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112. In works of this description, is it usual to put a considerable amount for contingencies?
Usually ten per cent.
113. Have you added to this a sum exceeding ten per cent.?
The amount of contingencies at ten per cent would be 205,000l.; I have put it at 294,648l.
114. Which makes the sum altogether 2,500,000l.?
It does.
115. Look at this paper, and tell me whether the estimate is correct?
It is.
| Estimate proved in the House of Commons. £ | |
|---|---|
| Excavations and Embankments | 779,000 |
| Tunnelling | 250,286 |
| Masonry.—This item is increased in consequence of an agreement with the Commissioners of the Metropolitan roads to add to some of our bridges in width and height, also an agreement with the trustees of the Radcliffe Library estates to increase the number of arches in the Wolverton Viaduct, and also an addition of two bridges over the Avon near Brandon to avoid the diversion of the river | 350,574 |
| Rails, chairs, keys, and pins | 212,940 |
| Blocks and sleepers | 102,960 |
| Ballasting and laying rails | 102,960 |
| Fencing at 740l. per mile | 76,032 |
| 1,874,752 | |
| Land | 250,000 |
| Six water stations at 500l. | 3,000 |
| Six intermediate pumps | 600 |
| Offices, &c. requisite at each end of the line, for convenience of passengers, &c., and walling for enclosing the space for depot | 16,000 |
| Forty locomotive engines, 1000l. | 40,000 |
| 300 waggons at 30l. | 9,000 |
| Sixty coaches at 200l. | 12,000 |
| 2,205,352 | |
| Contingencies | 294,648 |
| 2,500,000 |
