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The specification for construction of the Loop Line was issued in September 1874.
This transcript preserves the inconsistent spelling and capitalisation (labour/labor, colour/color, Works/works) and lack of punctuation of the original
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Great Western Railway Company'''<br>'''Bewdley and Kidderminster Branch'''<br>'''Specification of Works'''
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|colspan="2" | to be done in constructing the railway (intended for a single line of railway) authorised by "The West Midland and Severn Valley Railway Companies Act 1864" "The Great Western Railway Act 1868" and "The Great Western Railway Act 1872" commencing in the Foreign of Kidderminster in the Parish of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester by a junction with the Severn Valley Line of the Great Western Railway at or near the Bewdley Station and terminating in the foreign Parish and County aforesaid by a junction with the West Midland Line of the Great Western Railway at or near the Kidderminster Station with all works and conveniences connected therewith.
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |'''General Specification'''
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| style="vertical-align:top; width: 20%;" | 1. The contractor to execute all works <br><br><br><br><br><br>To supply all materials &c || The contractor shall to the satisfaction of the Engineer in a workmanlike substantial and lasting manner construct and execute all the Works herein mentioned and specified or referred to whether temporary or permanent including all contigent and incidental works and shall construct and execute all the said Works, and in the manner and according to the directions and provisions herein respectively as delineated on the Drawings enumerated herein after mentioned specified or referred to or in any detailed or modified Specifications Drawings Plans Sections or written instructions which may from time to time be given to the Contractors by the Engineer, and in and for the construction and execution of the said works, the Contractor shall provide and supply all the materials plant articles and things which according to this specification are to be provided by the Contractor or which may be requisite or proper for the due performance of the works and of all the kinds descriptions and qualities specified in or to be inferred from this Specification and the Drawings or from any detailed Specification Plans Drawings Sections or written instructions as aforesaid of the best and most proper kinds or descriptions respectively to the satisfaction of the Engineer, and shall also find and provide all labour tools plant and machinery requisite or proper for the due performance of the work, and in executing the same shall perform fulfill obey and abide by all the directions provisions terms and conditions of this Specification and the Drawings and of any such detailed Specifications and written instructions as aforesaid and shall be subject to the several liabilities and obligations in case of default herein mentioned it being the intention of these Presents that the Contractor shall do execute and provide in accordance with this Specification everything requisite or proper for the entire performance of the said Works.
