Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-05-22
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
CUMBERLAND ROAD IN ILL

! NOIO.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby piven, tba
sealed proposals will be received, at Liv
ingston, on the 10Th, 9Th and 18Th day.
of Juno'n~-s, for completing the grading o.
the 9TH mile of the Cumberland road il
Illinois, and for completing the masonry
and the superstructures of the bridges or
the 9th, Sth, l1th, 18th and 18th miles OF
the said read
Proposals will, in like manner, be re-
ceived on the Goth and 2lst days of June
uext, at the town of Greenup, for compet-
ing the masonry and supers,ructure of the
bridges on the esd, 26th, 30th, 3lst, 33d
and 35ih miles of said road.
On the esd, 24th and 25th days of June
next, proposals will, in like manner, be
received at Ewington, for completing the
grading of the 5Sth and 62d miles, and for
completing the masonry of the bridges on
5lst, SD, SD, 6lst, 93d, 9th, 65th, Goth,
81, 6Sih and 10th miles of the said road
And on the 9th and 2Sth days of the
same month, proposals will, in like man.
ner, be received at the office of the super
intendeut 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 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. Testtmonl-
ais of capacity and moral 6.ness 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
undertakers, of three-fourths of the estI-
mated a..-annt of work done at the time,
and no other secortty than retention
OF one-fourlh of the m,unt OF the work
done, will be required. At the com
pletion and acceptance of the work I'M
dertaken, payment in full will be immedl-
ately made. When two or more persons
undertake jointly, a copy of their articles
! of association must be adduced and filed
with the superintendent, in which it must
be stipulated, that any receipt given by
them, separately or julntly, for payments
made by the superintendent, shall he good
and valid against the firm. No contract
is to be assigned or transferred under any
pretencc whatever; and the undertakes
sill be required personally, to superintend
the works undertaken, and to prosecute
them with all convenient speed until com
pleted, with a sufficient plumber Of assist
ants and laborcrs.
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 materia
must be exhibited to the superintendent
and in case the proposer should become Thu
undertaken of the work, it will be stipulat
ed in the contract that no material 81 al
inferior quality will he accepted in the con
siruction of the work. No ne" ma'er''
Of sandstone will be accepted IN any par
Of the masonry experience has iully sh"w'
its liability to disintegraie, IN bridge ma
sonry, when exposed to the ACTON o' III
winter frosts The masonry will be re
lquired to be executed in the most suostan
ltial, neat and worLmanlike manner, wei
laid. and hammer-dressed. according to tn
plans and illustrations which VIII be eA
hibited. ...-- :,
|, No proposal will be received at either
the above named places after o'clock,
M. of the last day mentioned The suPe'
: intendent, on application, will turns
, printed forms for proposals, to those VIII
, attend and are DESTROYS of offering then
for any part of the work above designated
1t is also intended to receive proposals
;, the same times and places above desisna
8 ed for such other work as shall be ioun
; at the time, mot to be in progress, ana wh''
J has been heretofore put under contra'
& and remains unfinished.
e WILLIAM C. GREENuP,
. Sup. Cum. Road in Illino''
r. vandalia, May 9th, 1854 40