or square, as conditions of building permit. Casing of indirects shall be so erected that all entering air must pass through each stack, and be warmed, before passing to its respective outlet register. Stacks shall be so hung and encased that the full area of inlet and outlet ducts shall be maintained above and below the stack, which space shall in no case be less than ten inches in height, by the length and breadth of stack, and casing shall be so arranged that all inflowing fresh air shall be heated and conveyed to destination without loss through tin warm-air ducts, of areas as above provided for, same to be furnished by owner, and set in walls or floors by owner, as directed by architects. Each cold-air inlet shall be provided with one controlled damper, fitted with iron handle. REGISTERS AND REGISTER-BOXES. (NOTE. Omitted on specifications when heating system is all direct.) All registers shall be of Jones design. The sum of areas of openings in same never to be less than area of warm-air outlet. Registers to be set flush with, and firmly fastened in, openings in floor or wall provided by owner, and to be located to best advantage according as conditions of building permit. Proper register-boxes made of I. X. tin shall be provided by contractor for reception of registers. CUTTING, PAINTING, BRONZING, ETC. All cutting and carpenter work shall be done by owner as directed by contractor. All uncovered exposed piping in boilerroom shall receive two coats of best or drying Japan paint. All exposed piping and radiation above boiler-room to receive one coat of priming and one coat of pale-gold bronze. EXTRAS. It is understood and agreed, upon the acceptance of the Proposal accompanying this Specification, that any and all verbal or other agreements, statements, or representations made by any person or persons, for or on behalf of the contractor, shall be considered as absolutely merged in the Pro posal and Specification, and that the contract then existing shall be taken and held to be fully set forth and expressed therein. If any deviation in system, material, or mode of installation is to be made, such change shall be considered an "extra," and must be provided for by a special agreement. COMPLETION AND TESTING. If this Specification with accompanying Proposal be accepted notice of date when work may begin shall be given contractor, and same shall be prosecuted with due despatch, and shall be completed on or before whereupon notice to that effect shall be served on architect. Should any unforeseen or unavoidable delay occur, same shall not constitute a breach of contract on the part of contractor. Upon notification that work as herein provided for has been completed, same shall be promptly inspected, and "accepted" or "rejected," and notice thereof served on the contractor. Acceptance shall in no event waive the guarantee herein below given. Failure to promptly inspect and accept or reject work shall be considered as acceptance, and shall entitle undersigned to payments as provided for. "Testing" shall consist of firing boiler all fuel for which shall be delivered in boiler-room, and furnished by owner, and the developing of a (steam-pressure not exceeding fifteen pounds to the square inch) [flow-temperature not less than degrees Fahrenheit without boiling over] and the making tight of all joints in system. Determination of fulfilment of guarantee shall be gauged by standards set down in Carpenter's "Heating and Ventilating Buildings," page 86. If the condition of building is such that work cannot be completed without delay, and that delay requires running of all or part of apparatus for use or convenience of any one other than the contractor, it will only be so run at the risk and expense of owner, and apparatus must be delivered again in as good condition as when taken. A payment of five (5) dollars shall be due for each radiator disconnected and reconnected. IN GENERAL. Estimates for capacity of within apparatus, as well as this Specification and accompanying Proposal, are all based on dimensions, information, etc., concerning construction of building furnished by architects; and if such dimensions, information, etc., are erroneous, or if changes shall be made in construction of building, then in so far as such deviations detract from efficiency of apparatus, the guarantee as to the efficiency thereof which is herein given shall be deemed cancelled. Instructions as to conduct of work must be made to the contractor and not to employees, and all instructions from architects shall be considered as final, unless otherwise advised by owner. GUARANTEE. When the apparatus as herein proposed to be furnished shall be completed, the same is guaranteed to be capable of warming the rooms entered on schedule, to the temperatures specified therein, when apparatus is run as directed, and under the conditions which would maintain in the finished building. Any failure to fulfill this guarantee by reason of any defect of workmanship, material, or efficiency within a period of one year will be made good by contractor within a reasonable time after receiving notice of such defect. N. B. The term "defect" as above used, shall not be construed to cover such imperfections as result from accident, design, or the natural wear and tear of use. The contractor shall have and retain, until the final payment in full shall have been made, a first and valid lien upon all materials (including pipe, fittings, valves, covering, radiators, registers, ducts, boilers, etc.) furnished by contractor under terms of this specification and accompanying proposal, and shall have the right at all times. prior to such final payment, upon failure on part of owner, to make all payments as provided for, to take possession of and remove the said materials, and to retain the possession of same and every part thereof, and also to retain all payments that have been made on account thereof as liquidated damages for non-fulfilment of contract. SPECIAL NOTE. This Specification with accompanying Proposal shall be accepted or rejected on or before inst., and notice thereof be served on contractor. Respectfully submitted, JOHN G. DOE Co. October 1, 1895. 173. Form of Uniform Contract. UNIFORM CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEAT- (Copyright, 1895, by the Master Steam and Hot-Water Fitters' Association of the THIS AGREEMENT, made and concluded at Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, by and between Jones & Brown, of Chicago, State of Illinois, for themselves and their legal representatives, parties of the first part (hereinafter designated the Contractor), and R. I. Peters, of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, for himself and his legal representatives, party of the second part (hereinafter designated the Owner). WITNESSETH, That the Contractor, in consideration of the fulfilment of the agreements herein made by the Owner, agrees with the said Owner, as follows: ARTICLE I. The Contractor, for the consideration hereinafter provided, covenants and agrees, with the Owner, that the Contractor shall and will, within the space of three months. next, after the date hereof, in a good and workmanlike manner, and at his own proper charge and expense, well and substantially build, furnish, and erect a certain Steam Heating Apparatus, at 444 4th Avenue, City of Kalamazoo, according to the Specifications, Drawings, and Plans designed by Thomas Robinson, Architect, which Specifications, Drawings, and Plans are made a part of this Contract and are identified by the signatures of the parties hereto. * Printed words in italics to be supplied in each contract. ARTICLE II. No alterations shall be made in the work shown or described by the drawings and specifications, except upon a written order of the Architects, and when so made, the value of the work added or omitted shall be computed by the Architects, and the amount so ascertained shall be added to or deducted from the contract price. In the case of dissent from such award by either party hereto, the valuation of the work added or omitted shall be referred to three (3) disinterested arbitrators, one to be appointed by each of the parties to this Contract, and the third by the two thus chosen; the decision of any two of whom shall be final and binding, and each of the parties hereto shall pay one-half of the expenses of such ref erence. ARTICLE III. Should any difference arise in interpreting the Plans or Specifications, involving or assuming additional compensation, the Contractor shall, upon written notice from the Owner, immediately execute such interpretation, the question of compensation to be determined on completion by arbitrators, as provided in Article II. ARTICLE IV. All of the materials and workmanship of the apparatus to be of the quality as expressed in said Specifications, Drawings, and Plans; said Owner to reserve the right to reject, through himself or his authorized agent, all material or workmanship of an inferior quality, which said Contractor may attempt to use in the erection of said Heating Apparatus, and if the said Contractor, after being notified, neglects or refuses to do the work, or furnish the materials as called for in the Specifications, Drawings, and Plans, then, and in that case, said Owner shall give notice in writing to the Contractor, which notice is to set forth in full the cause or causes of complaint. If the Contractor demurs and refuses to do the work or furnish the materials as directed in the notice of complaint, within three days from the date of said notice, resort to arbitration shall be had as provided in Article II. ARTICLE V. The Owner shall not, in any manner, be answerable or accountable for any loss or damage that shall or may happen to the said works, or any parts thereof respectively, or for any of the materials or other things used and employed in finishing and completing the same, loss or damage by fire |