with |-in. bolts passing through the purlins, 3 feet apart. Painter. The whole of the exterior of the building to be properly prepared and stopped, and painted three coats in the very best linseed oil and white lead, to finish white. Road Approach. Pitching. —The entire surface of the road to be hand-pitched with stones not less than 7 inches deep in the middle, and 6 inches deep at the sides, each stone to be laid transversely to the line of traffic, to be laid close, and the interstices filled with small spalls driven in with a light hammer; none of the stones to have more than 60 or less than 30 square inches of area upon upper faces,
SPECIFICATION FOR WORK TO BE DONE AND MATERIALS TO BE USED IN ERECTING A COAL STORE.
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Metal. —The whole of the pitching to be covered with metal broken to a gauge of 2\ inches from approved hard stone, spread broad-cast with a shovel to a depth of 6 inches over the entire surface. Blinding. —The whole of the metal shall be blinded with approved loam free from all vegetable matter, to a depth of 2 inches. Materials. Timber. —The piles to be of totara, matai, black birch, hinau, or puriri. The ground plates to be of totara. The remainder of the framing and boarding may be rimu, matai, or kauri. All the timber used shall be straight and sound, free from shakes, large or loose knots, and other imperfections; and each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than f-heart. Galvanized corrugated iron to be of the best 88. quality sheet iron of approved brand, and free from all faults.
SPECIFICATION FOR WATER TANKS, LAMP-HOUSE, ETC. 1. Materials. —Timber : The foundation blocks, ground plates, studs, and joists for carrying the tanks, shall be of totara; the remainder of the structure may be of matai, kauri, or totara; and to hold the full dimensions specified. The timber to be free from all imperfections, and each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than f-heart- Iron : The wrought iron shall be of 88. or other equal quality, soundly forged, and well and properly fitted. The cast iron shall be true and square in shape, free from honey-comb, blow-holes, or other imperfections. 2. Excavation. —Make all necessary excavations for the site and foundation blocks, and remove all surplus materials and rubbish during the construction and after the completion of the "works where directed. 3. Carpenter. —All the woodwork shall be sawn square, strongly-framed, fitted, and fixed truly square and out of winding. The inside of the stand, from the top of ground-plate to the underside of door-sill, shall be lined all round with 1| inch boards, well nailed to studs. The outside of the framing shall be encased on all sides with wrought weatherboards, 8 in. x 1 in., properly nailed, with a 2-inch lap. A strongly-made ledged and boarded door, secured with hasp and padlock, shall be properly hung as shown. A wooden ladder 10^ feet in length, strongly made, shall be provided. Provide and fix window and door in position shown. The roof of house shall be covered with 4-lb. lead. 4. Tanks. —The tanks shall be of wrought iron, of the best make imported, free from rust, bruises, or other injury, and shall be perfectly watertight. They shall be thoroughly painted inside with Portland cement in two coats. Provide and fix a proper 2-inch brass ball-tap, also sufficient 2-inch galvanized iron piping to reach to the bottom of the frame, or as directed, and with a bend at bottom end. In this pipe shall be fixed one brass 2-inch stop-cock, and one T with 2-inch brass cock with union joint to receive a hose-pipe. 5. Delivery Valve. —The delivery valve and tank connections shall be attached to the tank by the Contractor. The valve shall be opened by means of a wrought-iron rod hooked into the shank of the valve, and at top attached to a lever fixed to tank, and the outer end of lever to have a light chain fastened to it of sufficient length to reach the end of the hose when hanging. This rod, lever, and other fittings shall be supplied by the Contractor, but the delivery valve and tank connections will be supplied to the Contractor by the Government at the site. 6. Hose. —The outlet pipe of valve shall have a strongly made bull-leather copper-i'ivetted hose, lashed to it with strong copper wire. The inside of hose to be not less than 6 inches in diameter. The hose to be well soaked in tallow. A totara board shall be hung loosely to the stand at back of hose and strapped to it at bottom end; the use of this board is to support the hose and to keep it in proper position when in use. 7. Painting. —-All joints, abutments, shoulders, mortises, tenons, scarfs, and other joinings of two surfaces of wood, or of wood and iron, shall be worked perfectly true and fit accurately, and shall be covered with thick red-lead paint before being put together; and the whole of the timber (and the ironwork and tanks before erection) shall be painted outside in three coats of linseed oil and white lead, to finish white, or other approved colour. 8. Connections. —The tanks shall be connected together as shown with cast-iron flanged connections, bolted to the sides of tanks with four -|-inch bolts each, and vulcanized india-rubber washers, -J-inch thick, to make joints watertight.
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SPECIFICATION FOR WORK TO BE DONE AND MATERIALS TO BE USED IN ERECTING GOODS SHEDS. (To be used except when otherwise instructed.) Site and Description. The buildings shall be erected at Tapanui and Kelso. Extent of Contract. The contract comprehends the following works, viz., —The levelling off and excavating of the ground to the proper widths and depths for the several works requiring foundations, and after such works arc properly laid, to refill and consolidate the earth about them ; the erection of the building complete in every respect; and, when finished, to level off and remove all extraneous soil and rubbish, so as to impart a neat appearance to the works; and generally to complete the contract to the full intent and meaning of the drawings and this Specification, and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer in Charge. Excavator. Excavate for foundations to a depth of at least two feet in the solid ground, through all made earth; also excavate trenches for drain pipes, &c, and for all work necessary; and afterwards, when the foundations and drain pipes, and every other work, are properly placed in position, to fill in and well ram round them the excavated earth and clay requisite, in layers not exceeding twelve inches in thickness at any part; each layer to be well wetted; and in this manner the entire surface excavated shall be brought up to the proper level requisite. The drain-pipes to be jointed and laid with well-worked clay. Carpenter. The piles shall not be less than 9 in. x 9 in. if square, or if not square shall have at least 81 square inches of heart-wood in their cross section; and if made of round timber, they shall be barked. The whole of the plates requiring mortising shall be neatly mortised right through a good fit to receive the tenons. All studs shall have tenons formed at both ends the full depth of the corresponding mortises, to be also a good fit, and secured therein each with two spikes of sufficient length, driven from, the sides. Ground plates, 4 in. x 6 in., well spiked with 9-inch spikes to piles; wall plates, 3 in. x 6 in.; angle studs, 6 in. x 6 in., door studs, 6 in. x 6 in.; window studs, 6 in. x 3 in.; intermediate studs, 6 in. x 2 in.; diagonal bracing at sides, 6 in. x 1 in., halved into and to be well spiked to each intersected stud and plate, which must be cut out to receive them. The platform to be erected as shown, of timbers of the following sizes :— ground plates, 9 in. x 4 in.; stumps, 6 in. x 6 in.; floor joists, 9 in. x 3 in., covered with 6 in. x 3 in. planking ; each plank shall be well spiked to each intersected joist. For the remainder of this portion of the structure see drawings attached, on which they are properly delineated. Tie 4 E.—7.
WATER TANKS.
Description. Unit. Quantity. £ a. a. £ 8. d. Earthwork Foundation Blocks, 9 in. x 9 in., fixed Timber: Scantlingsunwrought, but framed and fixed in place— Totara ... at per Matai Kauri ... „ Weatherboarding (fixed) ,, Painting —Cement, two coats... „ Oils, three „ Wrought Iron Lead Tanks —each fixed complete ... Brass taps and piping, Sec, as specified cube yard per foot 100 feet BM 1J square yard per lb. 5) lump sum )j Total
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beams, 9 in. x4| in., bolted to the double studs with two f-iach bolts at each end. Purlins, 6 in. x 4 in., fixed as shown. The doors at the ends of the building shall be constructed of two thicknesses of I^-inch diagonally laid planking, wrought, tongued and grooved, as shown; the edges to be sawn square. Each plank to be fastened from both sides to each intersected plank, with not less than two wire nails well clinched. The planking of these doors to be well seasoned before being worked up. The doors shall run in a properly formed race at top firmly bolted to the framework of the building and flashed on top, and shall run below upon wrought-iron carriages bolted to the doors with |-inch bolts, with grooved cast-iron rollers properly fitted in them. The bearings of the rollers to be wrought-iron. with the rollers cast on them, properly turned and fitted. The carriages to bo of f-inch boiler plate, cut and beat while hot to the form shown. The railway doors shall each run on one double and one single roller carriage, but the export and import doors at back shall run on two single roller carriages, all as shown. A proper wrought-iron rail one inch square for the rollers to run upon, to be screwed down flush upon a continuous level wood bearing fitted with door stops, at each doorway. The doors, when closed, must be each secured with properly formed wrought-iron hinged hasps, fastened to the doors and studs. Cover the whole of the outside of the building with 8 in. x 1 in. wrought weatherboards, to lap 2 inches, each board to be securely nailed to every stud and bearing. The angles on both faces to be finished with 6 in. x 3 in, wrought stops, well nailed to studs. Provide and fix in. side of building one solid framed window of the size shown, glazed with 16-oz. sheet glass, in a workmanlike manner. All spikes used in this contract shall be of such a length as that after being driven through the first timber they shall enter the second timber at least one-half of their entire length previous to punching; and all nails shall be in length equal to 2\ times the thickness of the first timber through which they are driven. In weatherboard nails, the thickness of the-second weatherboard must be added to-their length. Put up upon the platform floor an office of the size shown ; studs, 3 in. x 2 in., outside to be vertically boarded with 1-inch tongued and grooved and beaded boarding, and the inside to be lined with f-inch tongued and grooved beaded match boarding. Fit in same a door and window as shown. A desk with drawer to extend along one side. Properly ceil the office over with f-inch boards, carried upon 3 in. x 2 in. rafters. The whole of the exterior woodwork exposed to view to be wrought.. Plumber. The roof shall be curved as shown, and shall be retained m that position by means of the wrought-iron clips and continuous bar at eaves, and the 1-inch tie bolts intermediately. The sheets shall be of the best galvanized corrugated iron, No. 24 8.W.G., of 88. quality, with full double laps at sides, and held tightly together with galvanized iron screws with nuts and washers, spaced 12 inches apart; the ends of sheets to lap over each other not less than 9 inches, and to be rivetted together with galvanized-iron rivets and burrs through every other corrugation, and placed zigzag. To provide and fix to the eaves of roof proper 4-inch eaves guttering, and two stacks of 4-inch down-spouting, all of galvanized iron, to be fixed to the gutter and building, with all necessary holdfasts, junctions, bends, hopper-heads, &c, that may be necessary, and to be connected with the drain pipes. Also flash with No. 11 zinc all door and window heads. Painter. The whole of the exterior of the building to be properly prepared and stopped, and painted three coats in the very best linseed oil. and lead, first coat to be red, the second coat white, and the last coat to finish a warm drab. The doors, stops, and barge boards, to be finished a warm stone colour. Sufficient notice must be given to the Engineer by the Contractor prior to the laying on of any of the three coats. The whole of the wrought-iron work to have one coat of red aud two coats of oil black. Paint in 10-inch block letters in black, at both ends above doors, the words " Goods Shed." Materials. Timber. —The piles to be of totara, matai, black birch, hinau, or puriri. The ground plates to be of totara. The remainder of the framing and boarding maybe rimu, matai, or kauri. All the timber used shall be straight and sound, free from shakes, large or loose knots, and other imperfectations; aud each side of any scantling shall show nowhere less than f-heart. The whole of the iron used to be of 88. or other equal quality of wrough-iron, soundly forged. The bolts to have good clean threads cut upon them, and the nuts a good fit; two washers to be supplied with each bolt.
SPECIFICATION FOR CLASS B—PRIVIES AND URINALS. ( Set.) This building shall be erected at Tapanui Station, Tapanui Railway. Its exact position will be pegged off by the Engineer in Charge. Extent of Contract. —This contract comprehends the following works, viz.,—The levelling off and excavation of the ground to the proper widths and depths for the several works requiring
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foundations, and after such works are properly laid, to refill and consolidate the earth about them; the erection of the building complete in every respect; and when finished, to level off and remove all extraneous soil and rubbish, so as to impart a neat appearance to the building. Excavator. —Excavate for the posts of fence to a depth of at least three feet; excavate also for the asphalte foundation with all necessary falls. Carpenter. —The various sizes of the scantlings, and the details of their construction, are correctly shown upon the drawing. Plumber. —The roof over the urinals and privies and the fence shall be the best 88. quality galvanized corrugated No. 26 B.W.G. sheet-iron, free from all faults. To be single-lapped, and attached to the framework in the most secure manner with galvanized iron nails and washers. The roof to be made thoroughly watertight. Flash the urinals throughout with No. 11 zinc, well soldered and fixed to frames. The trough to be regularly inclined towards a l^-inch lead outlet pipe, to be placed where directed. Painter. —The whole of the woodwork, wherever exposed to view, except the inside of the privies, to be properly stopped and painted in three coats of oil paint; to finish a dark drab. The first coat shall be red, the second white, and the third a dark drab. Asphalte. —The entire surface of the ground within the limits of this building shall be asphalted as follows : —The foundation shall be formed with spalls hand laid on edge well rammed, the interstices to be fillen in with f-inch gauge metal; the entire surface shall then be coated over with similar metal well rammed to a depth of not less than one inch and a half. The asphalte shall then be carefully spread over and laid to the falls figured upon the plan; to be not less than one inch in thickness at any part. The asphalte to be of such quality and laid in such maimer as shall be approved. The surface water and that from the urinals shall be collected into a channel underneath the urinals, and at its lowest point, as may be arranged to suit locality, discharged into a 3-inch glazed stoneware pipe of not less length than 6 feet; the first length to be a bend carefully inserted in the asphalte. The pipes shall be laid and jointed in well-worked puddle clay. ■ Specifications for all other station buildings included in this contract are attached to their respective drawings.
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