CONSTRUCTION. 



for all Company property in their charge, and are expected 

 to prevent extravagance and waste in the use of supplies of 

 all kinds furnished by the Company. 



Locating and resident engineers will forward a weekly re- 

 port to their superior officers, reporting progress of work and 

 all other general items of interest, pertaining to the work, 

 This will be accompanied by force report, form 138. 



All engineers must make themselves familiar with the con- 

 ditions of the contracts and specifications for work under 

 their charge; they should attend to any reasonable request of 

 contractors, furnish them heights, lines, stakes, plans, etc., 

 whenever necessary, and in general do all things requisite 

 to enable contractors to work to advantage and without 

 delay. 



During construction each line will be divided into residen- 

 cies of convenient length, as directed by Division Engineer, 

 each in charge of a Resident Engineer, and provided with, 

 such assistants, camp equipage, transportation, and other 

 outfit as may be necessary. 



The nature of the work and the various facilities must be 

 carefully considered as soon as the construction is ordered, so 

 that competitive proposals may be obtained for everything 

 that will be required. 



Each Assistant Engineer in charge of a line will submit, for 

 approval of the Division Engineer, a list of all buildings, sid- 

 ings, Ys, etc., with proposed location of same, required on his 

 work. The Division Engineer should submit all proposed 

 plans for station or terminal facilities to the proper officials of 

 the Operating Department for criticism, and their suggestions 

 must receive careful consideration. 



The arrangement of all stations and terminals and the ap- 

 purtenant tracks, the location of water tanks, and all matters 

 having a bearing upon the operation of any line, should also 

 be submitted for criticism before construction 



Engineers must prosecute their work economically and will 

 be expected to work to the estimates closely. 



All structures will be built in accordance with the standard 

 plans of the Company, and no deviation will be made from 

 same except by authority of the Chief Engineer. Standard 



