The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-18
&nd1 Gotrtratts,
MORE GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ROAD CONTRACTS.

ASOAD OOfN1tSAC1Ss .
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DkOfOSAtS will Be received by the undersigned
through the Post Office, or otherwise, till ~ O'Clock
A. -. ON ne sd day OF May next Tor the construc-
uon OF s1eh portions efthe 7.EfE
AENDOTA AND iWABASHA ROAD,
betwesn Mendoza and Mile Station 81, north of and
near "els creek, ~ may be designated by the Engi
neer or Agent in charge ON the part Of the United
s'a'e s.. ,yS..s 49,"
ss Ss Of rs to
&C., 20 oe cutdown villain this width.
z. Aeentre striP OF such width as may be required,
to be thoroughly grabbed and cleared the holes be
niied Up, and the knoIIs leveied on.
Inc roadway In places requiring II, to be embank
ed to such height may be ordered and to be 10 feet
nsents TO have foundation of logs laid close together
and extending u feet across the road. :.
besides the side bitches, there will be leadng-of
bitches wherever necessary. f-tffg
s. The hills to be reduced to such grade may be
required .f..
8. Bridges to be made wherever required and to be
constructed, excepting Bridge over VERMILLION
RIVER, rs follows The abutments to be cOmpO
sed Of fatted timbers, at least foot thick, dis
posed as follows One timber OF such length may be
required probably Is feet long, to be laid the
road On this, for wing each of its extremi
ties timber to be notched and extend back far
may be required, generally, probably, about feet
On these wingwa tmbers, another timber to extend
across the roadway, and to be nOched on said wing
wall timbers and then on this second crosstimbeI,
on to the required height The stringers, which may
also DC netted timbers will be from IL to IA inches
The of e tn be-
and to be made Of puncheons Of split hewn stuff at
least inches the side rails posts braces to be
inches in diameter, hatted its lower side, and ef
fectually pinned down keep the flooring in place
In cases where piers necessary, they will be
simple "bents" trestes composed of sill, posts,
cap and braces and il required an inclined ice-en
dor BEAM let into the sill and posts. The timbers
will be squared IL by r. with the eptOn of the
sill which will be fatted l2by l6
T. The bridge over Vermiiisu River be one of from
to 80 feet span; have two trusses each IL feet high
roadway Is feet wide the whole to be built principal
ly offrom to inch plank arranged in chords posts
and braces all of which are to be together by
two inch tree-nsils pins. The flooring be three
inch plank, well spiked down. The abutments to be
simple trestles, properly banded together The amount
lumber required in the superstructure will be 10000
feet board MEASURE or less. The amount of tim
measure, more or less The number of pins AGO. more
less the number of spikes and bolts, as many as
may be required. The superstructure win be pine of
q good quality free from SAD shakes dead knots or
any mperiectons calculated to diminish its strength
durability. The pins must be white burr oak of
the best quality and well seasoned, The abutments
may be Of pine white oak red elm, rock elm or black
walnut.
8. Culverts will be made wherever required; they
will extend eighteen feet across the road and will be
made of logs at least twelve inches in diameter and
sufficiently hatted to lie on one another the flooring
will be Osplit or atted sto at least three inches
thick and will rest on and he secured TO six stringers
to be sank into the abutment logs.
3. The kind of timber and other stuff to be used in
bridges and bridge VermilOn
River provided for above) will be the best which the
locality or vicinase will afford and which the engineer
or agent In charge will specify
III. The whole construction to be under the
direction Ofth- Engineer or Agent in chart on the part
of the United States and to be subject to such altera
tions and notifications by him the in his judg
ment may require.
The whole work will be di'ided into two sections.
The first section, to be called the Mendoza Section,
to extend from Mendoza to the Cannon River, dis
lance of as1a miles, more or less and t. include the
bridge over the Vermilli0n River.
The second section, to be called The Red Wing Sec
ton to extend from the Cannon River to the Saith mile
station, about half mile Orth of Wells creek a dis
lance Of 7s miles; and to exclude the bridges and
probably the earth work present under contract al
Cannon River and Hay creek marsh.
The probable amount to be expended on each section
will be $4,000 or less, may be found xpedent
Each Section will be bid for separately by name as
follows
For cutting down, grubbing and clearing the cen
ter strip or roadway, including the filling up Of the
small holes aud leveling off the hllocks or small knobs