General Contracting Corp. v. United States

Plaintiff by contract with' the Government dated July 29, 1935, undertook to dredge a temporary channel in a pool below the site of a proposed lock and dam in the Allegheny Eiver near Rimerton, Pennsylvania. The contract called for the excavation of a channel approximately 4,100 feet in length, varying in width from 100 to 150 feet, the average width being about 105 feet, and for the removal and disposal of the material lying above an elevation of 790 feet within the specified area, which would require the removal and disposal of about 162,000 cubic yards of material.

The contract rate was…