Note 3 — PART I SPECIFICATIONS FOR STREET ROADWAY PAVEMENTS

It may be objected that this requirement is unusual and unnecessary, since such practices are recognized as wrong, and as presumptive of fraud and malpractice on the part both of the contractor and the inspector. It cannot, however, be denied that in many cities such means are employed by contractors to unduly influence the action of inspectors and that not infrequently the latter not only accept, but persistently demand, valuable considerations from the contractor. Silence of the specifications on this point cannot, of course, be construed into consent, but there is no good reason for the silence. There should be left no excuse for misconception of the position of the city or of the engineer upon this point.