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Trains and attention to the Trees, and the general Miscellaneous fervices which are constantly demanded- In contract work, having Foreman or Clerk of Works, I employ them occasionally to see any special portion of work requiring expervision fully carried out according to my instructions, and in that particular have rendered very effective help though not equal to that of a trained
Overseer-
The repairs to Buildings I was necessarily obliged to superintend myself in the mornings and evenings (the only portions of the day I could
devote to that duty) the works... on, however, have been but trifling and thus a constant supervision was not demanded upon all of them; but as an instance of
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the difficulties I have occasionally to encounter in compelling
an
efficient
mode of construction, I must mention that on visiting the Bridge at Causeway Bay
as nenal, Sobjected to some of the etone work in the arch, and on the
following day this had been patched up with wood and coloured to imitate the stone which if not discovered in time would eventually have caused the destruction of the entire Bridge in a
on few years; in such cases where a wilful system of scamping work is adopted I invariably condemn a large portion of it, and although this mode causes come delay and inconveinence to the Public in
means
certain cases, it is the only Share at present of obliging the ~ Contractors to execente sound and
satisfactory work; but I find they