This is for common gable roofs. In hip-roofs, where the shingles are cut more or less to fit the roof, add five per cent, to above figures.

A carpenter will carry up and lay on the roof from fifteen hundred to two thousand shingles per day or two squares and a half of plain gable roofing.

One thousand shingles laid four inches to the weather will require five pounds of shingle nails to fasten them on. Six pound of fourpenny nails will lay one thousand split pile pine shingles.

STAIRCASES-Proportion of Treads and Risers

WIDTH OF TREAD HEIGHT OF RISER WIDTH OF TREAD HEIGHT OF RISER

THIS AGREEMENT, made the....... day of...... in the year one thousand, nine hundred and........by and between ..... ....party of the first part (hereinafter deisgnated the Contractor) and party of the second part (herein after designated

the Owner).

WITNESSETH that the Contractor in consideration of the fulfilment of the agreements herein made by the owner, agrees with the said owner, as follows:

و.

ARTICLE I. The Contractor under the direction, to the satisfaction of. Architect, acting for the purpose of this contract as agent of the said Owner shall and will provide all the materials and perform all the work mentioned in the specifications and shown on the drawings prepared by the said Architect for the erection of which drawings and specifications

are identified by the signatures of the parties hereto.

ART. II. The Architect shall furnish to the Contractor, such further drawings or explanations as may be necessary to detail and illustrate the work to be done, and the Contractor shall conform to the same as part of this contract, so far as they may be consistent with the original drawings and specifications referred to and identified, as provided in Art. I.

It is mutually understood and agreed that all drawings and specifications are and remain the property of the Architect.

ART. III. No alterations shall be made in the work shown or described by the drawings and specifications, except upon a written order of the Architect, and when so made, the value of the work added or omitted shall be computed by the Architect, and the amount so ascertained shall be added to or deducted from the contract price. In the case of dissent from such award by either party hereto, the valuation of the work added or omitted shall be referred to three (3) disinterested Arbitrators, one (1) to be appointed by each of the parties to this contract, and the third by the two (2) thns chosen ; the decision of any two (2) of whom shall be final and binding, and each of the parties hereto shall pay one-half (12) of the expenses of such referensce.

ART. IV. The Contractor shall provide sufficient, safe and proper facilities at all times for the inspection of the work by the Architect or his authorized representatiyes. He shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after receiving written notice from the Architect to that effect, proceed to remove from the grounds or buildings all material condemned by him, whether worked or unworked, and to take down all portions of the work which the Architect shall by like written notice condemn as unsound or improper, or as in any way failing to conform to the drawings and specifications.

ART. V. Should the Contractor at any time refuse or neglect to supply a sufficiency of properly skilled workmen, or of materials of the proper quality, or fail in any respect to prosecute the work with promptness and diligence, or fail in the performance of any of the agreements herein contained, such refusal, neglect or failure being certified by the Architect, the Owner shall be at liberty, after

..days written notice to the Contractor, to provide any such labor or materials and to deduct the cost thereof, from any money then due or thereafter to come due to the Contractor under this contract; and if the Architect shall certify that such refusal, neglect or failure is sufficient ground for such action, the Owner shall also be at liberty to terminate the employment of the Contractor for the said work and to enter upon the premises and take possession, for the purpose of completing the work comprehended under this contract, of all materials, tools and appliances thereon, and to employ any other person or persons to finish the work, and to provide the materials therefor; and in case of such discontinuance of the employment of the Contractor he shall not be entitled to receive any further payment under this contract until the said work shall be wholly finished, at which time, if the unpaid balance of the amount to be paid under this contract shall exceed the expense incurred by the owner in finishing the work, such excess shall be paid by the Owner to the Contractor, but if such expense shall exceed such unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner. The expense incurred by the Owner as herein provided, either for furnishing materials of for finishing the work, and any danger incurred through such default, shall be audited and certified by the Architect, whose certificate therefore shall be conclusive upon the parties

ART. VI. The Contractor shall complete the several portions, and the whole of the work comprehended in this agreement by and at the time or times hereinafter stated. provided that..

ART. VII. Should the Contractor be obstructed or delayed in the prosecution or completion of his work by the act, neglect, delay or default of the owner, or the Architect, or of any other contractor employed by the Owner upon the work, or by any damage which may happen by fire, lightning, earthquake or cyclone, or by the abandonment of the work by the employees through no default of the Contractor, then the time herein fixed for the completion of the work shall be extended for the period equivalent to the time lost by reason of any or all the causes aforesaid; but no such allowance shall be made unless a claim therefor is presented in writing to the Architect within twenty-four 24 hours of the occurence of such delay. The duration of such extention shall be certified to by the Architect, but appeal from his decision may be made to arbitration, as provided in Art. III of this contract.

ART. VIII. The Owner agrees to provide all labor and materials not included in this contract in such manner as not to delay the material progress of the work, and in the event of failure so to do, thereby causing loss to the Contractor, agrees that he will reimburse the Contractor for such loss; and the Contractor agrees that if he shall delay the material progress of the work so as to cause any damage for which the Owner shall become liable (as above stated), then he shall make good to the Owner any such damage. The amount of such loss or damage to either party hereto shall, in every case, be fixed and determined by the Architect or by arbitration, as provided in Art. III of this contract.

ART. IX. It is hereby mutually agreed between the parties hereto that the sum to be paid by the Owner to the Contractor for said work and materials shall be ($........) dollars subject to additions and deductions as hereinbefore provided, and that such sum shall be paid in current funds by the Owner to the Contractor in installments, as follows:

The final payment shall be made within........days after this contract is fulfilled.

All payments shall be made upon written certificates of the Architect to the effect that such payments have become due.

If at any time there shall be evidence of any lien or claim for which, if established, the Owner of the said premises might become liable, and which is chargeable to the Contractor, the Owner shall have the right to retain out of any payment then due or thereafter to become due an amount sufficient to completely indemnify him against such lien or claim. Should there prove to be any such claim after all payments are made, the Contractor shall refund to the Owner all moneys that the latter may be compelled to pay in discharging any lien on said premises made obligatory in consequence of the Contractor's default

ART. X. It is further mutually agreed between the parties hereto that no certificate given of payment made under this contract, except the final certificate or final payment, shall be conclusive evidence of the performance of this contract, either wholly or in part, and that no payment shall be construed to be an acceptance of defective work of improper materials.

ART. XI. The Owner shall during the progress of the work maintain full insurance on said work, in his own name and in the name of the Contractor, against loss or damage by fire. The policies shall cover all work incorporated in the building, and all materiais for the same in or about the premises, and shall be made payable to the parties hereto, as their interest may appear.

ART. XIII. The said parties for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do hereby agree to the full performance of the covenants herein contained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands, the day and year first above written. In the presence of

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