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This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. From the judgment given and entered against it the defendant Northern Construction Company has appealed.

The sole point in the case is whether or not, nnder a fair construction of a contract entered into between the plaintiff and said company the former was required to install reinforced steel bars or fabric in the floor and roof slabs entering into the construction of a certain building. From the record it appears that the Northern Construction Company on the twenty-first day of April, 1913, entered into a written contract with Albert Abrams for the construction of a garage upon a lot in San Francisco. Under the terms of this contract the company was required to construct a concrete building, to be reinforced by steel bars, fabric stirrups, and tying wire. In the specifications, which were a part of the contract, there was a general provision reading: “Bars will be used in all footings, beams, girders, walls, but in no floor or roof slabs.” Following upon the execution of this contract the company entered into a contract with plaintiff, who was a dealer in and a contractor for the installation of reinforcing steel, by the terms…