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Change order to contract for canal constructionEntry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.083Scope and Content
Appears to be a change order of the original contract [2000.FIC.02.081] indicating an increase in prices, from an original estimate of $75 to $200.
WHEREAS a contract was entered into on the 3rd day of July, in the year 1835, between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, of the one part, and Daniel K. Cahoon of the other part, whereby the said Daniel K. Cahoon bound himself to construct the 244th - Section of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, at certain prices, and upon certain terms and conditions, and subject to certain penalties and forfeitures of the non-performance of the contract, as will
l more fully appear by reference thereto. And whereas the President and Directors of the said Canal Company have agreed to increase some of the prices stipulated by the said contract to be paid, upon certain other terms and conditions, for the work done since the 1st day of January last, or which may hereafter be done on the said section; which increase of prices, terms, and conditions, as follows, viz:
Price increases handwritten in Ink:
$200 For Cutting. Two hundred dollars, instead of seventy-five dollars.
For Excavation of earth, gravel or loose stone to.
.14 Fourteen cents per cubic yard, instead of twelve and an half cents.
For Embankment, of materials not excavated from the canal, transported more than 1/4 but less than half of a mile,
.30 Thirty cents per cubic yard, instead of twenty-five cents.
For Walling. Stone from canal excavation
.50 Fifty cents per perch, instead of forty-five cents.
[p. 2]
Additions to contract handwritten in ink:
The retained money in the hands of the canal companies on this section having been reduced below twelve and an half per cent, on the amount of work done, the sum necessary to make the retained money equal to one eighth of the amount of the estimate is to be deducted from the first estimate hereafter made.
[p. 3]
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, That the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, by the President thereof, of the one part, and the aforesaid Daniel K. Cahoon of the other part, hereby agree to modify the contract aforesaid according to the prices, terms, and conditions, herein set forth, reserving to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, its President, Directors, and other officers, all the rights and authority secured to them by the said contract, expect sofar as the same are modified by these presents, and to the said Daniel K. Cahoon all the rights and authority secured to him by the same, except so far as modified as foresaid.
In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals, [crossed out area] this day of February in the year 1837 Twenty third
Illegible signature: [possibly G. Washington]
President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, by the order of the President and Directors, in behalf of the said Company:
D.K.Cahoon
Witness: J. Bender
[Page 4] Center of page where document was folded into thirds.
Contract for increases / of prises on Section / No-244 C&O Canal
Other end:
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164500Collection
Early Family Papers: CahoonRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Bender, G.Person or Organization
Cahoon, Daniel Kenyon (b.1803)Person or Organization
Washington, G.Related Entries
Notes
2000.FIC.02.081, 2000.FIC.02.098
