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Lea diagrammas suivants iiluatrant la mithoda. 22 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 A I A MINUTE STATEMENT HELATIVE TO THE WORKS OF THE CIIAMB1,Y CANAL,. £XUIBITING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT nv wurr-,. ^ FOUNUEO, THE CONTRACT ITSELkIwT!! A "■f-^UT^'ffi. CONTRACT WA9 EXTRA WORK PERFORMED BV the f^ftN-TTAT-^^.^^^^ O''' THE DIFFICULTIES UNDLR WlUrilTHEv , ^^n.[?SM' "^"^ AND THE CAUSES OF "LxH JIfJicuSs!'''' THE WHOI.E SUPPORTED BY THE AFFIDAVITS OF MANY OP THE OVERSEERS EMPLOYED OV THE CANAL ; BY THE REPORTS OF THE COMMlSSIo' erT TO THE legislature; a- d certificates op THE ENGINEER AVITH HIS LETTERS AND INSTRUCTIONS, AND VA- RIOUS OTHER DOCU- MENTS RELATIVE TO THAT AVORK FORMING ' '''^)ir^O^^Trf6'ly^^l^^^^^^ ON THE CANAL THE WORK FOR THE^A^K.UN^^Y^^^^^^^ '' MONTREAL : PRINTED BY LOUIS PERRAULT. 1836 79 ill 4880 COPY OP Tnr. E\OI!VEERS. REPORT Otf Tlir HOCTE CHOSE, rOR mECHlMT^prLr Gentlemen : canal's S?^?nf '^'f g;;^"^ o;er which-ti,e line of canai trom fet. Johns (o Clmmb y basin shonhl nn«« and havnig surveyed and levelled th. "me we \^ the honor to make the following report. ' rive, at Sf '"IT ^""^ '^'Y'^'f "^"^^ ^^ *^J^^" ^--o'" the ^ t.hnf f ?''"'' '"^^"^'^ ^f "^'"^ <^^tent are renuirod at^that place, to se.uie a certain and abundant sup .rHJ^ i' proposed to effect this by convcyin- a dyke or Dier y^f T . > n".\'^^ '''^'^'^ «" ^^ ^^'«^^J to the ilfdi sho. \ i fv?''"' ■^'■^^»^' continuing from th ^ wes sho.e, and thence to the guard lock in a direct 1 nf The work to be carried for the first 1200feet 4 C as the bridge) to a height of two feet above ?o J water mark, and to rise from thrncc to the cuu-d wV n height of one foot above high vvate7nvK ^ d?!*" ^ of 1160 feet. 'a" vvaici ma.K, a distance ^v2^!^'^^l'^^^ be both cheap and durable : in hi^h water it will be covered with water in sxh of J ^ , J'/ as are most exposed to ice and drift" 'nd.f nlV^' sons will give an abundant « "luf If ' "?,, ? *? ' '^^' iial_ - - --li'v "i>''iicrto the ca- . "Within this work wherever the water is le.<. ib^.. SIX feet deep, it should be excavated to thLde^th, and 4881 4 the earth so removed laid against the dyke to render It lirm and water tight. " The guard-lock is located in the present bed of the river ; it has a slight hft of ,;;;fect to give some mcssurc to the water in pressing the wicket gale." SECTION NO. 1. "Extends to 2600 feet below the guard lock. It is located entirely in tho river bcd,and is to be protected by a stone wall, on its outer bank slope from the action ol the river. By referring to the estimate it will be seen that a large quantity of excavation is set down to this section, and this is to be removed fom the river bed, which can however be effected with comparative ease, alter the sections below are finished, when the ri- ver water may be drained off or dammed out and the canal excavated. SECTION NO. 2 "Is located undep the river bank. The canal will be laid entirely in the river bed so as to have the inside tdge ot the canal correspond as near as may be to the present line of surface of water. This section extends to the mouth of Wood Ci eek, and not much earth is necessary to be taken from the inside of the canal bank to give six feet water and the section only needs protec- tion for a few of the first hundred feet. SECTION NO. 3 "For the most part is under a bank from 12 to Hfeethigh, Ihe tow path is located about 60 feet from shore, in trom one to eight feet deep water, but no protection ig needed against the river. SECTIONS 4 AND 5 Are very like section No. 3. Section 4 for a short 48£ distance is located in excavation, but both sections are mostly embankment Hithe river. Both sections need protection against the river. SECTION NO. G "After IcaTing the river and having a part of tiic ca- nal in rather deep cutting fjr a short distance passes across some low level land opposite St. Thcrese Island where the canal can be constructed at a very sli«rht ex- pense. j o ^^ SECTION NO. 7 Follows along on the same flat for most of its length except a few hundred feet of river embankment. SECTION NO. 8 Is cut for a short clistance in deep cutting, this soon ta s to a flat a few feet above the river, and this flat is followed to the mouth of the Iroquois, across this a bank IS to be thrown nearly thirteen feet high,which will make the present creek channel the canal, and very little ex- pense will be necessary to prepare this part of the line for navigation. All that is required is to cut down timber and make a tow-path. " SECTIONS 9 AND 10 imn^'^i" *^^^^"^y Of the Iroquois, or in a depression joining It and running to the river near the lower end of he Island of St. Therese. They are located where there is seldom more than four feet excavation. On section 9 a culvert is required to carry off- the water of the Iroquois creek, and from it a deep channel must be (lug to the river." SECTION NO. 11 "Follows in the ravine that section 10 is located in and is very direct. It ends on the river side near the' 48 6 road, ami a bridge will be rcoiiirod on if for fl,o i as there will be at section O if • "'^ '^»^ i« thought better nelar're river t caTbrr '." ""^ cheaper along it, but we are^'n'^Jlh.rto'^rrrte trV^:^ '-''''' ^^^^^^ ^ considera^ble \;^;:Vack SECTiovs 12 A\n 13 itrs lerry. Ihc sections are nearlv nil ir. i: i / ' " SECTIONS H ^5.„ 15 'Contain some of the hcavicsfivfvrif nn .!,„ i- ■ are situated opposite nunKeAlI [l T ' 'j' ,''"?' """>' along this parl'of the work'^n" 'be J rptt'e'cTf pn.st the river. In shallow water a wa can be hi.^ crioed at fet. John's, wide cnoiiffji nn thn t^ 4 . a proteetion wall exlendinS Ve J LX A ;r ^ above h,id. water mark. The lower end of se J ion , ^ has some deep cutting, over this a road b.i.l.e Z be made w,th case. After leaving the river a section i ? the hne passes over some vcrvTnrd „-n. ., i ,'°" '<' light exc'ivation, or a lov^ [oT-p'a Xk^'eTct:^^^^^^^^^^ to lorm a canal." nccebaary SECTIONS 16, 17 A.VD 18 "Are some distance from the river, and on vcrv f-. vourable ground." J ''^" SECTION XO 19, ba;^!^[it;„rto^tS'',xr!,r;;:,!'-,f"' ' / f » id 10 k i r » SECTtO.N NO 30. 4S'G,!. "Has the first lock located on (ho upper end of it is eight foot lift, and witli the other locks is 100 foot lo'n^ m cliarnbor, and 20 foot wido. Lock No. 2 is of ten foot !i(t on rock also, and is K)catod near the lower ond of this section The excavation and omhankniont are both hght, and this section may bo considered a chean one. * SnCTION NO. 21 "Has on it Lock No. 3, 10 CeQl lift. This section is a light one, consisting mostly of embankment." SECTIO.V NO. 22 ,*Ts 3,500 foot long,endini? in the channel in Chamblv basin. It has on it lock No. 4 on rock foundation. JUock No. a with an inverted arch bottom ; Locks Nos 6, 7 and 8 combinc<l. Tlie lowermost ol tlioso locks mn.st have its mi'er sill on a level with six fo(>t below low water mark, its bottom must be well secured and an invertf^d arch m«ist be turned under the chamber. "The next lock will have its foundation level with the lower lock. A mass ol rubble work the vidth of the toundation must then be curried as hi >], as tho opper mi- ter sill at tho lowestlock, the b. - m can then be lia-<rcd over or capiw^d over and tho walls then carried .•p.'''' 'The highest lock of all mast be like the one below It has its to ndalion carried as low as the boltom of the lowest lock, and to be brought up to the lock bot- tom with rough mason work, above this cut stone must be raised. " We have been obliged from the nature of the soil to adopt the plan for con.bined Locks as given above. In gravel soil wo sho Id i>c willing- to see upper lock walls louiidod on piles inslf ad of masonry ; but in such ground as that at tho basin, it will not be .^afo to use them from ii»e bank commencing auout one hundi ed feet up stream, l^rom the foot of the combined locks we propose to 48 UyJ run mil a slo,,,. pior tl.o same as that at St. Johns, oar- ri.Ml „,.h,„,,M,. toot ol-hiKh wat<T mark and extending int.. the basni, where the lowest water is six feet deep. "itJSr.lcL'"''^'"^"^'"'"^' '"' '"'--'«'' "• '"o We are gentlemen your very obedient servants. rhnn M oo I r. . I'^^t)ON Sl HOPKINS. Clmmbly, 22d October, 1830. The foregoing report submitted by the engineers was adopted by the conimissioncrs, witli the Ibllowinff al- terations. ° Instead of constructing on the entire line of canal, one guaid and eigiit ten feet lift locks, as the report shows, one guard and nine other locks havini? less lifts were substituted, and instead of running the canal through the Iroquois creek as at Hrst contemplated, the me was to be located through the channel of the river between the Island of St. Th6rcse, and the main land by throwmg a dyke across the west channel of the river at the upper end of the Island of St. Therese and anoth- er at the lower, and thus convert the intermediate por- tion of the river into a part of the canal. By this ar- rangement the woi k set forth in the foregoing report ^om near the end of section 6 to the beginning o"f section INo. 11 IS avoided, but the remainder of the report was considered perfect, and with the alterations mentioned vyas turnished to such persons as wished to tender for the undertaking, for their guidance, as exhibiting a full perfect and true statement of the work required to be done, and under this impression, and believing the said report to be in every particular correct, Messrs. S. <& fe. K. Andres with others proposed for the job, and en- tered into an agreement with ^he commissioners on tho 5th day ot September, 183L before P, E. Leclcre Nota- ry, to complete the canal under the folio wiiig '"" i 9 COiSTRACT 48: o ^ J In wlncli the coniimssioners of tiic canal aro t|,o firm party and the contractors the second, as the preamble simply shows, and afterwards states, that ^''^'""^'^ 1 hese presents witness that lor the price and consid- cration herein alter mentioned, the said parties of to second part do for themselves and their respective hei s fee, covenant promise and a-reo with and to the par' ties of the first part and their successors, that tl V he pa t.es oi the second part, Jheir heirs, &c., shall and wiH at their own proper costs and charges, make, excavate construct, open and con.plHe a canal with ninV. c^u sto"e lift locks, and one guard lock navigable for boats barrs po t of S . Jo HIS, at a pomt or place at any distance not exceeding between twelve and thirteen h;mdr< dZ' above the bndge atSt. Johns, towards Lake Champ am to extend through the Barony of Long.ieiul and wS pan of the Se.gn ory of Chambly, a splice not e^ceedin^ eleven and a half miles in length from the guard lock down the nver Sorel or Richelieu, to be measured on he Ime ongmally located by Wm. R. HopS Esn f(i, at the Rasin of Ciiambly, so as to connect the waters, of the nver Sorel or Richelieu at the places aforesa d n conformity to an act of Parliament passed, .ic'.nd sliall and will make and construct the said card i ho most substantial and workmanlike mam er^nd th n such time as is hereinafter expressed and limited and conformably to tlie places and specifications Treilfte^ mentioned, and at their like expense shall anTw ifd^^^ perform execute and construct, or cause to be do 'e per- Wtmanhf ' "^' ^-^-cted in a good substaiS ^V vorkmanl ke manner, and agreeable to the directions and approbation of Wm. R. Hopkins, Engineer or oth- er the engineer or engineers to be f om ?ime to t?me appointed bv iho «ai<I rornir:-;- " ^^ .1""® fuXi^ « ' ~,^'" \''''""='='i"iii^is as uioiesaid or he r successors, all such necessary Hft locks e, ar?l locks, dams, culverts, waste weirs, aqueducLrbridget u . 10 sluices, cxcavations,lcv('lings, sprcadings, vvorks,matters and things in and about making constructing and com- pleting the said canal, as shall be by tiie said engineer deemed or considered necessary or pi oper in relation thereto, according to the specifications hereinafter ex- pressed, and shall and will at his and their own proper costs and like charges, find and provide all and all man- ner of gravel, stones,limc, cement,nails, lead, iron, brass, timber, wood and all other materials and things of ev- ery kind and description whatsoever,and all scaffolding, tacklcs,tools,ntensils,labour,and workmanship whatsoev- er,nccessary and sufficient, and that can shall or may be required to be used and done, in and about constructing aiul completing the said canal, and shall and will com- plete and finish the said canal, and have the same filled with water, and ready and adapted for navigation by boats and vessels on or before the first day of September, which will be in the year 1834, and in all things a- grceable to the specifications or description and partic- ulars hereinafter expressed, that is to say : In all parts of the canal where the cutting is less than eight feet, the earth on the surface (vegetable, mould and muck) shall be removed to the outer slope of the banks, and all grass, leaves and timber carried without the bank entirely. A ditch one foo t deep and six feet wide shall be made under the centre of each bank when the excavation is less than six feet. The canal shall be made thirty-six feet wide at the bottom, and have six feet water, have slopes at the rate of one foot perpendicular to, two feet horizontal, making the canal sixty feet wide at the top water line. The tow-path shall be ten feet wide on top, the birm path to be six feet, both banks on their in-edges to be eight feet three inches above bottom, and to be seven feet nine inches above at the backside of the birm and tow path, where a ditch is to be cut in excavation vary- ing in depth from one tO two feet with proper slopes. *' All extra earth taken out of the Canal or the works connected with it, shall be so laid as to do as little injury as possible to the lands adjoining, and must >l 11 ! f I > S^ o -^ be laid higliest next the Canal, thi bank extra bank) must be ditched, and sluice« must be made to let oft the water tha* gathers on the top of the banks, at least four m every mde on each side where the Canal IS not formed by embankment. " Culverts five in number if required, shall be of «tonr, and covered with a coat of gravel of two feet thick, well wet and rammed down. The embankments shall have the same slope with the Canal on the inside, and on the outside, the slope shall be one foot and a half horizon- tal to one foot perpendicular. " The earth taken from outside ^ body of the Canal to orm the embankments must come from such points, as the Engineer shall direct, and the land Irom which the earth has been taken shall be left in a good shape alter the embankment has been removed. ■ " A waste weir shall be made to have one hundred tee breast, and two sluices each five feet by six. It shall be formed of timber mainly, and well puddled ac- cording to the plans to be given by the Engineer. " There shall be three road bridges an°d nine farm bridges, the bridge abutments shall be made of rubble masonry, the superstructure of wood according to the plan of the Engi^iieer ^ bridge embankments to have a gradual slope and be easy of ascent. "Wherever the Canal bank shall be laid in the River It must be secured by a protection wall, either perpen- dicular, or sloped, as may be directed by the Engineer m most places slope wall will be put up except in such parts of the embankment, as shall not have been men tionedin the original estimate of Mr. Hopkins, made in October or November 1830. It is however agreed by the parties to these presents that the embankments to be constructed at the head of the Island of St. Therese shall be protected by a substantial slope wall on the un- per side, or as the Engineer may direc!. ^ "Below water, where a wallcannot be laid, a foun- dation of stone must be prepared which on top will be a little wider than the wall it is to support, and slope on 2* 48C <"\ 12 each side to the bottom of the river, at the rate of one loot perpendicular to one horizontal. vni" '^w'^ r!f ''*'^'''' '^"""^ *^ ^^ "^^^^ ^^i" ^^epend on the velocity of the current, none however shall be admitted oi less tiian Iwenly-hvo pounds weij^ht. « Wherever embankments are toT^e made care is to be taken that they are so sloped, and laid from the bottom, that the coarse and fine materials may be uniformly distributed throughout the bank. ^ " All places in the Canal below bottom shall be filled up to bottom with good earth, except in those places in which the water on the outside of the banks is usu- ally level with the Canal bottom. 1' "FH? ;^'"S-<iam, and works, at the head of the Ca- nal shall be an embankment of stone lired with gravel running as marked on the map, from the Guard Lock to near Pierce's Wharf, it must be made of heavy stone, and the earth on the inside of it must be removed lo thirty-six feet wide at !)ottom with the usual slopes to SIX and one-half feet below low water mark. "At Chambly below the lowermost Lock, an em- bankment must be made into the basin as far as the point at which six-feet water can be had at all times and the proper Canal width excavated to that distance' and to the depth of six feet below low water. ' " And it is hereby farther agreed, covenanted, and promised, by and between the said parties to these pre- sents, that they the said parties of the second part, their heirs, (fcc, shall and will at his and their own proper expences in all things, make and construct the said Locks for the said Canul conformably to the gpecifica- lions hereunto annexed, signed by the said parties, and to form part of the present contract and agreement. " And the said parties of the second part do hereby declare and agree, that they and each of them jointly & severally (solidairement) and their respective heirs, &c. shall be accountable for the full performance of this contract, and by the signing hereof adm.it, that the plans, specifications, descriptions, and particulars before referred to are sufficient to their intended purpose, and 13 48ro that without any additional and extra work, other than he works set forth therehy, or necessarily inferred to be done from the general nature and tendency of the plans and descriptions as aforesaid, and that the whole of the said works shall bo done to the entire satisfac- tion of the said Engineer or Engineers, and in all res- pects according to the intent and meaning of the soeci- lications aforesaid, upon every sentence whereof a fair and liberal construction shall be made. - " "And the said parties to these presents do hereby turther covenant, promise, and agree to and with each other, that the said works shall at\ll times dul^n. the^r progress, be open and accessible to the said Commis- sioners and their successors, and shall be carefully ex- amined and inspected, and to prevent all disputes and misunderstandings it is agreed that the said William K. Hopkms, Engineer, or such other Engineer as shall from time to time be appointed by the said Commis- sioners or their successors, shall be inspector of the said works 5 and the said contractors farther covenant, pro- mise and agree to and with the said Commissioners, tha if m the opinion of the said Engineer, they the said bly neglect to prosecute the work, or execute or per- form any part of the said works in an unworkmanlike manner or otherwise violate any of the stipulations of this contract, the said Engineer, and some ^one of the ^llowmg persons, that is to say, Benjamin Wricrht Canvass White John B. Jerviss, and Moncure Robin- son, Esqrs., to be chosen by the said parties of the se- cond part, concurring in opinion with the Engineer of the Commissioners shall jointly have power to deter- mine this contra^, and to declare and render the same void and of no effect, and that such determination sh^n exonerate the said Commissioners and their successors from every obligation imposed i.pon them by this con- tract, and that they may immediately after s.irh .lotnr. mmaiiorn and after a certificate thereof underVhe hands of such Engineer, and of the other person to be select ed m manner aforesaid, shall h.v. been deposited or placed m the office of the said Commissionerrproceed "1 O' J ^ 14 to dispose of the whole, or any part of the work, iii the same manner as if these presents had not been made. And if the said parties of the second part shall refuse, or neglect to appoint, one of the above named Engi- neers, on twenty days' notice having been given them by the Commissioners, that the Engineer of the Com- missioners shall of himself be competent to declare this contract void, and on his certificate being deposited in the office of the Commissioners, they may proceed as above stated to relet the same, as if this contract had never been executed. And that to obviate disputes as well as interruption and hnidrance to the regular peaceable progress of the different parts of the works, and to prevent unnecessary injury to the rights and pro- perty of the neighbours in the vicinity of the Canal, the Engineer shall have the right to dismiss from the ser- vice ot the said parlies of the second part, every quar- relsome and disorderly person and such as shall be addicted to habits of intemperance, or who shall wan- tonly commit any unnecessary trespass either upon the person, lands, or property of any inhabitant, or other person living, travelling, or working upon, or near the works of the said Canal ; and farther, that if at any time any overseer, mechanic, or workman employed on the said \ orks, shall be found unfaithlul, or believed to be so by the Engineer of the said Commissioners or of t\ieir successors, then and in that case the said Engi- neer shall have power to direct that any such person be forthwith dismissed and no longer employed by the said parties of the second part, on any part of the work. " And the said parties of the second part farther co- venant and agree to and with the said Commissioners, that if any bad or imperfect materials are brought upon the ground, or put in the work, and shall be disapproved by the Engineer, they shall be forthwith removed to such distance from the work as shall be directed, and if not attended to immediately by the said parties of the scconij part, tiie said mulcriais shall be rcmovcu at their expence by the directions of the Engineer. " And the said parties of the second part farther pro- mise and agree, that they will from time to time during Id 4 ■j fv f^ ^y the progress of the work, conform to such directions and departures from the present plans and specifica- tions, and variations from the line originally located by William R. Hopkins as near as it can be ascertained, ,_and of any part of the works as the Enginee; may di- recOand if the same be to ihe disadvantage of the said parties of the second part, a reasonable allowance shall be made, and the amount of such allowance be deter- ^/ ,^ mined by the said Engineer. ^ ^ " And the said parties of the second part do farther covenant, promise, and agree to and wilh the said Com- missioners, : nd their successors, that they the said par- ties of the second part shall from time to time during the progress of the works, when required so to do by the Engineer, change the places of working. " It is however agreed between the said parties, that the Engineer shall locate the said Canal through the channel between the island of St. Thercse, and the main land, from a point near the head, to a point above a small rim coming in near Carpenter's Tavern. " And the said parties to these presents do farther agree, covenant, and promise to and with each other, that if any omissions or errors shall be found to exist in the plans and specifications now made, or hereafter to be made and exhibited by the Engineer, by reason whereof, and of the not supplying and correcting the same, the said Canal might be incomplete, that the said parties of the second part, shall not take advantage of any such errors and omissions, but that notwithstanding such errors and omissions the saidj)arties of the second p; rt, shall at their proper costs aiAexpcnce, make, exe- cute, construct, and completely fii|^h the work of every description whatsoever, which may be necessary in and about the said Canal, whether the said work shall be comprised in the said plans and specifications, or not, according to the true intent, spirit and meaning of these presents, and of the Act of Parliament aforesaid." Here follows the amount to be paid for the comple- tion of the work, and the manner of payment, which 'i. J 480 16 was (o be monthly according to the estimates of the l^wiigineer, and afterwards the followinc' clause -^ " That It IS hereby farther mutually agreed, that in case of absence or inability to act, of the said Engineer- nChief, then and m that case the assistant erTgineer b^lf'L^ '^'i f '^V^'t ^'"'^raced in this contract, shall have and he ,s hereby invested with all the pow- ers herenibclore given to the said Chief Engineer in the premises ; and that the submission herein contain- cd shall be considered, deemed, and taken as an essen- tial part of this contract, and shall not be revocable by any or either of the parlies thereto, and further that the decision of the said Engineer or Assistant Engineer shall be final and conclusive in any dispute which may aiisebetweenany of the said parlies, touching the qua- ity of the materials, location of the line, and the manner in which the work may be performed ; and it is further Zfth.!/ '^T? ^'^^P^''"^^ to these presents: that the Engineer of the said Commissioners shall af- ford every reasonable facility to the said parties of the second part, during the progress of the work." , From the tenor of many of the clauses in the forego- ng contract, but especially from the extensive, nay, Sn- hmited powers with which the Engineer is invested; it may naturally be a matter of surprise that the conlrac- tors would have entered into such an agreement, which they never would nave done on any other than a perfect understanding, and firm belief that mutual good feel- ing would exist, that the Engineer would conduct the works as ,s usual and customary ; and farther, that he would, a? the contract provides, give them every neces- sary aF.sistance,and expose them to no needless expences Ihe contractors firmly believing that such would be tne case, and the contract providing further, " That all extra or additional work, more than that set forth in the report, should be paid for ;^ and that " a J air and liberal construction should be put on every clause of the ^^oiuraci,- had no good reason to apprehend that any misunderstanding would arise, consequently entered into the agreement, and commenced operations on the 17 48D.: Canal in the Autumn of 1831. In the prosecution of the work, they have been subjected to many inconve- niences and heavy losses, some arising from unforeseen causes, over which they could have no controul, such as the cholera of 1832, tlie return of that disease in 1834, and the unprecedented heavy rains of 1833: others from the Engineer having augmented the work in a very great degree, and made many and very expen- sive alterations. In addition to these the report on which the contract was founded, proved in many essen- tial points very different from what the contractors an- ticipated, as will appear from a particular examina- tion of the original report which follows the accounts or demands due for extra work and which from the evi- dence and documents accompanying the accounts, will upon mvestigation, it is believed, be found correct. ^VamdaTmi^''^''' "''""''-' >''"'^'^«' to (he Legislature of Lower A stalemenfoj Extra Work on the Chamblr, Canal, bu S. A- S IL Andres, Contractors, to the first October, 1835. 1st. From the Honble. Robt Jones' IJridge, to the Gunid i^ock, the Bank at present contains 25561 C. yds. per contract it would only have con- tained 9373 s d increase 16,188 a 1 9 1416 8 3 2d Section No. 1 at present contains 42,003 C vd'^! per contract it would only have contained 15,979 ' increase 26,024 « 2277 2 1620 perches protection stone wall a 113 qn fi n 3d Section No. 2 at present contains 41,271 C yds per contract it would only have contained 18,620 ' , ,_,, , increase 1475 perches protection stone wall 4th Section No. 3 at present contains per agreement it would have contained 13,880 22,651 a 1 9 all 3 27,851 C. yds. 1981 19 829 13 3 9 increase 13,971 a 1 9 1222 9 3 Carried forward, a 8638 17 6 ^80 o 18 Brought forward, flfiafl 1936 perches pro. stone wall i , ^ ^nso 5th Section No. 4 at present contains 30,229 yds per contract It would have contained 16,720 17 ifiOft. 1 . • increase 13,509 al9 1898 perches protection stone wall u 3 6th Section No. 5 at present contains 37,955 C yds per agreement it would have contained 17,100 1182 1067 12 20,855 a 1 9 11 3 increase a ■ '^^''^'"^^ protection stone wall 7th Section No. 6 at present contains 22,649 C ydo per agreement it would have contained 17.226 " 1S24 849 16 18 6 9 6 3 9 5423 a 1 9 113 incrcflsc ^282 perches protection stone wall 8lh Paddle Gates, and putting same in 9 Lxtra Cost ofiron bridge at Demerses lU Kxcavauon on section No. 4 Lower Division it Cost of waste weirs 12 Large stone culvert on section No. 10 13 Extra cost of putting up 4 farm bridges 14 Quarrying and cutting hard stone for locks 15 d7 yds excavation in upper trench of lock No. 1 a 2 5 J(» 112 teet timber for snrr.p ,„. 10 112 feet timber for same 17 500 feet of planks for >-ame 18 250 feet, of boards for same 19 Spikes and nails used for same 20 Puddling upper sheet pile of same 21 Carpenters' labor on same 9I Inji^TJ"'.^^?" '" 'ovver trench of same 23 600 feet of timber for extra width of same ^4 79 feet ol check cut in same 25 Coping on check of same 26 Backing coping with masonry 27 5 barrels cement for laying coping 28 Putting down timbers in extra length 29 Pumping water during operations 30 12 days of an overseer, with board 31 220 perches stone work 32 Tree nailing in lock No. I 33 860 yds. embankment on section No. 10 L. D 34 Digging puddle trench on section 9 35 Raising birm bank on section 8 36 94 yards excavation in puddle trench of section No. 7 at 2 8 •3d. • 9s p «5s 474 721 75 600 5 300 37 267 201 4 1 h. 2 at a 6s at 17 6 at 128 6d 16s Is 1 1 1 4 18 19 1 1 4 5 9 7 166 6 43 6 5 10 3 2 6 3 6 10 3 6 2 11 18 8 8 6 12 7 6 6 6 6 16 10 15 10 16 7 6 15 12 10 S Carried forward, 17,544 19 3 ) 3 I 6 I I i 6 6 11 8 6 6 6 19 -- -.^ , , . ... Brought forvvar<l, d7 150 days laborers working in mud and water, includ- ing overseers on sectiona Xos. 6 it 7 at 3-9 38 Roads and bridges on sections 3 & 4 39 Culvert across the road on sec. No. 4 40 Roads on sections Nos. 1 & 2 41 Mr. Henshaw's road 42 Culvert No. 1 43 Building bridges and bushing road at Mayotts 44 Dyke near culvert No. 1 to form the road 45 Roads, bridges, &c. in Upper Division 46 Cutting wings oflock No. 4 47 Excavating and levelling for ditto 48 17 Paddle gates wt. 1751 lbs. c 27s 6d p cwt. 49 Putting same into gates 60 204 lbs. bolts and nuts for stone weights to balance gates 61 136 lbs. bolts and straps for ditto to bridges 6L 20 paddle gate spring to guard and lock No. 1 at 7s 6d 53 IZ days carpenter making models 04 Making models for castings for iron bridge 65 Stone sluice laid in section 5 U. D. 56 332 feet cut stone in locks 2, 3, 4 67 48 days laborers, nssisiting engineer 68 ^ day blacksmith at St. Th^rese 69 1 J do. carpenter at ditto 60 260f yds. excavation in guard lock 61 138 feet 8 inches cut stone work on same 62 326 feet excavation in same 63 126 feet stone work in same 64 3907 feet of ashler 65 32 pieces cut stone to balance lock gates 66 35 feet stones to balance bridges 67 Alterations on bank at Wood-creek 68 Excavation on ditto 69 Alterations on bank between Quarry and Upper Dyke 70 Lxtra earth put into bank at Mr. Marchand's in conse- quence of deep water 71 Dressing face of bank above the guard lock 72 216 perches pro. stone wall above Mr. Marchand's stones being at hand 73 85 days labourers making roads and drains 74. 6 days of overseers at roads and drains 75 16 do. of under do. at do. 76 40^ do of labourers on section No. 4- 77 61| do. of do. taking off bank for waste weira 78 i days of an overseer on same at 5d 2s 6d Is 3d 5a 2s 20a 6d 3s 6d 3i 17,544 19 3 28 2 6 493 IS 6 40 65 10 90 37 10 7 10 12 10 628 7 9 17 8 9 22 9 U 3 17 6 5 2 3 8 7 10 4 14 9 3 4 3 2 15 6 18 4 6 3 9 11 3 16 5 10 34 13 4 1 10 12 12 97 13 6 32 6 7 6 25 10 55 90 325 18 81 12 9 1 10 2 16 6 1 7 12 53 6 6 1 Carried 3* •ard, 19,758 )? 8 480 n 20 ,0 o 1 r . ... ^""""K*" fuiward, 19,758 7!i .{ ilo. of a car|>en(er selcclinn; timlx'i- (ia 3il 80 1020 yds. criibaiikment on ^cctioll Ko. 1 81 Extra excavation un ditto 82 MaUinj; slope on I)inn hnnk uiid extra width of Canal bottoin on section No. 2 83 MaUin^r l)anko|)iiosiie Mr. Waywood's liouso 81. Bank above 3Ir. Marchaiid's 85 Excavating below canal bottom 86 500 day.s labourers pumping water 2a 6d 87 2-tO yds embanknienl on section 11 " 5J 88 300 yds. excavation on same 8!) 300 yds. filling in lock pit e(iual to 210 yds. embank- ment 5j J)0 500 feet of timber for extra width of lock No. 1 91 555 yds. excavation in slate being in the additional width «^'^^"'e 2s 8d 74. 63 76 200 175 75 50 62 5 6 12 8 18 9 15 U 10 10 5 5 Total amonntas furnished to the Legislature in 1836 £ 20,558 16 5 [For particulars ofthe foregoing account see index at the end of the work. J t^ In consequence of t!ie many alterations made by the Engineer, and particularly the small amount of the monthly estimates ofthe work done on the Lana and which never covered the expenditure, as also from the manner in vvhich the estimates were made out and which it was impossi- ble lor tlie Contractors to comprehend, they became suspicious that the Engineer was not accounting for what extra work he was compelling hem to perform, and consequently furnished him with an account of what they considered extras that had been done up to October the 1st, 1833. ihe following is a copy. Contractors' Bill of Extras up to 1st Ociohar, 1833. MACRAE LOCK. Upper Puddle trench, 37 C yds. 112 feet Timber, extra, 600 feet of Plank, do. 250 feet of Boards, Spikes and Nails, Puddling upper sheet pile, Carpenter's labor on same, 2 lower puddle Trenches, 3G f\. each, Timber for extra width, 500 ft. Excavating extra width, of Lock, 213s. 342 yards Excavating, 650 yards to fill extra digging, Cutting extra check in Lock° 79 ft. Extra coping in check, $ £ s. d. 20 5 6 25 1 11 3 9 2 5 2 50 12 6 5 50 1 7 6 6 1 6 5 1 5 20 5 27 50 6 17 6 55 13 15 68 40 17 2 66 60 16 13 79 19 15 6 1 10 Carried forward, 93 18 9 . ■ \ 21 Urouglit forvv Lxtra hacking mnsonary in coping, r» barrels Cement for laying coi)ing, Pulling down timber extra I'jngtii, Extra pumi)ing water, 12 days Supcrinteiiding, Extra Tree nailinjj, 220 porches extra Work on lock. Extra emhankruenl on IJcohys' lot, 860 yds. at Sec. 9. — Digging piidiile trench on hirm, 8. — Extra taking od'and putting on earth on 7. — Extra puddle trench, 6 and 7. — Extra ^.ich,culvert and field,l.'30 3 and 4. — Roads and J3ridges, Extra culvert across road Sec. 4, Sections No. 2 and 1, Roads, Extra for Henshaw's road, Extra on culvert No. 1, Building Bridges and bushing road, Extra on small dyke, Extra on upper division. jei648 It will be observed that the charges made in the foregoing Bill of Ex- tras, stdl forms a part of the charges made in the foregoing account of extra work amount £20,558 16 5, although at the time it was furnished the Engineer returned the following as his account up to the same date, 1st Uctobcr, 1838. a (I A IR^'^ b tC ^ aril, 1)3 is !) 7 1 1 :» 15 3 2 (i 20 5 39 9 15 28 7 20 5 660 165 12 c 103 25 25 16 3 20 6 birm, 20 5 50 12 10 days, 11 2 50 28 2 6 2000 500 160 40 262 65 10 860 90 150 37 10 30 7 10 50 12 10 2112 528 Engineer's Bill of Extra, up to Isi October, 1833. UPPER PUDDLE TRENCH, ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATION. 3 pieces of timber extra, 112 ft. a 5c. 300 feet of plank, a $14, No boards to be allowed. Spikes and nails necessary, No allowonce for puddling upper pile nor for carpenter work, ' Lower puddle trench, 70 C. yds. a 25c. Extra excavation of lock, 382 *< « Extra puddling, 98 yds. a 30c. Extra bailing, 20 days, a 60c. Extra check 50 ft. a $1, Extra coping, extra backing is included in the above, JbO leet coping altered, o 5c. For extra timber and work. $ 6 4 20 £ 1 1 10 1 17 50 95 50 29 40 12 50 49 36 4 23 7 3 12 12 9 5 17 7 10 5 6 CBrrif^d forward, 74 15 6 48?D 22 Brouglif forward, Siiiiorinteniliuif aJlowed above, No extra levelli»\ip' -u/ tlxtra work in hack Ibo (M'rches, 3C0 Extra cinht. in Heeb/s ba^m, 253 yds. 30 30 Diggini,' extra puddle trench, No. J) cannot be allowed, or section 8 cannot be nllowcd, Extra ditching saves sluices on sertionH 6 and 7, which are required by contract, but allow it 4-5 Extra loi.;rth of wooden culvert, 140 Extra for Hcnshaw'.s road allowed for in estimate of two bridifes saved. Extra culvert acrof^s round, 90 Bufihing road, business of the Contractors, but allow it 206 Extra on small dyke, 80 74 Ifi G 7r) 11 45 11 6 22 10 (i4 20 G Total, je320 2 (T^ The foicgoiiig was the Engineer's account of exU.. work, furnished in opposition to the preceding one from the contractors, and if will plainly l)e perceived what a vast difference is between the two statements, as also the manner in which the latter is made out. For instance, alleging " such things are not extra, but alloio Mtfff4"— whilst others called by the I'^ngineer himself as extra, he states " cannot be allowed," &c. It will also appear stiange, that the most particular items in the contractor's statement, are not taken the slightest notion of by the Engineer, thus the contrac- tor's bill is reduced to less than one-fifth. This great disparity in the accounts caused the contractors to fear and indeed believe, they were not likely to be dealt with according to the understanding when they enter- ed into the contract, and feelings of a very unpleasant nature began to exist between them and the Engineer, which increased and was the primary cause o f separa- tion betwixt the , ^ntractors— three of whom resigned in the latter eno oi \\ imber 1833, leaving the other two, S. & S. R. Ar ,^i tc *' ^sh the Canal. This latter party continued the jol ^^oarately ^-jm the others, (for all were equally • ounti} only wiiii the direct under- standing, that the Engineer would make them every reasonable allowance for all extra work, which he pro- 1 1 I 59CQ G ^ mised in the most unreserved terms to do Uberally and began with such acts, as led the contractoig to believe him sincere •, having added to the estimate for October 1833, a sum of 792/. 15*. for extra work done to the banks abo.o ihe island of St. Thcieso ; he however soon aUe-wanls relapsed into his former method of es-' timnung the svork, and his after estimates were even mor' delcient in amount ihan his former. To eluci- date this, It will be necessary to follow his several nionthly estmiates f om this date ; which will be done as briefly as possible, and first it may bo rcma kcd that in Estimate to February 1831, 792/. lo*. is allowed for extra excavation in upper division, 11/. 5*. for extra ditches, and 50/. for extra lock pits. Estimate to 1st March, remains the same. Ditto to 1st April, same. Ditto tc 1st May, same. Estimate to 1st June, same, except that the 50/. former- ly allowed as extra lock pits is in this estimate increa- sed to 125/. Estimate to 1st July, is same as last, with these excep. tions that the 125/. allowed in the last estimate for extra lock pits, is in this one reduced to 501. and 75/ is allowed for extra work in lifting and laying wall in Section No. 6, Upper Division. E.stimate to 1st August, same as last, only extras on lock pits IS again raised to 75/. Estimate to 1st September.—Extra ditches, 11/. 55 — ihxtra. for locks, 150/., same as in July estimate for laying wall, and 1315/. 5*. for other extra work— not particularized. Estimate to 1st October, same as last, listimate to 1st Novcmber.-In this estimate the extra work is divided amongst the different sections, it therefore cannot be known whether or not 1 1/. 5s al- lowed for ditches has been included in this ; bnt the tAiras on locks ailowed last estimate, 150/. is i. his ?n?.h '^T? '\^^^^' ^"^ 22^^- '« ^»«^^'«d as extra tor three lifting bridges. rv -fl ^ ti -i. 24 Nothing particular occurs in the estimates as re- gards extra work, IVom this estimate ; farther than the amount gradually increases till the estimate for Septem- ber 1835, when the extra work stands thus— For a wooden Culvert, 75/.— for three lifting Bridges, 225/.— for wood work of Iron Bridge, 200/.~-for waste Weirs, 51)/.— for rounding coping of Locks, 70/., and for Extra Excavation and Embankment on the difierent Sections of the Canal, 7228/.— making in all a sum total of 7848/. From the circumstance of the value of the work often decreasing, and \vhich the Contractors could not comprehend— nor what amount was absolutely allowed them for extra work as it appeared irj the estimates and unable to obtain farther explanation from theEno-Jneer, they addressed 1o the Commissioners of the Canal, about the beginning of September 1835, a letter of which the following is a copy : Gentlemen — We beg your Honorable Board will be pleased to direct your Engineer, to furnish us with a detailed account of all the work he with yourselves may consider as extra (saying nothing of the enlargement of the Locks) from the commencement of the work, till the present time. What proportion of them are already done ?— and what remains to be finished ?— what prices he has allowed'?— and what will be considered as extras, in the work yet to be completed ?— How much for stone, stone- work, excavation, embankment, work at St. Johns, &c. — All the differ- ent parts specifically put down separate from the estimates. As the extra work is now in the estimates, we do not clearly enough understand, nor what prices he has affixed. We ar3, Gentlemen, your very obedient humble Servants, S. & S. R. ANDRES. To the Commissioners cf ) the Cb.ambly Canal. ) (tj* In compliance with the foregoing request, the Contractors recei- ved the following ; — EXTRA WORK ALLOWED FOR. Extra allowance on a wooden Culvert, $300 Extra cost of three lifting Bridges, Extras on waste Weirs, (small ones) Extras to add to Section No. 1 2 and 3 4 5 6 llowerdo. 730 2 760 3 730 900 L32 5530 9775 4509 1800 1524 4 6 320 64 Carried Forward. $27,074 25 Brought Forward. Extra Lock Pits, Arranging Coping Iron extra for Bridges Chambly, September 10th, 1835, (Signed) WILLIAM R. HOPKINS, Engineer. 7 8 10 $27,074 100 100 30 400 200 800 4)28,704 ^7,176 When the foregoing document was handed to the Contractors by the i^ngmeer, they complained " that it afforded them no more information than what they had previously received"—" nor was the amount so much as was even contamed in the estimates, and which they alleged was far belovv the amount to which they were entitled as their just due." " Go tlien, said the Engineer, " and make out your own bill and show it me." 11113 the Contractors immediately set about, and had proceeded a certain iength, when they again called with the Engineer, to know what he con- sidered extra, vyith regard to the banks, protection walls, &c., on the up- per divisiori of the Canal ; he desired them " to call at his house when lie would let them know," adding " he could then apply to his books." The Contractors accordingly called and received from the Engineer a state- ment of which the following is a copy •_ _^„ Wharf, 0:5" Extra No. L—Basin. ( 14,732 C. yds. emb. ( 64 perch pron. No. 2.-7,509 C. yds. emb. 1,725 perch protection. No. 3.-8,792 C. yds. emb. 3,488 perch prot. No. 4.-10,495 C. yds. emb. extra 2,160 perch prot. No. 6.-6,610 C. yds. emb. 676 perch prot. Extra wall removed, &c. &c.. No. 6.-4,146 C. yds. emb. 485 perch prot. Section No. 1— Lower division, Roads wooden culvert, &c. &c., No. 2.— Roads, No. 3 — Believe No. 4.— Ditto, No. 6.— Ditches, Protection per perch $ l,5o $6211, 1854, $290 $724 '760 3r)0 604 34 ^903 Embankment per C. yd. 44,254 14,732 7,509 8,792 (),610 10,495 26 12^cts. 62,284 It will be observed the foregoing statement refers almost solely to the ipper division of (ho work, as was requested. It was given to (he Con- tTeFllf"""^"'''^; r ^''''' '^'"^ '" making out the account requested by will ,:"S'""f '■' ^"^ ^'y "o ">««"« containing all he considered extra j which wi be evident on examining his other statements of extra work. Many ofthe most important Items in the others being left out in this No amounts are carried out, but the quantities are stated distinctly, and the prices allowed marked on the corner. Calculating from th s dam the amount would be ^7572 15 10, to which, if weil added the diflerent .ems left out of this but to be found in the other statements, the amouri vou^d be very considerable. With the aid of this document, and wlmt desrit ,hl Pn "'"'^^''" '''''. P"^^^^^' of themselves, the account a tractois This account was precisely the same as the one heretofore inserted, amounting to £20,558 16 5, diflering only in having the ent e embankment in te upper division, as also the protection w^kirjoined together and which were divided into the different sections, as in the fore- going accounts, at his (the Engineer's) recommendation, but the total was precisely the same. This account was most particularly and n i- mitely examined and corrected by the Engineer, and is now in the hands ot the Contractors; with the corrections in his handwriting. When he had thus examined and scrutinized the account thus presented, he fur- nishedthe Contractors with a certificate, of which the following is a ^ (t5- The Contractors having, during the time the Chambly Canal has been under their charge, exerted themselves to carry on the work in (he best possible manner ; and having constructed the Canal so far to mv entire satisfaction, I for one should be gratified by seeing (hem placed beyond (he pressure ofdebt, and in a situation to carry on (he contract and complete it to the advantage of all parties, which I presume they can for extra '''"r",'"""'^"^" of twenty thousand pounds currency to pay them (Signed,) W. R. HOPKINS, Enn;;nnpr'f^ CifTice, Chambly Canal, Oct. 29th, 1835. 1 Engineer. 27 490' ropTil^'i';)!''' r^r'"" ^''r'fi*^^*^ ^'""^ the Engineer the Contractors also received the following letters. r.^^rr^.r ^ ^^"^ ^ ^^^^ ^ 1 St Oct. 1835. p-Your favor of this Jay, I Imve well coi.sidered, and have no hesi- tation m answering your qne.stions._lst. " Whether it has been cnstom- ary to allow liberally for extra service on contracts for Public Work'; cdn'tractorl™' °^^''^ "'""^''''"^ "'"'^ '''"■ ^'''' ''"'^'^'= '"^'■^ ''""^ "P^" "'« In all Contracts with the Stales, and also in Contracts for Chartered Companies, it has been tlie invariable practice, to allow very liberally for extra work, where the Engineer saw tliat the contract was a very hard one for the party executing it. ^ The principle is a plain one that no man ought to be mined in execut- ing any great public worlc, if he has mmwf^edioell and done his dvh,, and nuhespecitictermsofthe contract cannot be altered, the only way to s:i«.3 him from ruin, is to allow all which can be done for extra work, as a course that is both equitable and just. The second question, "of whether the charges you have made as extra are reasonable ?" ° j I cannot answer for this in detail, because I never examined them on the ground. 1 have visited the Canal in November, 1833, and looked over the work with the Engineer, and I can say freely that in my opinion, that work widi nine locks and a guard lock, and all the other appendacres coud not be executed upon the plan of such large locks, for less than thirty to thirty-five thousand dollars per mile, and even should it reach tor y thousand, it would not be surprising to me. It is a lar-re Canal and large locks, and some parts of the excavation below the surface of the river must be very expensive. I do not know that"l can be more explicit ; if I can say any thing more to the pomt which you require please write me. I am, Gentlemen, \ery respectfully, Your obedient servant, BENJAiMIN WRIGHT, S. & S. R. Andres, Esquires. Civil Engineer. Gentlemen, I cheerfully comply with your request to give my opinion of the lii\l ot Lxjras, submitted to me and amounting to about ^£20,000. In the first place I must observe, that many of the charges occurred previous to my engagement on the Canal, but the two grand items, name- ly, tlio extra embankment and the protection wall, were in a great mea- sure done under my superintendance, whilst acting as assistant Engineer, and I hjivc no hesitation in sayinir, that I consider fbo, mims fnir. The exactqiiamuyofworklofcom-scdo not know, but judging from such data as 1 have, I should think it as near an approximation as could well be made. ^id(}3 38 The short period I served on the works, prevents my being more ex- plicit, but I repeat, that to the best of my knowledge, the Bill is in all respects fair and reasonable. Yours verv rcspeclfullv, WILLIAM R. CASEY, Enfrineer, Champlain and St. Lawrence Rail-Road. Messrs. S* & S. R. Andres. The Contractors aware of the justice of their demands for extra work, and supported as tho^e must appear to be from the foregoing letter?, as well as iVom the certificate of the Engineer applied to the Legislature for payment, about the opening of last Session, and had the satisfaction to know that their claims were referred to a committee of the House of Assembly ; but before it was possible for that tribunal to bring the bu- siness to a close, the Engineer (Mr. Hopkins) addressed to the committee the following letter : To the Committee of Internal Improvement. Gentlemex, I have the honor herewith to send you, for your information a statement of the actual increase of work on the Chambly Canal above the original estimate. This statement can easily enough be shown to be correct, for the work has been examined both by John B. Jervis and Timothy Jervis, Engi- neers, chosen by the Contractors themselves, and my measurements and calculations were found to be correct, as will be seen by the reports of these gentlemen now in possession of the Commissioners of the Cham- bly Canal. If the Committee have any doubt on this subject, the work can be in all important points so far measured, as to show if any great error has been committed, this Mr. T. Jervis did. When this subject was brought before you, I understood that the ut- most that was asked by the Messrs. Andres' was £20,000, of this sum j£G,000 was to be paid back to the Commissioners, (money borrowed), and I always understood tiiis was to be asked as a favor, not as a right. The following is a statement of the increase of work : — 23,700 c. y. of ex. iB 722 8,800 c. y. of rock 2,200 20,300 c. y. in lock pit 913 7,024 c. y. muck 211 6,833 c. y. of ex. under Mater 427 Other extras 1,394 Deduct overplus on walls, &c. £ 6,867 519 £ 6,34S The 23,700 c. y. is not put down at the highest price, as it was not of the most expensive kind. 29 49(: iiie 0,800 yards of rock (the main entry) was found in a point wliero it was not expected, it was of great advantage to the contractors, as it gave them stone for backing the locks and for wall. The work under water (6,833 c. y.) is perhaps half done. I have purposely avoided saying anything about the iron bridge, as the cost of it can be ascertained from the master blacksmith. I am. Gentlemen, Truly, your most ohJt. servant, (Signed) WiM. R. HOPKINS, Civil Engineer. Quebec, 22d Feby., 1836. After reading the foregoing letters and document?, it may be asked, could a more surprising production than the foregoing be sent at tlie eleventh hour to the Committee investigating the business ? thereby leav- ing the contractors no opportunity to refute the statements therein made, and which would have been an easy matter indeed, had time been afford- ed. Let the account of extra work therein made out lie carefully exami- ned, vvith the Engineer's former statements of extra work, and do they hold the most distant semblance to each other 1 Not the slightest ! ! ! In this document, for the first time since the conmiencement of the canal, has Mr. Hopkins given information that £2,200 had been expended in raising rock which was extra, and the admission is excellent, for he states ^^ il was foimdin a point where it was not expected,'''' and on the same grounds all the rock raised on the line is extra, because not one word is said in the original report about any, except what was to serve for lock bottoms. By this last account however, tiie Engineer states the entire extras to amount to £5.'ii^. Now by adding d' 2,200 for rock (it not being contained in any of his former accounts) to the amount of the statement furnished to the contractors of jE,7,r)72 15 lOd. it would appear that 9,772/. 15 lOd. would be the true amount, and if to this sum be ad- ded those extras, not fou id in either of these statements, but in his others, as likewise in the montiily estimates, no less a sum will appear as extras than upwards of 12,000/., and all this on the Engineer's own showing; yet he states to the Committee investigating the case, that 5,348/. is the entire amount, and even adds, ■' that this statement can easily be shown to be correct, as the Messrs. Jarvis measured the work." Pray how could either of the Mr. Jarvis prove the "measurements and calcula- tions correct," when neither of these gentlemen have seen it since 1833 ? That they are both talented Engineers there is no doubt, yet it must be impossible for them or any other individuals ic certify as to the correctness of a work they had not seen for three years, and which was in a rapid state of progress ; indeed when the Messrs. Jarvis were on the work they never measured it, but merely took Mr. Hopkins' statement, and on such made their report, as will be seen by reference to that report itself, inserted hereafter. Mr. Hopkins further asserts that " He considered the Messrs. Andres "' only wauled 20,000/., 6,000 of wliich was to be paid back to the " Commissioners, and considered, this sum was only demanded as a fa- " vor, not as a right." 30 Mr. Hopkins is poifoctly correct in the first part of the forcgoin"- stafc- inciit ; in llic latter part, namely, that 20,000/. was deinanded as a " fa- vor," not as a " right," is decidedly erroneous, and Mr. Hopkins never could e.mceive it in that light. For he well knew the demand was made as a "right." Had it been otherwise, wonld not the contractors natu- rally have accepted the amounts offered by Mr. Hopkins 1 IJut no, they r, riiscd thcin on the express grounds, that the sum he wished to give tliem did not pay for the extra work, and when that objection was urged on tlw Engineer, did he not desire them to make out their own accounts ? which ho examined, and afterwards granted the certificate "TO P \Y THKM FOR EXTRA WORK." Had he considered the demand^n any other light, why did he not state so in the document itself, and not attempt to mislead the Legislature on the matter ? The fact is, Mr. Hopkins never conceived the demand in any other way, than to pay the contractors for extra labour they had performed, and which he had ex- amined and approved of; till subsequent circumstances made liim desirous of placing his views in that light. Had the contractors wanted to obtain such a favor, they never would have applied to Mr. Hopkins on the sub- ject, for what assistance could he have lent them ? None whatever, and of which the contractors were well aware at the time. Had the demand been made as a favor, it would naturally have been to the Commission- ers or to the Legislature the application would have been made, but as it was demanded as aright, of course Mr. Hopkins was the proper person to grant the certificate. " Mr. Hopkins has purposely avoided saying anything about the Iron "Bridge, as the cost of it can be ascertained from the Master Black- " smith." That the Engineer should be anxious not to have that part of the work closely ir.vestigated, is not to be wondered at, but the contractors cannot permit it to be passed over without explaining the circumstances connect- ed with it minutel) and particularly. In the first instance then, it may be proper to mention, that it was the intention of the Engineer to erect a Wooden Bridge, where the iron one is now put up, and this in his origi- nal estimate of the Canal he valued at 75/. [See a copy of his original estimate, page 34]. C:>"Thc stone abutments to receive the wooden super- structure were put up, at a considerable expense, when the Engineer proposed to the Commissioners to erect an iron one in its stead, as being much more durable, and would only cost l>om 30 to 50/, more, [not ex- ceeding the latter amount], on this representation permission was given to erect an iron one, and the alteration was commenced by pulling down in part the abutments then erected, to substitute stronger ones in their stead, which alone cost 235/ IG lid. [Calculating nothing for the stone work that had been done to receive the wooden bridge]. Cast metal at a cost of 113/. 18 3d. had to be procured, and by the time the bridge was completed it cost no less a sum than 628/. 12s. [sec particulars p;rge 31], instead of 125/., the sum at first stated by the Engineer, and which clear- ly explains the reasons Mr. H. passed this part slightly over. V» hat could have induced the Engineer to address"such a letter to the Committee of the House of Assembly, the Contractors cannot pretend to say, except it was in consequence of a misunderstanding that arose bc- V t 31 490S fcrenco of op,„,„„ >v,ll, rcgarj lo Iho amount ro,|„i,e,l to fiS'h "t° n [' spent in maturely and consuleralcly cxamininc eveiv -irrnnn i . and memorandum, that could throw liahf !„ 7 i^ ''ft"""', document, Cost of the Iron Bridge. Mason work done by Jas. Poitral North wmg Lcnffih, ' I Breadtl F. I. F. I 20 3 3 West wing, j 20 3) 2 3i Loss in cutting, &c. North wing West wing Back part Slope on side Rubble stone work 27 0| 13 0| 5 same 21 6 3 1 2 3 2 1755 1755 112 10 135 3757 10 or Arfr^u I , ^^^Pe'"ches 7 ft. lOins. a 16s 120 475 bushels, or 77 bs. 3 bus. mortar, a 3s 11 Excavation. 1278 0) 15 0| 15 6|6432 dor 4 9 12 6 Balance stonos Hanging the Bridge, 2 cwt. bar lead, 23Si C. yards. o 9d a 37s4- Carried forward. 8 4- 5 3 18 8 10 10 14. 8 — c^249 11 7 49G0 32 Iron JVork and Caiilins;s. Brought forward, £2VJ 11 7 9828 lbs. Wrought Work, IJoring Posts of Bridge, 2 casts Iron Crabs, 4 Posts 25 cwt. o 253. per cwt. 6 Cylinders 7 cwt. " Chains, Freight from Montreal, a 6d. £2i'y U 2 10 25 5G 8 11 1 5 15 350 4 Carpenters Work. John White, making IModels, " making 2 Wheels, " 3\ days Work, a 5sS T. Woolcot, 20| " a 10s Nails and Spikes for Scaffolding, 85 lbs Lead a 37s4 per cwt. 6^ days Work of a double team, a 10s. Timber for flooring scafiblding, &c. £6 1 10 1 6 10 18 5 7 6 5 6 6 20 3 5 11 5 5 Total cost of Bridge B^> £628 12 Cost of P addle Gates and fitting in. CU't. lb. 16 o 25s. Bought from Amos Stow, 47 Paddle Gates, wt. 47 Bought from Ward & Co. 70 Paddle Gates, 46 Boxes and 182 half Boxes, wt. 73 9 a 25s. Freight of same from Montreal, Paid John White for making Models, Turning, dressing and fding 73 Gates, a 2s6 Carting ditto from Chambly to St. Johns, Strapping 5 Paddle Gates with iron, a 5s. 44 days of Carpenters putting in first set of Paddle Gates in 5 Locks, a 10s. 31 days of Carpenters refitting Paddle Gates, after they had broken, a 7s6 35 days of Labourers assisting, a 2s6 Paid Moses Brown for putting in Paddle Gates into Guard Lock, £ s. d. 59 4 10 91 7 4 1 17 2 1 6 9 2 6 17 6 15 22 11 12 6 4 7 6 1 Total cost of Paddle Gates exclusive of loss sustained } by detention, ) Carried forward, £203 19 4 33 49:o Paddle Gates, brought forward, £203 19 4. 4 2 6 6 6 6 Cr 4t Gates, 4i Boxes and 176 lialf Boxes would only have been re(iiiired lor r> Locks had they stood, vvt. 50cvvt, Oqr. 21b. a 25a. 44 days (Carpenters putting in, a 10s. Making Models, Freight from Montreal, £62 10 6 22 6 3 1 5 86 1 9 Loss in consequence cf Gates breaking, ^117 17 7 The following documents, relate to, and prove in part the two foregoing accounts, viz., the Iron Bridge and Paddle Gates. St. Johns, 11th August, 1834. Messrs. S. & S. R. Andres, Gentlemen, I have examined and accepted 13 paddle gates, 10 gate boxes, 6 pivots for gates and 8 boxes delivered by Mr. Stow. (Signed,) Wm. R. HOPKINS, Engineer, No. 2. I hereby certify that in the year of eighteen hundred and thirty four I entered into an agreement with Messrs. S.& S.R. Andres to furnish them with the paddle gates for the Chanibly canal, according to a certain mod- el furnished by them, and when I had cast some of them they were ac- cepted by the Engineer, Mr. Hopkins, who afterwards ordered me to al- ter the model, whicli I did according to his directions, and cast gates to the amount of forty-seven hundred and forty-four pounds, all of which were made of as good materials as the first received by said engineer, for which said Andres agreed to pay me five dollars per hundred pounds, and that the whole of the gates so furnished were received by said en<'i- necr. "^ (Signed) AMOS STOW. Sworn before me this first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. (Signed) SOLOMON BINGHAM, J. P. No. 3. Dr. Iron Bridge on Chambly Canal, 9827 pounds of cast and wrought iron, a 6d j£245 14 o To boring posts of bridge 2 10 To two cast and wrought iron crabs, 25 o £273 4 49 94 The chains four posts and six cylinders I do not take into this bill an 1 had not tiie bills of tlicm. I do certily this is correct to the best of my knowledge. (Signed) B. DRAPER. The expense of repairing paddle gates ia ^63 since the month of May, 1836. (Signed) B. DRa.'^ER. Sworn before me one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, this 19th day of July, 1836. (Signed) D. DAVID, J. P. No. 4. Chambly, 12th July, 1836. Making models for castings for iron bridge over the Chambly Canal, 1^ days assisting to floor same, at 53. 8d. Making 2 wheels for same, 1 5 \ day framing abutments tor same, 5 8 Making models for paddle gates, 1 day flooring top of butmcnt and putting on a piece of tim- ber, in consequence of the bridge to be wood at first but now being of iron is consequently of no use Making models for castings for lock gates, 10 8 o I certify that I done the above work as also much more work by order of the engineer of the Chambly Canal, and that the above prices are, in my opinion, fair and reasonable. I also dressed many paddle gates for the locks, which I consider worth two shillings and eix pence each, but having kept no account at the time cannot state the number. (Signed) JOHN M. WHITE. Sworn before me, one of His Majesty's Justices of thj Peace, this 14th day of July, 1836. (Signed) D. DAVID, J. P. The other items contained in the two accounts to which the foregoing affidavits allude, can be proved by Jas. Poitras, T. Woolcot and the oth- er tradesmen who done the work, also by the individuals from whom the materials were purchased, such as Ward & Co., Workman & Irwin, &c., &c. £ s. d. 6 5 8 11 1 10 2 10 1 5 5 8 10 Engineers original estimate oft] e cost of the Chambly Canal. SECTION N0.[1 s. £ s. d. 4873 perch of wall in river at 10 2486 10 1612 do. protection wall, n 806 134 do. for piers of bridges, U 67 Wood work for ditto 25 1995 parches in Guard lock 25 2368 15 4033 c yds. ex. in Basin Car •led forward 1 6 302 9 6 6055 14 G 8 d. 6 G 2364 Ho. in lock pit 30,242 do. ex. 460 do. muck 1272 yards excavation 19,000 do. embankment 720 do. protection 480 do. muck 35,860 yards embankment 1,600 do- muck 35 nroiight forward. io:: 4> SECTION NO. 2. SECTION NO. 3, Qi mrc 1 tECTiON NO. 4. iJl,9l5 yards embankment 963 do. raising road New bridge 2808 perches protection wall 460 yards muck ly Onn 1 SECTION NO. 5. 7,-i!00 yards excavation 15,999 do. embankment 292 do muck 1,300 perches protection wall 15,920 yards excavation 6,456 do. embankmeut 250 do. muck 1,007 do. birm bank 77 perches in culvert 160 yards in culvert 1,296 perches protection 9,144 yards excavation 8,180 do. embankment 300 do. muck SECTION NO. 6. SECTION NO. 7. 1 ' 100 10 jC s. il. 6055 14. 6 177 6 1890 2 6 23 8146 3 63 12 570 360 24 1017 12 7 20 100 1 1075 16 76 1150 10 a 7 "> lOj 10 1 957 9 29 11 5 1404 23 2419 9 6 7 20 100 1 180 479 19 14 12 4 660 1,224 U 4 6 7 30 100 1 7 20 ICO 20 10 7 20 lUO 398 193 13 7 12 10 30 4 2 77 11 5 648 5* Carried forward 1370 12 9 228 245 15 12 8 489 4913 Bridge 86 Brought forward SECTION NO. y. 80,5:^0 yards excavation 600 do. muck 4029 do. excavation Gravelling and clearing creek 900 yards tow-path 900 yards tow path 14,647 do. excavation Gravelling Gravelling Drain 1,595 yards muck 21,294 do. excavation 970 yards tow-path Culvert 155 perches 1026 yards culvert pit Gravelling 16,255 yards excavation 888 do. muck Bridge and embankment 15,444 yards excavation Altering road 844 yards muck 16-522 yards excavation 750 yards muck SECTION NO. 9 S£CTION NO. 10 SFCTION NO. 11. SECTION NO. 12. SECTION NO. 13. 7 20 lUO 6 6 atl 6 1 6 1 6 JC s. ({• 489 76 664 513 30 120 18 4 37 10 22 10 723 18 4 22 366 2 10 3 10 6 391 3 6 12 10 250 97 19 523 7 72 15 155 1 76 19 1197 11 30 413 44 8 100 587 386 2 75 42 5 503 7 413 2 6 37 10 /450 12 6 87 40 1 «« ft. (f. SECTION NO. 14. G283 yards excavation (J 157 1 G 400 do. muck 1 20 27G08 do. einljankmcnt 7 •io lUU 828 4 9 1 166 perches protection 583 1582 6 6 SECTION NO. 6,222 yards protection wall 15 .1 !/■ 3111 555 do. wall 277 10 45,480 do. embankment 8 40 100 4004 8 () 15,148 do. excavation 7 ^0 lUO 454 8 9 Uridgo 75 6522 6 9 SECTION NO. 16. 14,966 yards excavation 6 373 1 12 60 perclies culvert 20 60 25 do. do. 10 12 10 Moving house 25 471 8 SECTION NO. 17. 7 20 lo:) 17,657 yards embankment 529 14 2 1518 do. excavation 6 37 19 400 do. muck 1 20 1 culvert 15 2548 yards birm bank 7 23 lUO 76 8 9 679 1 11 SECTION NO. 18. 7 20 100 18032 yards tow-puth 549 1 2 14769 do. Birm 443 1 4 60 perches culvert 15 45 4101 yards excavation 6 102 11 6 269S1 yards embankment 500 do. muck 20370 yards embankment 1600 do. in lock pit SECTION NO. 19. SECTION NO, 20. 7 20 100 1 7 20 ' ini 1 1139 13 6 809 8 7 25 834- 8 7 611 2 80 Carried forward 691 2 J 1600 perches in 8 feet lift lock 1867 do. in 10 feet do. 38 Brought forward 25s fi91 2 2000 2333 ]5 SECTION NO. 21. 2177 yards excavation 2100 do. rock 25200 do. embankmeni 18G7 perches in 10 feet lift lock Kfxc^cs 1 , , SECTION NO. 22. oUOO yards embankment 1867 perches 10 feet lift lock 12450 yards excavation Lock No. 5, 2592 perches 4546 perches in 3 combined locks 6659 do. rubble work 1150 do. pier 20,600 yards excavation in lock pit Road bridge 7 20 103 25 5024 17 54 8 10 525 756 2333 15 7 20 100 2b 26 • • 7 6 1 RECAPITULATE. 3369 3 10 156 2333 15 311 5 3240 6682 10 2458 237 10 1030 125 15624 Oi Sec. No. 1 ^68146 3 Section No. 12 u .( 2 <c (( 3 t( (( 4 u (( 5 (C (( 6 (( (( 7 (C (( 8 <l C( 9 (( a 10 (( (( 11 1017 12 1150 16 2419 9 1324 11 4 1374 12 9 6C4 11 4 723 18 4 391 3 6 1197 11 4 587 8 u {( l\c . 12 503 7 13 450 12 6 • ( 14 1588 6 3 (( 15 6522 6 9 (C 16 471 8 (( 17 679 1 n i( 18 1139 13 (t 19 834 8 7 (( 20 5024 17 .( 21 3669 3 10 (( 22 15624 2 6 £64400 4 12 R. bridges 1 waste Weir ^^^ Contingencies and engineer ^]l^ .2 ? Je60300 ^ ,' i;» 3^ 8 10 15 3 10 V > ,! 4' Account oj E.ira WoTh not inchdedin the account already furnished and before inserted amounting to £20658 16 5 J'""'''''^ One quarry contains 1156 yards at 6 ^ A Second do. do. 1304- do. «t o d And a third do. do. 10278 do. £ 361 407 10 3211 17 s. d. 5 6 Deduct 1543 toises used for protection wall. piers, &c., &c. gj T) V ... Expense of rock lioundino inside edge of coping of ail tho locks 12 6 3980 12 6 964. 7 6 301G 5 to 9 days Carpenter, making alterations on guard lock Increasing lock bottom Carpenter's work at wharf 13500 feet of timber at 4i cents Earth work Incidental expenses 2 10 25 3 74 9 3 135 60 7 10 3091 5 27 16 3 206 19 3 .^3386 6 furnished by him, the Ccm tractorri ' ? i^^ °'' '" "">^ statement and therefore did not c Ce t ^TZfv" '^'^ "".' '°"'^'^^'- '^ ^'^t''^' detailed account of the exL woS- 1 "^^'"/l' ^T'^'^^^ ^ ''^'^^^^ could then have been knownVhn ! 'rT"^^ ."^^ '^^ Contractors, it dered extra but tl?i. t?. ,t 1 \ ' ^^ "'^'^^ '^"''^ ^^'' Hopkins consi- ^ucfa do^um 'nt ti" iJe tS"n n'""^'' '"' ''f Contract'irs had not however, in his ett it U ^cl' „ i:^:?^"!' '^'^ ''• c ''1'' ""'^'^'■"^' knowledges the Hock is exin Ta t ^'^ "«"«« o^ Assembly ac charge it! ' ''"'^ '*^^ Contractors therefore now , Jt' !^7"V''? '" *^' ^"'""^'''"S account, viz. r_For r^nndin. the -.nent of e.t. work. beSl l:LcS:d^E^^ Sl^ "r.^— ^ m « r> 40 The ihi.vl chargo in saiil account was in consequence of alterationfl maite at l\\c Ouard Lock by the orders ol" the Engineer, (5) and is no doubt extra work. , i r * Tlie last charge in liie aforesaid account is for work done to tlie wliart at St. Jolin's, and that such was considered by tlic Comniissionors, as extra, may be seen 1)V reference to the second clause in their rc|)ort to the Le- gislature, dated the illii Se|)tend)er IS.'M, paae O'X- as likewise by re- ference to the Engineer's statement of extra work given to the Contrac- tors, and belbre inserted at page 25— where the wharf is valued ,i[)G211. The reason no charue was made for the wharf in the first account of extra work was in conseqcnce of a small part only of the labor benig finished, and as the timber was then in the hands of the Contractors, they thought it better to leave out any charge till the whole was completed, when the entire cost could then be correctly ascertained. Smce that time however, the Engineer has taken possession of the timber, and con- secnicntly the charge as before recited is made, the amount ol the labor is substantiated by Moses IJrown's statement, No. 5— the cost of the tnnber by Mr. Wheeler's account— and the other charges can be attested to by the several men, under whose chargo the work was performed. ^ No. 5. , 5153 feet timber hewn on three sides and framed for wharf at St. John s, woik- mausiiii) only at !«i3 1-2 per lUO feet, .^180 35 4080 iVct Ties, SI 00 1795 feet Blocks, 3o liO ii!'297 18 I certify that the above work was performed by myself and others under my charffe, and htiving taken an areonnt of the same as tiie work progressed, to the best or my knowledge and belief it is true and correct, rrcvious to enter- ing on the above work, I api.licd to Mr. Hopkins the Lngnieerof d,c Clmmbly Canal for instructions resi)ecting how to hew and Irame the tnnber lor the wlxnt. When he referred me to his speeilication in the hands ot the Lontraetois. on secin-r which my own opinion was, that it would not be necessary that tlie Inn- bershoul.l be hewn down rt> ibe smallest dimensions o( Uio logs, as U.ey were to be planked over ; and hewing tlic.u in sucli a manner I considered as a grea waste I therefore proceeded as my judgment dictated ; however I was ordered bv Mr. Hopkins to hew them down to the very least dimensions, which 1 altu- wards did, and altered what I liad previously done agreeable to the said in- structions-farther when 1 left St. John's the above tnnber liad "o^" "^J'l for the purposes intended. Avhich with about three hundred leet lieu n but ut- framed uul about six hundred feet in a nuigh state. 1 lelt as far as I can now mlge. two-thirds of the entire securely piled on Horace Wheeler s premises i d^lie remainder secured m the water by booms. The timber so V^^^ me fur the wharf vx as squared wlieu it raine into my hands, and t \\as lor the T)un)ose of hriniring them to a close joint die logs were alterwards hewn over. ' May 1S34 I was em,.loyed bjtlie Contracturs of the Chambly Canal and se, by them to lay the tinlbcrs and door the (iuard Lock on that vvork, when I re -eiv Hi h " rueli.. IS from Mr. Hopkins the Ca.ief Ihigincer. how far o ex end the lb. eyond the miter sill ; I performed the work accordingly, "it'^r wlic Mr SnuiMor the Assistnnt Enmnecr called and sai.l " it was not flo.ied to a sulhcient h.iglif '-and ordered the p anking tor twelve feet in len^lh Jj' '^ tal<CTi np. the timbers extended five feet farther, a.id thetj '•';Pl7'';f'\, " ,\H^S which I did accordingly, and iuid the one side finished when the Chiel Lngi- 41 ttsi f r- 1 ma^ds for extra vvork-and .n S m nnt .h *^7 «"'^''-«J-their de- t,a(ed, propo.se \n the next place arbHpflV'' "^'n""^^ '^'^ '^"''^'^n- far tl.e .said original report wa correct nnd in T"?'' !" '^"^'^"""^ '>°^ they will take it „p seition by sec ion an ° ""■ '" ^'-'"«'- '« ^'« «^'> performed, with Jhat i.s -sated in Tl" / ■' '"?^''''"^ "'« ^«'k al^sointely ^"o;ir.i,..ance. The .id^i^.^f-SXiSk!^. t^"'-^ '" Joh^^tkrorso^'etntl",:' r'""^-' ^f '^^.^ '•-" ^'^ ^-^ ^t St. tain and abundant suppt;^ "' '^'^"'"'"^ ^' ^'^'^t l''^^«. to secure a cer- «hore) onashori to thi 'm pie Tf's" th:''?'' /''^' ^"^^^ ^-'» '^e the west shore and thence to tr^uard T n.k l^^^' continuing from nlterations, I believe, was a loss ,o hy. r- . ^' '""-'^'' "'»" "'f o'Iht. T cso five dollars. „vor«nd ab^ve tt 1 1 I Hi"' dT'"^,; Vr"'-'^. «'"-. of twem;. and hibourers, but to whu, amount I cm not say ''' ''"'""'"" "^ ^''^ masons Loek:T;:L;teil':: di!;^:;:;:^i;:;'?:£/^,j^^^^^^ ^^^ «"own, of t.. s«id with cli.y. which I acconlincrjv th .,u]"^ f ' ','" V^ '"''^^'''t <''« limbers the A.s.is,ant Enoi„eer. who plted ;, uXTaTl l'"']"!''"*'' '" P^^^^-coTf Coaunued n>y.self arM five n^en planl",m .1 fH fl „ '"'' ' ''''' '" commence. Lnpncer a<rai„ visited us when he saVl " vvl . ^' '"'" '""''ning the Chief had laid and spread soft cW^l^J^^^.x^T'^'T^.^^T "^' "^ the^lnnks w^ cujned the same numb.r of men as l"ei e lal^^'i"^''^ T" /^'"-^ ^"' ^'hich oc- o th . Contractors of nine days a^a dS an ,wp7 T^'- '^'"'^ '^•''"^'■"g ^ '"''^ Uj^^certamly would have beJ. p.vent^:dS:/StSr£^ feet. whil. at the lower end only ten and wl h r ^''''^^i ' ^^''^'^^ 'vventy tAventyar the lower end. and only fen "t'the unne j''"-^'-"'"^^'^ ^vas changed to take 01 cuttn.g so far into ihe tow-path at, em;«^r T"^'^'"""'^ "*" ""« "is- sequences were likely to result, and hJd no I ^^^ ''"'^- "'.^ "'"^t serious con- exertions. 1 believe the water from ,be rll '"J^"^^ ""'•^^'"^ "^^d the utn.ost banks and inundated the entire lock nit " " ^'""^^ ''"^« forced through the Boarpi:?Se;:^;i-;;-;^al under the superintendence of M. viously dressed a quantily o/.i^ for 1 an!"r7"'''/"'' "'^ '"^l^-^-had ^^^. be^too short, consequenll^ren.ained ulmsil '''"''' ^"''^''"^'' "«'' ^"""^ "> May. EigES Hu'Trer/SoJi^^.^^i'^^ -^-"'^e my name, ,his 24th day of Sworn before me at I,or-^ '" (Signed) MOSES BROWN, •''^"s^e/- Carpenter. Chester, the day and vear . belbr- written. ' I ^ (Signed) f P. P. DEMAR/IY. J.P. j } 6 n 42 foot above lo'.v water mark, and to rise from thence to tlic guard lock to a lieiglii of one foot above high water mark, a distance of I KiO feet. " This work will be both clioap and diirai)le ; in high water it will bo covered witii water in sueii of its parts as are most exposed to ice and drifts, and at all seasons will give an abundant supply of water to the Canal. Within tliis work wherever the water is less than six feet deep, it should be excavated to this depth, and the earth removed kiid against the dyke to render it firm and water tight." Oi/* Instead of the " point,-' (where the Engineer put down a stake,) from vvlfich the bank above described commences — being "USO li-et iVom the shore" — it is 250 feet trom the outer end of iVIarchand's wharf, that being upwards of 2;")0 feet from the shore at low water ; thus the contractors were forced 500 feet into the river, instead of 250. From the stake so put down " to the fifth pier of St. John's bridge," — is 1300 feet measured in a direct line by the Engineer ; it is, however, much ciu'vcd, and consequently must measure considerably more, although it is only stated in tlie report to be 1200 feet. From the fifth pier of said bridge to the guard lock, the bank is ser- pentine and measures 1233 feet instead of ll'iO. Thf height jf that part of the banks betwixt the bridge and guard lock, in sorx.e places much exceeds " one foot above high water maik" — in other places they are somewhat less ; but if the earth of which they are nov/ compob-'jd, was regularly distributed, the banks would at all events exceed the sti,7u)ated height. The banks above the bridge, tor neaily half the distan- e, instead of being "two feet above low water mark," have been much higher, and at present are above high water; whilst the , etnainder was raised to the stipulated heiglit, if not more. — (1.) Tiie work as before set forth, commenced by excavating a little above tlie guard lock, so as to connect that part with the work previously done ; but instead of proving " cheap," as was expected, was attended with vast exncace and dilliculties, inasnmch as earth had to be procured by digging into the bank of the river to enclose a small space at one time, out of which the water had to be pumped to get materials for the con- struction of the principal bank ; and in this dilatory and expensive manner operations proceeded till a permanent bank was completed as far as the St. Johns Bridge. The expence was also greatly increased in con.<e- qiience of an innumerable quantity i.f huge stones found on the bed of the river which imd to be blasted with gunpowder before it was possible to remove them, and the greater part of the excavation being in quick-sands, &c., made it next to impracticable either to cart, wheel, or shovel. The earth removed from the bank of the river to enclose the first space had to be replaced, and the materials used to enclose the numerous others, had to be removed atXer the excavation had been finished to the principal bank, thus causing double labor before the bank could be completed. To all these dilficulties was added that of keeping the water out which oozed __ The several measurements here given, can be confirmed by Mr. Casey, En- gineer, who at one tirne was Assistant Engineer on the Canal, and as the banks yet remain, can bii again measured, which the Contractors lately did and fuund them as here stated. 43 iBZd tbroUKh tl.o then impeifcct Ixuik., tl,at arising from numerous springs, as al.o from ram., and what llowo.l in from the adjacent streets and lands, from .mmdat.n, the scene of labour, at which a considerable nun 'bcl ol" e>- i , s , u- '';-\^''"'''7'-'i '^'^->' f '."' "'S>'N «"^l in '"""7 instances their ex- uti,ns p oved mcfh-ctual, and it u.i.s fmnid fiequenllv in.p„.,ible to nro- ceed wah the excavation till all the nam <.m,,Ioved on ,1k. ,Iar, of he v ok d be n engaged fur days ,.,,c.her, in ih. single o;-eratiin of removing the ualc. In such manner and nnder such unforseen dinicultios and expence was that par, of the banks betwivt the ,uard l.ci< and ,1.; St. nin2' f' iS""''f' ^, ''"'?■ ''^"''''' ^^^^^ ■■'-"■'^'^ i--^^d ov 1 .^ " charned .n ,l,o 7Ist item of f.cgoing account of cx(< w,.,K,m consequence of tl.o center and cutlin- slakes put dov.n , tao Lnf,aneer above the guard lock, not agreeing ui,h (hat part of the banks prevn,usly nume whereby the bank^had to be al.crc'd .o as o Ao. G. mM^l'Z^f' ^^■*•-P'•'''"•'-''' I" "ood creek Hill, a squad of men to aJt'uUin.VS J " "'^•"7'!>;Y "ar-ls ; on arriving foon.l two'.ovvs of center tl ' • n K n'^ nqairedot Mr. A.ulres which line of stakes I should make A, .Ir i ' '""""' T "''^ """"'" *""' "f '^'^•''"s '■'"• mo to work by. Mr An res des.red mo to drive down bo,h lines „f cen<er stakes and not allow '!> be dr.avn cut or removed, and to uiake a memoran.lun. of ,he same r-T.ov t - }^''j}i •'^!"ko.s on t;-c bank side at the curve removed by Mr. drc or',]/ 1 -^ '"^ ^"■'' ','"" '''",'"'"'^- "''i*^'' "ccasioned extra work-Mr! An! drc^ ordered a memorandum ,o he kept of it. vp'l l.",?.|''^!"'Tr^',''''T'' ,'" "■•','■'' ''""■" "'■"■ ^''•- FrichCfs tavern : (here remo- side o bSl "I I ''' ,""'^ '";t ""' ,^'"'[ '^'•'■"^^ '" '"'"^^ " i" " li"<^ "if'' "'-*'- ntmllunTlIVrimr """ ''"' ''""" ''^ ''" E"gi-er.-Ordered to make a me- lo.k -fi'" lol!l ''^^f '^" ^■'''':'^'''' '""kin^ that part of ,he bank above ,l>e 10. k at t?t. Johns, bad extra work to peifbrm m consequence of the center and cu Un^r .takes not aRreeinjr with d.at part of the bank nJade in the spri -' .V n ■ T /f"""^' "^'■'V^V'^?"' ' ^'''"' '"-"■•'■""'» "'i^^^^ ">y "»'ne after beinrr duly sv.orn before me at Dorchester, this 23d December. 1834. ° ^ (Signed) ^^'""^'^^ J- "• GASS. P. P. DEMARAY, J. P. .,, . , , , . AMOUNT OF EXTRA WORK. Altermg the bank three difllreiit times, made by Mr. Young at wood Takiiig oiif extra earth and throwing it over the bank at wood creek. ** and makmg extra long slope. Removing back that part of the bank agreeably to die Engncrr's stalies. then put down below the quarry and near to the dyke. l..vtra earth in consequence of making the bank in deep water goinjr ^ ^from wood creek towards Mr. G. Marchand's ^ ^ ; '<^ "^ I'ank in joining the two banks above the Guard' 155 OTa GO Lock. 18 X5l3 10 4921 44 tJndsr still more unfavourable circumstances has the work above the bridge been constructed. This portion was commenced by throwing into the river rubble stones (which had to be procured from tiie United States) beginning both at the stake, placed by the Engineer opposite Marchand's wharf, and at the bridge, so as to "meet in the centre. On the dyke thus formed for nearly half its length, a part of the soil excava- ted below the bridge was wheeled or carted to render it " water ti(;ht" — and which proved both difficult and costly, not only on account of the swift current and high winds carrying a great part away, but from the na- ture of the soil as before described, u was next to an impossibility to re- move it, besides the soft state of the surface over which it had to be taken increased the difiiculty ; and it was only by constructing roads of limber, floats, brushwood, &c., it could in anywise be accomplished. From the extremity of this bank to the shore, a coffer dam was constructed, and from the space so inclosed the water was drawn off as far as possible and ditches dug to receive the remainder and drain the surface by pumping. The excavation would have proceeded now with tolera- ble ease, had the banks proved as was anticipated by the Engines •• WATER TIGHT," l)ut such was their imperfection though made accord- ing to his orders, that the wattr made its way through many parts, and the works were in a continued flood ; notwithstanding every exertion was used, both by keeping a large number of men constant- ly pumping and otherwise. The work thus circumstanced had often to be abandoned, and could only be resumed after immense expent^e had been incurred to clear h of such inundations as frequently took place. On this section of the work the soil was of the s«me nature as that below the bridge, and the same expensive means had to be resorted to to clear away the immense number of large stones found during the excavation. ^ During operations on this very critical part of the work, the advice of an Engineer must have been of great benefit; none, hcvvever, was in attend- ance for 14 days, nor any person qualified to give instructions ; the con- sequence was, that the work in many places was excavated far below the stipulated depth, and thereby springs were opened which augmented the water in a very great degree, and rendered the operations much more expensive and troublesome than otherwise would have been the case had the work been properly attended to. Out of this section of the work the materials had to be carted to complete the remainder of the bank as far as the stake before mentioned, and proved still more costly than the last described operation of the same kind, owing to the entire materials having to be carted over floats, and that part of the land over which the carts had to pass was so soft, roads had to be constructed as before, of timber, brush- wood, &c. &c. [1] It has been already observed that the wharf to be constructed at St. Johns is extra, and this has been already substantiated by a reference heretofore made to a clause in the report of the Commissioners to the Le- I i [IJ 'Ihe immense trouliie in cotiipU-tjng tl)is !=:crnon of the work as also thai below the bridge, can be fully verified hy the Honblc. R. Jones, Mr. ftlacrea, and the several overseers, the latter can likewise prove the absence of the En- gineer, sinking below Canal bottom, inc. 45 id t I i gislature. It may, however, be proper farther to mentiun, that in addi- tion to the charge as made in the account of extra work ihe contractors were put to a great increased expense in consccjiitnce of tliis allorjition. inasmuch as they were obliged to have a second coller dnm coii.-tnict(>d rurniinir from the slake already memionod to the shore, in order fo flerr out the wauT and enable the whaif to be bepun on Canal l,oltoin. A large quantity of timber was purchased fur this woik, and this amis hewn down in a most unnecessary niaiuicr to the smallest dinu ii.sions of the sticks, which there could be no manner of use in doing as the wharf uns to be planked on the outside. [See Moses Hrown's statement piige .101 The timber so prepared for the wharf was conlined within a JJoom, which llie Engineer has since removed, a great part has in consecjicnce gone adrift and was lost ; a part was used by the Engineer for other purpose') and the remainder at present lies exposed. Had the contractors contem- plated at first having a wharf to build, they would of course have calcu- lated accordingly, but nothing is said in the report concerning such a work, and which was began by the orders of the Engineer. [7] Under circumstances such as described has that i)ortion of the Canal been so far completed, at an expense never contemplated by (he contract- ors, nor indeed could it have been so by the Engineer, as he states in the report tha it will be " cheap," whereas it has been extremely ex- pensive ; but the cost might have been no doubt considerably lessened had the work been prosecuted with vigour during the extreme and almost unprecedented lowness of the water in 1834, and which the contractors were exceedingly anxious to get completed at that time ; Ihcy %vvre how- ever prevenfuU>y (he Enoimer, ii-lio tmihr ihe conlrad had a ri^rht to change the men to whatever part of the works he chose, and at the time the contractors were pushing on (he work above the Guard Lock with all possible speed, they received orders from the Engineer to withdraw 40 of the men, and which was a very great loss and interruption indeed, ^•^l Some time afterwards this portion of the work was resumed under accu- (No. 7.) Messrs. S. U S. R. Andres. Gentlemen ; . Please to begin to frame the wharf and go on with it to be readv bv the time the water is drawn out. j j' » Also remove the fence on the farm below Patenodes, in a right line with that below, and take off" the earth till the road is reduced to its proper width (Signed) WM. R. HOPKINS, St. Johns, Nov. 27th. 1834. J^ngineer. (No. 8.) ^ „ St. Johns, Sept. 29. 1834. Messrs. S. & S. R. Andres, Contractors. ' v ^ , io*i. Gentlemen : Please to remove 40 men from St. Johns to Chambly.to discontin ue work above the Guard Lock, as soon as it is scO- tr do so, and set the men at raisincr tne bank below the Guard Lock at section £, 3 k 4. '~° Yours, he. VV. R. HOPKINS, Engineer, Chambly Canal. 49 4Ci !iS (lie it is cviil(.'iit It mu!;i(cJ(];(ricultics, nrid was not even then pushed nn willi Imsf En^'iriccr a-sorteil thr;o was " NOTiHN'fi imikssinc," tho' it is c\ should lidve been nnishcd with all coiiveiiirnt i-pccd. [a] lii thi-; dda- tory way was this portion oCtlie work coininiied till April 18.35, when it was a!lo.reihcr al):iiidoiicd l.y order pf the Knirincnr [10] to Mr. Stct-^on one oftheovvr.secrs. Such was the condition in which this extensive section ol the work was left, that the cofler dams have since become very iinfm-ully injnred by the ice, and tho bank-i have washed away consider- ably, It will tlicroforo reqnire a much hirirer sum now to complete them, thn:i would have been necessary at the time the work was retarded, or even when it was afterwaro's a!t(,getlicr abandoned. " The Guard Lock is located in the present bod of (lie river— it has a slight lift of,;;|jfeet to give some pressure to the water in i)rossin'T the wicket gates." The work as ah )ve described in the report, was commenced on (he 17th February, 1S34, by makii!|^ an enclosure in the bed of the river, for tlie guard lock, according to stakes put down by the Engineer; i)ut great difFiculty was (bund in completing it, owing to the scarcity of earth, which had to be taken out of the Ijank of the river, to enclose at first u small space out of wiiich the water was pumped, and by sinking in this space from 6 to 6 feet below Canal bottom, more earth was obtained and a sj)ace suiliciently large to contain the ]o(dv was finally enclosed, pumped clear of water, excavated to the given depth, and the earth so excavated was thrown into a bank in the direction in which it was proposed to con- "~~ (i\o. y.) — ^ January 7ih, 1835. To the Contmctors : Please to prepare ilic piles for the combined locks ; get the dam in just above Wood Creek ; leave two planks olTtill water n cs, and when the bank leaks much p it tliem in. Be very carei\d to make all tight about the dam. Get stone ready for protection wall on ihe Dyke at Chambly, say TJOO perch- es for the present. If the weat!;er moderates it may be kvell to get the upper coficr dam finished at St. Johns, but there is nolhinQr pr.ssing about this. It may be well to get the posts and sills in for the waste wier ; Capt. Kerr will give llie level of the top of the sill. As to walling the banks at St. Johns and below, I would lay as little as pos- sible regidarlj', and that in shallow water. In deep water yoi| had better not touch the work, except tiie foundation is now made. Lay a little of the work above the foundation, and throw stones loose on the above to liigh water, and you will preser\ e your bank. WM. R. HOPKINS. Cliicf Engineer. (No. 10.) ^ Mr. Stetson : It IS the express orders of Mr. Hatt and INTr. Macrae that no more work be done above the bridge at this time. Do not excavate upon the road on section No. 2, but keep all your men there. Protect the bank as you go along with brush. 1 will try and be up to morrow, if not this evening. Yours, &,c. \V M.R.HOPKINS. 21st April, 1835. C( S 47 «> »" ^-.' j: struct tho tow-patli. When cotnplctcly rrady to lay the hcltoni of tlio lock, th ■ E iginecr altered llie site about 73 ibel farilier ciciuii the river, ami thus thi3 |)revii)iis work proved of no avail and was a tolnl Iosh of 17/. lo.s 10-/. a-. chargi>d in tlu- GOtli and G-Jd items of account .if extra work am! proved Uy (he unidavit cf Jac(i;iis Poitia.— under whose, charge the work was perf(,.ined.— (1 1.) I„ consequence of this chance a fecond cross hank had to he formed, and the one fust made at the lower end ta- ken away ; when the second location was excavate,!, ami the earth dis- posed of aH in the previous inslaiiee. Immense diirK-ulties however pre- sented themselves owinjv to tho hanks which forn;ed the enclosure not having had tunc to subside and became solid, and i;oiiig raised to an un- necessary hci;,dit for the pmposes intended (v\ hieh was merely to keep out the wat<M) was in emuient dang -r of fallii:g into ihe excavation pre[)a- red lor the lock, which was only i)rev(nted with the greatest exertions and diinciillies by sheet piling, &(•., at which manv men were employed both day and U'ght at a considerable cost. The timbers for the lock bot- t^m wojv. now laid down agrc oably t- the directions of the Eni;ineer and (:No. im ii.\tra work done on the Chambly Canal. 18U4 Mayllth ExcavationofGuardLockntSt. Johns, upper wing 12 feet Ions by l(i X 10 3^0 ^ Lower do. 10 feet X 10 X 16 3200 feet or 260 3-4 yards 7010 nt Is 3d f f f May 28th 2 upper wings 2X2X4 326, feet f f r Cut stone for 4 stop-gate checks. 10 feet high. 2^. 2, 13H. 8, "at .5s. 34 13 4 Cut stone upper wing walls, covered by dry walls 9 f. X 3i X 3 63 1. 126 f. a. 2s. " Cut stone repaired at St. Johns and Chnmbly (from Barnier Quar- ry) in the months of March, April, and July, 1834, 3007 superli- cial feet, a. Od. ^ > r Stone weighis to balance beams at Guard Lock and Chamblv, four at each, 10 inehes square, a. 20s. Four stone weights. 2d Lock, Chambly, One piece one cube foot, Thirty-one cubic feet of cut stone for balancing swing bridge, a. 3s. per foot, mcludiiig the wastage of cutting the 2d time, they liavinir been cut previously for the Lock. £16 5 10 1 10 12 12 97 13 6 8 4 12 6 4 13 ■ £180 2 I Jacquis Pol tras, after being sworn, certify the present account eorrcct ac- cordmgto tlie best of my knowledge.— Dorchester, this 23d December, 1834. c. , n (Signed) bworn before me at Dor-'i Chester, this 23d De- | j^MES POITRAS. member, iot>4. I (Signed) I P. P.DEMARAY. J.P.j Jl 49 K/ J 48 partly floored whh plank.q, when orders were given to take the same up Lairi, in order that soft clay mij,'ht lie spread below them, uhuh would have l)oe,. .l-.uo at first, ha.l instructions to that cflcct been given ; and t'lus a loss of nine davs of a carpenter avoided, liie Chief hngineer likowi-e pointed out the length to which the lock bottom was to he lloor- 0(1 'nil his assistant had it extended five feet farther, and which the thiei Engineer fmallv atlirnu'd '* u'us of no nianney of use,'" thus much time vvaa lost and an unnecessarv outlay occasioned of not less tluui $ 100. An erro.- was likewise made in excavating for the wings of the lock, which were to n,n into the hanks ten fc.<t at the upper and twenty at the lower end ; instead of which the Engineer caused twenty feet at the upper and only ten at tlie lower to he excavated, which he iiad al\erwards to alter, and bv which a loss of 20/. was sustained by the Contractors.— (In conhr- mation of these errors, sec Moses Brown's aflidavit, No. 5, page 40.)— Previous to beginning the masonry of the Guard Lock, a specilication was furnished by the Engit.eer, detailing the height of the diiScre^t courses of stone of which the lock was to be built ; and a quantity suth- cientto complete the same, was landed at St. Johns and hauled out on the common at much cxpence ; but the Engineer having altered the courses a <rreat part was found of no use, and consetpiently were re- shippcd'to Chamblv, whilst others had to be procured m their stead.— 3 907 feet of stone was also cut and approved ot by the Engineer, and the labor amounting to upwards of 100/. paid ; but subse(iuently the En- frineer lound foult with the manner in which the same had been cut and ordered them to be re-cut, for which 97/. 135. 6./. was again paid, and a total loss to that amount was the consequence— (see 1 oitras allidavit, No 11 pa^e 4'7,) this error forms the 64th item in account of extra work. Tn building^iie lock-wings 126 feet of cut stone has been cove.ed up by the banks and a dry stone wall, when it is evident rubble stone work would have answered the purpose as well, and by which a saving would have been etFerted of 12/. I2s., being the (J3d item of aforesaid account ; and is substantiated by Poitras' aflidavit also. An immense loss was likewise sustained by the Contractors in conse- nuence of the puddle gates for the locks breaking, altho' approved ot by ?he Engineer before put in-a detailed account of the expence is to be found in page 32, by which it appears a loss has been sustained of 117/. 17s Id as is substantiated by the affidavits annexed to said account.— At the time however the Contractors made out their account ot extra work the exact loss could not be ascertained, and only 101/. 7s. bd. is charged as contained in the 8th, 4Sth, and 49th items of said account. Tn addition to a great loss the Contractors were subjected to in conse- nuance of detention in passing through boats, and many other expences ?t would now be impossible to particularize. It ,s to be o^^.^rved ha he Engineer altered the puddle gates not less than five or six diflerent times and each time was approved of by him,-they vvould no however answer the purpose, and finally hud to be strapped widi iron at a cost of aboalG3/.-in addition to the charges n.ade by the Contractors.-(See Draper's affidavit, No. 3, page 33.) Paddle gate springs to keep the paddle gates open and shut had also to ( \ i ■J n n fe 6! in C( cc le G 49 id > ■■ t Int orcxtrf ::;i^'* S '•' " "^"^ "' '' ^'' "' ''^'-^ *'- ^'^a item in ac « vnl„e,l bySalraftfn'^l "^'l "H '^^ I>i0cc» >vcro ro,|„ir»J which ..jrihjSESS?^?-^-^^^". pro^curingea noinnkTnfhnI '""'^"' ^'^••>' ^«'^"y 't^m, that of off the ^.rface of the road for n ' \^T' ''"' "'^ ^^'"^'^ '^'^'' '° ^^^ ^^""'^ ^ procured by digging uietauSl.r'""'' ^''^ ^"'^ "^« '"'^'""'"^'^^ The earth at First rPifnv!?./.''"''"'"''"'^ expense & trouble of which doub e t e nZZJrJ" "" "T'"'"''° ''«'■ '^"^ ^ock, and ready explained as frn l^fo ^ 1''^' "'"^ '"''''^ "''^'^ °'' '^'^ ''^« ^^^^n al- the su face of the wa4 ?h. I-! f ' "^ '"''* '^^ '""'^^ as was above first instance it ir^rocfreZr 7 ''"' '""^'^'^^ ''"' ' «'"'«"gh in the other ^^\o^:^:^:^--x t ;^Ejfr th ^" ^^^^^-^• s^tr :j r^:^:;^ r ; -f - '--d of which it has : l^i,^ inches. This c^urti ^e arne'Isttle^a 1 1^'" 'r^\foui%, cost, and there is no doubt but unl^^f '*''' considerably to the could have been finished nn! «. HT '?«««^«'"««' the Guard Lock less cost. " ^' """"^ '^"'^ substantial a manner for much 4 4 To the Contractors. ^''* ^^ "ENTLEMEN : guJKVitrS"'^'''"'''' the surface of theroad nearthe ^'^'S"^'J> M.R.HOPKINS, St. Johns, June 1 1th, 1834. Engineer of Chambltj Cnnal. ^9 *> ^-> 60 •♦ Section No. 1 cxtcmls to 2<]00 feet below tho guard lock. It iy lo catcd cniirely in llic l)fd of tho river, and id to l)0 |)rote('tcd hy a wtorio wull on its oulc bunk sIoih; iVoui the action of the rivir. Jiy relerring lo the estimate it will be sfeii that a large (juantity of oxcuvution is set down to this section, and thin \» to be removed from the river bed \\hich can however be clU'cted with comparative case utter the sections below are finished; when die river may be drained out ami the canul excavated." ():J"Hef()re entering into an cxamiimtion of the work on die upper divisiorj ol the canal, it may be advisable to save repetition, to state that by ihe contract the bunks were to be raised to a height of 7 feet 9 inches on the outside, and 8 feet li inches on the inside, making an average of 8 feet. That instead of being raised to the height stipulated dicy have been in- creased to IT) feet high at and above the (niard Lock, gradually declining to 9 feet at the ujiper dyke or near the end of section No. G. That from such increase arises the extra embankment us charged in the account of extra work and certilied by the letter of Mr. Casey, inserted page 27. It will be observed that in the original estimate to which attention is di- rected in the report, that the cost of the entire work f:om 2G00 feet below the (jiuard Lock,to tho upper extremity of the basin opsosite Marchand's Wharf is calculated under the head of section No. 1. This portion of the canul is said to contain in total 37,099 cubic yardf embankment and ex- cavation ; 4972 perches of stone in river, and 10G12 ])erches protection wall : but from the increase in the side of the banks as already ex- plained, it has been augmented to 79,31 1 yards embankment and excava- tion, and 3232 perches protection wall, making an increase of 42,212 yards exciavation and embankment, and 1G20 perches protection wall as near as can be ascertained and which forms the Jst and 2d items in ac- count of extra work. The stone in the river cannot be ascertained to u certainty, being under water ; but it is believed the quantity stated in the estimate falls iar short of what is contained in the work. In consequence of such a great increase in the size of the banks it be- cann" a most difficult and expensive matter to procure earth to complete them, and orders were given by the engineer to take it in part oil" the bank of the river ; this was done, but the inhabitants complaining of the roads falling in, it had again to be tilled up at a cost of /7G ICO as charged in the 81st item of extra work, and can be sub.-tantiatc, by L. Conner under whose superintendance the work was done. Tiie earth had therefore to be taken from below the canal bottom at an enormoua cost to the contractors. When operations commenced on this section of the canal, stakes lo mark out the line of the bank were demanded from the engineer, but in- stead of acceding to this request, he gave directions to " run the bank from a point about 200 feet above the guard lock, in a right line with two trees on the opposite side of the river, a considerable way farther down," and which was accordingly done, till about 300 feet below the Guard Lock when it was discovered the embankment was loo far into the river, and instructions were then given by the engineer to alter the course, but in bringing the inside of that partof tiie bank already Jormeii to range with the latter 1020 yards of embankmel were lost, amouuluig to /03 15 iriMrifl § 0<^"^ 51 mng tho 80th item in nf„rosoi,l nrco.mt, an.l can likowiso f.o nffosfod (o t. unl Look wns lovvevor roinove.l to l.a-k tlu- Inck, hut the Vater part qnirtil, this unnecessary MKTcase would not have taken plaro. For tho Hame reasons, v... the want of stakes, (13) „,„ny parts of the hanks on f taTt'o;>^„r:i"''%';r f"f' •^'"^"^' "^^ -"-^erahly wi.ler than ten Ltt at to,.,and ihouf^li the hanks wore raised only to the heid.t .hrecled hv o(rt: tiio'nei;^"^^""' ''''""'''''''' '"""^ ^'"^ •"^•' '-^ 'ho earth trtod on 10 tne next section. ' would 1 V J ''■'«• '^ '''":■'' ^ 'r ' ^"''^''' '"•" 'h^ ^•"■••'' "''i^h he stated would give a sufticicney of earth to ronsfrnct the hank." Notwithstan- erahlv llelZ l "''""'T'".' ''^ ''''"'?"^''' '''^ '^''""' ^-»« excavated consid- erahly hohnv hottoni, the hanks at the lower end of this section had to be eft unhnishod t. I earth from the no.xt section was procured to complete shU h.\V '"'''T'^ =^ ^'-«t ''i-^^^"^-'. thoigh a part, as hifore stated, had a tervvards to ho taken back in consequence of the engineer having raised thorn too high. In a.ldition to the cost thus unnece.tsarily heaped upon tho contractors, they also lost much by the engineers refusing stakes und proper instructions, and which accumulated .lifficultics were No. 13. Ss"nn„"?nr "^^' ^ ^^ "^^^^ "!'''' ''^ »Icssrs.g!.giS.R. Andrcs nn ovcrscer-of a t Se'L 4r'l "." "" S""V,^''\^""'''- '""^ ^ "• '" ^^•"'•'^ '" ""• "'Pids below Irec cd m. ton' , ^V" ""'''''"' " "'" "'3' '"P ^'"'^•'='' "' »»'« '"»'> ""d 'e,,T h;- ^voul.l g,ve n.o .1,,. outsi,|c slakes for low-pu.h. 'h, ab«„t a wontl „'• "''""'■'^'^, '"y "'I' -'Hkes about J feet into the road saying. " That it tTie rh-fr '' T I ''^'•^'^,f " fl'l'.^s ot oa, th which I could carry over ihe eanal into me ^;.„ n T] ''""" "" '"".' '"'' ""' >"'"' ^'"'^^«' '^"^ got none for a long E "nv 1 ,^ Hi "'?, f '•• i'":'"^"''"" '"^ "^" judgement which often led me a^^ny 1 took the eirth fr...,. tbeshore and run down my bank about 4 chains S .l..Zr"L"'w''''''r'"''^^ "'" ^'"^ ''^'^'' «'"1 '"Ok out Ihe l.„tom to nnisl my bank VVl: ,i I came to bottom I called on Mr. Hopkins lor earth, and he directed me lo ^„ below bottom, which I did I think from one to two icet and yet my bank was unfinished. He then told me to leave my work there and run on down making my bank us the earth ^^mlld permit, and some other t me we could get earth Irom Mr. Vuughan's field and finish the banks. Du- ring my work below bottom I complained to Mr. Hatt that for want of . urth I h«nl*'T^ to carry my Jieavy earth from below bottom to the top ol a high Blwil /"i^iT"!'"'"'"''''^ ^''P*="**« «f »'>« contractors. His reply was that he l^d always told Hopkins to give earth sullicienl to complete the banks, r..-.^^"^ 'irnes during the season I was put to great inconvenience for want of proper instructions from the engineer. ri,„m,i • M T^ n, (Signed) A. MOORIIOUSE. Champlam, N. Y., »Iay 26th. 1836. Clinton County. N. Y., ) ^ . , ^ Champlain, May l>Gth, 1836. ( Sworn to before mc (Signed) f > - . ) RUFUS NORTON, JusUce Peace. -4 o. -jLi) i^^ 52 only surmounted at a very heavy expense. (See A. Moorhotise's affiaa- yit, No. l.'j, page 51) Owing also to this section of the work abounding in quick-sands it was fouiid both didlciilt and costly to complete, which nevortbeless was linislied to the satisfaction of the engineer, who has however since caused tlie inside of the tow-path bank to be protected with stones, owing to the banks having avaiauched into the canal in conse- quence of being partly built of quick sands, as before stated, but of which not one word is said in the original report. The engineer slates that in the report « That the excavation can be ef- fected on this section with comparative ease, after the sections below are finished when the river water may be drained ofi; or dammed out and the canal excavated." 'I'hat this could be done with " comparative ease" which statement leads to the supposition that it could be done for « comparative little exj)ense,^^ is a direct ahsiuidily, for by no other means could " the river water be dammed oil" than hy erecting a cotfer dam the entire length of the section winch would have cost an enormous sum, consequently the entire work had to be done by cross damming, &c. as done above the Guard Lock ; and though this was attended with great cost,stillthe expense was nothing in comparison to the plan proposed by Mr. Hopkins. " Section No. 2 u located under the river bank, the canal will be lard entirely in the river bed so as to have the in-cdge of canal correspond as nearly as may be to the present line of surface of water. This section extends to the mouth of Wood Creek and not much earth is necessary to be taken iVc m tlie inside of the canal bank to give 6 ieet water, and the section only needs protection for a icw of the first hundred feet." This section of the canal contains 41271 yards embankment and exca- vation, and 2195 perches protection stone wall, but had it been finished agreeable to contract would only have contained 18,(520 yards of the for- nicr.and 7-20 perches of the latter, (as the original estimate shows) presu- ming " protection would only be require 1 for the first few hundred feet." C:5=rhe dilii'i-cnce between tlio.>e quantities therefore,forms the 3d item in the account of extras. The u])per end of this section, like section No. 1, contains quick-sands and soft clay intermixed with stratums of hard pan, found most dilHcult nnd expensive to remove, and on which the original report is silent. In some parts of this section the bed of the river was much further below the surface of the water than predicted, and the engi- neer wishing to preserve the road caused the earth to be carted from each end of the section (I'lit principally from the lower end) to form the tow path ill the centre, and which cost ^£375 more than if it had been pro- cured from the bank of the river generally, as was understood at the time (he ngreement was entered into, and it cannot be denied this was perfect- ly practicable, the engineer having since ordered the same to be done, so as to increase the height of the banks, which are still too low^ but have only lieon cnleulated in the occoniit of extra work to the height iucy we raised by the contiactors. This charge is contained in the 82d and Sc items of aforesaid account, and cannot be disputed as being extra. In addition to the exi>enses thus incurred, the curve at Wood°Cieck after ere S3d 53 4 i>0 y having been partly constructed according to the dirfictionsorthe engineer was considered by him to l)e too rapid in its turn, and lie gave directions to alter it further into the river, by throwing the earth from the inside to the outside of the bank and which was done at an expense of i^SO 10s. (See Gass' affidavit No, G, page 13) and which is charged in the G7th and G8th items in account of extra work, besides causing many incidental expenses and great delay, which was greatly increased by the immense quantity of water which flowed into the canal at all times, but particularly in wet weather, from the creek, but which could not even at the time be accurately taken an account of. "SectionNo.3for the most part is under a bank from 12 to li feet high. The tow path is located about (iO feet from the shore in from one to eight feet water in depth, but- no protection is needed against the river." (!:>This section was commenced by removing the earth from the lower end of last section into the river at (JO feet from its bank, so as to form a tow path ; but it was found by soundings made by the Contractors, that the tow path would thereby be placed close to the channel of the river, where the water was very deep : and the dread that a great part would conse- quently slide into the oliannel, caused the Contractors, not only to point out to Wm. Macrae, Esq., one of the Commissioners the probable loss that would occur, but likewise to make application to the Engineer, to allow the bank to be built nearer the shore, to which he would not accede. In place therefore of having the bank to form in water of "from one to eight feet in depth " (as the report states) it had to be constructed in water of from 6 to 18 feet, at an extra cost of £325 as charged in the 70th item of account of extra work, (see John Gass' affidavit. No. 6, page 43) and frequently avalanchcd as was feared for great length ; in fact the impossiblity of finishing the bank at any other than a ruinous expense, became so evident that the Contractors were compelled to appeal to the Commissioners on the subject. These gentlemen appeared much sur- prised that the Engineer hid so acted, and on enquiring his reasons, he said," he did not know the water was so deep"— this appearing still more strange, that he should be ingnorant of so important a fact, caused him upon examination, to attempt to do away with the impression his first answer had evidently created,by stating " he had done so to save the cost of land, on which he otherwise must have encroached," however when he was informed by the Commissioners, that their wish was, and that their instructions had been given to him, to take in all cases a svfficiency of laud, and not to subject the Contractors to so unwarrantable an ex- pense, he added " that the work could be compleied, by sinking wooden cribs loaded with stones to prevent the avalanches." (As this conversation took place at a general meeting of the Commissioners, any of these gen- tlemen can attest to the truth, as it is here related.) The plan of wooden cribs as proposed by the Engineer, was however conceived too expensive, and the idea was given up, and instead a great quantity of very large 8tonos were procured at great expense, and thrown into the deep water ; by means of which the avalanches were at length stopped, and the bank could then have been finished with comparative case, had the Engineer permitted earth to be removed from the bank of the river, which he, not- 493'. 54 withstanding the Commissioners, order to the contrary, still refused, and caused a part to be carted fro.n the surface of the road for a great dis- tance, and the remainder to be taken from the birm bank by reducing it from the proportion of two feet horizontal to one foot perpendicular,to that cfone horizontal to one perpendicular; thus leaving tl,e bank so steep that It has smce alien mto the canal in many places, owing in a great measure to Its height which vvas upwards of \l feet,' a circumstanceTn itselqmtesutficient to warrant Its original slope. Besides the unwar- ranted and unnecessary expenses thus incurred the entire section had to be protected with stones, although the report states, '' that no protection IS needed against the river." Under such circumstances was this section lm.shed,an(l it is much to be regretted, that the Engineer located the bank m the hrst mstance as he did, as also that he would not comply with the desire of the Commissioners in allowing a sufliciencyofeaith tobe taken Irom he bank of the river; for it is certain the work could have been comp eled in every respect to as good advantage at an expense exceed- ngly triHing to what it really cost. Calculating nothing however on these osses, farther than what has been already stated, this section contains at the lowest computation 27,851 yards embankment and excavation, and IJ.iB perches of protection stone wall, whereas had it been finished agree- able to the Lngineer's report it would only have contained 13,880 varda embankment and excavation, and no proUction wall w/iatever ; thus an mcrease of 13,971 yards embankment and excavation, and 1936 perches protection wall has taken place. Calculating them only as they now are, and neither ^re completed, this forms the 4.th item in aforesaid account of extra work. After about 300 feet in length containing 21G perches of the protection wall had been laid agreeable to the directions of Mr. IIop- kms ; he altered the stakes still further into the river, by which this quan- tity was covered over and lost, as also many perches that slid into the channel, and which is valued by the overseer under whose superinten- dance the work was performed, at =£81, and which is contained in the 72ditem ofalorcsaid account. (14.) " Sectio ns 4 and 6 are very like No. 14. I certify that on the Chambly Canal above (J. Marchand's, at which place I was oi-derel to work, 1 found the foundation of the protection walj laid for a considerable distance 111 a doplh of water from eight to ten feet and three hun- dred feet ill length and which had been built according to stakes, said to have been laid down by Assistant Engineer Casey. 3Ir. Hopkins afterwards laid down another hue ol stakes for me to work by, in consequence of which the wall has been covered up by the bank I was ordered to construct, and thereby totally lost, as well as a further exi)eiise incurred from large masses of earth sliding into the water, in forming the bank to the necessary slope and width. Protection wall covered by bank. Length. Medium height. Width. 300 feet 9 feet 2 feet, 216 perches, a 7s6 £81 10 days work making road and drain 71 do do Drain VZ do do 3s6 3s 3s 2 16 in 13 1 16 Carried forward, JC96 5 65 ' 40--) Section 4 for a short distanco is located in excavation, Both sections need Section No. 3 but both sections are mostly embanked in the river, protection against the river." The labor on both the.se sections was much more expensive than pre- dicted, or stated in tlie above quotation from the original report ; and was carried on under the most disadvantageous circumstances. The work was commenced in the Summer of 1833, and tlie banl<£ completed as far as practicable ; but the incessant rains in that year often inundated the works, and prevented them irom progressing with that rapidity and ease which would have been so desirable. A creek also that empties itself into Section No. 4 greatly increased the ditlicultics and sulyected tliu Contractors to a cost of ^62 10 in pumping out the water, and which IS charged in the 86th item of account, as it was an expense whic!^ might have been prevented by constructing a culvert, and which it was the ±.ngineer s duty to do. The expense likewise was much increased in consequence ol the earth on both sections, being for the most part quick- sands and hard pan, which it was not only dilUcult and expensive to re- move, but likewise to form a bank with ; and in consequence of the En- gineer's refusal to allow earth to be taken from the bank of the river, a great part had to be re )ved from the surface of the road at an extra ex- pense of ^75 as . ed in the 84lh item of account. Notwilhstandin.r such was the w artli, that the lower part of Section No. 5 had to be loft in an unfini^>:ou state, and having so remained for the following winter was almost completely washed away and which the men who per- formed the work can substantiate. No mention is made in the ori<rinal report ofa large quantity of rock f.und on Section No. 4, alth(.ugh a large quarry of immense hard rock had to be raised at an ciiormoas ex- pense and loss of time, greatly augmented by the inundations that fre- quently took place, and which had to be pumped out at a great cost. On both sections an immense number of large stones were found, that had also to be removed by blasting, and after the Canal had been excavated to the Engineer's aahsjuclion and apart of the protection wall built, the Canal was considered too narrow, and instead of widening it by removinff inside of the earth from the bank of the river, the Engineer caused the r. „ , , Brought forward, Overseer 6 do do 53 Aug. 27th.— 40 1-a days extra work on die road section 4. a 3s per day, Levelling Lork bottom. Section No. 4, taking oil" bank for waste weir. y /-* ''"y^ , « 2sO per day 4 days (overseer) a 5s ^^6 .<> 1 lU 1 6 7 12 6 1 ^112 9 swo"if*^™""^°^*'*'^'^'^''^^^ '"^™ ''"^'" ®'^"^'' "^y "°™ alter being duly bworn before mc at Dorchester, this 23d Uecemlier, 1831, (Signed) 1'. p. DExVIAUAY, J. p. 56 the tow-path bank to bo thrown to the outside, whereby the protection was covered up and in a great measure" lost, and which cost £90 as charged in the account of extra work, item 69, (see J. Gass' affidavit. No. 6, page -ia,) as hliewise (L. Connor's, No. 15, page 5G.) By refence to the contract ■<^ will he seen, that the Engineer had au- thority to direct the protectior vails to be built either perpendicular, or on such a slope as he might deem best ; on these sections he ordered them to be built iu the proportion of one foot perpendicular to one horizontal, and such part as was done in 1833 was so executed. In 1834 the as- sistant Engineer continued them on the same proportion, and after a number of perches had been finished, the chief Engineer gave directions to build the remainder oneioot perpendicular to one and a half horizontal — this work having been executed in the winter season, was found in- sufficient in the spring and had to Ne re-built together with that erected in the proportion first mentioned, a great part of which had fallen, owii(;to its not having sufficient slope. The consequence of these changes was a great loss of stones, besides the expense of labor, and the banks having by the wall failing been left unprotected were considerably washed away and had to be put in their former condition at much cost and loss of time (15). To procure earth sufficient to finish the banks on these sections, the Canal had to be excavated considerably below bottom at a cost of jgSO, (as charged in the 85th item of aforesaid account) but were finally raised to such a height and protected as the Engineer considered necessary ; but from the height of the water in the following spring, both were disco- vered to be too low, the former therefore had to be raised after having been much washed away and protected with brushwood but neither are yet so high as will be necessary. (tJ^'From what is stated in the Engineer's original report respecting sec- tions 4 and 5, it was anticipated these sections would have been both easily and cheaply executed; but from the unlocked for rock and stones found in them— the nature of the ground— the unprecedented heavy No. 15, In the moiilh of may last being in comjjany with Messrs. Hophins and An- dres,on the tow-path between Mr. Marchands and the lower dyke, I asked Mr. Hopkins what was to be done with the protection wall which was then built • it being then one foot horizontal to one perpendicular. Mr. Hopkins rephed the wall must be re-buiU of the demensions of one foot and a half horizontal to one foot perpendicular and I will give liim a new estimate for it. The wall was ac- cordingly altered to the required proportion. I likewise declare that I have freciueutly asked for stakes to mark the line of wall, from the Engineer, and got but two and could I have obtained the number necessary to mark the boundaries I could have proceeded into the work quicker and more to my satisfaction and that the want of a proper demarcation has been detrimental to the Contractors. In testimony of the above I have made my mark after being duly sworn. his LAUGHLIN X CONNOR. _^ • mark, bworii beibre me at Dorchester this 'i'iA December, 1834. P. P. DEMARAY, T. p. > ■ « 57 49C:. rams-and the many alterations made, and losses sustained, as already described ; they were executed with the utmost dilFiculty & at aheai^y cost. * . o.or.'^'"^^"^""?^ """"^ excavatio:. alone, as far as can be estima- ted, 3-1,364 yards ol tlie former, and 3,109 perches of the lat(er, (beinff the aih and ,th items in account of extra work) have been done more than would have been necessary had the original report and contract been ad- hered to 1,1 order also to convey the water from the road leading to Montreal, a ditch was cut by order ol the Engineer and afterwards found jnsulhc.cnt l„r tne ],urpose inter.ded-in consequence, a stone sluice had to oe made across the road opposite to Frichett's Tavern, at a cost ot d.2 los. as per r,5th charge in aforesaid account of extra work, and which It cannot be denied is extra, as there would have been no necessity for it Had the ditch dug in the first instance been of proper dimensions. Gj-" Section No. 6, after leaving the river and having a part of the Canal 1" rather deep cutting ior a short distance, passes across some low level land opposite St. Tiierese island, when the Canal can be constructed for a very slight expense." The section as above described ran a little farther downt han the upper tlyke, iHit o-.viiig to the route having been changed into the St. Therese cliunnel ,t ends at the dyke. Had llie banks been built according to contract they would have contained 17,226 yds. embankment and excava- tion, and 1296 perches protection Mall, but owing to the enlargement of the banks, ,t contains about 22,649 yards embankment and excavation, & ^olb perches protection wall, 'he difference therefore forms the 7th item in account of extra work. The Canal from the upper end of this section to tie (iyja>, after having been excavated according to stakes set down by tlie Juigineer, and part of the protection wall built, proved to be too nar- low and was ordered by the Engineer to be widened by throwin<T arth over the tow-path as in the case of last section, by which a great propor- tion of the wall then built was covered up and lost, (as can be attested to t>y Li. Connor tiie overseer who did the work.) Lof*""^ ''■'''^ ''u^'l'' '''.''^'"" ''''''■'' pretty deep cutting, and the Engineer having laid out the line farther into the bank than was requisite to produce a sutticiency of earth for the construction of the tow-path, the surplus earth which was a large quantity had to be used in the formation of the ciyke, whilst a sufhciency could have been procured from the is!and at a much cheaper rate, and with a grea' de.il less cost, where the n^ost part was brought from. ^ This section ends the upper division of the Canal, and has been so far conip eted, vvith the many additions to the work contracted for as already stated ; besides the great difficulties, loss of time, and increased expense aiising trom the circumstances as already related. The several altera- tions and add'tions made to the original work by the Engineer, the con- tractors were bound to comply with, as will appear by the contract, but lor wliicii thcij were to be paid a fair and reasonable price. To such in- crc;t:n;d work was added ilie expense of making nevv roads and bridges along the greater part of the upper division, in consequence of the old ones having been damaged by taking off the surface of the roads, with whicli to build the banks, instead of allowing earth to be taken from the 8 4825 5S banks of the river for that purpose, and whicii was done by l/is En^inen-a own admission to the Coimnissiotnr.i io Aare crpcnsc of tniul. 'ihwi ihc roads were extra will be scni by rofcicnce to liic 13tli clause in ll;c com- missioner's report to the Logi.slatino insertt'd in pajj^e and for whieh the Contractors only charge 528/., being the 44th item in the riccoiint, althonrrh they consider thry liave lost considerably more, as that sum was barely snllicicnt to pnt the roads and ljrid^:es in the same repair in which they were found, and allows nothing for the inconvenlencies to which the Contractors were .subjeitted in not being ,;crniitled to take earth from the most convenient places — and which certainly was the un- derstanding when the contract was entered into. Sections Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10, were not executed owing to the altera- tion in tlie route as alr^^ady stated, but it may be observed, that one coder darn had to be sur''^^ at a great expense immediately above the upper dvke and another below the lower, to prevent the water flowin', into the Canal before the excavation had been comi)lcted, and which afterwards were removed. " Section No. 11, follows tlie ravine that section 10 is located in, and is very direct ; it ends on the river side near the road and a bridge will be required on it for the road as there will be at section !». — If for any cause the line is thought better near the river, it can be constructed cheaper along it, but we are inclined to prefer the line as located which passes a considerable way back from the river." The s -tion as before described, is No. 1 in the lower division, and is constructed from the lower dyke along the side of the river. In conse- quence of altering the line of Canal into the river Richelieu the culvert that was to be constructed on section 9 is built on this section. It was to have been a single culvert, instead of which it has been made a double one ; in order to increase its size & strength, and as the public road passes close to the Canal and over the culvert so constructed, it was considered necessary by the Engineer to increase its length also, so as to pnss un- derneath the rond for its entire width, a distance of from 24 to 30 feet ; when it is evident a bridge could have been built to answer every pur- pose as well at mucl) less expense. The extra work on this culvert is acknowledged by the Engineer in his account of extra work inserted page 21, but a fair price is not allowed, it having cost 37/. lOs. as charged in the 42d item of account of extra work. The road on each side of this culvert had to be raised for a considerable length, to eli'ect which a dyke had to be formed on each side and which cost 20/. as charged in the 43d and 44th items of account of extra work. This section had likewise to be excavated from 2 to 3 feet below Canal bottom in order to procure earth to finish the tow-path, the Engineer refusing to lot it be removed from the bank of the river. ^Cr It will be observed that in the Engineer's report, no mention is made ofa bridge to be erected for Carpenter's ferry, till under the head of section 12j tho' \i is calculated in this section in his original jstiniate and said io cost with the embankment 100/. This portion of the work was done at a tinie when the Contractors were otherwise very busily engaged, and the Engineers took the sole management of it. The abutments were con- ■ , 59 /^ ( ^ur. o I cXt^ ^'"'if^^'' han.mcro.1 to close joints and laid with- oti. c.n.ent-u manner of bmUmg ,nost expensive. When both abutments had been raised to a suflicient height to receive the bri,!j,e vvhic was to e a vvooden ono-.hat on the west side of the Canal from 12 to Mfeef the other .omeuiiat lower, and the embankment nearly completed S west abutment or wail ibll into the Canal and oa.i.ed a^p c" £ of da- Sm^f Tn VT?77r"" "'"' ^''^'' ^^ ''^ timr;i:!:i:iident iVte .^' "" ''" '^''^-J ^^''1 7^^t .upwards of 500/., althonsh 100/. is only 1 em-ill V'h ":'"'r '," '"■""' 'T' "'''^•^' '"'^'•^"^••■^ expenditure ove^ •my means of the contfactor^^ when it is taken into consideration as Ins on ur.dci the -Liig-neer's direct and u-i-untroulcd management.* tanlJtTthe '"'' 13._Thcse"i;7rro generally located in short dis- huX- ibe IT' "n r'^'"" ^7 ^:^''-'^ ''^ "^'^'^ ^''^ river, for a few nu Ui eJ feet, a bn, go will be required fur Carpenter's ferry. These sec- eTtlu'l ""?'7 ' '" '■'^''^^-^-^vation. Tlii road requires to be made new tiie length of tlie-e sections." K^'jrv'o?^?'^" ''? ""f ' f '!'":'' "■"' ^-^ ''^-^ "^"^* P"--* i^'^rd "'-^te, with a qu.rij of hriid rock, which had to be blasted out at a very -reat ex- r::.;- ; 1 sir^'^v-r'^'""" ^"^^ ^'"''' ^'- ^'"^ '"^'^ -^^ .-.n^nlcri^ wild T w, ' ;? '" ". ' '^f '-^^^•^^•'''^'»" i=^ termed "//./,/," instead of va he sllh. '-'*''^'""''='>- "'^^^^''"y. and much more expensive than there ma le aio^<? ll' '""T '" 'T''- ^'"'^ '"^^''^ and brid,res had to bo Id n. H,^? ''. ■'';'" '^'"^'/^'^ "^"^ '» <unner section, and section No. 4- aen.1; aems 3s1;;'' '" I'^f,'^""^'-^^' "'•->"-« a-'C extra and charged in a'd b- I ' 'f ' f' "'","'*' ""'"?'"^" ^^■'''- ^'- «''• '1''^"^ tl>e.e roads wii- i 5; V ir''"' ^i'" "I'r"'" >',""' ^-gi^^er's statement of extra w 01 K, page 21, where m he acl:iiowlcdges them as extra, but allows no- lon";:themler acknowledged as extra by the Commis- On 1 > themselves in their report to the Legislature, page clause 13 duct t ^wtlr"'"'' ,"^^ .nade across the road, and a dileh dug to con- , i-iigmeer; K..) but was found in conseoence of ihp eav7 and incessant rains of 1333,' too small, and orders w re givl to vas^iiH, T^ • r 1 ^^'^."'■'■■o""t- The work on sections 12 and 13 u_a^_ m.>.,t d,ihcu!t and eo.tly to tini.h, owing to the nature of the soil thli;;;;;^ exiSiTclnSirSr''- 1^;^>;^-'' --ter ca.,H.nter can attest to Icn, .nd the in'c' ■ "lll'^^": ''r -^'':'/^''/- ' ^'^''I'^nter as toils having ful- r<"„^. { No. 10. ) vi„ * ^ 1 ,. , June 3d. — ricasc to get the ditches opened above culvert No. 3, to bring ^9 60 being slate, hard rock; and qukh-aands, together with many springs foun J, more particularlyiii aection 13, and tho a(ljoinin<r lands to the Canal be- ing high, immense quantities of waler llovvcd in from the neiohbonrhood and inundated the work, and the water as in many previous instances had to be pumped out at a Rreat oxpem^e and loss of'tirue ; and tiie excava- tion in many places had to be sunk below Canal bottom to get a suffi- ciency of earth to finish the baidis. A lar^re ditch had likewist; to be duf? for the entire length of section 13,— a waste weir had to be constructed, and a cofTcr-dam put in— none of which were contemplated at first— nor are they alluded to in the original report. "Sections 14 and 15 contains some of the heaviest work on the line. They are situated opposite Bunker's Hill, The embankment along this part of the work must be well protected against the river , in shallow wa- ter a wall can be laid ; in deep water a dyke must be laid like the one described at St. Johns, wide enough at the top to receive a protection wall extending from the surface of the water to above hii:h water mark. The lower end of section 15, has some deep cutting. Over this a road bridge can be made with ease. After leaving the river at section 15 the line passes over some very hard ground, and where light excavation and tow path bank are necesfjary to form a canal." The vyork contained on sections 14 and 15 was most difficult and ex- pensive in excavation. The cutting being in many places very deep and the greater part of section 15 being very hard slate and rock. The quar- ry upon section 15 is the one, the contractors presume, alluded to by Mr. Hopkins in his letter to the committee of the House of Assembly as it is the .nost extensive on the line. Nothing is however mentioned in the o- riginal report concerning rock on those sections, from which it must be evident the engineer was not aware of the nature ol the ground through which the canal had to be excavated, otherwise he certainly would not have overlooked so very expensive a part of the work. In order, as the engineer staled, "no/ lo encroach on Mr. Johuslon's garden,'^ near Bunker's hill, (though it has since been altered by order of the commissioners) the line of canal was run mucli further out into the river than otherwise would have been necessary, and instead of llic en- gineers permitting earth to be taken from the bank of the river to make the tow path, it was ordered to be brought from the lower end of section 15, being a great distance and by which a ruinous loss to the contractors was sufferedjgreatly increased by the tow patii so const ructed,being in deep water, where the current being very swilt, carried away a great part of the bank before it could be protected. For the same cause, viz,, the bank being put far into the river, the protection wall was increased, and had back water into it, as stakt d out by Mr. >eymour. Please to open the ditch on section o.4, near Demerse's, on the back of the spoil bank. Please to prepare for building bridges on the new road along sections Kos. 2, 3, and 4,— Yours, kc. WILLIAM R. HOPKINS, Engineer's Office, 3d June, 1833. Engineer. Gl Jo be built considerably stronger than wotild have been neGCs?ary liad it been situated ne;iror tlie shore. In fact tliis portion of tlie work was coni- pleted at an enormous expense, about 500 loot of the protection wall be- ing () feet thick, built |)erpen(iicular, of dry masonry, and linished in (ho most expensive manner. It is stated in the report that "a road bri(he can be made with ease " and in the en.,nneers' original estimate it is valued at £15. hi<Wni] of putting up this bridge, which was to have been wood, an iron one is erec- ted at a cost of ^628 12 0, as has been alreadv shown ; deducting from this amount :L75, a balance of^^^li 12 would remain as extra, but at the time the contractors account of extra work was made out the amount could not be accurately ascertained, and only .i,'r)00 is charged. (See 9th Item in account.) In addition to this loss, the delay that necessarily at- tended the aforesaid change, subjected the contractors to the most seri- ous inconveniences and obliged them to construct a floaliiK^ brid-re over the canal to accommodate the public, at a very considcralile cott; and wiiicii Nvould not have been required had the wooden brid;:c asoriginallv intended been put up. d e j No mention is made in the report of waste weirs on these sections nor are any accounted for in the original estimate. Two, notwithstandi.,.' have been made, at great expense and undor the most disadvunta<^eous circumstances, inasmuch as the engineer pointed out the place where one Til" f erected, and when partly excavated in slate and gravel at a cost ot ^5 3 6,as charged m account of exua work, item 10th, he ordered it to be abandoned and built at amther place, where the canal is 214 feet distant from the river, and where a large quantity of stones had Hrst to be removed from the surface of the ground, and afterwards the culvert exca- vated through an immense hard rock for its entire length, and which in- curred an expense never predicted, of at least £300 as contained in the 11th Item of aforesaid accounts of extra work. Such were the circumstances under which these sections of the work were completed and fully establishes what the report states "//;«/ llu:,, contain some of llie heaviest work on the line." Although not one half of the sum they absolutely cost is contained in the engineers' original esti- mate. ° " Section 16, 17 and 18 are some distance from the river, and on re- ry favourabte ground." The excavation for the entire length of the abov.^ sections, was made through very hard gravelly ground, abounding in hard-pan and other earth both difficult and expensive to remove. There are two culverts on this part of the line, and both after having been completed to the entire satis- Jaction oj ike ens^ineer, and agreeable to his orders had to be taken up in tlie lollovying spring, in consequence of the water making its way thioujrh the gravel, and puddled with clay, which cost a considerable amount n ore than would have been necessary to finish them so in the first instance Deep ditches were likewise cut on each side of the canal to convey the wateT.to the culverts and from^thence to the river.(SeeMr.Hopkin's letter J>fo.l6,page 59.) This part of the work occupied 150 days of labourers & idtd 62 B i :^^:r " V::^l^^l^l;^^. «"o37.heha.,oi„ account of l'e.sn!..s ilu, entrust <.m)v provi^'-.s 'W/;tVw'y'' ;"'''' """''■C'^-^ary, l^.hargej i,. .h. 3Gtl. i,e:n of «aid accomu. °'-'-°'- ^^^^ -^-l^ 10 8, CO"' i '"■■^ part ol the work cnrit iin« '\ ,".•.... i ■ i ' the onginier, ( , 7; also one on octio No 'l^'^'sos.cornrnenced by orJer of only te,n,K,,a,-y, l.a',1 several , e to to^^^^^'^'T' '^j'^ ''""'• "-« cost n. all about i^iU.'), as near as can bo' , ' ""° «"«"^ '-^-and i !ie farm bridge on Section No 10 » ,, , c ' , dertbedirecion^of t!.e eng H.^^it^co'cJ'Si^'t V" ^ f''"" «"'' """ on section 8 was built undj;. the .supc .ntc^ d ,.t ^ • fi ^^ J^^^ second carpenter, and only cost Cl 21 7^ ^ T^^ '^^'■- ^'^•'"--. '"aster tl.e .a,ne in both bridge.,) allhon-rh it was ' "' "'"'^ "^,^^«"'-y (wbich was rab!., and nu.ch nu,ro convenie U to open -w ?"?' ''^''^ '" ^" "•"'•« •^"■ NoTitT ~ ^ ' ■ • Messrs. Andres : 1st A()ri]. 1835 ^""'''•^v^;^^''^S.tj::t%!:::r'::::: '•- '^- ■»■: „. Vours, &c. 1^18. ^^^^1- R. HOPKINS. Cosf o/a Farm Bridge built over the Chnmhh, r i 3 string pieces 3 do. do. 3 braces 3" do. 4 ends Pivot beam Strinjf beam 4 pieces for frame wo^i of pivot. 4 do. do. 2 do. do. 2 hand rails 2 do. do. •^^ posts 12 sleepers for p!at- fofm TIAJIJER. length, breidlh. thickness, contents. feet. 4H 27 30 10 8 8 8 8 4 6 75 75 4 10 inches 8 12 12 8 12 IC 8 12 12 8 4 3 4 12 inches 12 12 8 12 12 16 16 12 15 12 6 4 6 12 feet 06 71 60 20 32 14 7 S2 20 6 25 VZl lOl 120 Cubic feet 526.1 ^ 6d. Carried forward JEIS 13 u C3 4Brj ithstandinglho saving that might havo boon thus (-fToctcd. the onuinorr .18 80 tenacious of his own plans, and so advor.so (o ic.-» ivc advice, or IJro-.jght (orw.ird 48 rail« of 2 inch plank 4 by 'Z iuclie-, 104 square 1" (,'t, nt tj('l per M JO!) 'i inch plunk Car lloorinjf iUO 3 do. do, lor platform Pivot and cap 1 4 friction wheels, 'i 11). 4 IRON WORK. 4 lb. Hi at 71 5d 8i Collars 35* lbs. Spikes 3.")} do- Bohs 221 J Spike heads 74 do. do. 49 do. do. 12 Bohs and straps 130 Circle and bohs 73 t^nc fifth expensps af models and castings, Carriage from Montreal a 25s 5 6 7j P till form. 4 days laborers evcavating and leveling .Ss. Gd. 9 pcrclies of stone Horse work, teiiming 2 days of a mason 2 do. of laborer 31 feet cut stone for balance stones 5 3 3 6 250 days of a carpenter 2 do. , do. 3 do. of a laborer 2i do. double teams Carpenters work. 3 5 2 6 10 C «, d. 13 13 Ij G 2} 1 10 10 U 3 2 14 14 10 2 5 8 8 12 5 7 2 4i 1 H 14 2 10 10 7 4 13 78 2 10 7 1 5 Total cost of bridge exclusive of mason work 27 5 I 8 14 80 4 G 131 18 11 Cost of a bridge bmit over the Chambly Canal, agreeable to the direc- tions and under the superinlendance oj Elias J^ichols Master Carjjenter TIMBER. thickness, contents, inches feet. 12 96 12 81 Carried forward 3 string pieces 3 do. do. length, breadth. feet inches. 4^ 8 27 12 49": 04 to nller nny part of the w oiks ollicrwise than he might himself propose, even could iniinoveaiciit be niaclo,anci expense suvoti ;j;ihat he caused the £ Uroiii^ht forward ! ■t'lilflli. breadth. thickness (onteniB. feet. JIll'llC'S inches. fett. 2 brnc( 8 6 12 12 16 4 lie 1)1 nms 8 12 12 32 l'i\iit do. 8 1(1 10 14 12 sk'fpcrs for plat _ form 12 12 12 132 2 riblidiis orstriiijfs 75 4 6 25 2 bid!iin'<i l)tiuus 85 12 10 U3 2 hand rail:) 60 4 6 17 4 jiosls 4 12 12 16 42 small do. 4 4 6 28 Cubic feet 550aGdl3 15 I'laiiks for flooring 2 10 U 1 a 1 1 c. (|. lb. 1 pivot box and cap 1 1 12 Hulls 5 '^4 Iron rollers 3!) Ihs. spikts <) " Fricti )n b^r l.'iO « Holts 7y " Iron. 25 7i 1 3 6 1 I'laljonn. 4 days bibonr excavating and levelling 8 pcrclics or»tono Horse work, teaming 2 diiys of a mason 2 do. of ii labourer 4i feet cut stone, for balance stones 3 5 5 3 3 6 50 days of a carpenter 61^ do of a do. 4 j do. of double teams Carpcnler'8 work, 6 3 6 3 10 Total cost of bridge, exclusive of mason work 50l days of carpenter's working at the waste weir opposite Moses Hunker's Carpenter's work putting on paddle o-ates 3 days of a carpent it 1 13 11 15 2 8 9 3 9 6 16 2 8 7j 14 2 10 10 7 14 at 5 14 6 01 3 15 12 fl 19 4 4i 2 5 4 15 3 6 3 37 1 lOi 72 4 2 13 8 9 8 M 18 9 Carried forward J se, he d. reiiiftininp; thrco to be constructed on the pluii of the (IrHt, wilh some nllcr- Rtions of hia own, and l>y whicli an unnccesHary outlay was occnHioncd of £272 4 0, hut as this h)S9 could not be accurately nsciTtaini'd at tlio time the contrnrtors nindc out tlioir account ef extra work, only X2ri7 3 6 is charged in tlic 13th item, tojjether with i'8 ID ti, for s^oiiew and iron work to l)ah\nce the bridges after they were put up,which in charj^ed in the r)Istand 66th items of waid account. It may IJo fur'licr remnrkcd that the piers supporting the (arm hridi^es are in their present condition very defective, and are liable to bo ktiockeil down by the boats navi« gating the canal, and under this impression, Mr. J. \i. Jervi8,an Engineer of eminence from the United States, who was brought on the Chambly Difference as before stated, in the cost of 4 farm bridges, Aherutions on ihc last erected three Cn-'cd forward jC 8, d. it .H U y 238 10 33 295 I, Ellas Nichols,herel)y declare the forcgonig tiiitcniont of the two bridges, is correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and I considor the lust mentioned bridge to be as substanliid unJ in every manner as useful and eonven- iont as the former, if not more so,and by ei'ecling tiicm according to the last men- tioned, a saving might have been i^ectcd of fifty-nine pourids fourteen shillings and nine pence on each bridge, as charged in the fourth item of the foregoing ac- count. The fifth it»!m in said aCeourit is owing to the engineer having made al- terations frrtm the original aftei' the timber had been framed according to liis (the ettgineer's) directions. The second item in the above account, of eight pounds, fourteen shiUings is for putting paddles into the Lock gates in consequence of those previously put in having broken.&cthe thir^ item is in consequence of the en- gineer having ordered the carpei|ters to prepare a bill of timber for which he af- terwards declared he had no u.-(^. Tlic tirst charj^ein the aforcsoid accdunt is for work done at a waste Weir opposite Moses 15 im'kcr's, for which there was like- wise procured, by the ^aid engineer's directions 21 bobs of iron to' fasten the sill to the rock ; but the engineer having directed all the rock to be removed ibey were not used. In addiiion I further declare, that vyhen I with the men under my charge began to frame the lock gates tor the Chambly Canal, I found a quantity of timber laid in for that purpose both too short and too sinnli in the dimensions, but I cannot say by whose directions, or under what eircumstunces it was so prepared, having been procured before I came upon the work of the canal. In addition to the above, I f irther deelan that in my opinion the con- tractors lost very considerably through the engineers unstable conduct with re- spect to giving directions how he wished the work on the canal done, as continual changes and alterations were made by his counter orders. At first he would probably give a plan how the woiu was to be done andufterwar Is give verbal orders to alter it. In many instances, several times before the work was completed, all of which must have been a very considerable loss to the contrac- tors, and was the means of delaying the work much, all of which to the best of my knowkege and beUef is true and correct, and I hereunto subscribe my name. (Signed) ELIAS NICHOLS. Masler Carpaitcr. Sworn before me one of His Majesty's Ju.«>tii'.es of the Peace this 15th day of July, 1836. P. P. DEMARAY, .A P. 9 Canal l)y the commissioners to survey the vvorka and report if it was progressing as it should, recommended that wooden piers should be placed opposite t!ie stone piers to protect them, but his recommendation nas not been acted on and this part of the work remains very much exposed to the damages dreaded, and which has in a slight degree already taken place m two or three mstances, and where such has occurred the piers will require to be rebuilt. ^ On thiij section of the work likewise great complaints were made by the armers occupying thn land in the vicinity of the Canal, " that the farm uriuges had been erected at places most inconvenient for them to cross," and in orrler to allay as far as possible, the discontent that prevailed, or- ders were given by the Engineer, to construct roads, &c., ( 19,) which ne said 'would be advisable to prevent the inhabitants travelling on the lovv.patb and which was accordingly partially done, for almost the en- tiie length of these sections,on both sides of the Canal,and which cost in the hrst instance IG/. 15s. being the 73d, 7lth, and 75th charges in the ac- count ot extra work. These roads were afterwards repaired by order of ttie Commissioners themselves, wiic have since arranged with the itiha- iitants to keep them in repair for the future—but with these last the con- tractors have nothing to do. ft^-" Section 19 is for the most part embankment, and some of the bank wu require to be raised rather high. The line was located in this way, that we might found iock No. 1, on rock." As It is stated in the Engineer's report, this section is for the most part embankment, and the nature of the soil was rather favorable being clay and not difficult to work, but the line of location which it appears was ch( sen, " that lock No. I might be founded on rock," and thereby save tiie expense of a timber bottom, was far from being the most advanta- geous route, as the banks are placed exactly on the face of a declivity, and thereby subjected to break away ; which was frequently the case, and had to be repaired at considerable cost and loss of time, besides in- undating the lands in the vicinity of the Canal. Had the line of location however been altered to the low ground this would have been effectually prevented, and this section executed at much less expense. The line was however chosen, that Lock JVo. 1 might be founded on rock, which IS absolutely the case, but instead of the rock serving as a bottom— and the expense of a wooden one saved as predicted it only increased the cost, as the Engineer directed the rock to be quarried out, and a wooden bottom put m, thus subjecting the Contractors to an immense expence in excavating the lock-pit in rock and slate to what would have been tba tost in clay, besides having the banks to raise an increased height and sub ject to break away as already stated. In addition to the expense -, o ( No- 19- ) Mr.STURDEVANT Chambly, July 20th. e>ir,— t lease move back the fences and make the roads on those tarmi where the land ha> been paid for.— Mr. Seymour will give you the stakes. Youii &c., WILLIAM R. HOPKINS, Enginetr. 67 i Q ■ hug unnecessarily incurred, the Engineer, after having ordered the hank on t!iis scclion to be raised to a given height, and when such had l)3en accomplished, thought it too high and ordered it to be lowered by renioving a part of the earth to be taken ofland put on the tow-path side and which was no sooner performed, thun the brim bank had again to be raised to the same height as it was before it had been lowered, and which cost 5/, as charged in the account of extra work item 35th. " Section No. 20 has fiie first lock located on the upper end of it— is oighl feet lift, and with the other locks is 100 feet long in chamber, and 20 wide. Lock No. 2 is of 1 feet lift, and is locatpd near the lower end of this section— on rock also. The excavation and embankment are ' oth light, and this section may be considered a cheap one." The section as before described in the original report contains the first and second locks. The excavation and embankment are stated to be '' light," and the section " a cheap one ;" the contrary is, however the case, In the first place, the banks are very high, indeed more so than those on the last section, although they are staied in the repo to be "rather high;" and in the second place, the section is not cheap, but a VERY EXPENSIVE oue— a Considerable part of the excavation being made through a hard slate, very difficult and costly to raise, besides the en- gmeer instead of permitting the earth to be procured as could have been done convenient to the embankment, caused it to be carted from the low- er end of next section at a very weighty expense, and which was by no means necessary, (as the Engineer afterwards, desirous of strengtlicninc the banks to prevent the water oozing through the slate and gravel of which they were composed removed the earth for that purpose from the identical spot from which in the first instance he would not permit it to be taken ; further also, the engineer ordered a puddle trench to be cut on the bnm bank of this section at a cost of je5, charged in the 34th item in account ofextra work in consequence of it being, by his own admission, ot no use, ill which case certainly the contractors were subject- ed to that unnecessary cost. At the time the report was made, it was proposed to erect in the entire line of Canal, one guard and eiVht other locks, some of the latter to have 10 feet lift, but before the contract was entered into, this determination was abandoned, and the contractor^ agreed to erect one guard lock and nine other locks,the latter having 8 feet lift of 100 feet long by 20 feet wide in the chamber; before,however,the work on the lock was commenced, the Engineer changed his mind with re- gard to their size and ordered them to be constructed 120 by 24 feet in the chamber. (19). The pit for lock No. 1 was therefor e excavated to """"" \No. 19.] " "■ • „ . . -,, , , , Cannl CominisM'onrrs Office, April 6ih, 1833. To Messrs. Shulter.Andres & Co, Contractors of the Chambly Canal. I am DOW authorised by the Commissioners of the Canal to inform you that ti.ey wish the measures taken in fuiiire in regard lo ilie locks to have rcleieiice to the alterations made from 20 to 2i leet in width, und from" 100 10 IZO leei 10 length of chamber. WM. R. HOPKINS. ('fitefEngii.ee-r. 9* 49^5 68 admit a lock of that ilimenbions, a wooden bottom put down, and the ma- sonry had progressed to some extent, when he again altered the size to that origiually proposed, viz., 100 by 20 feet, (20), at which dimensions the lock was completed, and the several alterations as specified produced the charges made in the account of extra work from the 14th to the ^32d items, as also those made in the OOth and 91st, amounting in all to ci'330 15 2. The second lock was commenced on the same dimensions, at which Ihe first had been completed, the lock pit excavated, the bottom laid, and a number of courses of masonry buih. When in this advanced state of completion, the size was again altered to 120 by 2A> feet in the chamber, and an agreement ( ntered into with the contractors to take down and rebuild the 1st, alter the second, and construct the remaining seven of such dimensions ;, the second was accordingly altered, but the first yet remains of the smaller size. C:> It will appear by reference to the original report that both the 1st and 2d locks were to he founded 07i rock, consecpiently it was expected would not require vypoden, bottoms, and un- der this impression the contractors tendered, and finally agreed for the work. However, in the contract a clause is inserted leaving itdiscretionary with the Engineer to have wooden bottoms pui in, should he conceive the rock insufficient ! but for which the contractors evidently understood they were to be remunerated. That such was also the opinion of the Engi- neer is certain, as he declares in the report, last section was located in its present course so that Lock JVo. 1 miiiht be founded on rock, which he consequently conceived would save the Commissioners the expense of a timber bottom, as the contractors have no good grounds to believe such a course was adopted for their benefit ; no future act of the Engineer's exhibiting such a dispofsition. "Without doubt in the present instance he was sacrificing the interest of the contractors to benefit the Commis- sioners, by locating the line of last section in an expensive way, much fo Ihe disadvantage of the former; for had he taken their interest into consi- deration, and conceived them liable to put in a wooden bottom without *n extra charoe, he certainly would have located the last section in the ciieapest route, and not subjected them to the most expensive line, as also to excavate a lock pit in rock and slate, when they might with so much more ease, and with so much less cost, have taken the cheaper route, ard had the lock pit to excavate in clay, which from the report there is every reason to suppose would have been the case. However, as such a clause (as before referred to) is contained in the contract, and nothing ex- presslii said about timber bottom i be extra ; the contractors have not made any charge. They conceive such a course as that ailopted by the Engineer intended to induce persons to tender — *-"~~~~' fNo. 20.] ~' ~ *• ■• Chambly, 11th July. 1833. To the Contractors of the Chambly Canal, '^I^m^^i"o'^d 1^" 'hp Commissioners to inform you that we shall have the locks co'nstTUCleil according to the original plan of 100 feet by 2U m chum^er. ^^^ ^ HOPKINS, Engineer* 69 49.; J feet ., liilly esta- lift, ihe section ia for the work, by giving a ccmblance of ease and cheapness to the undertaking that it did not in reality possess. Tiiis course ttic contrnctora regret to say lias been too successfully practised by tlic Engineer in many instances, which his report compared with the work really done,, and the disadvantageous circumstances altendin<.r its execution, blishea. « Section No. 21 has on it Lock No. 3, 10 light and mostly consisting of embankment." This section ends close to the lower end of Lock No. .3. It is stated in the report to be " light and mostly consisting of embankment," a great part notwithstanding is excavation which passed through a quar- ry of hard rock at the upper part, both expensin nd dilficuk to blast out. The earth to form the embankment was hard to piocure, owing to a quar- ry covered with slate rising near the surface, over vhich there was but a slight covering of earth. This difficulty hud to be surmounted by taking in a much greater space than was necessary for the widdi of the Canal, so that a sufficiency of earth could bo procured for the embankment, and increased the work 860 cubic yards, being the thirty-third cha.jTe in ac- count of extra work. This section contains Lock No. 3, located in a hollow part of a hard stone quarry, and Ihe excavation of the Lock pit was consequently difficult and expensive, partly owing to the springs of water arising out of the rock, and which had to be pumped out at much cost, and partly from the excavation being in hard slate rock that proved obstinate and very expensive to remove. Under these circumstances this section proved expensive, instead of" light'''' as is not only inferred but distinctly stated in the Engineer's report. , . " Section 22 is 3,500. feet long, ending in the channel in Chambly Basinj it has on it Lock No. 4 on rock founrlation Lock No. 5, with an inverted firch bottom. Locks Nos. 6, 7 and 8 combined, the lowermost of these Locks must have its mitre sill on a level with six feet below low water mark, its bottom must be vvell secured, and an inverted arch must be turned under the chamber. The next Lock will have its foundation level with the lower Lock ; a mass of rubble work the width of llie foun- dation must then be carried as high as the upper niitre sill, at the lowest Lock the bottom can be flagged over or coped over and the walls carried up. The highest Lock of all must be lik.^ the one below, it has its foun- dation carried as low as the bottom of the lowest Lock, and to be brought up to the Lock bottom with rough mason work, above this cut stone will be raised." " We have been obliged from the nature of (he soil to adopt the plan for combined Locks, as given above. In gravel soil we should be willing to see upper Lock walls founded on piles instead of masonry ; but in such ground as that at the basin it will not be safe to use them, from the bank commencing about one hundred feet up stream from the foot of the combined Locks, we propose to run out a stone pier the same as that at St. Johns, carried within one foot of high water-mark, and extending into the DaSin where the lowest water is six feet deep, below this pier the channel must be excavated to the foot of said Lock." Section No. 22 contains about the half length of Section 10, and the entire of section 11 as exhibited on the map, and ends in the Cbambly i2'17 70 sequence f their hardr-essHhan for ^ f ' P/''"' ''''' P^i^ •" co„^ State, however, but a sm J, pttion was l%d""^'^^ J'^«'" '^^ Un'ed mainmg over winter it was discovered vI?Ih ' ^'"^ ''^^ remainder re- having c^acked by exposure to the air nn r"' '"'' **'« '"tended object •^amonhandofnouLe. onlv fo Ckin" f^'' '"^ '^-"^-^"entirre.' OS stoT"'' ''""■'^"* ^'''h'eaccot^t :r^;,t«"'l'"^ ^''"^ »''«r^^-e ioss to the contractors, occasioned bv ihp r T^' ''" '* ^^as a total no means by their own instramentlitv t\ "^'"f '« directions, and by the additional expense of cuttin" fh?', 1'"'^'' "'^ ^-^penseof quarrvin/ the Canal round a large spac Zenedt .'^ '^ ''''^™'"S ^''^ " o^' he expense considered to whatTvvo.iM '"l^"'"^^ ^f'the qu.rr.^, a^j hne, together with many othef nSnlr' '''''" ^^ taken in a ^direct there IS no doubt the contrac^l cm Jf"*!' expenses and incumbrances on much more advantageous terms 1 1 ll ^'""r^^ «««"«« «« ^ormerl quarry, even had they answe,S^fh!n '^ ^«"'d raise them from .' ded, and so convinced wer fclK^^'^"/- ^hich they wereTnt j! ^P;"f /he quarry to a greater eieL tan w ^'' "^'^ ^^•""''^ "«* have Canal had not the Engineer so directed '' ""'"'''^'y "^ ^^^m the = St* ^^o- fe^^ ^=- is: charged m the 12th item of account Sf """'^ ""^ ^^"'^^ 7/. 10, o jure was unnecessarily incurred of inl-f "°''^- ^ farther expend to construct on this as also LZZZ'f''' ^ ^"'"^ """''' "^^^^ banks had been completed, whereasThe nrnn ?'''""' ««««ons-arter the have been at the time the^anks were 1^1^07? i"-^"'''' them would hy the earth would not have been M f* °/ *'^'"g '"^'sed, where- h^nks, and afterwards to Te 'rut S" '1'"^'^ complete The ' (No 21) "^^ ^""''' ^^'^ '-«' ^he Messrs. Andres, Contractors, fcc. Chambly, Sept. 12, 1834 lou had be ter therefore put^O me.^ "t ^r'' ''""' ^'^^"'•^ 'hat period ' ' ^"- '' '"^'2^'"'^'^°°" «« P°««'hle. 'WM. R. HOPKINS. Engineer. 71 ee re of d h )f 3 I 48,' Ski u^f section— one on the tow-path skie-over which they had a bridge to build, and another on the brim bank ide Kiht verinre^den^V^Ta'Jfc.'" ^^ ^' '" ^•''^^' *^« and 7Sth-as also S^:!^^ ^^i:^^^ !^;:^^J'^ bv himseTf in i^nl '"/""^ satisfaction, which error arose as stated Tt^iif I '".^^''^^Tr'^e of an incorrectness in his leve!.-(22.) (andloLeouentTrhot.^ f ''"'''' '°- '^' ''P'''' '^'' ^ stone Voundation bablv fromTb« h^ ^ ""^ Tu P''^'""^"'^ ^''^ ^^^'^'^ ^o. 4-and most pro- wn. iVh I hardness of the stone where it was first located, this Sn.iriHHV'^'r^^"' '^'' ^- ^' '^^^'^^ (b^'-o'-e alluded to) con ♦Ton oV LSI h T^ '" ?'''' ^""'^ ^«' 3' «« '- '^'-^^ the opera- bet"vixt tiem .^ ri ^^'^ !f 'r^' u"^'"^ *° '^^ ^^'^••'"««« «f the level warfirs? Tnt 'r!""'T'^t'^ '' ''^'^"'^ ^^ ''^^"S*'^ ^^^'h^^ down than Expenses ard inn ''•''"^ '^^' consequently done, and the same Ss No, , r, rT"'r • '"^'"'"^^ ^' ^''•^'^'Jy explained, of stakes set cTol ht fh v''"^'' '" "l'"'"^ ^'^^ ^^^^^ wiiJgs-iccordi^g to s takes set down by the Engineer which in the first plage were fo ur leet T.u J . , ( No, 22. ) ^ mistake of the Engineer'slevel ' ^'■'' ^""^ '"""""'^t '^"«'"g f™'" * I wTs'dTretTb^rh^SsiirSrerM -"^"-^-hette's last winter. portion of one foot perptdSar to ?ne hon^o^S^^^ '" '^"'^f '^ V^' P"-"" bad been done I was orderpH tn hn^M •! honzontal. \fter a number of perches prpend,cular!'i"wlrdt; fh!g^^^^^ have since heard it has been rebuilt "PProved ot by the Engineer, but J 300 yards excavation of lock-pit. 240 yards of embankment. Total. 540 yards at 5d, £, , 300 yards filling up lock-pit considered as 240 yards of embankment at 5d. 5 5 Sworn before me this 24th December, 1884 D. DAVID, J. P 1 jL'16 5 BENJAMIN GIBSON. iUd 72 too short and cost tog'jilier with sinking and re-levelling the bottom — in conscqiionce of a nii-itake in his (the Engineer's jevel) 17/. 16s. 6d., as charged in the 4(Uli and 47th items of said siccoiint of extra work, and comprises all tlie extra work, the contracton^ are aware of, in ibis Lock. The 5th Lock was located considerably 'arther down on this section than the last — -and was the most r a pensive to excavate — the lock-pit being sunk very deep through a vast quantity of slate stone — very diffi- cult to raise, which was rendered still more costly in conseq'ience of a great quantity of water arising from springs, which cotdd oidy be k^pt out by incessant pumping, at which many mcsi were enf:ij,=.-i.d both by day and night. This is the last Lock finished., uniking in cli >ae Guard Lock and live others. In Lock.'.' Nos. 2, 3, and 4, 332 feet of cut stone was coveied u;. by the embanknrient, under the same circumstances as iathe Guard Lo; k — and together wivii carpenter's lime niakmg models for castings for Lock Gates, Iron Bridge. &c., ;i.;'l n i^n's tirne employed otherwise m assisting Engineer, and with which t ^ fyoiiliactors had nothing to do, amounts to 22/. lis. Id as charged iu bM, 54th, 56lh, 57th, 68th, 59th, and 79th items of aforesaid account ci'ev'rs:'. vork. In 1832 the location of .Lock Mo. 6 vvns staked out by the Engineer, and partly excavated but imiiu iiately tiiied up by his directions, which cost 11/. 6s., (see Benjamin Gilsoa's affidavit. No. 22, p.ige 7l,) charged in before mentioned account, items S8^h and 89th, this lock pit has since been partly excavated at another place— ;but the work lias proceeded no iijrther. Under such circums^tances have six of the Locks, including the Guard Lot'v been completed, at a cost and under circumstances ruinous in the extreme. Stone weights had liKewise to be hung to each balance beam an in the case'of tlie Guard Lpck, ' ' also springs to keep the gates open and shut, and which cost 36/. 2»., as ijharged in 50th item— and part of the O/'dand 65th. It is however to be wished, the remaining Locks may be finished, and the Canal completed under more favourable circumstances, and without so many expensive alterations as have hitherto taken place. But from the statements already made with regard to the combined Locks, it may na- turally be inferred that many and very costly alterations are yet contem- plated, and which it may not be improper to notice. It will be observed, the Engineer states in his report that " in gravel soil we should be ivilling to see upper Look walls founded on piles instead of masonry, bid in suck ground as that at the basin it will not be safe to use them." In the report to the Commissioners made in July 1833, by Mr. J. B. Jarvis, an En- gineer upon whose judgment every reliance may be placed, that extensive professional abilities and knowledge can warrant, occurs the following : — " Mr. Hopkins (the Engineer of the Chambly Canal,) has made a plan for the general arrapgement of the combined locks, but has not deci- ded on a plan for securing the foundations. He informs me, the bed of the Chambly basin where the Lockr- . i located is a soft clay, and d\ere appears no doubt if the lower Lo* ' alls will be in clay, the , two in the combination will have r; t' ;, foundation. My impressi" i«, that this foundation will be best secured by driving piles of 10 tt 1 ) 73 9 " '"^ inches in diameter, and of such length ihnt a hammer of 1,000 pounds weight falhng twenty-five feet, will not drive them at the lini^^hinc stroke more than two mches." Such is the opinion of an Engineer of extensive practice, ami made on ike representahon of Mr. Hopkins himself, as to the nature of the soil. Mr. Hopkms of course made his own report, under the same impression (With regard to the soil) when he slated in such ground, (soft clay) nilea could not safely be used, he has since however changed his opinion in tliat respect, for he has caused the contractors to provide a larger quanti- ty at much cost, (see Mr. Hopkin's letter, page 4b,) but whether they will be used or not is a matter of doubt, as the soil where the combined liocks are located, instead of being soft, ia very hard clay. (t> The contractors having in the foregoing investigation contrasted the work really performed on the Chambly Canal with the original report —and pointed out the alterations that have taken place, as also the extra work that has been done— and upon which the demand of 20,558/. 16s. 5d was made ; they are satisfied it would be superfluous for them to make any farther comments. Still they may be permitted to state— that altho' no such statement as has been here laid before the public- accompanied their account to the Engineer. Yet, nevertheless it was verbally explain- ed to that gentleman— and there can be no doubt be fully understood the nature of the demand, and was perfectly satisfied wi(h the correctness of the account— as he particularly examined and corrected every item previous to granting the certificate formerly alluded to, for 20,000/. How he could therefore state "that he considered the sum demanded, was asked as a favour not as a Wg/i/"— the contractors feci at a loss to ex- plain, nor will they offer a single remark on the subject, but leave tho reader to draw such conclusions from the facts stated— as circumstances warrant. It may be farther remarked— that the contractors never were satisfied with the arnount of the Engineer's monthly estimates, and still less with the unsatisfactory manner in which they «eie made out- and that such dissatisfaction may not appear to have been fiivolous on tho part of tho contractors— they beg to call attention to the following aflidavit— and af- terwards to point out such errors and inconsistencies as are contained (in their opinion) m his monthly estimatcs-which the contractors do not with the object of bringing before the public any of the inconsistencies of the Engineer— but to exonerate themselves from the charge of havincr wiUiout cause complained of the course adopted by Mr. Hopkins— a-s ap° pears to have been the Commissioner's opinions-expressed in the latter part of the 11 th clause in their second report to (he Lcgislature.-(in- eerted page 81. ) ^ ^ " I do hereby certify that I have been employed by the Messrs Andres rnn- tractors for the Chambly Canal, in the year 1834. ll the purposf .f S^ and transcribing the es.imates of Mr. Hopkins, the Engineor of 1^ CanarS Its first eommencement up ,o the month of July mi-am\ nl.o in sup'/i, I'r !: dmg the excavation of some ol ihu Locivs, and tlie makinir of a part of the tow- path ; and that m each of these deparlrinnts 1 bavc detccte In. da 1 errors-errors indeed unpardonable in nn Kngineer. and prcpna u i, l^e ms ruinous consequences to the interest <,f the C,.ntraet,,rl S oUVv n t^i errors. I could not suppress my indignation ; consc-jncntly n,„„, u ic ted he ids. n fmm5 fi I '?r^*i''"ii'' ^'- ^.^'""^^ ^'"^'^^- «"« ^f th« contractor*, who immediately brought Mr. Hopkms forward in order, if possible, to explain Z tented himself by remarking tlmt they were of tittle or no impo.tance-and that finay every thing would be right or words to that cffert-ai.^ tl.at Mr. An ns cou d not suffer by them ; to which remarks I replied, .hat ahhough hcVhou d the IrP^f nf r ='™«""V''^^" '""L"'?' ^^" ^''^"l'' "fvortheless s.ffer the loss of £ nrSif f ^ '"'"' ""^ '"""'r V*"'^'' ""«*>' ''^•^"'"^ ''"^' °" J vvhich he would be prevented from receiving until the completion of the Canal, on winch princi- pie I believe the contracfirs must have sustained serious losses. ^ fhlll. «^f.^^°ti«n «f the Locks which I suin^rintendcd, and in the making of he part of the tow-path alluded to, many losses were 8us.aine<) by the cSc- rrl r'*^"'"" -^'^'^ "egl.gence or ignorance of the Engineerf and which I in remarks in my journal charged to account, of the systematic errors of the S^*';;;«''tJf '""" ^^'•- Andres did not at that .imeiish to expose and rt quesfed me to keep as secret as possible. Nor am I now induced to make this uSrn«^ TT^r T^' ^"^"V''* '"^^ "f «*l"'^y ""^ i" hopes of^?steing Sw error^! '"^'"'^""^ ^"*'« """^^ ^^''^ ^een long suflering by these and s"? T. M ANSBROW. L. M.. first battalion M „.-„ t c , «. °' Kamouraska Militia. Montreal — Sworn before me, this ) I8th day of August, 1836. C DANILL ARNOLDI, J. P. ) ERRORS AND INCONSISTENCIES TO BE FOUND IN THF^ MONTHLY ESTIMATES OF WORK DONE ON THE CHAMBLY CANAL. Remarks on Engineer's Estimates. No. l.-To the I4th December, I831.-Ist line, 10s. too little in transferring dollars to pounds, and 10s. too much in the addition. No. 2— 1st March, 1832. 2d line-$10 too much in calculation. In this estimate, 125/. for "opening and covering at quarry"— as also 100/. for " tools and im plementB," both allovved in the last estimate, are struck o«/_ he prices of the stones are raised— and the embankment on section No 9 i! reduced 7550 cubic yards. ' ^' '^ No. 3— to 1st April, 1832. In this estimate the manner of estimating the stones has been chanj^ed and the prices allowed for embankment and excavation have in mlnv instances been increased a little. ^ No. *— to 1st June, 1832. 1st line, 80 cents, too little in calculation. 2d, do. 63 do. do. Section No. 4»— first line— $1 too little in do. • • JJ<^- 1— embankment reduced 2530 cubic yards • • No. 4— do. do. 6600 do. No. 5 — to 1st .July, 1832. Stones cut at St. Therese, reduced in price 5 cents nor foot. Section No. 9-^mbankment reduced 1-104. cubic yards Blasting rock is increased in price from 50 to 100 cents, per yard g S s N Fi 75 No. 6— to 1st August, 1832. 49:2 Line lat — 4s. too little in calculatic... R^nn r * r . ■^?' "^T^^ ^^ ^^' September, 1832. 5500 feet of stone reduced 4 cents, per foot 7180 do. do. 2 do. do 6000 do. of timber, a $35— struck out altogether. and e°.;bankm;n7t'^h 'VJ''' '^'^ ^'' '^^^ ^^^^' ^'^ '^e excavation No. 8— to 1st October, 1832. Do^th'doTsr'lh '^"^"^ '1"^'^ •" P"'^^ 2 cents, per foot. jjo. 'iin — do. at bt, Ihercse do. do 1 do do Section Vl' I ^^ ^'""T^^ '"'r'^ "' ■^^'- *^^*- «'r"«k out * .aection JNo. 1, L. D.— ,s decreased in excavation 3144 cubic yards. ^ • • _ ^ do. in do. 890 do. <"y lA «. ,. , ^<'- 9— to 1st November, 1832. 71 , too little is deducted for former payments. 4th hne— too little, in calculation, 37 cents. 2000 feet of timber formerly valued at 251. is here thrown out-and 4000 E:ima;rNo!t ^'' '-' '''' '-'--'-^^' - ^^ or^in'^lt^itT Section No. 3-200 perches rock at $1 left out. ^la iO for remoi^ng stones in rapids— struck out. ««„♦• AT A ,i^°' 10— to 1st December, 1832. Section No 4-500 perches wall reduced Is. 3d. per perch. ^7 9s. lid. too httleis deducted for former paymenk £19 lOo nA r ^.^~*° ^^t January, 1833. '"^: i?:;^!'- °-'"" »""■- -"■ '^'^ <"" - No. 9_i, hero _ . ^0- 12— to 1st February, 1833. Secuon No. 1, L. D-40(. («, H„le ir. te„rfert„g dolto U, pound,. i^T * CIO* do No. 13— to Ist March, 1833. 43/. 15,. for 36 balance beams m last estimate, is struck out in this one. .T»,« K I 1 ^' '*~t'' ^«t April, 1833. Section No^rD '''n'' '"J^ '^'' '''"''''' ''' «g^'" P"t into this one. section JVo. 3, L D -pnce of excavation raised 1 cent, per yard. • • . . 8, $3 too little m calculation of excavation. c *• TVT . „ ^°' 15— to 1st May, 1833. 'tr^^^d-^pitreoi-pr^s^ °'"^"'™"°° ''"-' -^'^ ^»* V. 16— to 1st June, 1833. No errors. _. - No. 17— to 1st July, 1833. * ifty-two cents, too little in calculation of hemlock timber. 49:' 3 76 Sixty cents too little in calculation of pine timber. Culvert No. 2, lessened m value 5d. No. 18— to 1h» Auf^ifit, IR^S, Culvert No. 2 is again iessenci' .. value 1 .. Do. . . 3 is les.iencil in dr. ,<•. In the excavation of dyke, the vJue is reduced 1 cent per yard— mokinir a decrease of 43/. 5s. i j a It will be seen by last estimatn that the work done on sections Nos. 1, 2, and 3, amounts to $11,110— whereas in the present estimate only ^7,690 IS allowed, and the full value of those sf<iotM .'.h.ii finished 18 put at $8,340, to which is added afterwards $J00 for rock. As in sections 1, 2, and 3,— so in sections 6, 6, 7, 8, and 9— which are now jomed together-andsaid to be valued when finished, for $11,812 —whereas by I ..-i estimate $13,324 was allowed, which sum is re- duced in the pr- nit to $11,462— to which is added $300 for rock on section No. 9. Section No. 10. —Both excavation and embankment are here reduced I cent per yard- -und in the excavation too little is even then calculated by 1 dollar and 30 cents. Section No. 1 1 — iias appeared in every estimate since No. 9, to contain 16,200 yards excavation, and 6,6r)0 yards embankment, valued at 604fl. lOe. — in the present estimate however, the entire work has been reduced to 10,000 yards excavation, valued nt 2?o/.— making a de- duction of 329/. 10s. No. 19— to 1st September, 1833. Thirty-eight feet hemlock iii))ber struck out, and one cent per foot added in price. Four cents per foot added to the pine timber. Planks for Locks reduced in value 11/. 5s. Stone Boats reduced in value 13/. Culvert No. 1, reduced in value 21. 10s. Upper Division — The stone quarried in this division is reduced 300 perches. The excavation has been reduced : "^OO cu„,c yards. Eighty cents too little in calculation ol embankment. iff75, allowed iu last estimate for rock on section No. 9 is here struck out. In this estimate tho drawback is reduced from 15 to lO per cent. — and notwithstanding this alone, makes a diflerence of 1012/. U. 3d, the estimate only amounts to 1834-/. 7s. 6d. No. 20— to 1st October, 1833, One pound too little is deducted out of this estin:. payments. It is quiie impossible to compar preceding one, as ilie different items are so vestige of similarity betwixt them remains. No. 21— to 1st November, 1833. In this estimate the value of the hemlock timber is increased one cent per foot more than in last. Upper division— Stone on slope wall reduced 223 perches, formerly va- lued at 83/. 10s. m pf'ount of former IS mate with the lalguiiiuted that not a ^.. 77 40 fj No. 22~to iHt December, 1833. This ostimato is made up in round numbers and no particulars given-it 18 therefore impossible to detect any errors in it. -T ^°' 23— to Isl February, 1834. JVo errors. No. 24— to 1st March, 1834. Ditches on section 10 formerly valued at 12/. 10s., struck out of thia estunate. 6,. 7d. too little deducted for former payments -- No. 25— to 1st April, 1834. JNo errors. No. 26— to 1st May, 1834. Excavation in pit of Guard Lock, reduced in quantity 500 cubic yards Jafue^lTl^l'" P"*=° 2 cent, per .rd-t4 alteration lessens S No. 27— to 1st June, 1834.. ?n nS? ^?f ^''V'"? ^^1'"^ ^""^ ^"•^'^ ^°- ^' '^^"'^ed 858/. 15,. It'should iniof '"'" '' ' ""'^^' -'^ '''' ^« "'"^-^ '^ ««^-' -hercas *'TJ''^l "?"?'■ i" ""^'^^ .^^^ ^^"S'"*'^' '^^^ calculated the work and materials for Locks, .t .s impossible to compare them item by item with last months' e.t.mate-however (aking the whole materia^ uc^ u 'S',^|;'ro?'"\T^'''^l-'*T*^'-' •««» -onth they amo'unted L-M M '''u'^^^'''"^"''' ^"'^ 1,900/., a matter quite impossi- ble . ! Many other errors are likewise contained in tin. estimat^ ^ ver ece.ved ^. me approaching to that amount in any single month 1 Boats for c oy.ng stones are also increased 342/. 10,,., a sum alto- gether too iu,,e. ^£530 is allowed for stone boats, wl cl sum wa allowed for bridges i,i last estimate, but .s here struck out ^TironZ ''"''^'' ^""''^''^ '"'' ''*''""*' ^^^^ ^°*'' ^« '''^<^^ o"t of First page added 430/. too little. Second do. do. 569/. 10s., too much. '"'"diffio.^h ™"'*'P'/«'ty^'' extensive errors in this estimate-it woul-' b- difficult to say how the Engineer got it to leave such a balance as he ifv^tr^^ir'"'^"" '* '" ^^^ «•»<>»"' to be paid the C\,rtrartors!!wAS FIXED ON BEFORE THE ESTOIATE WAS xmITf^^^ and in fact fully establishes the estimate to be GUESS WORK ! ! ! No. 28— to 1st July, 1834. Machinery aboui Locks reduced 50/. Boats for conveying stones do. 280/. In tbrmer estimates sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are set dou-n »hen flni-'hcd SVtiV; 37/"\£''~^'^ "■' ""^^ stated to be $ll,662-deducUon Section 10 is heretofore estimated 49/. more than in the present. 49: J 78 ^01 A n ^^ ^^' ^^"^^ '*'* August, 1R34. u!.s oUr "'"""^' '■'•' '"*^'"''"" '''' '-^'^ P''^' •« «^uck out of No. 30— to 1st September, Jfi34. JE50nIIovvo(l for ombar.king Lock No. 1, inhere omitted. X 60 too l.ttle ,n chaoKinfr dollars into pounds-first line. *7 lUs. tooJittle in calculation of pine (i- her. X 19 IS here allowed for ditch at cjiJvert, iVo. 1. ati in II .- ^''••'^•— '« ^«t October, 1934. bll. \0s. allowed in last estimate for excnvafon in basin ;= mnl.,^ a ■ section No. 1, upper division, this estimate ' " '"'^''^'^ '° jUoats for conveying stones riduced TjO/. JVIachiuery about Locks do, 60/. A'^nn ♦«. r... • ^,"* P^""" ^^^ November, 1834. .|300, too little, in calculation of lime on hands. :$100, error in subtraction of same. $100, error in addition of the deductions on Locks. 10.. too httle in rchicin;^ dollars into pounds m the item of earth work. -•oTo • * , • ; •'*^— t" Isl December, 1833. fmm"lL?r V" '"^^'•''^^!',"g ^vhat it will cost to finish the bridges, &c ^858 , i1 f">«""t this error is against the Contractors ! ^ ' ' A8o3 Us. 9d. too much is deducted this month for former payments. ^Aimr u . , ^"- '^4— to l«t January, 1835. tf400 for boats and machinery allowed in last estimate, struck out. •Ton »,-ir , „^o-35— to 16th February, 1835. Ten shillings less allowed for bridges and culverts. T,x ,. ^ No, 36— to 1st. April, 1835. unnn""^ ' $1600 was stated to be sufficient to finish section No. 1 upper divis.on.-In this estimate the cost is laid at $3,260._H;ve the banks washed away $1,660 ?_or has the Enrrincer increased S work by ahenng the plan-at this time very nearl/completeT? p. , .... ^o- 37— to 1st May, 1835. */no ilT* *°° imle deducted for forme? payments. $200 added to cost of finishing-being for bushing the bank. *inn» u- , .^"- 38— to 1st June, 1835. ?P1U0 too much in addition of extra work. TVr„ „, No. 39— to 1st July, 1835. JNo errors. ■' .Pinn * u J 1 ^^: ^^~^^ Is* August, 1835, £100 too much deducted for former payments. rq ♦_r,., • , N.o-41— to 1st September, 1835. of t?is estimate.'"""' ^""'''' '"'" P°""''^ '" " ^^'l"'^^^ '' ^^^^'^ P^rt Work done on Locks reduced 354/. 5s. $160 more to finish section No. 1, upper division, than last estimate. - J?" ^i. "^^y ^^ necessary and proper to state, that the manner «r ^ob.p- TnZc2l"1,iri^l r'"'"^" ''''y -onth-the entire wo;k7on^ lance formed'! ^^'^V^'"'"''' P'^y'"«"<« ""^'^ deducted, and the Ka- lance formed the months' expenditure. On this principle it was quue I of in 79 ifjr "I impotaihU any diminution in the work done, cmdd lake place, unlc«4 er- rors had been prev>ously committed-f.,r itistanco-in every cNtimato fnun «t October S32, to 1st July, 18:i3, Mr. HopkinH allows tImtscS IVo. 11, ovvcr division, contains 16,200 yards excavation and 6650 yards embankment, but in iho ostiniatP of the 1st July iSTi ih« entire section is said to contain only 10,000 yards, and in' that of the Ist October 1S33, is again increased to 13,000 yards, allkou^k no work had been done on that section duriuf^^ the intermediate u |h'3 fction of the Canal was sublet to Ren)amin Cibson to whom the Contractors ^vere bound to pay a certain price nor vard ■--ACCORDINO ro THE ESIIMATKS OK THE KnO.NEER ; and //,e Engineer having estimated the work at 22,8^0 ,,ards, and afterwards reduced tl to 13,000-caused of course, A TOT VL LOSS TO ^v"/" Tr'T^"^^'^-^' ^'^ '^''' ^^'^^«' amountin';''to'abo?t I u l^^ but one uistance out of AN IMMEXSE iVUMBEIl— where the Lng.neer has reduced the e.nbanlanent and excavation in the different sections of the Canal ; besides numerous instances of his having valued work at a certain amount one month-and the next reduce tiTe identical mme toork, to less than onchalf-^n perhaps lkave it out of THE ESTIMATE ALTocKTHEU-of which tile reader will find many in- Btances in the foregoing remarks on the estimates. That the Engineer might mistake the true value of a piece of work-and afterwards s?e the necessity to reduce the prico^m,>/4/ occur on a rare occasion, or under |,ec«/»arc«THm«<flnc«-but that such should be an almost daily occur- IZ"aJ T''""^^ •" ^' "■""'^''*"! ^^-^"^ ^" '^'■'^'' «"' altogether, work that had been previously estimated is a downhigiit absuuditv ; for what would induce any man to include m his estimate work, that never Z beenpreforvied. That he might neglect work that had been dre-is NOT at all unlikely but it is an impossibilihj the former could occur by mistake With regard to the reduction on the einbankment and ex- cavation, the contractors would beg to ob.erve-//i./ „.,7Aer cou//^a- crease, and that both were made up-NOT bv guess, but by meJuhe- MENT AND cALcuLATiON-at loast SO savj Mr. Hopkins in his letter to the Committee of the House of Assembly, and liirth'^r ad!L_" t "t hj^ measurements and calculations were found both by John B. Jervis and No?.?^ r"~if ^"l'" ^^ '^'' Contractors themselves, to be correct - Now It may be asked, how it was possible for the Messrs. Jervis to find such calculations as has been before cited to be coRUEOT?-thcv n mst have discovered them to be incoreect either in the Jlrst or last iZtaZs had they measured them, but this they did not do-and J. B. Ja vis even TO^MaVS '^"^ T^^.^''^^ ^ "AVE iSEN^^^E ;J;!^^ *■*"♦ '*"* '*'* '"« ^« '/^e opinion, tV-f." Yes— THR T A I Pirr a 195 n 80 otherwise neither of the Messrs. Jervis would have stated that docu- ments abounding in such errors and inconsistencies were correct, which tcHtimony Mr. Hopkins appears by his letter to the Committee, desirous to turn to his own advantage, a course the contractors neither wish, nor can deprive him of taking — but at the same time, they think it but justice to add the circumstances under wliich the report was made — although J\Ir, iJopkins has been J7idicious enough to observe silence on that part of the subject. Mr. Hopkins is also in error by stating " the contractors brought both the Messrs. Jervis on the works" — for tliey only brought T. Jervis — the other was employed by the Commissioners ; but this is a matter of no consequence ! In consequence of t\ errors as already stated — as also the numerous others that occurred as before particulaiized, many of them in even the simple operations o( addition and subtraction, w&s it to be wondered at — that the Contractors should be approliRnsivc of mistakes in the most in- tricate parts of the work— and that being unable to obtain any satisfaction from the Engineer, they should complain tc the Commissioners, as was the case shortly after the commencement of the work, as acknowledged by tha Commissioners in the 10th clause of their second report to the Legislature ; but the Commissioners add " that in their opinion the com- plaints of the Contractors are frivolous and unfounded," and ground their lielief on the opinion of Mr. Jervis, who be it remembered, never used chain or instrument on the work, but gave his opinion as he himself states — FROM THE CALCULATION FURNISHED BV Mr. HoPKlNS. Should the contractors be considered too presumptuous in laying these facts before the public, they plead in mitigation of the offence, their anxious desire to place the entire matters relative to the Canal, in as clear and perspicuous a manner aspossible — to simply slate fads and accompany such facts, with the evidence upon which they rest. — Farther they would not have presurred to trespass ; but when tliey considered the immense number of documents, and the manner in which these documents were interwoven with each other — the contractors considered it wt jld be a great assistance to those persons who honored ihe work with u perusal — to accompany the several documents with such statements as would lead them immediately to the different facts. They have however to lay before them such extracts from the Comniissioner's several reports to the Legis- lature, as affect the Contractors — or to which they have any occasion to refer. *' Extracts from the Reports of the Comviissioners of the Chambbj Canal to the Legislature." FROM 2d rj:port. Clause 1st. That the work has adva-ied during the past season as rap- idly as couid under all circumstances have been reasonably expected, notwithstanding the extraordinary eniL '.rrassments, and unlocked for dif- ficulties that have Ikjc; encouni.ered. I'.' ' 2(1 Clause. That portion of the Canal line located between tiie Lslaml ofSt. Thertisc and St. Johns, to which the ctlbrts of the Contractors have been chiefly directed during the last summer, is jnrcneialiy below the level of the rivcrRichelieu,&Ci)-i only be excavated by the aid of tempora- ry dams & cmbankmcnts.ercctcd for the purpose of keeping out the wafer to enable thorn to work, these were frequently rendered unavailing by the excessive &. perpetual rains whicli in spite of every precaution that could be devised, continually inundated the work, and nnpoa-d the necessity of tlie almost incessent use of the pumps, greatly increasin<r the labour of throwing out the wet clay and quick-sand, of which tlu; bottom is there composed. These difliculties were only partially surmounte.l, anil that was efiected by the greatest labour and perseveronce on the |);ut of the Contractrrs.indeed the obstacles that have jiresented thei^selves on this section of the canal are much more formidable than were anticipated, and iuust eventually lead to an increased expenditure, occasioned in a «rcat measure by the imfavorablc season. bill Clause. Great additional labour and expense has been incip-red in theexscutionofthispartofihe work, from the Ramc unavoidable cause that has produced such injurious efTects on the upper part of the line. S/A Clause. The protection wall and embankment in Section No. 4, vvas an ardous undertaking, but it has been completer', and that as well as the dams, culverts, and other works of a similar nalu.e, were not at all in- jured by the admission of water into the Canal, which is a satisfactory (Cst of the solidity of their construction. lllh Clause. The Contractors also express much (li>satisfaction with respect to the conduct of our Engineer, who,(!ioy assert, has not estimated the work correctly, and that this is the cause of their prc.'^ent difliculties. In order to obtain relief Ihey have stated their intention of employinir a- not.ierEngnioer, fur the purpose of verifying the measurement and cak-u- Intions already made, but as these assertions have already been several tmies carelully examined and rc-ised, the Commissioners infer that the coiiiplamfs of the Contractors are frivolous and unfounded, and thev arc the nore confirmed in this opinion, by the report of J. ]]. Jervis, Ksq., i;n eminent civilEngineer, who was employed in the month of Juiv, last' with the sanction of His Excellency, the Governor-in-Chief, to inspect and examine the state of the work, and to suggest such alterations and nnprovemcnis in the plans as he might coiisider necessary. His views of the amount of the work performed at the time, corroborated the siale- "'?'J!/°!rS ' ^^•'P'^'"^' 'h^ Engineer employed bv the Commissioners. Utk Clause. The canal has in several places interfered with the pub- lic highways to a considerable extent making alterations absolutely ne- cessary, and as the soil is unfavourable for roads, some expense has al- ready ocen incurred in efTeeting these objects, and a further sumii will still be required to complete tl.cm ; these, willi other items of exi.ense n, i embraced in the agreement with theContractor-, niui-t !,,• paid forasextia work, but the exact amount cannot at present be a.cerlained. tj:^liih Clause. Notivitlistanding fh ters, which have befalle e iiuiii.'iuiis ;iik1 uiiioisecii dis.'tf- by disease during the past summer, and b 11 n us in the prosceunon of thi.; worl:, ocv-asioned y (he elciiuiito duriii;:;- tliij year, 0-- o 82 which no human precaution could have forseen or prevented, the Commis- sioners assert v.-ithout <ear of contradiction, ihat a greater quanity of work lias never been performed in any part of America, for less money than has been expended on the ChamblyCanal, and they still entertain hopes that the whole work may be completed for sixty thousand pounds, the lowest sum contemplated by the act. i f ' FROM 3d REPORT. Clause 1st. That the work has been prosecuted with great vigour du- ring the past summer, and although it was retarded for some time by the prevailing epidemic, yet it has advanced with as much expedition,as from the limite:) funds placed at the disposal of theCommissioners could have been reasonably expected considering the obstacles that have been met with on the upper section of the canal, slides having frequently occurred causing thereby great increased labour and difficulties which have only been overcome by the perseverence and exertions of theConlractors and has been effected at a much heavier expense than was anticipated. Not- withstanding the unfinished state of the work, the navigation of nearly the whole line of (heCunal has continued with little interruption during the past summer, all the heavy materials required in its construction having been transported upon it, and with adequate funds the Commissioners are sanguine in tiieir belief that the whole undertaking will be completed in the course of next summer. Clause 2tl. In order to render the entrances to thCeanal accessible and convenient at St. Johns and Chambly, it will be absolutely necessary to construct a wharf at boih the.-je points, the lawt of which it appears by the estimate of the Engineer will not exceed two thousand pounds. These items must be considered extras, as thoy are not embraced in the agree- ment with the Contractors. Clau.'se 3d. The giianl-lock erected at St. Johns is a very substantial well executed piece of workmanship, and has been in use for more than three mc \ths. It hr.s been found necessary to construct a very heavy and expensive embankment from that lock to' the foot of the rapids, which is protected on iho outside by a substantial slope wall. Laborers are now employed in strengthening and raising the banks to their proper height from the foot of the rapids m far as Col. IMarchand's farm. The exca- vation of that part of the line has been very expensive owing to the nature of the soil, beiny in muiiy places composed of quick-sand anri rock. The bed of the river i,^ also considerably lower than the bottom of the Canal which ha.s greatly increased the difiiculties. Clau.ic 4>lh. The embankru(3n!. across the channel atSt.Tliurfese having stood linn two winter:-; without iiustaining any injury from the ice or sprint floou-i, lUiIo doubt can noi.r be entertained of the stabilitv of their construc- tion. From their place to the commeucemt-nt of the "I locks, nine in number theCanal is finished, with the exception of a little rock excava- tion, and the formation of a proper slope to the high bank on section No. 4. J^ M r\ ^ 83 i ■ V Jy V f 4 Q ^' 3 C/a«se 5//i. It IS mtenJcd to take clown the fust or MaciaeLock and to rebuild It on tlie extended bcale of one hundred and twenty feet in len^^tli and twenty-fuur feet in 1)readth, tliis being llie diiaet^sion.s on wliich°all the others have been constnii^ed. Four of thtni r.re no v.- coniplr- ted, except the hanging of three pair of gates, another is also commenced and the remamder will bo finihhed during next summer unless (he work should be retarded by untoward events beyond the control of theCommis- sioners.. A large quantity of materials has been ])rovided by theContrac- tors which will enable them to commence their operations as early in the spring as weather will permit. All the culverts are cornplet,.d. Three of them are built of stone and one ol wood. That which is located on the government ground near the t^iiamby Basin, is a work of considerable magnitude, and has been structed with the greatest precaution, forwardness. con' The bridges are also in a state of Clause m. The monthly estimates under which the contractors can le- gally obtain payment have hitherto been predicated upon the agreement made wuh them dated the Glh September, 1831,fur the consideration of forty-six thousand two hundred and eighteen pounds currency, and that sum IS found quite inadecjuate to cover the actual exi)enditure, It is now clearly proved that the work was taken far too low, and that it cannot be completed for that price ; indeed, it must have stopped I.efore now'if in- dulgence had not been granted lo the Contractors. When the Encineer. Mr. Hopkins, was tlrst employed to make the necessary surveys, plans &c., for the construction of thisCanal it appeared from his estimate that the contemp ated work would cost upwards of sixtv-two thousand pounds currency without including the allowance for the extension of the locks subsequently adopted.and the unsuspected and increased demands claimed or lands, fences, damages and other extras connected with the underta- king and it IS now distinctly proved that it cannot be completed for a less sum than that above stated. Clause m. The appropriations actually made will not cover the ex- penses Oi the next year, and it is quite certain that a further appropriation ofat least ten thousand pounds will be required to comnlete the work there bemg only about ten thousand seven hundred and ii>y pounds of the former unexpended, including that for two thousand four hundred pounds voted during the last session of the legislature, which was reserved for His Majesty's sanction. It now remains to be decided whether it will be more advantageous for the public to support the presentContractors to such an extent as will enable them to complete the work or that theCom- niissioners should take the management of it into their own hands. Uo- on this point they do not teel tlie nselves authorised to decide and they res- Ihoreon^ P"J <hat the legislature will convey to them their instructions C/««se9</i.Th3 Commissioners however feel themselves called unon to state, that the individuals at present charged with the execution of the •■" *■:■"■'-": "^'^ '"^n^igcmeni oi n unaer uie most uniavorabic circum- stances after it had been abandoned by their former associates, ever since tltat time they have uniformlv manifested (he greatest j;cal, fidelity, and f>-'- 84 energy in the prosecution of the unaertaking & it is hehcvcd that no otli- *ei- individuals with the same limited means at their disposal,could have el- fecle<l more than the present contractors have done. Clause mh. The plan adopted lor making the Canal and its d.fierent structures will increase its aggregate cost beyond the sum for which a worlc less substantial miglit have been constructed but it is nevertheless m the opinion of theCommissioners the cheapest and most useful.^ Lxperience has saUsfactorily shown that economy in the construction oi a public worlc does not consist in the adoption of plans based on the idea of making low es- timates. The expenses of repairing and re-building lock.sculverts,bridg- cs and waste weirs, generally exceed the first cost at least one hundred percent, that plan, therefore, that will most effectually prevent the occur- rence of these contin':;encics is r.o doubt the best. , , . , . ,, A conr-idorable sum of money has been expended in forming the road ill such places as it was found necessary to alter it, and although the distance has been shortened, and in other respects it has been muca im- proved yet the inspector of highways refuses to accept it urider the pre- text that it is not made in the shape prescribed by law, and that Legisla- tive enactments may be required to obviate these and other frivolous and vexatious objections now raised. FROM 4.th REPORT. Clameblh. The period at which the undertaking should have been completed has now elapsed, and the inability of theContractors to finish it at the stipulated cost is clearly demonstrated, ow.ng Partly to the low price at wlV.ch the contract was originally taken as well as the unfavor- able seasons, disease and other untowari events, all of which have con- curred to bathe their edbrts in the progress of the work. „„,,•„„ ^Clause 7 til. Although the Contractors have tailed m connpleting theifundertaklng for the price agreed upon, yet it is believed tbat the mo- ney they have received has been faithfully expended, and that no oO^e, individuals would have effected more, with the same means than they hav" done, and it is but justice to add, that they ^-ve otherwise ah^^ys manifested great zeal and perseverance^n the prosecution ol the work. TheContractors beg to direct the attention of the reader to the forego- ing reports of the com'missioners, from which it appears the work .r». iJri conduclcd TO THE s^TISFACTION of these gentlemen, as also to the I^NTIRE SATISFACTION of theEngineer, as stated in his cert.hcate already inserted. . It may be asked tbat when sucli nrrors and inconsistencies as theCon- trac Save shewn to exist in iheEngincer took pla- m trie ear y par ofthe works, why complaints were not sooner made I Tha s"ch 'Vas doaTw^ll appear from the Commissioners second report, clause iUh. i"'V- Lct-t V— a>o".> H.duenced in desisting to press such com ■ Y^;;:';;;;^ forcibk betbiVthe commissioners, by a belief thai tiu^ P i"l Y ml e-cu l,p tlie Ilui^ineor liimsMi; who always led theContrac- r^^ltSv^suchwou'dbcdonc^anditwas not until every prospec ill * * ih * * 85 4 ^ u iw var.ished, ihcv could hrin|r themselves lo Iiiy the siibjtcl before nny otluT and the engineer having at last ciono.o,l)y his cerl.lu.ale lo, .^-^0,JUO, SonlraJ^lors believed thoy would not be conM^ellod o expose luMua- ter fanher; but to which they have been reluetantly lurced by heLng,- r'ee 'ss a emenlto the committee of the House ol Assembly, atlcmpung lo exp atn away the corlificale he had given. TheConl.aeto.-s havni^j h^laid before the reader the amount of their claims (or extra wo.k, a..d explained by docrments the manner such claims are substant.ated, beg to Fav before the reader Mr. J. B. Jcrvis report, to which Mr. Hopk.ns aUulesi. his letter to the comn.iltee, and to w!uch the Commissioners have reference in the 10th clause of their second report to the Leg.sla- ture. Mr. J. B. Jervis Report lo the Commissioners oj Ihc Chamhhj Caiial. ^^""Ac^reeTbie to previous arrangement I have examined the line of the ChamblyCanal and inspected the works of the same in their present statt of advancement. There are a few points where I think some improvement of the ...e could have been made ; but generally, the line is jud.ciously located andatthose points where I would have recommended some variations there is nothing of a character to effect the general convenience or use- fulness of the contemplated navigation. Locks Nos. 3, and 4 have a short pond between them,wh.ch it would be adviaWe to enlarge. The discharge of a lock full o water vvill raise this pond on the surtbce about one fr.ot, and tne drawing o fa lock lu wluld^.f course diffuse it the same. The llucU.a' ion is greater t urn w 1 1 be convenient for the navigation the pond or bnsm ^^V \^ ^^^f^^^^l width for two-thirds its length without serious expense. It is prcbahle No 3 w 1 require to be carried back some 50 feet to br.>.j,r ,t. l.nmdat.on ur^.forml on^rock ; and No. 4 may be carried forwaid ,.0 leet without muchTxtra work, perhaps it wouhl be better to extend it to 80 lee so as 2ive room in the 'embankments to take the surplus materials from he ba- sin . this must be decided by measurement and calculation. A use and kll'of four inches by the operations of filling and emptying the locks is as rSuch as is usually allowed, and I should recommend it to be so enlarged ruot to allow more than six inches which if the locks a, e made so as to adi^ a flush plank on the tops of the lock gates of 4 nches will answer thVo rvm "e. The cxt.-a expense to enlarge this pond will be from $100 to .Sl"o- a small sum in my estimation, compared with the convenience of an ample pond. In the construction of the towmg Rth along iho I lind of'^St. Thercse, the height above the surlace oi the water shoulJ not exceed seven feet, and generally I thinksix feet will be the mostsuit- able muximum height. I conversed with Mr. Hopkms your engineer, in !,;!hT.;^.! ?Lk .bains and sluices, that will be required on tins towmg uath" and also sienerallv on theCanal, to guard ugamsl injury Irom ami S He apl-eared ir, have tins work in conlcmplut.on ; it has indeed -^ 86 hern comtnencod, and I d(» not think it nccssary for me to say more on tliis point than to remark simply on the importance of having this part of the work well attended to. It is a small item, but if neglected or im- perfectly done much mconvcnionce to the navi/jation and expense of re- pair may he produced by heavy s^hon-ers of rain,Vhrowing large deposiles of mild into the bottom oftheCanal, There does not appear that any provision has been made to protect that part of the embankment on sectionNo.l&2, which is exposed to the river. The wind will drive the water with too niiK-h force to be resisted by earth of so tender a character as that of which this hank is formed. If stone for a slope wall cannot be conven- iently oluained, I should recommend a protection of facies of small bru.sh well staked down. Materials for this are at hand if well done I be- lieve will answer the purpose. » The place for locks in its general fea- tures, I !\|.;.rovo, but consider some variations necessary. The most im- portant is m the thickness of walls whicli I diink too light. I would rc- commenc; the main walls to bf so increased as to make an average thick- ness (cx'-!iisivc of butrasscs which I would leave as they are) of five and a half feet from bottom to top j not exceeding six feet at bottom and so a.raiigcd that the upper section of 4- feet in height shall have a level or slope on the back side of 2 inches to 1 foot rise and be four feet wide on the top. The object of the slope near the top is to allow the earth \\hen i'c expands by freezing to rise up from tiie wall which will reduce its ef- fect in a horrizontal direction. The additional thickness proposed will require 140 perches (of 25 feet) masonry. As no extra face work is required this may be estimated at $2 per [)erch or -£70 per lock. The platform at the head of the lock to se- cure against the passage of water to the foundation, should be put on a level with the foundation, or be a part of it extended up above the head of the walls, 6 or 7 feet and well lined with boards and joined w^ell with •wire sheeting. The earth embankment for three or four rods from the foot of the Locks w^ill require a slope wall to protect the face against the current that will flow from the paddle gates when the locks are emptied. If this is not done the face of the banks will soon be cut away, and the earth deposited in the form of a bar at some 50 to a lOO feet below. This will require about 150 yards (cubic) of wall for each lock. I have re- commended some variation in the iron work of the gates which I have fully explained to your Engineer. It will not enhance the cost. The plan of the paddle gates I think too large; they are thirty inches square; but I would reduce them to 25 inches square. The large size will be more difficult to manage under a heavy head end more liable to break. The specifications for Locks? are in general very good, and I would recommend particular attention to the masonry. Too much care and attention cannot be bestowed on tliis part of the work,— I am of the opi- nion all the stone in every course should be well beded in mortar, and only the interior vertical joints depend on grout, and the grouting be fi- nished on every course before any stones are laid on the next. In laying the heavy face stone, the mortar is often removed so as to leave some portion of the bed hollow ; great cure should be taken to guard against this which IS a serious evil m building J.ocks. The face stone should be r v,^ 87 48 r> *> imbedded m hydrolic cement, but ihe end joints need not have more than SIX mches from the face back hiid in hydrolic cement, 'i'he uier wails of tlie Ijndge will require some strong protection from their ( xno- sure to be knocked down by vessels navi<;ating the Canal. I wouhl re- conrimend a timber pier placed at each end, projecting in front (an inch perhaps) so as effectually to guard the pier, and to be 7 feet uidc and l^^ leet long on the bottom, and 5 feet on the top— and to ri.so 1 foot above the top water hne. The outer ends of the pier to have a slope of one to one, and next the pier to be perpendicular so as to stand close against it. rhe pier to be filled with stone. They will each require al)out 2jO cubic leet of timber. The plan of a draw, for the road bridges is similar in it» general features to draw-bridge, in successful operation. There are a few points which I have advised Mr. Hopkins to alter, the swivel brid^res for the accommodation of farmers will I think work very well : they am nar- row in proportion to their length,and will require the foundation that support the pivots and rollers to be firmly made, and the balancing to be uniformly laid on so as to give the motion of the bridge as much steadiness as practicable,— otherwise it will be liable to be overturned into the Canal. Mr. Hopkins has made a plan for the general arrancemenl of the combi- ned locks, but has not decided on the plan of securing the foundation. Ho informs me the bed of the Chamblv basin where the Locks are loca- ted is a soft clay, and there appears no doubt if the lower Lock will be on clay the other two in the combination will also have a clay founda- ti«n. My impression is, that this foundation will be best secured by driving piles of 10 to 14 inches in diameter and of such length that a hammer of 1,000 pounds weight falling 25 feet, will not drive them at the tinishing stroke more than one or two inches ; the first rows will drive them much easier than the last. As I have a plan maturing for combined Locks, on the Chenango Canal, I will defer saying more on this point at present, and as soon as I have the plan settled I will communicate any hints that I may tliink useful in the case under copsideralion. In my examination I have had in view the character of the work done and that to be done m order to form some general opinion on the question, whether the contract price will be adequate to cover the expense of the name. Mr. Hopkins has furnished calculations for the principal part of the work which with the observations I have been able to make has led me to the opinion that it is probable with prudent management, the u-ork may be completed for the contract price ; but I believe the contractors Y'll not be aole to make much profit-and if in the further pro«;cunon of tne vvork any serious contingent unfore:^ccn difliculties are foi*nd. it may nri.r^°Tt , ^^'r u*" ''"'"'P'"'" ^'"^''' ""^^rtaking at the contract price. Ihe interest of the work in regard to its cost would .uiier if the present Contractors should abandon it. They have their arrangements inade and can prosecute the work with better advantage than a now set bhould any circumstance lead them to abandon the work, I do not believe I'ufi '«" ' ^Vu^ vf "' P'''^'^- P^'"^°"« tl'^t might be induced to make new ofiers wdl b« hkely fVorr, the circum.ta^ice Jf abandonment lo btheve there are more difficulties than are apparent, and will therefvua tZZ'l^ "" «[^"; f'i"' '^^." ^^'y ^^^"''^ '^'^ »^''^''-' ''"'^ l^^d not been com- menced, bhould the work require to be re-let it will probably be the best ! A f\ Jt t~\ 49Cj 88 method to lot the Locks in a separate contiact, also (he woik (excepting the Guard Lock) above tlie head of the Island ofSt. Tlierese in one con- tract — the remainder may be let in part according to its situation and the circumstances that may occur. This arrangement will require much more attention in the snperintendanee. If the present contrartors are disposed to prosecute their contract in a faithful manner, I am of the opinion it will be for the interest of the work to extend to them ail the facilities conisistent with existing circumstances. To re-let could hardly fail to enhance the co:?t, I would suggest the pro- priety ot reducing the discount on the estimates from 15 to 10 |)ercent., the condition of the work done is such that I t-hould consider 10 per cent, deduction from the estimates is adequate security against any error that may occur in the estimate, and to cover the expense that may be in- curred to remedy any imperfect work, I mention this from the impression that it may be advisable to extend to the contractors, all the facilhies the condition of the work will warinnt. Respectfully submitted by your most obedient servant, JOHN fi. JERYIS, Chandjly, Ifnli July, 1833. Civil Engiiievr The contractors beg to direct tlie particular attention of the reader to the forci^oing reports, and if any doubts were entertained of the works of the canal having been most judiciously conducted ; of tlic money entrus- ted to the contractors having been faithfully expended ; of the increase of the works, and that such increase was extra ; or if the difficulties under which the contractors laboured, from the numerous causes already ex- plained. Thry hope such testimony as has been fjivcn by the commis- sioners in their reports, will fully do away with tlie doubts that may have existed, as also satisfy the reader of the correctness of the Engineer's statement " thai the conivactors have exerted themselves to carry on the work in the best possible manner.'" The contractors fruther beg leave to observe, that none of the unforsecn causes which operated to their disad- vantngc, have been taken into account by the Engineer, in his certificate for £20,000, but only such as were under the contiact extra, although the Contractors suffered much by the former, and particularly the cholera, which has been corro'jorated by the commissioners in their reports, and to which testimony the contractors would beg to add the follovviiig cer- tificates, viz ; I hereby certify that I was a member of the board of liealth for the pa- rish of Chambly during the prevalence of the cholera in the summer of 1832,and that twelve hundred cases of cholera were reported to the board, one hundred and fil\y of wliicli proved fatal. That during five weeks of that period there were only five nights in \i,liich I was not called to visit the sick, and that a large proportion of my time was passed among the Tri.-h lahnrers an (he Canal, Th=t to my knowlcdg!" there was a great panic among the said laborers, so great as to cause (re(|ueiit changes a njong them, and to arrest the progress of the work on the canal which i 89 idrr; must have proved of great injury to the contractors. And 1 further certi that duruig tlie smnmer ofeiglKcen hundred and thirty-four the diseases al though It (lid not produce so inuch ONcileiiienl, from having; appeared be- fore, was still moro fatal than in ' • .!, and luu.st hy its serious effects en the canal have heen a drawback u[i.-ti the advancement of the enterprise. The rams with which we were visited too, in 1S33 and 1835 were uu- usually severe and destructive, and I hiivo no doubt operated to the seri- ous impediment of the work. P. M. IMICxNAULT. AVtcsi Chambly, August 16th, 1830. St. Johns, 6th August, 1836. I certify that in the year 1832, being then assistant to the late Doctor Robert Met;. Walmslev, I altcmded the labourers on the greater part of the canal, between Chambly and St. John?, that in the course ot that summer many persons were attacked with the cholera morbus, of vvhicli the twentieth |)art fell victims to that disease. In 1834, Doctor Wilson and myself attended the laliourers on the whole line of canal from the mopthofMay to the month of Decemb'cr. The labourers on the principal pait of the canal were to the nund)er of four to five hundred, iu eon-sequence the sick were very nnmerous,amongst whom the cholera morbus made great ravages from the 13th of July to the month of Novend)er in said year ; and I can farther state that the number of cholera patients were greater on the canal than in the country, and that all can attest and maintain as well as myself. That disease in, 1831- aa well as in 183vJ, caused great consternation amongst the labourers and^must have retarded the works upon the canal particularly. J. J. DAVIGNON. J\!. D. Chambly, 20th July, 1830. In the year 1831, when the cholera visited this province a second time, I was engaged attending in a medical capacity the labourers on the Cham- bly canal, particularly the northern division. On that part of the works where there are upwards of two hundred workmen, I had among them, or their wives and children, fi!ty-fuur cases, iieveral fat:d. The work was necessarily much impdded by the panic among the people. WILL. WILSON, Hurgcon Chambly Canal. I hereby certify that in the summer of 1832, the parish of Chambly and vicinity was severely visited by Asiatic Cholera; that the disease prevailed to an aiarinmy extent among tiie labourers on the Chambly ca- 12 o ». -^ 49C7 90 nnl, anamusthavcoppi-atedtoa very c.«:'.-,i'lerable degree to the preju- diceofthe vvrrk, and cosequently to (he embarrassment and loss of the contractors. JOSEPH BRAITHWAITE, . . Rector Chambhi. August 17th, 1836. "^ ejii- tlio V \ , , 49r3 to refer, the follo.v.ng index to thrvvtriTInscrtedl- '" ""^ '""' ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. Report of Engineer on tlin Canal - ^■^^^'^ Contract heuvix, ,1,0 Contractors ;nd Comm I ' " o M.l[o,.luns'K.tn,KUcofthocos,of,he CannI : J o? E tracts from .he reporls of the Cc.mnwssior.crs .-.'.' It Keport of Mr. J. B. Jervis - . - - - 80 EETTERS AND ORDERS EROM ENGINEER " ^^ Acceptance ol paddle gates, - " " " " - Oo - - 4.5 - . < ( - - - 46 - . . > ( " To open ditches, and biidd hr^ res, "." t^ " i o b.ulrl bridg.'s and remove old ones, - . I " " " «X lo make a new road, - - - . . • - b2 Notice to enlarge the Locks, . . '. '. ^^ " To decrease the size of the Locks, '-'.'. «! Order to open (Quarry and cut hard stone, - . " ' ' ' Sn DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO EXTRA WORK. " E.^glnecr's First statement of extras Ditto Second do. of do.,' .' " ?| Ditto Third do. of do., ^4 Hous^o^'Lemh,'?' "'-'"!"' ^^ ^'^ Con.mittee' of the Contractor's first statement of Extras sent to the Engineer," I ." 20 Ditto ofMr. B.Wright, T .' 27 AFFIDAVITS RESPECTING THE CANAL " From Amos Stow, respecting paddle gates, .... o. Do. Ben. Draper, do., Iron Bridge, &c., - . . . I " o? Do. John White, do., do &c - - S3 Do. Moses Brown, do., Gua'rd Lock, &c.," -" .' ] ." JJ Do. J. II Gass, do.. Embankment, &c, ... 43 Do. James Poi.ras, do., Mason work, . . . . S Do. A Mocn^^ouse, do.. Cutting stakes, &c., . . I tl So. Er-ctmilf ^'' t: ^'"^'-j-^"'^^-'^" - ■ '^ Do. Eiias Nichols, do., 1 ' f '' ' " ^6 Do. Ben. Gibson, do., do" d " * ' °^ T. M. Ansbrovv, respecting errors of Engineer, - °-' - " " 73 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) fe {./ ,> <ie ^4 W^ A :/. 1.0 I.I ■ 50 """^ ? lis IIIIIM m 2.2 11-25 iu 1.6 liiOiOgrapijiC Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 A iV 4.^ <> V '1J^"<8. '%'^'' ^ &?. -^ t/j 'i ■<~k -» -» I It STATEMENTS, &c., FROM CONTRACTORS. ^ ^ ^9 Page Work done above the Guard Lock, compared with what was re- (jnircd by the original rcjwrt.and the circumstances attending the execution of (he same minutely explained, 42 T)o. Done above the Honorable R. Jones' bridge, .... 4,4 Do. In the construction oi' the Guard Lotk, 46 Do. On the work done on Section No. 1 , 50 Do. On the do. do,, 2, 52 Do. On the do. do., 3, r,3 Do. On the do. do., 4 and 5, 55 Do. On the do. do., 6, 57 Sections Nos. 7,8, 9, and 10 not wrought, 53 Do. On the work done on Section No. 11, i < Do. On the do. do., 12 and 13, - ... - 59 Do. On the do. do., li and 15, fio Do. On the do. do., 16, 17, and 18, - - - 61 Do. On the do. do., 19 6G Do. Onthe do. ' do., 20, r,7 1 Do. Onthe do. • do "1 . aa Do. On the do. do. 22 < <■ General observations on the above Sections, 73 Do. On the Original Report, g Do, On the Contract, '. '. . jq Do. On the Contractor's account for ^20,558 16s. 5d., - - 20 Explanation on the Contractor's account for £3386 Os, 6d., - 39 General observations on Contractor's fir.-t account of extra work, as likewis-e on the Enginci r's first, 22 Do. On the Engineer's second statement of extra work, - - 24 Do. On the Engineer's third do. of do. - - - "6 Do. On tlie Engineer's fourth do. of do".', sent up to the Committee of the House of Assembly, and with respect to tlic Iron Bridge, ----.__ 29 Letter from the Contractors to 'he Commissioners, requesting a detailed statement of the extra work from the Engineer, - - 24 General observations on the Engineer's certificate for i:20,000— also on Mr. Wright and Mr. Cnsey's letters, 29 Do. On the errors in Engineer's Estimates, 78 Do. On Mr. J. B, Jervis's report, - - . .....gg reticulars of the cost of Iron Bridge, 31 Do. Of the do. of the Paddle Gates, - - . . I I 30 Explanation and proof of the 71st item contained in the Contrac- tor's account of £20,558 16s. 5d., 43 Do. Of items 60, and 62d, 4I Do. Of do. 64, 63, 8, 48, and 49, - - 48 Do. Of do. 52, 61, 65, and 50, 40 Do. Of do. 1,2, 81 and 80, L Do. Of do, 3, 82 and 8.3, ' In Do. Ofdo, 67,6S^and70, ."."," 53 Do. Of do. 4 and V2, ....... ka Do. Of do, 86 and 81 I I " 55 in V y <^ - 42 - 44 - 46 - 50 . 52 . 53 - 55 - 57 - 58 > t - 59 - CO - 61 - 66 - 671 - 69 ' 73 - 8 - 16 - 20 - 39 T -J V y ^ ^. , tl t/ J TAOE. Do. Of do. G9 and 85, . r,^ Do. Of do. 5, 6, 55, and 7, r,^ Do. Ofdo. 44, 42, 45, nnd43, 68 Do. Of do. 38, 40, 41,39 and 59, 59 Do. Of do. 9, 10, and 11, 61 Do. Of do. 36 and 37, C2 Do. Of do. 51, 66 and 13, 05 Do. Of do. 73, 74, and 75, (^ Do. Of do. 35 and 34, - 67 Do. Of do. 15, 16, 17, IS, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24,25,26,27,28, 29, 30, 31,32, 90 and 91, _ - . I fig Do. Of do. 33, 69 Do. Of do. M and 12, 70 Do. Of do. 77, 78 and 87, 71 Do. of do. 46, 47, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 79, 88 and 89, - - 72 SUNDRY DOCUMENTS, CERTIFICATES, &c. Errors in the monthly E.slimatc of Engineer 78 Certificate from the Rev. Mr. Mignault with respect to cholera, - 88 Ditto from Doctor J. I. Davignon, about same, „ - - . 89 Ditto from Doctor Wilham "VMlson, about same, - ... 90 Ditto from the Rev. Mr. JBraithwailc, about same, * ... 90 29 78 88 31 32 43 41 48 49 50 62 53 54 55 a r\ ^ .^ 94 In Ihe foregoing pages, (lie Conlrnctors liave suppressed much matter an. many ongmal documents which would have farther predrefn-' judicous n.an,H.r m ^^hic•h the work was cond.uMe.l, as hlu'uTe ,he lal" them was a de.s.re to make the work as brief a/posbie; still thev ire n^a,dulu.s reached so great a length, as to preclude n.^.;;".^ Sminl . ? r m"''' '"•' ^''J^^''^^" »''^ Conlmclo/s would beg Low bound' n ' '^,'"'"- "''I^' ^']'>' """ ^'" •^'•'"-1-' '-•'« ""» - devote OS much time as to attentively peru.e the former, he may at least find a sufficiency to read the latter. ^ Jo'm fa' P^T' ''''" '' '""^' '!-' '•^'^^''' *''^' '^^^ Contractors claim rnn-Vrlf .V "' P^,'" "ccount fumi.he.l to the Locislature of Lower ffi ' 1 1 'n- """ •""■ "'""■""' f^''Se .39 ; mnking a sum total of £23,9U ih^'ri 1 , r' "T""* ^'" ^""""■■•'^■«oi-s claim Ibr e,lra vork ,lone on the tlambly Canal over and above any amount it may require "o That previous to the Contractors having entered into an agreement, for the completion of the Canal, a report was turni.hed by the E^igineer, pur- porting to exhibit the ^jaanlily oj n-ork rajuircd to he done, and the \ase and diJJicuUies to be cncowHercd in the e.recHiio?i of the same, aM) on WHICH REPORT, thc Contractors founded their agreement. That neither the .pmntity, nor the description of the said ^^ ork was/«/,7v staled in said report, but that on the contrary, an immense increase of work had to be performed, a great proporli -which was not even hinted at, nor was one cf he diihculties wh-c 1 to be surmounted mentioned. These facts vvdl be evident from a p.iusal of the report itself to be found parre 3, and on investigation of the work done, as set forth from thc 41st to the 73d pages. That the agreement into which thc Contractors entered, gave unlimit- ed power to th^- Lngineer, which he used much to the prejudice of the Contractors ; although at the time the Contract was entered into, a per- fect understanding existed, that the works shotdd be conducted as is usual and customary, and that the Contractors were to receive every assistance Jrom thc Lnsineer, which latter the Contract specifies. That the Enm. neer never extended to the Contractors such assistance, but on the con- trary found indignant when such was asked, will njipear from the forego- ing statements, as ikewise from the answer which follows a rciiuest of the Contractors, in these words — " Chambly, November 28th, 1834. " SiR-Will you have the kindnes. to give us the parliouiars of thc manner in vvhicli you wish us to balance the bridjre ? 9S 4 9 72 '' And also we want your plan of the draw-bridgos, in order that wo may prorccd to work them. *• We also want the plan of the waste-weir, as it is to lo made on the rock. " Your ready compliance will oblige your obedient servants, S. & S. R. ANDRES. " To W. il. HOPKIXS, Esd." ANSWER. " Monday. '' Messrs. Andres, " GENTLiiME.v — As I um not very patient with people who ask for vviiat they do not want, I request tliat you will not in future ask (or instructions when full ones have been given to a person of your own selection, as with Poitras in the case of loading the bridge. " The waste-weir I will give farther verbal orders about, when I sec the rock clear. " I am not ready with the draw-bridge plans. " Yours, " W3I. R, HOPKINS, " Kiiixiiiter.''^ That altliough the Contract contained many clauses pressing hard on the Contractors, still some were of such a tendency as to shield them from ruin, the principal of which was one, providing thai all extra or ad- ditional work performed was to be paid for, and under such,the Contractors claim the amount of the aforesaid accounts. That the work contained in Buch accounts is extra, will be manifest by referring to the Commission- er's reports, inserted page 80, wherein a part is acknowledged, and the remainder in the Engineer's diflerent statements of extra work, to be found in the 21st, 2ltli, 25th, and 28th pages of this work. — Nor does the correctness of such accounts, rest on the foregoing proof alone, but is farther substantiated by the Engineer, in his certificate page 26, (and which the Contract empowers him to grant) as also by Mr. Casey, (see his letter page 27,) who had a perfect knowledge of the work done on the Canal, having been for a length of time Assistant Engineer. Tliat the Canal could not be completed wnt/ej- existing circumstances, for the amount agreed upon, will readily appear by Mr. Wright's letter, page 27, where he values the work, at from £105 to<£120,000, and up- on his judgment the greatest reliance may be placed, as he is not only an Engineer of splendid al)ilitics, but a man of sterling worth and integrity. Mr. J. B. Jervis, another Engineer, who was brought on the Canal by the Commissioners, also entertained doubts if the 1 r.al could be com- pleted for the stipulated amount, biU he does not sjjedk positively on the matter, perhaps from the circumstance of his not having measured the work. He however states, " That he believes the Contractors will not be able to make much profit, and that if in the farther prosecution of the ^ jr> /xfv 90 48': ies are found, it work, any serious contingent unforeseen iliiricuuies are Ibund, it may bo ini[)o,ssi!)lo for tlicm to comploto (lirir undertaking at tlic Contract price '' And lurtlier ho rccoinnuMid.s to the CoinniisMoners, " to all'ord to tiie pre- sent Contractors all fiicihtics consistent with existiii^r circuinMances " addini,' that " to itK-Lirr coui.i) iiaudly fail to enhance the cost'" JMr. Jervis fartlior give^ his opinion how tlie work should be conducted in case ol abandonment by the Contractors, it is tlicrefore not too mucii to suppose he considered such an event as prol)able, and in fact he was so far correct, three of the Contractors having resigned in (he latter end of the year 18.3.3 The remaining two (S. St S. IL An.lrcs) did not howe- ver abandon the work, but on tiic contrary assiduouslv attended to it till they not only involved themselves in utter ruin, but likewise munv oilier persons who furnished materials and labour for the Canal For the Contractors to state, tliat Ihey have faiH,f ally eTpended the mo- mes tidrusled to them— that they have carrkd on the work in the best possible manner— that thoj have performed as large a cnumtitv of work Jor the same amount, as amj other indmduah cotdd have done— that t.iey liave alwnip manifested great zeal and perscvcrence in the nrostcu tion of the work, or that thcij had conducted the operations to the entire salts/action oftheLngineer, might appear egotism, if such had not been corroborated Ij,j the Conmmwncrs in their reports page fcO, as also In, the ±.ngineer tn his cert, fcalepnga 26, to whicii the reader is respectfully re- lerred, and il he is satisfied on these points certainly, as Mr WrJLrht states in his letter page 27, " they ought not to be ruined in ex ECUTING ANY GREAT PUBMC WOUK." The foregoing are the grounds on which the Contractors claim the a- inount due tor extra work, and they are convinced that the justice of the country will not refuse them payment. On the sympathy of the public they have hkewise many and very strong demands, not only on account of the many difficulties under which they have for live years struagled to carry on a great public improvement, but that such ddnculties were not brought on by any mismanagement or misconduct of their own. Some arose from causes over which no human aid could have control : others from causes vyhich might have been prevented. The contractors' havin- thus divided their mi,.tortunes into classes, beg to explain them to the reader. ' ^ In the first cla.s the Cholera of 1832, and the return of that di'.oase in 18.34, was most injurious to the interests of the Contractors, havine crea- ted great panic and consternation amongst the laborers employed Tn the Canal, many of whom tell a sacrifice to its ravages while numbers left the work, fhis consequently retarded operations, and raised the price of labour, besides the men who remained could not be persuaded to nerform the same quantity of work. This is fully corroborated by the Commis s.onersi-epons already quoted; also by ihe foregoing certificates to be lound in the 88th, S9th and 90th pages. A second cause that greatly impeded the exertions of the Contractor^ and exposed them to much expense, was the heavy and almost incessani rams of 1833, in which year the waters fell in such abundance as fr ' ,1 ,1 97 /^O'^ ,„enUy to inundate the work^ 3J^^<-^^ the ^^ '--- ^J^^^ ?he pumps, thereby greatly 'etard'Og operat.ons j^^ ^^. ^^^^^^ ^^_ tractors to a g'^ft expense. The rams also briefly noticed. r„r.„onilv to clian<'e the men from The first was their b^-g compe ed fiequently o^^l^^^^^^^^^^ .^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ one part of the work to another, by wh c1 a con. ^ and ihe work being left m an ^""'^^f j/f;.^;^ are now suflbring, to injury, (besides th^/^/VoLr X^kfa, "tin.ber of all kinds partly Buch as lime, sand, mor ar, boards, planKs a y^h the other im- framed for the Locks, the n^<^«;!f;Vt.° beyond cHhtion.) This often plementstoo numerous to mention and be on^^^^^ >^^ ^^^,j i,^ ntcond very ,e™„. ^^^'^ZZ^^'^^^^ upon it, whereas they had to be .taken down thej^P j^^j^,^. i„ =rtS:a':S»S^d:tri^^^ A third cause of loss to the Contractors, was he r^ot bemg p^rm^^ to excavate the basin at St- Johns w-h.^ the water m ^_^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^ particularly so in 1834. Had P^;"^;^^"^,^^','"^ j-^ com little cost, and wharf at that time, it could have been done i l ^^^ ^,,,,,here but at that time the Engmeer 'removed the men to ^^^ J ^^^ ^^,^^„,„ and theContractors were "o perm, ted t^ je^^^^^'^^^^ij^,,,, ,„j the of that year, by which time the ^Jf f ^ \^^^^;^!^^^ ,^ the following spring Sioney than they absolutely rece.v-ed st I s-he.ro^^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ ^^^^ gainst them, as they were deprived o';e"»;'"g A.^cietM in funds to pay It the time it was due, and ^o"^^'*"^"*^,^ ^''l^^jf £ wages became the labourers and tradesmen at the ^ae^ peru3^ ^^, „^,h due. To remedy this evil the Contractor. ^'«^;^ ^l" ^ • " ^^tirely ab- xr >rr«;^" SoT; ?'C™-r»" -^^^^^^ A Ck /x ffc if n. ( r 98 4975 were frequently unable to pay the men in full. This was a serious inju- ry not only to the men, but to the Contractors, and has been a general cause of their present misfortunes, as it is u well known fact that unless workmen receive their wages regularly no good can be expected from them, nor the same quantity of labour. By roforence to the errors as de- tailed in the 74th page, it will bo seen tlmt iu many estimates,the amount thus kept back from the Contractors was from 500 to i^850, and which certainly might have been prevented by proper attention in the Engi- neer. A fifth cause by which the Contractors suffered in an eminent degree, was their being obliged to cart the earth lor great lengths to form the em- bankmentsi, but particularly off the surface of the roads, when it might have been procured more conveniently had the Engineer permitted it. This is fully explained in the foregoing pages, also by many of the prece- ding affidavits, as well as by the following order from the Engineer. St. Johns, 26th November, 1834. " As you are short of earth I wish you to take the embankment from the road, making the surface of the road even and giving it a dip back- wards to prevent the wash from the road injuring the Canal bank. You can begin at Mr. Marchand's, on section 4, and work upwards, taking care to make passages for the inhabitants fro.n their houses to the road." " Yours, &c. " Messrs. S. & S. R. Andres." WM. R. HOPKINS, Engineer. To all the expenses and unnecessary outlays, as already stated, could be added many others, which subjected the Contractors to the most grie- vous expenditures and loss of time ; such as sinking below Canal bottom — having to raise in the course of the excavation much slate, hard-pan and quick-sands not mentioned in the original report — having to land stones for building the Locks, and afterwards having to re-ship them in consequence of the Engineer having altered the height of tha courses, and the innumerable alterations made by the Engineer, all of which operated in no slight degree against the interest of the Contractors, but for which no charge is made in the foregoing accounts of extra work, as the Engi- neer did not consider them as extra, and the Contractors were unwilling to make any charge with which he could find fault, consequently confined their charges to what has either been acknowledged as extra by the Engi- neer or by the Commissioners themselves in their several reports. Wo have only one observation more to make. The facts on which our claims rest, were no secret between the Engineer and ourselves. The public a- long the Canal were aware of them ; the Commissioners knew them ; (yet they did not do as the Commissioners on the Cornwall Canal did, advance the price of th« Contractors thirty percent.) and the Contractors r •? V i ) 99 ^976 f ? aro induced to believe that this knowledge of theirs has had some influ- ence, when they finally dismissed the said Engineer. The Contractors having thus confined themselves simply to facts, and supported by the many documents, affidavits, Commissioner's reports, &c. as before recited, leave the reader to draw such conclusions as circum, stances warrant, and the Contractors have no doubt to what result a can- did investigation will bring them. V / FINIS. ) M