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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant depositons, numbers 1-15, 1859-1880

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and the quantities and character estimated by the sub contractor and from those estimates the Engineer calculates the amount of money that will be required and makes his drafts in time to get the money for pay day. To do this it is sometimes necessary to commence the measure before the end of the month,. Thus leaving a portion of the work to be estimated on the next month.
246 That estimate would only show what went through the divisions Engineers hands. The acting chief engineer came down and revised it because it was a final settlement and it must be made accurate to a certain day. They go on generally and estimate from month to month and sometimes in commencing these measurements before the end of the month it does not give the exact amount done on the first day of the month.
But here came a change. This

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and the quantities and character estimated by the sub contractor and from those estimates the Engineer calculates the amount of money that will be required and makes his drafts in time to get the money for pay day. To do this it is sometimes necessary to commence the measure before the end of the month,. Thus leaving a portion of the work to be estimated on the next month. 246 That estimate would only show what went through the divisions Engineers hands. The acting chief engineer came down and revised it because it was a final settlement and it must be made accurate to a certain day. They go on generally and estimate from month to month and sometimes in commencing these measurements before the end of the month it does not give the exact amount done on the first day of the month. But here came a change. This