Document 66 p18
| 149 (18) | ||||
| 5th Interrogatory. In Answer to this Interrogatory; as this | ||||
| Deponent did and ordered every thing to be done that his Mind | ||||
| suggested for the well, and permanent Establishment of the | ||||
| Bridge according to the Principles he proceeded upon, and which | ||||
| were in reality the only ones that in his Judgement appeared | ||||
| applicable to the case in hand; And as he is not conscious that any | ||||
| thing was left undone that could be done, in prospect of better Success, | ||||
| he is obliged in answering to say, that in case another Bridge | ||||
| is to be built, or attempted to be built over the River Tyne in place of | ||||
| or near to the last, that in order to make and render the same safe; | ||||
| and secure from the like Accident as aforesaid: that the same should | ||||
| be erected, or attempted to be built, after some other Plans; that is, | ||||
| upon some other Principle of Construction as to its Foundations than | ||||
| that whereon the former Bridge made by the Complainant was | ||||
| erected and built: but as the Mind of this Deponent has not, nor | ||||
| does suggest to him any Principle of Construction he can possibly | ||||
| esteem to be secure, and valid, notwithstanding the Knowledge, and | ||||
| Experience this Deponent has gained since he began the former | ||||
| Bridge, by the Circumstances attending its sudden Destruction, or | ||||
| otherwise, if therefore as is really the case, he this Deponent is | ||||
| unable to form any Plan in his own Mind that is satisfactory for | ||||
| the purpose; it will be and is equally out of the power of this Deponent, | ||||
| to form any Estimate of the Cost that may attend it. | ||||
| This Deponent does not mean to say that what he cannot do | ||||
| cannot be done by any other Person, he does not presume to limit the | ||||
| 18 extent | ||||
Note: Mr Smeaton's Replies to Interrogatories p18
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