Note 708 — Chapter XXV · RIVALRY OF TILDEN AND CONKLING 1875
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The Governor plainly illustrated this device. The engineer having estimated the amount of work and materials, the bidders added their prices.
A bid as follows:
100 cubic yards of vertical wall, at $3$300.00
3,855 cubic yards of slope wall, at $1.50 5,782.50
2,400 feet B.M. white oak, at $50 120.00
60,000 feet B.M. hemlock, at $15 900.00
Total estimate of A$7,102.50
B bid as follows:
100 cubic yards of vertical wall, at $6$600.00
3,855 cubic yards of slope wall, at 30 cents 1,156.50
2,400 feet B.M. white oak, at $70 168.00
60,000 feet B.M. hemlock, at $3 180.00
Total estimate of B$2,104.50
B was given the contract as the lowest bidder, after which the work was changed as follows:
3,955 cubic yards of vertical wall, at $6$23,730.00
62,400 feet B.M. white oak, at $70 4,368.00
Actually paid B by the State$28,098.00
On ten of these contracts, originally amounting to $424,735.90 the State paid $1,560,769.84.—Tilden's Public Writings and Speeches, Vol. 2, pp. 106-108.