CORRESPONDENCE. THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN AND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY'S WIDENING BETWEEN ACTON LANE AND GALENA ROAD.

  • Authors: W PARSONS; E H RIGBY; E A OGILVIE
  • Source: Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 192, Issue 1913, pages 164 –165 , , E-ISSN: 1753-7843

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164 CORRESPONDENCE ON L.S.W. AND M.D. RAILWAYS' mnuteaof The President. were also fortunate in having excellent contractors. It was a curious fact that the cost of carrying out the work was nearly the same in these two cases. One great difference, however, had to be borne in mind, namely, that while in contract work the risks were taken by the contractor, in the other case they fell upon the employer, and it was, therefore, a question whether the employer was prepared to run the risk of extra cost over and above the estimate upon which he embarked on his undertaking, and whether he thought he would be able to retain the contractor's profit...

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