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Show Tltose Canal Conlr.tols. I,sccmslh-.tUie artiolo publiebei! i Wednesday moming's Hkuai.i: about Hie contracts lot on Montlny lor Ibe construction of tho Jord.m and Salt Lake Canal, nae either misunderstood misunder-stood by a Dumber or umbrage w.is laken thereto. It loemi iropoesiblo (or it to have been mieconetrued, for the article was written as plainly as words could ruako it, tbat the Htm three miles had beeu let out m contracts con-tracts at 9o. ft yard, and il the purlin that complain are contractors, tltcy know that 9o. ia the contmot price. However, it ia the underttandiuu tuut wheu the work ia oomploted, aud if it hull appear that in the excavation ro:ks, cemeot, boulders, or other ob-strnotioni ob-strnotioni than common dirt have been enoounlered, tbe engineer e-hall determine lbs amount above the 9o. that is to be allowed for the extra work on such portion! ol the oanol; but that any contractor will get 250. orSoo. a yard lor portions ol nil work it would bo absurd for him to say, for the ieaaons: first, thil he does not know whether he will come in oontaot with any thing out of the ordinary run; and second, should he moot with these obstacles, ob-stacles, the engineer ia to deoido what tho amount extra will be, as the contracts are all for 9c. o, yard, lor every yard ol tbe three miles. There were any number of men alter the Mayor on Tuesday aud Wednesday, who desired to take contracts con-tracts on the oanal, anil from their eagerness it is evident that a great many calculate 10 put iu the winter oo this work. It is the policy of the oanal committee to let the work out in as small amounts as ia deeired, in order that whatever benefits are lo be reaped from the construction may be realized by those really needing the benefits. It is not a mailer out of which heavy 6ums of money are to be made by largo contractors, as the letting of large contracts to individuals will be avoided. We may expect to see the route of the canal a soene of life and activity throughout this winter. Ab already staled, the commilteo will let contracts for four additional miles of tbe canal on Friday, the work commencing at the point where the three miles already let ended, making sevon miles iu all. Au fldverlisment, calling the attention of parties to t'lia, 'will be lound in this morning's issue, and it may be seen that the committee commit-tee will be at the City Hall at 10 o'clock a.m. on Friday, prepared to let these contracts. |