The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-16
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS

OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
April l, lS45
PROPOSALS will be received at this office, un-
l. til 3 o'clock, on Wednesday the 30th instant,
for repairing and crawling Pennsy vana 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
holows 80 as 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 hammering. The sides ALSO must
be excavated, where required, to proper depth to
the stone paving for the cutters, which must
be laid in a 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 holows 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 relaid on a
bed of sand eight inches deep, where necessary The
proposals must state the rates at which the crawling
Including the trimming and forming the road) and
the stone paving will be executed by the square yard
Also for taking up and relaying 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-
nose. 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 next
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed Proposals
for repairing and grnveling Pennsylvania avenue
from 18th 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 Pennsylvania 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 graveng 9Th street east from
Pennsylyania avenue to the Navy Yard gate, width
of thirty feet or more, as the commissioner may de-
termue 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 18th street TO Rock Greek bridge. The propo-
sails must state the rates for gravelng and sonepay
ing (ncludipg 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 com
missioner may appoint for that purpose
The contractor will be required to enter into
bond with two sufficient suretes for the faithful com
pet ion of his contract by the 18th OF August next
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed fropo-
sails for repairing and graveing the road from the
Capitol to the Navy Yard and to the Congress Burial
Ground"
To be published once week, until the 3Oth inst,
in the Maj. lntegencer, Msdisonian and Consu'u'
ton. April