The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-11

OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
April /, lS45.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office .un-
i til 3 O'Clock, on Wednesday the Both instant,
for repairing and graveng Pennsylvania 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
hollows so 10 approximate TO 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 hammerng. The sides also, must
be eYcavated, where required, to proper depth to
receive the stone 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 SIX inches at the sides
The old paving must be taken up and reaid on
bed of sand eight inches deep, where necessary The
proposals must state the rates at which the gravcliDg
iincludng the trimming and forming the road) and
the stone paving will be executed, by the square yard
Also for taking up and relayng 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-
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 gravelipg Pennsylvania avenue
from nth 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
crawling the Pennsy lvania avenue, from the south
gate of the Capitol square to 18th street east and
street south from It'll east 10 18th street east
and for repairing and gravelng 9Th street east, from
pennsy lyania avenue to the Navy Yard gate, width
of thirty feet or more, the commissioner may de-
srmne 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 az described in the proposals for gravelng
| from I7th street TO Rock Creek bridge The propo-
Gals must state the rates for gavelng and stonepav
ing (ncluding 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 aud approval of such person as the CON-
missioner may appoint for that purpose
| The contractor will be required TO enter INTO
bond with two sufficient sureties for the faithful com
peton 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 Burial
| Ground
To be published once a week, until the 3Oth INST
in the Nat. Intelligencer, Madisonian and Const'u
ton April