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4 Oof the work was done. No one cfould' |Revised Report Necessary. tell what conditions wouldLl:la) rr(i'rr:' In the spring of 1917 the commis-; year to year, said witness. oent ul sion took over the Ontario Power creased from 109 to 243 I())grtc 80.6' Company, which made available ad-- material increased from 1 o 109 | ditional water. New estimates were : per cent., and in some casesftot then prepared, -- with --additional per cent:; there were other fac oil;xs: water available increasing the c'a.pa,-q such as fires, labor turnover, e | city to 10,000 feet per second. These creagsed cost of exc!lang'?. increas 'estirnates were from twenty--five to in duties, increase in sales tax ;" |twenty--nine millions. _ In 1919 in some cases from 1 to 3 per ceni-. | view of increasing demands of the and, of course, the increase n municipalities and the shortage of capacity : freight rates. All these lncreases; 'm{? theyp?;,]]?t zgfinfiz'isffi t(},)te l;:_';: were practically caught at the peak.! | liest possible moment, it was neces-- | R. R. Hall, Parry Sound, asked | [sa.ry to revise the report. The recom-- Mr. Gaby if, as a practical engineer | mendation then made was that the ldoing work for himself, would he |commission submarine, drill and con-- | have been satisfied to have started | crete the sides. This increased the on the Chippawa work with the| \flow of water and the horse power. meagre information he had. Mr.] 'They also had to increase the fore-- Gaby said he did not agree that the . | bay to take care of the nine units information was meagre. Increases . tln the spring of 1920 on the request' were due to increased costs and | of the Government, a further inves-- difference in conditions. Wages | 'Ugation was made extending over alone added twelve and a half mil-- {(a period of six months, and for lions; interest about four millions, |that the commission employed -- and the increase in the size of the , |\ Messrs. Cooper, Stewart, Kirbaugh, canal added five or six millions to ' I.Iohnston and Lee. The reports were the cost. |submitted in October or November, Contractors Afraid of It. | | 1 920. tI)uring 1921 t'u;ther checks m | on costs were prepared, s Mr. Gaby then produced the offers [to tho commissiorr)*l izlm) Septemubirt?l;tr?g' of several big contracting firms ten--| 'Z'.Tr Gaby said he believed 'were :j'erlng to bulld Chippawa canal.| \taken up with the Governn;ent on These men were asked to tender ini [October 12, 1921 January, 1917. Mr. (,?..)y testifie(ii | Mr. Gaby said the commission had that they all said they would not| considered at one time the questi take a contract in view of condltlongi lot' installing a cement r)laqnt ';2 then existing as regards' labor an y N + an * | material. They would do the work| -- (:312,.;},?,(]1, 19{(?,. t?}? commiseton ha.d' | only on a cost--plus basis. After O "e] f e purchase of a | thorough consideration the commis-- quarry, and for the full output of s a cement mill at cost. The com-- sion had decided that it would be to | mission did this in 1920 and 1921 its best interests to carry on the In 'addition large quantities had to. work under its own direction. He{ be bought elsewhere becaus f th read a letter trom one of these firms, reat amount wanted in a 6 orf the Larkin & Sangster, of Buffalo, which | ereal LC en te0 11 a short time. 4 | Further investigation will be mad | said that they knew of no contractor | on --Chippawa: matlters e | that could meet the requirements i (4 _ _ Om ie HeXkt Wednes-- o day morning, when Messrs. Stewart l within one year ora year and a half. Kirbaugh and Johnst i » Coming G@own to 1920, Mr. Gaby * ® ston will appear. | said the Government had requested | an estimate on conditions at that| | time. The commission asked per-- | mission of the Government to em-- ploy consulting engineers, and Mr. Cooper was employed. Two other firms were called in--Stewart & Kir-- baugh, and Johnston & Loe. These reports were submitted to the Gov-- ernment in the fall of 1920. On these reports the commission sub-- | mitted an estimate in January, 1921. | He then told of the things had had 'Interfered with the carrying out of | this work as planned -- the steam shovels coming lats, etc. He told : Mr. Clarke that a report submitted | by engineers showed that increases |\ were attributed to causes beyond the 'control of those making the esti-- | mates. | Change Cost $2,500,000. § The commission, said Mr. Gaby, carried on certain investigations as | to the best screen to put on the | river to take care of ice troubles. | The design was changed, and the | extra cost was two and a half mil-- 'lions. This was being installed as |needed. This intake would have a ! capacity of 20,000 to 25,000 feet | per second, when the original plan lwas for 10,000 to 15,000 per second. He said the commission had today tenders to do this work at a figure $200,000 to $300,000 below the esti-- mates. All the tenders they had lreceived recently on the canal were materially within the estimates. Mr. Gaby said the estimate put in to finish the five units was $65,-- 365,603, after allowing about three s and a half million for salvage. The | lining of the canal, he said, waai | based on the prices of 1919. Various | changes were always submitted to | | the Government, not always in writ-- | ing, but the matters were discussed 'from time to time. ! _ Mr. Gaby said that the first writ-- ten report on Chippawa was sub-- . mitted on September 13, 1915. It estimated the cost of 100,000 horse-- * power installed and approximately 190,000 to 200,000 horsepower canal, at a price of ten and a half millions : of dollars. Subsequent to this date the then Premier requested a full l report, and on October 21, 1915, fur-- ther information was given. On January 12, 1917, a report was sub. mitted to the Premier, showing that l costs of material had risen anywhere from 15 to 20 per cent., and estimat-- | ing the cost of the project at $13,-- | 215,000.