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tract, and allowing for reasonable damages, if the circumstances require 

 the payment of them. The estimates in this case are to be made by the 

 architect of the institution, or other architects selected by t!ie Regents, 

 But with reference to the quality of the work which has been done, it is 

 tlie opinion of tlie legal adviser of the committee that tlie decision of the 

 architect of the building is final, both with regard to the Regents and the 

 contractor. 



G. In accordance with the forementioned stipulations of the contract^ 

 thecommittee have requested Mr. Renwick to furnish an estimate jurora^.r 

 for completing the whole exterior of the building, and the interior of the 

 towers, making deductions for materials and workmanship which he would 

 have condemned, had the building been completed according to the ori- 

 ginal plan. The following is the decision of the architect, which has beei>; 

 agreed to by the contractor, with the understanding that nothing is to be 

 paid him on account of profit on work omitted by the proposed change,, 

 viz: 



For finishing the whole exterior of the building, all the inte- 

 rior rooms of the towers and of the wings, the sum of - $185,154 



7. The committee recommend to the Board of Regents that they agree 

 to this proposition, and that a resolution be adopted directing the contract- 

 or to proceed with the work in accordance therewith. In recommending 

 this course to the board, the committee act in conformity with the advice 

 of two of tlie commission of architects, viz: Mr. E. B. White and Mr. 

 J. R. Niernsee, v/ho undertook the examination in detail of the. parts of 

 the building, and gave an estimate as the basis of an equitable settlement. 



8. By adopting the above sum of $185,154, as the amount to be paid 

 to the contractor, Mr. Renwick gives the followiiig estimate of the cost of 

 finishing the building in accordance with the fire-proof plan^ viz: 



Amount of proposed contract . _ . . ^185,154 



Expense of fire-proofing the centre building according to plans 



and estimates of the architects .... 44^000 



Plastering centre building, "^ t f $8,000 



Gallery fronts, ! Expenses' common j 2,000 



Staircase of liibrary and Museum, j to both plans. ^ 425 

 Furniture of do. do. J • l^ 4,700 



15,125 



Extra cartage - - - • ^ • - 20<> 



Materials now on the ground, but which may not be used - 1,000 



Total expense of the building, including fire proofing - - 245,479 



9. The original contract, with the addition made to it by direc 



tion of the Building Committee, is - - - $209,810 



Add the estimate of fire-nroofing . . - . 44,000 



Thus we have for the cost of the building, according to the es- 

 timate of the commission . . - . . 253,810 



ISoTK. — I'lie foregoirg estimates are exclusive of the salaries of the arch'tect and super- 

 intciiUeist; also of llie ccstof the improvemeiu of the grouuda and part of ihe furiiiiuie. 



