A CLAIM FOR £36,000.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 4

A CLAIM FOR £36,000.

AGAINST OTAGO DOCK TRUST.

. IDj Telesraph.-Press Association.) ; , ; ■ Dtmodlri; September 2. A claim for £36,000 has boon, made by Scott Bros;, contractors for the now" dock,: , against the'. Otago Dock Trust. Included in tho amount is an item of £20,000 for alleged unsuitebility and failure'of Drcdgo 222 to dredge out the dock site boforo tho work of coast-ruction was, taken in hand. Tile eon- . tractors refute to acknowledge their liability for somo'£9ooo, which amount was deducted by the Trust as penalties for delay in tho completion of the work. These, sums, to-; getker with a cheque for £3351'forwardedby' ' the Trust to the contractors in settlement,of, :'• accounts but not.lifted,bytho latter, make' a,total;of £82,351; and'the; balance, of,' *ho.;';/" claim (£3649): is for work or alterations said-" ■ to'havo boon authorised ■ afteritho: contract: was agreed- to." ; '-> 'v.': ; '•'■" "; : '•••. •■. '■'.'■ .The original contract price ..wi5'£58,719,; and tho time allowed for v tho completion or the work was 16 months. Tho Dock Trust, it 'is understood, allowed I ,9o''days beyond' the time stipulated; for' completion',: before;..-';'■ enforcing penalties." The'eontrnctbrsj on the'."-,' other hand,,claim that thoy were hindered in: ; the work owing to tho Trust's delay in ro- ; . moving obstructions, and'in other, ; ways.'. Xho Dock" Tnist's engineer/(Mr.'R.HayV;: is away from the Dominion at 'present, and '. > consideration - of the claim may : bo deferred until ho. roturns... : ''\''.■■■:,-.:..,■.'!;/