328 REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN (eth. ann. 15 



achieved. Two bids were it'ceivcd from the Ibriiior place and oue from 

 the latter; but this was not accomplished iiutil March 17, 1891, the date 

 ■when the last bid was received. In the meantime the writer, having 

 completed liis work at Casa Grantle, so far as he conld, liad entered, in 

 January, on an archeologic investigation of the valley of the Kio Verde, 

 in compliance with his orders to that efl'ect. 



It was found impossible to execute all the work deemeil rcfpiisite for 

 the ])ieservation of the ruin within the limits of the apjiropriation. A 

 selection of items became necessary, therefore, and those which were of 

 most importance were chosen. Even in this, however, it was louud that 

 a maximum limit on the amount of work to be done on each item must 

 be set, and this limit was considerably below the amount of work esti- 

 mated to be necessary. 



The first thing to be don(^ was, of course, the clearing out of the 

 rubbish and debris. The item next in importance was the underpin- 

 ning of the walls with brick wherever it was needed. The third item 

 was the restoration of the lintels and the filling of the cavities above 

 them. The fourth item was the tying in of the south wall, or of the 

 several jiarts of it, with braces. This was the only feature of the plan 

 which would apjireciably disfigure the ruin, but some such device was 

 deemed essential for the preservation of the south wall. 



These four items consumed practically all of the amount appropri- 

 ated, and the other items of the original plan were therefore omitted. 

 The bid of T. L. Stouffer and F. E. White, of Florence, Arizona, cov- 

 ering the four items, was accepted, and a contract was made with them, 

 under date of May 9, 1S91, for the execution of the work for the sum 

 of $1,985. This contract, together with the specifications, plans, and 

 other drawings which formed part of it, accomi)any this reiiort. It 

 was transmitted to the Director of the Geological Survey, and l)y him 

 approved and forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior June 0, 1891. 

 It was approved by the Acting Secretary June 20, 1891. Finally, on 

 July 20, 1891, it was placed on file, together " with the bids, i)roposals, 

 and all the original papers." 



A time limit of two months was made in the contract, expiring August 

 20, 1891, but it was changed to four months from July 1, 1891, expir- 

 ing October 31, 1891. Before the time expired, however, ]\lr 11. C. 

 Kizer, then chief clerk of the Bureau of Ethnology, was ordered to 

 proceed to ('asa Grande ruin to examine the work done and, if in accord 

 with the terms of the contract and the specifications, to certify the 

 amount due the contractors. He submitted a report, under date of 

 November 24, 1891, which is appended hereto, lie also obtained six 

 photographic negatives of the work as it stood a short time before its 

 completion, and two of these (reproduced in plates cxx and cxxi) have 

 been utilized in the preparation of this report. 



Mr liizer found that a considerable amount of work had been done by 

 the contractors in excess of that authorized, and also that notsuUicient 



