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And on 17th December, 1895, the Vestry Resolved
(1) That the tender of Mr. Thos. Adams, of Green Lanes Goods Station, Wood Green,
at the sum of £3,728 15s. l1d. be accepted, subject to his sureties being found
satisfactory, to the Bill of Quantities being properly filled in, and to his entering
into the necessary Contract for the due execution of the work to be prepared by the
Clerk, and that the Common Seal of the Vestry be affixed to the Contract.
(2) That Mr. Adams be requested to start the work immediately after the Christmas
recess.
The Contract was subsequently duly entered into by Mr. Adams and the work
commenced at the beginning of the year 1896.
A Committee consisting of the whole of the Members of the Vestry was appointed to
watch the progress of the works.
On 18th February, 1896, the Committee reported having inspected the works at Bull
Head Dock which they found progressing satisfactorily, that their attention had been called
to the fact that the ballast at the South East corner of the Dock appeared to be of a lower
depth than had been anticipated, and that to insure a good foundation it would be necessary
to go to the ballast if possible, that the maximum depth of the ballast at the river front was
found to be 23 feet below the level of the new coping upon which depth the Contract had
been based, but that the schedule of prices attached to the quantities governed the price to
be paid for extra work.
Resolved—That the Surveyor be authorised to instruct the Contractor to excavate in
the Dock to a lower depth than that provided for in the Contract, if considered necessary by
him, at the scheduled price.
The Committee also reported that there are several piles in the old Dock upon the lines
of the excavations for the new Dock Walls.
Lesolved That if they are well set in the ballast, they be left to stand at the
discretion of the Surveyor.
The Committee also reported that the Surveyor had to satisfy the requirements of the
Floods Department of the London County Council, constructed a timber tide board inside