New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-02
sNl TUNS of WIRE WANTED

sSVV Proposals ne invited BY the unds.isoed q.
part Of the NIAGARA FALLS tNrERNATiosM
BRIDGE COMPANIES, for the construction oi the WV
csbes the Railroad Suspension Bridge, OF 500 ts spa
70 BE- erected over the Nissara River below the Fsl "
the delivery OF ONE MILLION OF POUNDS OF lkOs
WIRE or any portion Of It, less than 10000 lbs A
ate OF the bridge, on the tollo%ins conditions. q,
The ssens 70 weigh no less than Is lbs Al oses %
80 to 40 lbs will be ereat, preferred
8 The wire b. finished th lime COAX snooh Aa<
svep both ends OF the same thickness
It be 6nished in three hoes or nearly - hard
IRE iron must been Manufactured ofthe bes qsak
ty Of Oh eos blooms which will make hard ~ire OF s
elasticity, ST. ength fibre and toughnes ,,,
charcoal pig and not OF anthracite pis nor OF ct
Satisfactory evidence will BE- required beforehand
ma onay ofi6e iron OF which the wire 10 10 be drsSn
Tbs wire DO drawn ON blocks OF no Ice than w
feet In diameter. - 1904, ,
DONE itbout small skeins
10 The delivered In Eve squsi portions d,
ina the months 81 May june july August ana Sop'o
H. On delivery the wire will be examined aud test"d
thr following manner OF every bundles or loo ios oe
sksn will beseected, and suspended between Two pos
40 feet apart the end attached 70 saossn by wncaH
will be gradually hauled on until II oFeess inc ooonsrs
now 4. that thus wire ust break with greater dehs
ton than inches hch is equivalent 70 500 lbs, or
PEI superficial inch solid wire section u stands ar
lest then further examination OF that loVlos 10 espea
10 oth4t qualities. will be- continued; but II not u Will
rejected AID placed the disposal Of tina contractor
As regards and fibre each end OF sken WI
ofDew sDd sharp oilers and Oend ns it back sena ~
wire must stand this without the least sign OF tsav
I bsrSns. and elasticity will at The same une oe ea
ned BY bend s~iognR also by hsnmerng, ming anl
notcbins the ends which forms part OF the opersnoo
splicing
IS Such lots A. have the various sstisosoI
will then be- oted oondonsly ana 81 per cent "
full value will then bs paid 10 the contractor 10 bsnkahs
funds .
~ Tho " per cent will be reserved for four monts
longer Should Ia that time during ho construction ~ N
cables any defective 81 sins oe discovered soh sseis
will b. rejected and placed II inc eoatractors ssposs
either broken whole oiled OF not oiled In sucb condan
a. the, happen be during the progress OF the WORK M
value OF such wire together with the labor expended upn
"a will then Of the 20 per resoIved
Is The uoaersisp-d. tho Engineer OF the Bridge -
be Judge of the above he viii To-
oar umpire between In. and the Bt Coo
psnies ~ fiom bis decision there shall be appeal
l6 PROPOSAL for imported wire will also bo accepted OH
half 5000" lbs viii be used the Causds de and mag
b. bonded If imported by nay OF hew-york
H. Proposals viii be received until the ,st Of Octox
next they be directed to thu undersigned at fsA
Falls n T., and should be marked on the envelops
"PupOssls "a, Bridge Wire"
10 Tho.e contractors. VIII proposals accepted III
be informed OF the fact by mali before the 10Th oOt
tobsr next JOHN A. KOEBLIN0,
EDrneeI OF the Niagara Fails Railroad Suspension BndG
NisssTa FsIis N. Y, August s. 1862