The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-05
PAVING AND REPAIRING PENNSYLyA.
MA AVENUE.

/ DpoposW Ash'seTos, ID. c., April 23d, I845
| tIncroSALS, sealed and endorsed "Proposal.
for paving andrepairing Pennsylvania avenue. )
o,coes seeiusa a. 'ns aoPogmphissl Bureau, INIT
next, for crawling fourteen feet wide, on each I'D
OF the centre line (makng in all twenty-eigh feet,
OF Pennsyvania avenue, between LIST street IVES, - Y
10Th street west, or SO much Of il as nav be "a
CURED. Before deposting the gravel on the road.
way aforesaid, the present Macadamized surfac,
must be carefully cleared Of all dirt, mud, loos,
stones, DC, which must be removed from tn,
avenue The gravel must be of the pery best quail
fy-cean free from clay and other impurities, sub
Ject, both it regards the size and quality of In,
Materials to the entire control of the engineer ant
his assistants; and to be deposited in layers not ex
eeedlng three inches in dePth-each successive
layer to be carefully rolled with roller Of sufficient
weight to thoroughly compress the gravel, the up
per surface of which must be finished to such levels
and cross sections as the engineer may direct; and
the work must he commenced at such places and
times, and executed with much rapidity as he
may require. The proposals must state the price
per cubic yard Of gravel actually deposited on the
roadway, which price must include the cost q
clearing the roadway, graveling. and rolling a.
above and removing the paving stones at the cross
ing places
Proposals will also be received, at the same time
and place, for laying double line of curbstones be-
tween LIST street west and 18th street west.
(or much Of the same as may be required,) on
Pennsylvania avenue. The curbs to be Of the best
Potomac or Port Deposte granite Cor other stone Of
equal quality) four inches thick on the upper sur
face, to be carefully hammer-dressed on the top and
ends, and for two inches in depth on the one side
and four inches in depth on the other. The stones
TO DC not less than three feet in length and eighteen
inches IN depth, to be carefully laid lin trcnc6es) in
continuous lines, close iointed TO a smooth even
surface, and to the entire satisfaction Of the enc;
neer. The proposals will state the price per run
ming foot, including materials, labor, trenching and
all other things necessary to be done for the LAYING
of the aforesaid curbstones =.
Proposals will also be received, at the same time
and place, for the delivery of sufficient quantity Of
hard, oval, water-rolled paving stones, of three
inches smaller and of five inches larger diameter, to
pave 80, 400 square yards Tor SO much Of the same
tween LIST street west and 18th street west the said
stones to be delivered at such times and places and
In such quantities as the engineer his assistants
may direct. The proposals will state the price of
the stone by the square or superficial yard, to to
after the stone has been laid; but the con-
tract will be limited to the materials only, and is not
intended to include the labor of paving.
All materials delivered for the above works must
be subject to the inspection and control of the eng
neer and his assistants.
Payments will be made monthly, after deducting
Is per cent, to be retained security and TO be
forfeited in case of non-falflment of contract.
All communications in relation to the above
works may be forwarded by mail under cover, to
Col J. J. Albert, Typographical Bureau" endorsed
Repairs Of Pennsylvania avenue"
Capt. Typographical Engineers.
To be published three times a week in the Madi-
,onian, Alexandria Gazette, Potomac Herald, and
Baltimore Sun, until Goth May next.
April %