Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-06-12
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
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CUMBERLAND ROAD
IN ILLINOIS.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, tina,
e sealed proposals will be received, at Liy.
e ingston, on the 10th, l7th and 18th days
OF June next, for completing the grading of
the 18th mile of the Cumberland road in
Illinois, and for completing the masonry
and the superstruclures of the bridges on
he 9Th. sth, llth, 18th and 18th miles Of
the said read.
Proposals will, in like manner, be re-
ceiyed Cd the Goth and Dist days of June
uex', at the iownlof Greenup, for complet.
ing the masonry and supersructure Of the
- :, %. on NE asJ, .2dih, 30th, 3lst, 33d
ard os,h mies.ot SAID roa,, >
On the 2si, 24rh and 25th days Of juno
next, proposals will in like manner, be
received at Ewington, for completing the
grading of the SSH and 62d miles, and for
completing the masonry Of the bridges on
5Ist, SD, 53d, 6lst, 93d, cath, 65th Goth,
81, 6Sth and 10th miles of the said road.
And on the 9th and 2sth days Of the
same month. proposals will, in like mans
ner, be re eived at the office of the super
ntendent in Vandali, for the masonry and
superstructure of bridge on the S5th
mile.
All of the above works have, heretofore,
been put under contract, and have been
surrendered, abandoned or suspended:
Plans, estimates and illustrations, will te
fully exhibited, and every necessary infor-
nation afforded as to the nature and ex-
tent of each particular work by the super
intendent or his assistants, to those who
may desire to offer proposals Testimoni-
ais of capacity and moral fitness will be
required of all persons offering proposals,
unless they be personally and SATISFACTORY
ly known to the superintendent.
Payments will be made monthly to the
of three-fourths of the esti-
mated amount of work done at the time,
and no other security than a retention
of one-fourth of the amount of the work
done, will be required. At the COM
pletion and acceptance of the work I'M
dertaken, payment in full will be immedi-
ately made. When two or more persons
undertake jointly, a copy Of their articles
Of association must be adduced anG filed
with the superintendent, in which it must
he stipulated, that any receipt given BY
them, separately or jointly, for payments
made by the superintendent, shall he good
and valid against The firm No contract
is to be assigned or transferred under any
pretence whatever; and the undertaken
will be required personally, to superintend
the works undertaken, and to prosecute
them with all convenient speed until COM
pleted, with sufficient number of assist.
ants and laborers.
Each proposal for constructing masonry,
where additional materials of stone shall
be necessary, must be accompanied by a
written description of the place where it is
intended to procure the materials, and the
distance from the place where it is to be
used; and fair specimen Of the material
must be exhibited to the superintendent;
and in case the proposer should become the
undertaken of the work, it will be stipulat-
ed in the contract that no material Of an
inferior quality will he accepted in The con-
siruction of the work. No new material
of sandstone will be accepted in any part
OF the masonry experience has fully shown
its liability to disin,egraie, in bridge ma
sonry, when exposed to The action OF the
winter frosts The masonry will be re-
qnired to be executed in the most substan.
tial, neat and workmaniike manner, wei:
laid, and hammer-dressed. according to the
plans and illustrations which will be ex-
hihited.
No proposal will be received a, eil5' D
the above named places after n,'ocA,
M. of the last day mentioned ne suPe
intendent, on applica.isn. Will FURNISH
printed, forms for proposals, to those VINO
attend and are DESTROYS of Offering them'
for any part of the work above DESIGNATED:
II IS also intended e. receive proposals a.
The same times and places above desIgnat-
ed for such other work as shall be found,
At the time, not tobe in progress, and which
has been heretofore put under contract,
and remains unfinished.
WILLIAM C. GREENUP,
Sup. Cum Road in Illinois.