When work was slowed down by the rains the first year, the French contractor demanded that RSEA increase its equipment to speed up the work, but RSEA balked at the cost, promising to catch up after the rains stopped instead.
增加機具，那還不是要用錢堆出來？范國璋自始至終堅持雨停後，趁旱季趕工。雙方都不讓步，法國包商不滿意，甚至一狀告到台北的榮工處總處，最後才在指著契約的延期罰則鄭重警告中，勉強答應榮工處試試看。