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is about 356,000l, being a larger sum than is usually allowed for contingencies on public works.
16. In allowing the sum of 356,000l., do you conceive it would be required?
Certainly not; I think the prices I have put on the work throughout will be such as to be sufficient without the aid of that.
17. Do the contingencies come to nineteen per cent.?
About nineteen per cent, on the cost of the work.
Mr. John U. Rastrich.—p. 147.
1. You have been a civil engineer for some years?
I have.
2. You have had some experience in the construction of Railroads?
Yes.
5. Have you gone over Mr. Stephenson's estimate?
I have.
6. Have you been over the whole of the line of Railroad estimated by Mr. Stephenson?
I have.
7. Have you taken pains to calculate whether or not the estimate he has made is correct or not?
I consider his estimate a great deal more than what I should have calculated it at.
8. You think the works might be done on the line from Birmingham to London for less expense than he has estimated?
Yes. I do think so.
34. What is the whole amount of your estimate?
The amount of my estimate, independent of contingencies, is 1,875,527l. I have added the remainder to make up 2,500,000l.; that makes the contingencies 374,473l.
35. Then you have added so large a sum to make your estimate come up to Mr. Stephenson's?
