Report of the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy and Greenfield Railroad, by the Joint Standing Committee of 1866.Wentworth, Tappan
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Report of the Hoosac Tunnel and Troy and Greenfield Railroad, by the Joint Standing Committee of 1866.
Wentworth, Tappan
Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.); Railroad tunnels -- Massachusetts; Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company
"This contract includes the graduation, tunneling, masonry and bridging,
superstructure, fencing, depot buildings, switches, turn-tables, water
and fixtures, and in fine all labor and materials necessary for the
construction of the road are included in this contract." The right of
way to be provided and paid for by the railroad company. The work to be
completed and finished in the best manner, for which the Troy and
Greenfield Railroad Company agreed to pay H. Haupt & Co., "the sum of
three millions eight hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars in manner
following, to wit: Two millions of dollars in the bonds of the State of
Massachusetts, to be issued under the Act by which the credit of the
said State is loaned to said corporation, nine hundred thousand dollars
in the six per cent. mortgage bonds of said company, five hundred and
ninety-eight thousand dollars in the capital stock of said Troy and
Greenfield Railroad Company, and three hundred and eighty-two thousand
dollars in cash." The work of constructing and completing the road was
to be done in compliance with the loan Act of April, 1854. One hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to be expended by the contractors in depot
buildings and necessary rolling stock, cars, engines, &c. under the
direction of the board of directors. The stock subscription of E. W.
Serrell and of Serrell & Co., amounting to five thousand nine hundred
and eighty-seven shares, was to be transferred and assumed by Haupt &
Co., payable in compliance with said Loan Act with the understanding
that the assessments on the stock were to be paid by the performance of
this contract in stock credits as provided in the contract, and the
stock taken by the contractors at par.
This contract further provided, that on the receipt of the several
installments of State bonds, the contractors should pay to the sinking
fund the ten per cent. specified in the Loan Act, in consideration of
which Haupt & Co. should retain whatever sums was realized from the
exchange and premium on the bonds. The payments were to be made monthly,
on estimate of the company's engineer. The cost of the materials and
work upon the line, exclusive of the Hoosac Tunnel and its approaches,
was assumed to be one million eight hundred and eighty thousand dollars,
and the estimates were to be made in the relative proportion that the
part done bore "to the whole amount of materials and work to be
furnished, and done at the price named." The Hoosac Tunnel and its
approaches were estimated at two million dollars for a double track, and
the monthly estimates were to be in proportion to the amount of work
done on the approaches, and the length of tunnel excavated.
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