Inland Transit/Rastrich
Mr. John U. Rastrich.—p. 147.
1. You have been a civil engineer for some years?
I have.
2. You have had some experience in the construction of Railroads?
Yes.
5. Have you gone over Mr. Stephenson's estimate?
I have.
6. Have you been over the whole of the line of Railroad estimated by Mr. Stephenson?
I have.
7. Have you taken pains to calculate whether or not the estimate he has made is correct or not?
I consider his estimate a great deal more than what I should have calculated it at.
8. You think the works might be done on the line from Birmingham to London for less expense than he has estimated?
Yes. I do think so.
34. What is the whole amount of your estimate?
The amount of my estimate, independent of contingencies, is 1,875,527l. I have added the remainder to make up 2,500,000l.; that makes the contingencies 374,473l.
35. Then you have added so large a sum to make your estimate come up to Mr. Stephenson's? Yes, certainly.
36. Does that include the purchase of land?
No, it does not; the purchase of land is 250,000l.—the whole together is 2,500,000l.