DISTRICT COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 49, 25 July 1885, Page 3

DISTRICT COURT.

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'I .^Cbuhfcit A. Poolo and Joseph Traskv *!-''- = . ■■■ v Dmiban A. . Ppj?V-S . t examination cpnjbinued^Dfain"n.ea.r bri|g^was represei— 'ted tb"'iTie aitiin'e of signing contract) as biirig iOft m widiihi - r Engineer led me .s>.* believe that whole' of widening was abbut . t^Tliynnfe^rtoUl h^inv ii^tiv^ould expect large extras for^th^ coiflj *(>:;piißtibn of th 6% > work.' Thytine "said you : .can go oiaxwith. the wqrki^ypu get po from me, you hay^aignedj;he cori^'" .Wstract ancl unless yjpudompMe work u^t^' '; handle you. will get^-nolibiifi^. "j^^heh * Ncided to discontinue "the Wvork. I tvrote.. v . ar t<Btat^ng: that;|^b^y notj .'isbntmife contract. """I received letter frojtfli' .yMrPiraui to effect that if I did not pno^ "* ceed Avitb; ci)fiitfact^ ihfcj^ woulH take pi|o-' coedings. ' I explained to Mr Thynne niy. V reason for- contract Avete? tlfltldr;ain^ was hot faithfuiUy/ represented, • byMOTgif&dinal section of plan. . f , I. copied"; ?ians; l^pte^ytonfle 13th Marc^i.. 'paid m'eibff'^d 4 threw un, contract.'. 321% cubic xaard 8 i accordin^p-StesvarX'fepltei) By Dundas^ m the ;who]«>. 4AJo c%ic^^d^.M^i^Bß^i! ] |toldt&e tlie « upne'r :pbj^fln- wia >^hf 1 1 Sd|^QmM^^iaenßP^^feTibK Soifawi&'ai.l«aa o>iip^aWij&%]pgw}(fen- «<■ g:^ \ '*$*}^foss-eSamined^y^fflfj FiteherJherti: w^ :^^s^^'^n^^i<^ 1 ' 6^'mftgf. £sf(pfi?# I S»i'<|» ; ; :^fter tati j^g Te yetiX' came to;decisioiiL tp contraefc. ,^tn^e]ftp,%^Sm4 tf 're^-j^rafter^^ad^e^^ : : &j^y*\:u-UA^ . ■■:>:■■>': ■■--■• i - 1 " : ' \ '> josepli^i"4.sk : I s ain : pj\sil9s th«aifen-! '%as£ ! &$ flood^tfes%i\n/|^ep^iTaiJifed; -ia'^idth? ThiEJ ayeVage.J,>yif(l*if >^'t aVb^it 2ft v wida. 'I'understoodhifrdtni Mr Poble we could get extras. I was? *sptb|ent ftt an injterview,\WiiJih:Thj^ne and; Stewart* after "suspending work. Wo' r told -them. thereX was : far more stuff to : "coifie 1 buiTof d^n^^an' presented. iTh^jrie Csaid we' would not gpt.,extraa.: Tliis Svas; on the 12th/ Ma.rch," ; .'W.e. Ue • J tideiFnoli to .go : 'on with, ,the ,wpir^. ■ We : ■'%illtte^ it Sii.'meeting. ; ta.at ;we,would:do j ;so if eStras were- given. . :I The j men were ' then pfiid and »P workVwas-'dbhe ? after- • Ste^wart :liever. told us we Vere : I. taking. a wrong course. : . ;y ! "William ; Aldridge: Charles Adiii, James Culi «aye. corroborative', evidence' as', to the.natur,« otthe contract, the dep|th of > stuff I^kei outi/&c < M -&c/ ; ■ \ -falter Aj.zdQjrf,vl':am a licensed suryp^prv^X^vAS; asked to do some \vo.rk -on iH\Uiio '4wn ; *fc.'Motoa.'.> : <I chained' J: lt^^.TeVy icai«nilly.. i 'Tlie length of drain; ; frotii iLarkworthy's boiundary to is J^l^nains 84 3 inks. Therljare five'bend.s rihtrdr&iin. Itis^ cliains ;4Q' link« .from ! M^b^h'er son's Ixoiind'ary to first bendivfrpia i£nft^!it*bend a tp'tlVe nglitr, v Erpjn..Mac■■pli^Bp^''s7V.bOundary.'.'.:t6 tarkworthy 's -; '\is#wsry_ it ia ; 2Q :^phains IZlinks^ Unle^pVehaVrthd width. of drain it would 5 hß^impQS'sible to take out" quantity. 'An ; "Engineer's plin should be ; made, so^ as to Be"r^ed'cin.' ' . ' ; .• :- 'Gjross-exarnined by. Mr, Fifczherbert : beyond. f^nce..; When ' iMSde : measurements : d rain had been conipleted. I niado. quantities . from the : plaii-'ip^a min-namyd Flannagan. 'Hia; : tendered , for; ;£95, butwhoh^ he went to ; look at the ground he said you mdst add another .£IOO. James Edwards Fulton: ; I am a Civil Engineer. Have had considerable ei-. perience in^coht^act •' Usually, lot ' copfeactsiwith^plSnSr V If I supply ; plans, they-.are intended' for: guidance of cbnr . tfttctorßt '%t th&rSSivas- anythino; w^ong %s.^pliyia J nsuia^n^e fright. There is^VVsapn'g' m . the condition*' 6ft;^y^ry'<»nt*ract.,.. lo chains is a big d^Bjfe%^Hcy,in 160&> ; I don't think it' t j^HingqncQntractoxi to look over ground' provided.; Where there aie^gfe^it agreemjent 'for extras lrrshduki? .be m writing?-- Where widths is' not cross sec tibiis; should be sh^wn." Plan prbdnced oughts to ihaye shown^^ cross' iSections., ' V ; by Mr Fitzherberit : If cbtitrajibr^jadTiot sdfficientjinforraatiott it tlie. proper course for contractorfo'¥pland . lpok, over;, ground, ; It is always best tdgo and look overground bi^tmany dp.no^.j The extras to-be paid for 'would be m proportion to contractor's pric^^ :;.'■ .*..'.."•-■ ■": ; ,:.,'•- -; -"•-• : - :• EdAvarii i ' John Armstrpng : lam the EfigMee^to;M^|iwatu . Boai Board. • I hlty^^^n- buf "quantities fcom plans produpeo|f^y>§t§ wart's plan the amount of ■tufi\l x^lculated/to be taken out is 3213 cu^i%^ardseven- after they • had made j dr^inifuU width. ,i By Dundas' plan ffie amount.of stuffitp ba taken btrt I calcu-:. late' afc.4475 cubic without taking into;colißideratioh the. question of width. The^exbbss : widths were calculated from figures^supplied me. ;The excessislDlG ' cubic yard.B.: I .consider lam bound" by, mygplanai-./.Tha having, clause-. inr>condi-: tionsi6f?.cqntFact is Only for the puifppae of Jco^rihg^small* errors. ': v: ■;"_ :''' ; : v Crbsi-examined' by Mr : FitzherbJßrt : ■I ' hayS- taken Say calculations entirety fron^ : widthai'glveri'me by'Poble 1 pr hii' counsel. If %b^c6Mracfbr^a|i v^one over Tiis, work it Wbnld hivlb Been a yery .easy.matterfor hinf-tb m^K&'estmiaSte^ Mr Fitzherbert re called Mr Stewart who said, In reference to tender m.; 1884 Idonot recollect having: any conversation with? Poole. ; Before Poble came to sign thercohtract I has no conversation whateyer^withhini. ,He sentin his ten.de^without^jpnsulting: mie m, any'^way. I pointed put tp him .and then I thouglii h^hadimade a^mistake and" had tendered too low . ,for the, contract He told, me all he wanted was to. keep the pot baling irrespective of amount of his tenU^r^rHe signed contract; No con^ ver§itipn v topk . place . between m© -and Pbole about widtKfj h hott ot I did not know them. Pople never made- any. complaint about , die'pth :6r during all this time. Prior to. .-Eridayj the 6th March, . had no complaint from Pople whatever.. The first complaint. I had was alter, he paid his oß. 'at^the linteryiewrpnj^th March Ithitik.,! received !; a ktjter from Poole whtch Ayas the first' intimation I received of his dissatisfaction.- yjBS re- «- quired ±120 extra on the contrswjt. . On 12tlf March Poole said jplanswePe.^ef active. I told him if hecbuldprove depth inqre/. than plan represented he wpuld be paid-' extra. Nothing was said aboutt the width. Poole then asked to be allowed to maka;. a tracing of plan which' he did. I went over the drain several times. ' .. [I^eft. Sitting.]