times to the spirit of the specifications; but nothing will be done by the Company's engineers or inspectors to give the Contractor needless worry or annoyance, the intent of both specifications and inspection being simply to obtain for the Company work that will be first-class in every particular and a credit to every one connected with its designing and construction.

SPIRIT OF THE SPECIFICATIONS.

The nature and spirit of these specifications are to provide for the work herein enumerated to be fully completed in every detail for the purpose designed; and it is hereby understood that the Contractor, in accepting the contract, agrees to furnish any and every thing necessary for such construction, notwithstanding any omission in the drawings or specifications.

ENGINEER.

Whenever in these specifications the term "Engineer" is employed, it is understood that it is to mean the ........................ Engineer of the .......................... Company or the duly authorized representative of same.

TENDERS.

Tenders for all work, whenever it is practicable, shall be made on schedule prices, lump-sum bids being accepted only for such parts as steam or electric machinery, which could not well be paid for by the pound.

All tenders are to be made in strict accordance with the plans and specifications submitted to bidders by the Engineer; and no bids based upon suggested changes in same will be considered.

In awarding contracts, preference will be given to those bidders in whose shops the piece-work system is least employed.