Contract Record and Engineering Review, Vol. 26

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Excerpt from Contract Record and Engineering Review, Vol. 26: January 3, 1912The Boston finance commission partakes somewhat of the same nature. Among other economies secured by this commission was their discovery that the municipal stone crushers of Boston, instead of being an economy, were a luxury. The commission recommended their discontinu ance, and as a result was saved on crushed stone in the next two years. After studying the methods used in cleaning sewer basins, this commission recommended a change to the contract system. With a resulting reduction of over forty per cent. Of the former cost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.