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accepted as the boundaries of any Engineer's responsibility

seeing that H. E. the Governor seems to suggest an entirely

different view, going so far as to propose that the

Consulting Engineers should rebuild the bridges at their

own expense.

been referred to us.

Passing from general subjects to the definite

matter of the bridges under discussion and of the adequacy

of their foundations, we would point out that until the

present occasion the question of their design has never

Drawings of bridges Nos. 4, 6 and 7

were sent to us with the Chief Resident Engineer's General

Letter No. 21, dated 10th January 1907, but this was merely

for the purpose of our designing the steel work In these

drawings the foundations were of an indefinite nature and

their extent was only indicated by a wavy and undefined line,

thus showing that the depth to which they would be taken was

naturally unsettled till the excavations were made and ordered

by the Chief Resident Engineer on the spot. Further, no

information was given as to the nature of the soil on which

the bridges would be founded. In no cases other than where

steelwork has been required have we seen drawings of any of

the bridges, nor has our opinion ever been asked on the

It is evidently one that can only

subject of foundations.

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