Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - To dredge the River Ely - 1860's

or it may be taken out by Dredging, in which case it must be carried out to Sea, and deposited in some situation which shall not be objected to by the Corporation of Cardiff or any other party interested ; or it may be partly taken out and deposited as above described, and partly taken out and deposited as above described, and partly by Dredging and depositing at Sea -

5. The Contractor is to take upon himself all responsibility as to the deposit of the Material, except such part of it as he shall deposit inside the Company's Breakwater as above described, and is to be accountable for all Damage which shall be occasioned by such deposit -

6. The work is to be conducted in all things, under the direction, and to the satisfaction of the Company's Engineers, and it is to be completed and the River diverted into its New Channel on or before the 31st December 1859 31st January 1860 -

7. The Contractor will be paid the Contract sum within one month after the Engineers shall have certified the work complete, according to Contract -

8. The Contractor is to conduct the work in such a way as that the Navigation of the River shall not be interfered with -

9. Deposits of Mud in the Excavation, Slips, subsidences and all other contingencies, will be at the risk of the Contractor, and must be put right at his own expense - The Contract Sum is to cover all such contingencies as those above mentioned -

Next follows the original Form of Tender from Mr. Hardie to the Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway Company dated 7th November 1859.