New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-01
zoo TUNS of WIRE WANTED

500 TUNs Of f., WIRE J, Z E WANTED ANT, -.
part Of the NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL
BRIDGE COMPANIES, for the construction of the wirs
csbss OF the Railroad Suspension Bridge, Of 800 feet span
70 be erected over the hisgsa River below the Fails for
the delivery Of ONE MILLION OF POUNDS or IRON
WIRE portion Of it. not less than 10000 lbs the
site Of the bridge, on the following conditions:
l. The wire is to b. Of No 10 rze % that ~ feet viii
The sAeio. weigh no Les, than - b, An oasr for
~ b. 4O lbs will Be greatly preferred
The wire must b. finished With Lime coat smooth and
ever, both ends ~ the same thickness
IL must be finished IN three ooles or nearly h.Ei
sprip E-wire
The iron must have been manufactured ofths qaA
g. Of charcoal blooms which will make hai wire Of grsa.
elasticity, strength. fbr- and toughness
g. The blooms have been manusctursd OF codbass
pig authracirs pig hot bast pig
Satisfactory evidence Will BE- required beforehand OF
the quality ofthe iron ofwhich wire s be drawn.
g Tbs wire mus be drawn blocks o. no les than two
feet Ia diznster.
Il be putup bundle. Of - lbs IS can Do
done without snsllsk-ins
TO- The sio delivered IN i've equal portions dur
log the months Of May June July, Angus End September
ofnext year
The following OF every ounalss, leo Ibs
,k-in will besseleced and suspended between two posa
40 feet apart the end attached capStn by which
will be gradually hauled on unti beas The condition
- that this wire must not break with dssc
ton than inches which 10 equivalent 70 200 b 900
per Superficial inch O.; SOLID wire section II IL sands this
test then further examination Of that 900 5s In
70 other qualities will b continued bur II aot It viii b
ard placed a. the disposal Of the contractor
y fegsids ghness and fibre. each end Of skein viii
OF and sharp p and bending Il back again Tue
wire stand without tao least agn u failure
Ia har5nss and elasticity viii AZ hs time BE-
tined By bending and swinging ASo BY hAnsnng Cling aud
notehins the ends which forms pat Of Tia operation Of
spleinE
IS such lots 81 hsv, stood the vaoGs tests sAtsl.ctoy
will then b. sccesei eoDdoaAy and 30 per cent Of 10
fu value will the DO pad " the contractor In banka6ls
funds
l. The - per eent will b reserved FOR four mooths
longer Should In that time during he conGruc don OF the
sste defective skeins b. discovered such sksns
will Be rejected and placed the c0ntrsctors d.p.sa
either broken whole oiled Oiled In such condition
they happen 70 be daring the progress Of tic The
value Of such wire together wth the labor expended upon
T. viii thea be deducted Of Tho 20 per reserved
Is The undersigned s the Engineer Of the Bridge viii
be the sole Judge Of tie above tests he will stand AZ an
partial umpire between tho contractor and the Bnig- Com
panies AZ from bis decision there shall be no appeal
is Proposals. for imported wrs will also accepted One
hall or Oo lbs viii be used the Cansd. s,dc and mar
b bonded, If imported BY way Of Nsw.York
H. Proposals Viii be received until the ls Of October
nsKL they are 70 be directed TO th- nderssned NAs-
"a fals N T., and should Do marked on the envelope
"Proposas fol Bridge Wire"
Is Those eontrscton vi proposals. seceptei, vii
be informed Of the fact By mai before the Oh u %
tobeT next JOHN A. ROEBLINO
Engineer Of the Niagara Fails Railroad Suspension Bass
Msgars Fhls n. Y, August S 1882