EXHIBITS 



I. CONTRACT FOR REPAIRING AND PRESERVING CASA GRANDE 



RUIN, ARIZONA 



This contract, made and entered into this ninth day of May, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-one, between Theodore Louis StoutTer and Fred- 

 erick EinersoTi White, both of Florence, Arizona, as principals, and 

 Augustine Gray Williams, of Florence, Arizona, Andrew James Doran, 

 of Florence, Arizona, as sureties, of the first jiart, and the United States 

 of America, by Cosmos Mindeleff, acting for the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior, of the second part: 



Witne-saeth, That the said parties of the first part do hereby contract 

 and agree with the United States of America, as follows: That for the 

 consideration hereinafter mentioned they will at their own exi)ense and 

 risk perform and execute the work upon the Oasa (xraude ruin, described 

 and specified iu the specification hereto annexed and forming a part 

 hereof, in the manner and with the conditions specified, items of said 

 work to be as follows: 



Item No. 1. Clearing out the debris: To excavate and remove 350 

 cubic yards of earth and debris, or less, as specified, amount of excava- 

 tion not to exceed 350 cubic yards. 



Item No. 2. Underpinning walls : To nnderjiiu the walls as specified, 

 requiring 750 cubic feet of brick masonry, or less, amount of masonry 

 not tt) exceed 7o() cubic feet. 



Item No. 3. Filling in cavities: To fill in cavities and openings as 

 specified, 500 lineal feet of 2 by -t inches squared lumber and 800 cubic 

 feet of masonry, or less, whole amount of filling not to exceed 825 cubic 

 feet. 



Item No. 4. To brace the walls as specified iu the annexed plan and 

 specifications. 



Items numbered five and six of the specifications hereto annexed, 

 together with the j^lans, specifications, and conditions pertaining espe- 

 cially and only to them and not to the other items, are omitted. 



The said parties of the first part further contract and agree to deliver 

 over the work, completed and finished, to such person as the Secretary 

 of the Interior may designate, within two months after receipt of notice 

 that this contract has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 



It is/iirfhcr s1ip}(laied and agreed, That should the parties of the first 

 Ijart fail to complete the work within the time specified, or should they 

 deliver work which is not in accordance with the plans and specifica- 

 tions hereto annexed, only such sum shall be i>aid for the work as may 

 be agreed upon by the said parties of the first part and the Secretary 



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