Parker v. Department of Labor & Industries

Pursuant to act of Congress passed June 28, 1938, known as the “Mill Creek Flood Control Act,” the Federal government let to Charles T. Parker and Carl A. Schram, copartners as Parker-Schram Co., a contract for the construction in Walla Walla county of the works deemed necessary to control flood waters in Mill creek. The cost of the work was approximately nine hundred thousand dollars, depending somewhat upon the amount of material to be used. From the specifications, the work to be performed may be briefly described as follows: The construction of a rolled-fill earth embankment about 145…