The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-08
OyrIcE OF CoaMIsslosER or PUBLIC BUILDINGS


OYrIcE OF COMMISSIONER OF Pubic BULDsGs
April l, l545.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office, III.
l. Ill o'clock, on "Wednesday the Both instant,
for repairing and grsveng Pennsy vania avenue from
18th street west, to the bridge Rock Creek and
making proper stone CUTTERS and drains 10 carry OF
the water from the same. The avenue must be pre-
pared to receive the gravel by trimming of the
plus earth at the Sides four inches below the paving
and other places where IT is too high, and filling the
hollows so 10 approximate 10 the proper gradus-
ton Of the avenue and where large rocks stones
are found 10 the same, they must be removed or
duced in size by hammering. The sides also, must
be excayated, where required, to proper depth to
receive the stone paving for the cutters, which must
be laid in bed of 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 hollows and covered with fine gravel, and round
ed from gutter to gutter The gravel TO be twelve
inches deep the centre and inches at the sides
The old paving must be taken up and relsd on a
bed OF sand eight inches deep, where necessary The
proposals state the rates at which the crawling
(iDcluding 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 as may be necessary.
The work TO be executed in the best manner and
subject to the inspection and approval of such per-
son as the commissioner may appoint for that pur-
pose The contractor will be require to enter into
a bond with two sufficient suretles foe the faithinl
completion of his contract by the 18th of August
| The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Proposals
| for repairing and crawling Pennsylvania avenue
from 7h street west, to the bridge over Rock Creek
and making proper cutters and drains to carry off the
| water from the same.
| Proposals will also De received for repairing and
| grayeng the Pennsy lvania avenue, from the south
gate Of the Capitol square to 18th street east and
street south from lth street east TO 18th street east
and for repairing and gravelng 9th street east from
Pennsy lvania avenue to the Navy Yard gate, width
of thirty feet more, the commissioner may de-
ermne 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 described in the proposals for gravelng
| from 18th street to Rock Creek bridge The propo-
sails state the rates for gravelng and stonepsv
ing, (ncludng 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 as the CON-
missioner may appoint for that purpose.
| The contractor will be required to enter into a
bond with two sufficient suretes for the faithful com
pletion of his contract by the 18th of August next
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Propo-
sails for repairing and graveIing the road from the
Capitol to the Navy Yard and to the Congress Burial
| Ground"
To be published once a week until the 30th inst,
in the Nat. In,elligencer, Madisonlan and Consttu-
ton. April