COST OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 895, 2 December 1871, Page 3

COST OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.

A large claim has recently been made against the Corporation in respect of the erection of the new bridge at Blackfriars. It seems tenders having been invited for the necessary works the Committee accepted the lowest, namely, that of Messrs Thorn Brothers, for the sum £269,045, the contract containing the usual stipulations as to extras and omissions. The bridge was complete at the end of 1869, and by that time the contractors had received from the Corporation, on the certificates of Mr Cubitt, the engineer, the sum, in all, of £309,699. The difference between that and the tendered price was owing to the completion of extra works. There is now owing to Messrs Thorn, a balance, after allowing for extras and omissions, of £7,895 odd. The contractors, however, have brought an action against the Corporation to recover upwards of £IOO,OOO over and above the sum paid, and the Committee, who denied the liability, had paid into court the sum £7,895. The action had been sent for trial, but the contractors have suggested that the whole dispute should be referred to an arbitrator. The Court have referred the matter to the Bridge-house Committee, with power to take any steps they might think desirable.—" Builder."