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Objections to this idea <del>struck with</del> strike me still pretty<lb/> | <p>Objections to this idea <del>struck with</del> strike me still pretty<lb/> | ||
much as they did at first, but they would be got rid of<lb/> | much as they did at first, but they would be got rid of<lb/> | ||
I think by a slight modification.<lb/> | I think by a slight modification.<lb/> | ||
<hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> | <hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi><lb/> | ||
<hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> If your meaning<lb/> | <note><hi rend="superscript">[+]</hi> If your meaning<lb/> | ||
is to confine<del>ing</del> the<lb/> | is to confine<del>ing</del> the<lb/> | ||
<del>contracting with</del><lb/> | <del>contracting with</del><lb/> | ||
<add>contract to</add> the Architect,<lb/> | <add>contract to</add> the Architect,<lb/> | ||
more particular<lb/> | |||
<gap/>, leaving<lb/> | |||
<add><del>else</del></add> <del>him</del> <add>it to him or somebody else</add><lb/> | |||
for the rest of<lb/> | |||
the <sic>expence</sic> <unclear>or</unclear><lb/> | |||
the account of<lb/> | |||
<del>Government</del> <add>the public</add><lb/> | |||
<unclear>there</unclear> I <del>agree</del> <add><sic>concurr</sic></add><lb/> | |||
with you. <add>perfectly.</add> If<lb/> | |||
you mean the<lb/> | |||
contracting with<lb/> | |||
an Englishman<lb/> | |||
for the whole<lb/> | |||
<sic>expence</sic> in the<lb/> | |||
business I have<lb/> | |||
<del>my</del> <add>some</add> doubts<lb/> | |||
<add><del><gap/> <gap/></del></add> <del>about the frugality</del><lb/> | |||
<del>of the</del> <lb/> | |||
<del><unclear>measure of</unclear></del><lb/> | |||
whether the <lb/> | |||
measure would<lb/> | |||
prove a frugal<lb/> | |||
one if at all<lb/> | |||
practicable.</note> <lb/></p> | |||
<del>In the way of <gap/> contracts I question whether</del><lb/> | |||
<del>you would save any thing by that measure. <add><gap/> the <unclear>channel</unclear></add></del> A <lb/> | |||
Londoner will know nothing of Dublin prices nor<lb/> | |||
Dublin workmen. A principal contractor will<lb/> | |||
hardly trust his fortune and character with sub-contractors<lb/> | |||
he is totally unacquainted with. If he<lb/> | |||
does he must be paid proportionably for the risk<lb/> | |||
he must run. No Londoner I should think<lb/> | |||
would upon any terms undertake such a business<lb/> | |||
till he had been at Dublin to look after sub-contractors<lb/> | |||
and enquire about their prices: but<lb/> | |||
is it to be expected that many candidates could<lb/> | |||
be found, or were any one, <add>especially</add> of any sort of eminence,<lb/> | |||
that would leave his business and <sic>incurr</sic> the trouble<lb/> | |||
and <sic>expence</sic> of such a journey for a mere<lb/> | |||
chance of what profit may be to be made upon<lb/> | |||
an expenditure of £8, or 10,000? | |||
Objections to this idea struck with strike me still pretty
much as they did at first, but they would be got rid of
I think by a slight modification.
[+]
[+] If your meaning
is to confineing the
contracting with
contract to the Architect,
more particular
, leaving
else him it to him or somebody else
for the rest of
the expence or
the account of
Government the public
there I agree concurr
with you. perfectly. If
you mean the
contracting with
an Englishman
for the whole
expence in the
business I have
my some doubts
about the frugality
of the
measure of
whether the
measure would
prove a frugal
one if at all
practicable.
In the way of contracts I question whether
you would save any thing by that measure. the channel A
Londoner will know nothing of Dublin prices nor
Dublin workmen. A principal contractor will
hardly trust his fortune and character with sub-contractors
he is totally unacquainted with. If he
does he must be paid proportionably for the risk
he must run. No Londoner I should think
would upon any terms undertake such a business
till he had been at Dublin to look after sub-contractors
and enquire about their prices: but
is it to be expected that many candidates could
be found, or were any one, especially of any sort of eminence,
that would leave his business and incurr the trouble
and expence of such a journey for a mere
chance of what profit may be to be made upon
an expenditure of £8, or 10,000?
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benjamin constant |
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draft of letter 714, vol. 4 |
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