The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-08
BUREAU or ToPoGRAPmcAL ENGINEERS,


IN conformity with IN OF Congress, Approve ed
August r. 1873 offers (,ealed and endorsed proposals
seetD will be received at this office until IL O'Clock,
the 7lh day Of October
The work TO be executed in the following manner viz;
The present curbstones of the centre gravel way be
where required by the engineer, both sides of 10Th
street wes and on the avenue in front OF the Presidents
so that when the new pavement thoroughly ramed the
crown will be inches above the line OF the cubsones
(Which be removed) If filling should be necessary
in places instead OF excavation must be done with
gravel The paving stones be good spheroda PEI
of the descrpto called hardwaer rolled, pebbles
about inches long, and Lches thick In the middle The
earth, inches deep, and in actual contact with each
other The pavement TO be three times rammed first dry
then second and third time after being well suiced with
water. Before each rammng the surace to be covered
with coarse clean sand, to be subsequently removed by
careful sweeping Immediately after the completion OF
each square of pavement viii be with coarse
clean gravel Gree from clay earth) two ncLes thick
which is until month after the whole work is
finished unless directed to be removed the eng
neer The work. (and mateals} throughout the progress
Ct the work. be subject the inspection and approval
of the engineer and when finished. the work will
be received until that officer shall have certified that
has been executed his satisfaction, and in strict
conformity with the contract, when the whole work
will be measured by him for final settlement. Adj
vances cannot be made but payments will be made
the estimate of the engineer (or work done) in
two weeks after deducng 10 cent to be retained for
the faithful OF the contract and be pa id until
the whole work has been finished and accepted and all the
materials OF description, not used the work. have
been removed the Of the contractor from the
and the adjacent and open spaces. Bidders
will state the price per superficial yard of the whole ho
zonal surface, for which they will the work. Gin
Guiding the removal of the curb and the furnishing
of materials and workmanship of descrption,)
cordng to the above specifications The amount OF paving
will be about 10, 500 superficial yards
Proposals will also be received, in the FORM and at
the time and place. for setting the curbsones "on
18th OF Treasury Department and the
street in front of the Presidents House to 18th street, The
curbs be laid in trenches to be sunk sufficiently deep
admit layer of gravel inches thick which the curbs
are to be placed So that upper surface may be level
brought into close contact with each other and the earth
around the sides to be well rammed The proposals will
ding gravel and workmanship, and the removal of the
present curbones TO some convenient place which the
engineer may desgnae The % to be furnished g
stones will be about ], 400 linear yards.
Proposals will also be received in the same form and at
the time and place. or paving 18th street in front OF
the Treasury Department. and of the street in front OF the
Presidents House to l7th street"
earth will be removed to depth OF IL inches below the
sections showing the upper convex surface OF the
the engineer experimenting the work. the road bed will
then be formed of clean gravel ce rolled to depth OF
inches the upper surface OF which Will conform to the
cross sections above.
The proposals will ls the price of excavation per
dir, and flag foot crossing places from the
3D. the price of gravel deposited above stated in
the road per cubic yard, (27 cubic feet)
The pavements, including the side CUTTERS will be laid
in all respects in the manner as before described for
tract will be subject the conditions every respect
The bids will the price of the pavement including
all materials stones paving inches deeP covering
with the old stones, &c.,) per superficial yard The
of paving will be about 10000 square superficial
yards
All the paving under this advertisement must be COM
petey finished in all particulars by the LIST day of Decem
Der and the laying of the and the grada
ton of the rapidly the engineer shall require
The Baltimore SIM and the Baltimore Argus the Penn
sylvanan and the Times, of Philadelphia the New York
True Sun and the Journal of Commerce, of New York,
will please publish this, and send their accounts to this
Sept. 6-eodl0t