Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-06-19
Z INTERNAL. IMPROVEMENT.
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CUMBERLAND ROAD
M,HLNOLS.

FUBLlC NOTICE is hereby given, that
sealed proposals will be received, at Liy-
Ingston, on the 10th, 18th and 18th days
OF June next, for completing the grading Of
the 4th mile Of the Cumberland road ia
Illinois, and for completing the masonry
and the superstructures of the bridges Oh
the 5th, 9Th, llth, 18th and 18TH miles Of
the said read.
Proposals will, in like manner. be re-
ceived' on the Goth and 2lst days of June
lext, at the town of Greenup, for complete
Ing the masonry and superstructure of the
bridges on the a3d, Goth, Both, 3lst, 33d
and 35,h miles of said road.
On the 2Sd,. oath and 25th DAYS or June
next, proposals will :. in like manner, be
.eceived a. E@inpton, for Gonple,in0 thk
grading OF the oosh a,''o ela.r miles ana
compleiipg the masonry Of the l. ;daes on
5ist, SD; 53d, 6lst, 93d, cath, 65tas t,t,,h.
l67, 6Sth and 10th miles of the said Tod.
And on the 9th and 2sth days of III.
same month, proposals will, in like mans
ner, be received at the office of the super
intendent 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 boon
surrendered, abandoned or suspended:
Plans, estimates and illustrations, will be
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 10 the, superintendent. +, -
Payments will be made monthly to the
undertakers, of three-fourths of the esti-
mated amount of work done at the time,
and no other security than retention
of one-fourh of the amount of The work
done, will be required. At the com
pletion and acceptance of the work pn-
dertaken, payment in full will be immedi-
ately made. When two or more persons
undertake jointly, copy Of their articles
of association must be adduced and filed
with the superintendent, in which 1t must
be 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 sufficien. number of assist.
ants and laborers.
Each proposal for constructing masonry.
where additional materials of stone shall
be necessary, must be accompanied bv 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 a 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
inferiorquality will be accepted in the con-
struction of the work. No new material
Of sandstone will be accepted in any part
|oft the masonry: experience has fully shown
its liability to disintegrale, in bridge ma
sonry, when exposed to the action Of the
winter frosts The masonry will be re-
|quired to be executed in the most substah.
|tial, neat and workmanlike manner, well
laid, and hammer-dressed. according to the
plans and illustrations which will be ex-
hibited.
No proposal will he received at either Of
the above named places after o'clock, P.
M. Of the last day mentioned. ), The super
intendent, on application, will furnish
printed forms for proposals, to those, who
attend and are DESTROYS Of offering them,
for any part Of the work above designated.
II is also intended to receive proposals at
the same times and places above designat-
ed for such other work as shall be found,
Fat the time, not to be in progress, and which
tas been heretofore put under contract,
md remains unfinished.
WILLIAM C. GREENUP,
Sup. Cum. Road in Illinois.
vandalia, May 9th, 1884, 40