HC Deb 04 December 1893 vol 19 c361
MR. HAYDEN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that for several years a sum of about £70 remains unpaid on account of the contract for building Drumheriff Bridge, between the Counties of Roscommon and Leitrim; and whether, in view of the fact that Mr. Mulvany, County Surveyor for Roscommon, on whom practically the superintendence of the work lay, has repeatedly certified that the work had been completed to his satisfaction, and that it is admitted that the sureties for the contractor lost considerably through being obliged to finish the work left undone by the contractor, representations will be made to the County Leitrim Grand Jury requesting them not to keep back payment of the amount due any longer?

MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLEY)

The Secretary of the Grand Jury reports that there is a sum of £60 due to the contractor for building the bridge referred to; but that the contractor having left the country before completing his contract, and no duly-authorised representative of his having made any claim for the balance, the Grand Jury have retained the money in their hands.

MR. HAYDEN

Has not the contractor completed the work?

MR. BRYCE

I am not so informed.