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MR. VOTAPKA NOTED THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER WAY BY <br />DECEMBER 5TH. WEBB GOT IN THERE AND WAS OUT SOME TIME IN.JANUARY, BUT <br />THERE WAS NO WORK DONE THEN UNTIL MAY. HE.CONTINUED THAT HE BELIEVED <br />WEBB WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM MAKER BECAUSE THEY HAD COMPLAINTS FROM <br />SUBCONTRACTORS ABOUT NON-PAYMENT. BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN WEBB SHOWED UP <br />TO TEST THE LINE (ONLY ABOUT 120'), THEY COULD NOT GET THE TEST OUT; THEY <br />DID NOT STAY ON THE JOB, BUT WOULD COME UP FROM POMPANO BEACH, SEND A <br />COUPLE OF MEN AND A TRUCK AND STAY I. OR 2 DAYS, LEAVE AND COME BACK. <br />THIS WENT ON FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE WAS A LEAK IN THEIR <br />LINE. MR. VOTAPKA STATED THAT THEY PULLED OFF FOR THE WEEKEND AND LEFT <br />THE CITY PRESSURE ON, (THIS WAS TO SERVE MIDDLE 6 AND MIDDLE %) AND THE <br />MAIN LINE GOING UP TO THE TOWER WAS UNDER PRESSURE.. WE KNEW THERE WAS <br />A LEAK. JIM PANDOLPH OF HYDROSTORAGE CAME AND FOUND A LOOSE COUPLING, <br />WHICH RESOLVED ONE PROBLEM. $TILL THEY COULD NOT TEST IT. MR. VOTAPKA <br />CONTINUED THAT ED MORGAN OF WEBB PRESSURIZED THE LINE AND BLEW THE <br />GAUGE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY DID HAVE TROUBLE <br />WITH THE VALVE FROM WIDELL.• HE STATED THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THERE WAS <br />A LEAK IN .THE BUTTERFLY VALVE WEBB HAD PUT IN, AND THEY HAD HIM UNEARTH <br />EVERY SINGLE JOINT AND TOOK A VISUAL INSPECTION. THEY DID NOT FIND ANY <br />LEAKS. MR. VOTAPKA STATED THAT THEY PREDICATED THEIR DETERMINATION <br />ON THAT BASIS, APPROVED THE LINE AND GOT THE WATER TURNED ON FOR THE <br />FOLKS IN GIFFORD. THEY WERE ABOUT 116 DAYS BEYOND THE CONTRACT AND WE <br />• GAVE THEM ABOUT 13 DAYS CREDIT BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS - THE <br />PENALTY NOW AMOUNTS TO OVER $20,000. <br />MR. VOTAPKA CONTINUED THAT WEBB WAS NOT THE ONLY SUBCONTRACTOR <br />THAT DEFAULTED IN HIS PERFORMANCE. THE PAINT CONTRACTOR DID NOT HAVE A <br />CREW, AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO SPEND AT LEAST A FULL WEEK BEFORE HE GOT <br />HIS CREW.- THE FOLLOWING WEEK HE FAILED TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL SAND FOR <br />u SAND BLASTING AND LOST TWO DAYS WAITING FOR THIS. FINALLY THEY GOT <br />PAINTING ON THE TOWER AND STUCK WITH IT UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF PAINT AND <br />PULLED OFF THE JOB. OCTOBER 23RD THE PAINTING CONTRACTOR CAME BACK AND <br />FINISHED UP, AND WE WERE ALL DONE BY OCTOBER 27TH. MR. VOTAPKA NOTED <br />THAT EVEN IF WEBB HAD FINISHED EARLY, THERE WAS STILL THE PAINTING OF <br />THE TOWER TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT WAS NOT DONE. HE FELT <br />39 <br />MAY 213 1979 Boor - 40 PAcE 3 7 <br />