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5. No provision is made for occasional screening tests to see 

 that coal conforms with the specifications as to size. The pen- 

 alty clause is practically rendered inoperative by the lack of 

 screening tests. 



6. The number of samples which shall be taken and the 

 number of tests which shall be made are not stated. 



West Chicago Park Commissioners: 



1. The bond required (equal in amount to the estimated 

 value of the contract) is too large. 



2. Facilities for weighing are not definitely shown. It 

 is not stated that coal shall be weighed by representatives of the 

 Board and that their weights shall be used as a basis of payment. 



3. Storage capacity of bins at delivery stations is not given. 



4. Contractors are not required to furnish bills of lading, 



5. No provision is made for occasional screening tests to 

 see that coal conforms with the specifications as to size. 



6. The number of samples which shall be taken and the 

 number of tests which shall be made are not stated. 



7. Separate bids are not requested for the dififerent parks, 

 and contracts are made for the total quantity of each kind 

 of coal, without regard to places of delivery. 



Lincoln Park Commissioners: 



1. The bond required (one-half of the aggregate amount 

 of the contract) is too large. 



2. The locations of scales on which coal is to be weighed 

 for the various delivery stations are not given. 



3. Delivery stations where contractors are expected to de- 

 liver coal are not listed. 



4. Contractors are not required to furnish bills of lading. 



5. Descriptions of the coal wanted are meagre and in- 

 definite. 



6. Contractors are required to hold an unreasonably large 

 amount of coal (30 per cent of the contract) in storage at all 

 times for protection against strikes. 



7. The evaporation method of testing, which is unreliable 



