Item |1. Excavating and clearing out debris. | |2. Underpinning walls. | | |3. Filling in cavities. | | | |4. Braces. ----------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ Maximum authorized | 350 cubic | 750 cubic | 825 | 1 wood | | yards | feet | cubic feet | and 1 iron| | | | | | Performed by | 570 cubic | 919 cubic | 1,161 | 1 wood and| contractors | yards | feet | cubic feet | 2 iron | | | | | | Excess | 220 cubic | 169 cubic | 336 | | | yards | feet | cubic feet | | | | | | | Contract Price | 60 cents | $1 per | $1 per | $200 | | per cubic | cubic foot| cubic foot | | | yard | | | | | | | | | Maximum allowances | $210 | $750 | 825 | 200 | under contract | | | | | | | | | | Amount contractors | 342 | 919 | 1,161 | 200 | claim to have | | | | | earned | | | | | | | | | | Excess of contractors'| 132 | 169 | 336 | | claim over amount | | | | | authorized | | | | | ----------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+ From this it will be observed that, taking the rate of compensation provided for in the contract as a basis, the contractors have performed work in excess of that authorized to the amount of $638 [$637]. They are fully advised that there is no provision for the payment of this excess. The requirements of the contract are, in my opinion, fully met in the quality of material used and the work performed. The preservation of the ruin is incomplete. There are six places where lintels have disappeared and not been replaced and a corresponding number of cavities that should be filled. Deep seams have been cut in the walls by the action of the elements, and unless far greater provision is made for its protection the work already done will be of small avail.