The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-21


April |, lS45.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office, I'M
/ til 3 O'Clock, on Wednesday the 10th instant,
for repairing and graveng Pennsy vania avenue from
18th street west to the bridge over 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
hollows so as 10 approximate 10 the proper gradua-
ton of the avenue and where large rocks or stones
are found in the same, they must be removed or re-
duced in size by hammering The sides also, must
be excavated, where required, to proper depth to
receive the paving for the CUTTERS which must
be laid in 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 hollows 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
bed of sand eight inches deep where necessary. The
PROPOSALS must state the at which the gravelng
Including the trimming and forming the road) and
the stone paving will be executed by the square yard
Also for taking up and relayibg as 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-
I,osc The contractor will be required to enter into
bond with two sufficient sureties for the fahhinl
The proposals be sealed and endorsed "ProPosals
for repairing and crawling Pennsylvania avenue
from l7th street west to the bridge over Rock Creek
and making proper cutters and drains to carry of the
water from the same
Proposals will also be received for repairing and
graveling the Pennsylvania avenue, from the south
gate of the Capitol square to 18th street east, and r
street south from th street east 10 18th street east
and for repairing and graveling 9Th street east from
Pennsy lvania avenue to the Navy Yard gate width
of thirty feet or more, the commissioner may de-
,ermpe on and for making the necessary stone cross
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 graveng
from nth street to Rock Creek bridge. The propo-
sails must state the rates for gravelpg and stonepa
ing (ncuding the forming of the road by the square
ward 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 com
missioner may appoint for that purpose.
! The contractor will be required to enter into a
bond with two sufficient suretes for the faithful com
pleton Of his contract by the 18th Of August next.
| The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Propo-
sails for repairing and graveng the road from the
Capitol to the Navy Yard and to the Congress Burial
| Ground
| To be published once a week, until the Both inst,
in the MAJ. Intelligencer Madisooan and Constl'u'
lion April |