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In witness thereof, the said parties of their own free will, for themselves, their heirs, suc- 

 cessors, executors, administrators, and assigns, do hereby, with the full understanding of all and every 

 part of the above contract, agree to the full and complete performance of the covenants contained 

 herein, and hereunto set their hands and seals, on the day and year first above written. 



HENRY HANGHAMMER, Owner. 

 Attest: ASA V. DAVIE. EDWARD T. BURDENTON, Contractor. 



The following specifications are from a practical set used in actual con- 

 struction. They do not cover all possible conditions, which would be impossible in 

 one form, but they give a good idea of the spirit of the thing, and as it has been 

 the purpose of the foregoing chapters to give some practical hints and suggestions, 

 it should not be a very difficult task to embody what one wishes on these lines. 

 The principal thing is to state that So-and-So shall provide certain materials of 

 a certain quality and shall use them in the best manner to construct some detail 

 in a certain way or form. If there are several contractors working under separate 

 contracts, care should be taken that the cases where their work overlaps should 

 be spoken of in both contracts. For instance: The carpenter is required to 

 furnish and set the wooden supports on which the plumber lays his water pipes. 

 Each contractor furnishes his own staging unless it be otherwise specified. 



The heating and plumbing specifications would probably be more than the 

 average amateur would care to tackle. It requires a knowledge outside of books to 

 do this understandmgly, and for the average man it would be hardly worth while. 

 He might get an idea of what is right from the book, but to nail it down so that 

 there be no squirming out of its true intention is the work of the expert. Oftentimes 

 the heating and plumbing are given to reliable parties without any formal contract; 

 they furnish the specifications, which are readily explained. It is really the architect's 

 job to make the specifications from data furnished him by the owner. 



We have, however, included the plumbing specifications, as they are of such 

 nature that they can be figured on by any plumber. With the heating it is different. 

 Each firm handles its own exclusive style of heater and other details, and often does 

 the job in a somewhat different way than does its competitor. Each is supposed to 

 produce the same results on similar lines in its own way from its own specifications. 



SPECIFICATIONS FOR DWELLING HOUSE 

 FOR HENRY HANGHAMMER, ESQ., OF HILLTOWN, N. Y. 



J. C. BUSTER, ARCHITECT, N. Y. 



Specification of the Labour and Materials to be furnished in the erection of a frame dwelling 

 house for Henry Hanghammer, Esq., of Hilltown, N. Y., in accordance with the accompanying 

 drawings and their specifications, prepared by J. C. Buster, Architect, New York, also under his 

 supervision. 



