The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 | Page 9

of America, as follows: That for the
consideration hereinafter mentioned they will at their own expense and
risk perform and execute the work upon the Casa Grande ruin,

described and specified in the specification hereto annexed and forming
a part hereof, in the manner and with the conditions specified, items of
said work to be as follows:
Item No. 1. Clearing out the débris: To excavate and remove 350 cubic
yards of earth and débris, or less, as specified, amount of excavation
not to exceed 350 cubic yards.
Item No. 2. Underpinning walls: To underpin the walls as specified,
requiring 750 cubic feet of brick masonry, or less, amount of masonry
not to exceed 750 cubic feet.
Item No. 3. Filling in cavities: To fill in cavities and openings as
specified, 500 lineal feet of 2 by 4 inches squared lumber and 800 cubic
feet of masonry, or less, whole amount of filling not to exceed 825
cubic feet.
Item No. 4. To brace the walls as specified in the annexed plan and
specifications.
Items numbered five and six of the specifications hereto annexed,
together with the plans, specifications, and conditions pertaining
especially and only to them and not to the other items, are omitted.
The said parties of the first part further contract and agree to deliver
over the work, completed and finished, to such person as the Secretary
of the Interior may designate, within two months after receipt of notice
that this contract has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
It is further stipulated and agreed, That should the parties of the first
part fail to complete the work within the time specified, or should they
deliver work which is not in accordance with the plans and
specifications hereto annexed, only such sum shall be paid for the work
as may be agreed upon by the said parties of the first part and the
Secretary of the Interior; and it is further stipulated and agreed on the
part of the parties of the first part that if the work is not completed in
the time specified and according to the specifications hereto annexed
they will pay to the United States a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for

each and every week after the time specified, such payments to be
deducted from the amount due for work done: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Interior, or such person as he may authorize to do so,
may extend the time for the completion of the work.
And the United States of America, by the said Cosmos Mindeleff,
acting for the Secretary of the Interior, do hereby contract and agree
with the said parties of the first part that for the aforesaid work,
performed and executed in the manner and under the conditions
aforesaid, there shall be paid to the said parties of the first part the
following sums:
For item No. 1. For clearing out the débris, as specified and as above
limited, sixty cents ($0.60) for each cubic yard.
For item No. 2. For underpinning walls, as specified and as above
limited, one dollar ($1) for each cubic foot.
For item No. 3. For filling in cavities, as specified and as above limited,
one dollar ($1) for each cubic foot, including lumber.
For item No. 4. For bracing walls, as specified, two hundred dollars
($200). Provided, That payments for the work here contracted for shall
be made only after the inspection and approval of the work by such
person as the Secretary of the Interior shall designate.
It is an express condition of this contract that it shall have no force or
effect until it is submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior.
It is a further condition of this contract that no Member or Delegate to
Congress, or any other officer or agent of the United States, either
directly or indirectly, himself or by any other person in trust for him, or
for his use and benefit, or on his account, is a party to or in any manner
interested, in whole or in part, in this contract, or in the enjoyments,
benefits, profits, or emoluments arising therefrom.
(Signed) Theodore Louis Stouffer. [SEAL] Frederick Emerson White.

[SEAL] Augustine Gray Williams. [SEAL] Andrew James Doran.
[SEAL]
Witnesses as to Stouffer, White, Doran, and Williams:
(Signed) Frank C. Kebbey, _Clerk District Court, Second Judicial
District, Territory of Arizona_. Cosmos Mindeleff, [SEAL] Acting for
the Secretary of the Interior.
Witnesses as to Cosmos Mindeleff:
(Signed) Jeff Hunt. Chas. B. Eaman.
AFFIDAVIT OF CONTRACTORS
Territory of Arizona, _County of Pinal, ss:_
Augustine Gray Williams and Andrew James Doran, subscribers to and
sureties in the contract hereto annexed, being duly sworn, depose and
say, each for himself, that he is worth the sum of two thousand dollars
over and above all