Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1855-05-03
Gossl slnment Road Contracts


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8. The hills to he reduced 10 such grade az may
be required. j 4 sy a ssx#f s..
%. Bridges % b. made whenever required, and
,hnsae &c email spans 10 Concentrated fAlloWs;
The ahutn,ents TO lie composed nf straight round n,-
hers, at least one fot ID diameter, disposed AZ fows
One timber nf such length may be required, pro-
hably l6 feet long. to be laid across the road. On
this for wUawas. at each &c its extrr,nities. log
to he notched, and IL extend back far may he
required. gene ally probably about feet. On these
wall timbers, another log to extend across the
roadway, and to be notchet on said wing wall TIM
hers; and thenon this second cross timber. second
eet 81 wing-wailed timbere to be notched, and
to the required height the notches to be SO made
that the logs will lie snngly together. The etringers
to be four in number to ne at least IA inches IN a..
aneter, larger wherever required. and t0De Hated
sufficiently to make them lie sohd. and TO sustain pro-
perly the flooring The roadway OF the Bridge to he
n fcet wide, and 70 te made 81 punGhe9ns 0l split
hewen stuff, at least three inches hck the wheel
guards u beogs atfcd sn the lower sde and 20 eiiec-
tually pinned down as to ksep he hoor''g " nlace
the rails rail parts and Braces - &c scAntng Q.
Z. The Bridge over PLATTE fsIyER Will te o.
pine or.white oak of good qualify. VIII nave three
spans of thirty feet each ny 10 teet wide, and De
made as follows The abutmenss Will ne Simple
trrsiles Bents, composeh o siIt piece IL II
to h. tied hv back pieces IL IL 70 the earth three
posts l2x 70 and cap u II, the sill piece being
sufficiently long to aln," st"ap beam to be Jet INTO
the sill a. it, extremities an me outer posts ihe
two riers will cnosist each of s 'ece OF the pro-
per length. l2 is. two pos,s IL 4 II. ZAP u -
and two braces 8, the ets II, stream 10 be !, 30
tected by an inclined ice fender u IL let into the
sill and the most The strinprrs Of each span win he
i've in number, and viii; consist each of two .o;eces
twelve by twelve saw 81 feet long placed ON t6, ~
one another aud blted together at the ex,remties
The abutrnents viii he pIanked mo with 8 inch plank.
ar punchrops 10 sustain the earth The flooring to IL
and braces 5 scanling; the wheel guards s 9,
| well secured to the flooring. Probable amount oi
timber required viii be 1866 running feet Of ,1n.
| Der, 9l2O feet board neas,,rr .4f
8. Cuiverts will b. made wherever reou;red !:
,hey will extend eighteen feet acoss The rosd and
will be made Of logs at least twelve inches n diae
ter and sufficiently fat.d to lie on one another The
flooring will be Of sp)t or fat,ed stu At leas, ,hree
inches thick and will rest on and he secred n s;x
s,ringers to be sunk into the abutmen, logs =
9. The kind Of timber and other stuff - he uaed
in BRIDGES and i-ulver,s v lp the hest vh;cb ,ha
ocaty or yicipage will afford and which the Enc.
ineer or Agent in Charge will snec;fv. i.e.3 s =
/ TO- The whole construction 10 he under the arec.
ton Of the Engineer or Agent in charpe ON the mari
Of the United States. and 10 be subject {, such aiter
atipns and notifications by him as the case in his
| Judgment NAV retmre. ~
The whole work will he divided into four sections.
| The first, or PoINT DoUGLAs section t, extend
from Point Douglas 10 Stake G. At the f,ot II the
Ree Rock Road Rayine. within two miles of Saint
Paul, distance of nineteen and ! half miles. more
| or less; the second or Sr. ANTHOsY Section ID the
65th Mile Station in the vicinity Of Gates distance
&c 56 miles, the fourth, or FoRr R1pLEY Section,
to extend from the SD mile Staten a, Watab, Ia
! Fort Ripley. distance Of Al miles: the B,IpeE
Section will he the Bridge over Platte River. near
Depue's The probable amounts to be expended will
be, on the Point Douglas Section, S3 600; on The ST.
| Amhnny Secton SIS. 700: ON the Furt Ripley Seen
&3 900; all more or less as may be found exDedient
Each Section will be bid for separately. as follows
| l. For cutting down. pruhhjnq and clearing the
centre strip, or roadway, incul;ng the filling vp q
the small holes and leyelng off the hiocks or small
knolls, hy the acre.
q For cutting down the trees and brush outside
Of the centre strip or roadway, BY the acre.
8. The earth work Ito be paid for but once, eth.
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