The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

TO IRONFOUNDERS

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
THE LIGHTING COMMITTEE HEREBY GIVE
NOTICE, that they are ready to receive TENDERS for
supplying by Contract One Hundred CAST IRON LAMP-
POSTS, with Wrought Iron Lantern Frames, Pitching Irons,
Nuts, Screws, &c. complete, and to be made similar to pattern
and Quality to the one now deposited for inspection in the Yard
attached to the Public-offices, Duke-street.
The Lamp-posts are to Weigh not less than 41 nor more than
4} cwt. each, the Lantern Frames 161b5., and Pitching Irons
61b. each, or thereabouts, and to be Painted with Two Coats of
good Black Paint.

Persons sending in Tenders ore requested to state a price per
cwt. for the whole of the requirements, whether made of Cast
or Wrought Iron.
The Contractor will have to deliver them at the Yard, in
Duke-street, on or before the First Day of January next, to be
paid for in Cash at the expiration of One Month from the deli-
very thereof. _

Any further information may be had on application at the
TOWN-CLERK'S OFFICE, Public-offices, Cornwallis-street, with
whom sealed Tenders must be left not later than FRIDAY, the
Ist day of December next, addressed to the Chairman of the
Lighting Committee, (Alderman JOHN HAYWARD TURNER,)
and marked "Tender for Lamp-posts."
WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk.
November 25, 1848.

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