The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-09

OFrIcE or COMMISSIONERS or PUBLIc BUILDINGS
April /, l545.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office, I'M
i Ill 3 O'Clock, on Wednesday the Both instant,
for repairing and graveog Pennsy lvana avenue, from
18th street west, to the bridge Rock Creek and
making proper stone cutters and drains to carry of
the water from the same. The avenue must be pre-
pared TO receive the gravel by trimming OF the sur
plus earth at the sides four inches below the paving
and other places where it is too high and filling the
hoows so as 10 approximate TO the proper gradua-
tion of the avenue and where large rocks stones
are found in the same, they must be removed or re-
duced in size by hammering. The sides also, must
be ercavated, where required, to proper depth to
receive the stone paving for the cutters, which must
be laid in a bed of coarse sand eight inches deep.
The gravel must be of the best quality and be spread
regularly and evenly, and the large stones raked into
the hoows, and covered with fine gravel and round
ed from gutter TO gutter, The gravel to be twelve
inches deep in the centre and inches at the sides
The old paving must be taken up and relaid on a
bed of sand sight inches deep, where necessary. The
proposals must state the rates at which the graveDg
(ncluding the trimming and forming the road) and
the stone paving will be executed by the square yard
Also for taking up and relaying much of the old
stone paving may be necessary.
The work TO be executed in the best manner, nd
subject to the inspection and approval of such per-
son as the commissioner may appoint for that pur-
pose. The contractor will be required to enter into
bond with two sufficient sureties for the faithful
completion of his contract by the 18th Of August
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Proposals
for repairing and crawling Pennsylvania avenue
from l7th street west to the bridge Rock Creek
and making proper cutters and drains to carry of the
water from the same
Proposals will also be received for repairing and
grayeling the Pennsylvania avenue, from the south
gate of the Capitol square to 18th street east and
south from th street east to 18th street east
and for repairing and graveling 9Th street east from
Pennsy lvsna avenue to the Navy Yard gate, width
Of thirty feet or more, the commissioner may de-
termine on and for making the necessary stone
cutters. The gravel must be twelve inches deep in
the CENTRE and eight inches at the Sides prepared in
the manner as described in the proposals for gravelng
from 18th street to Rock Creek bridge. The propo
sails must state the rates for gravelng and stonepav
ing, (ncuding the forming of the road by the square
yard The gravel must be of the best quality, and
the work executed in the best manner subject to the
inspection and approval of such person the com
missioner may appoint for that purpose.
The contractor will be required to enter into
bond with two sufficient suretes for the faithful com
peto of his contract by the 18th of August next
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Propo
sails for repairing and graveling the road from the
Capitol to the Navy Yard, and to the Congress Buria
Ground"
To be published once week. until the 30h inst.
in the Nat lntelligencer, Madisonian and Consti,u
ton April l