The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-24
BIG SIOUX RIVER AND MENDOZA
ROAD CONTRACTS.

Office Gen'l Govt Roads, st Paul, Mimi, April 10,
1855. ltdawtilmayl
o'" ROAD CoNrRACTs.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the un-
- dersigned through the Post Office, or Otherwise
ing and Instruction of such portions of the
BIG SIOUX RIVER AND MENDpTA RoAD.
Living between Mankato and Mendoza distance of eigb
tynine miles may be designated by the Engineer or
Agent in charge the part Of the United States.
l. Said Road to be opened for a width from % 10 100
feet he required that is all trees, brush &c,
la be cut down within this width.
>. A. strip ef such width may he required,
Ia be thoroughly grubbed and cleared the holes to be
eiled up and the knobs levcled of.
8. The roadway in places requiring il to be embarked
TO such height as may be ordered and to be ~ ieet
nents to have foundation of logs laid close together and
extending Is feet across the road
T. Besides the side bitches, there will be leading of
bitches wherever necessary.
S. The hill. to he reduced to such grade be
YuiFed.
Bridges to be made wherever required and to
structed folows-The abutmenis to be composed of
straight round mbers least foot in diameter disposed
follows One timber OF such length may be required,
probably Is feet long to be laid the road On this
for wing walls each of its e1tremities, log to be
notched and to extend back far may be required
generally probably about feet On these wing IL
mbers another log to extend the roadway and
TO be notched said wing wall mbers and then this
second timber second set of wing wall tmbers to
be noched and the required height The nOtches
be made that the logs will lie snugly together The
-ringers be in number be at least IA inches in diam
larger wherever required and to be atted suf
ceny 70 make them lie solid and to sustain properly the
Eoorng The roadway of the bridges to be II feet wide
aud to be made Of puncheons of split hewn stuff at
least three inches thick The wheeguards 10 be of logs
natted the lower side and eectualy pinned down
to keep the flooring in place.
In where piers will be necessary they will be SIM
Pile bents, trestles, composed Of SILL posts cap
and braces, and if required inclined ice fender
beani let into the sill and the posts. The sill must be
aated at least its lower side All the other pieces
may be of round timber clipped, however, to degree
necessary to make the joints true and the flooring lie
Where required, railing By inches, will be
made suitably supported and braced.
Cuverts will be made wherever required. They will
extend Is feet the road and will be made logs
least IL inches III diameter and sufficiently fated to lie
one another The flooring will be of split atted
stuf, at least inches thick and will rest and be
cured to six stngers to be sunk into the abutment logs
The kind Of timber and -her stuff to be used in the
OF ,einage will afford and which the engineer or agent in
charge will specify.
s. The whole construction to be under the direction OF
the engineer agent in charge on the part OF the United
States and to be subject to such alterations and O
cations ny him the in his judgment may require
The whole work will be divided into
THREE SECTIONS
extend from Mankato to the 217th mile station
distance Of q y miles, less to be called the Man
kato Secon' the 2nd to extend from the 2l1h mile to
the 235th mile station distance of Is miles or
less, to be called the middle Section; and the
third to extend from the 2S5th mile station to
Mendoza distance of a miles, to be called the Mendo
ia Section. {"
The probable amount of money expended on each
section will be 81 ,0OO more or less, may be found
eXpedient.
Each Section viii be bid for separately by name, as
follows;
l. For cutting down grubbing and clearing the center
strip roadway, including the filling up Of the small
holes and svelipg off the hlocks small knolls by the
For cutting down the trees and brush outside OF the
centre strip roadway, by the acre.
g. The earth work Ito be paid for but once, either as
@nbankment excavation, may be deemed most cqu
tablet by the cubic yard follows 1st Supposingt to
be thrown Immediately up and properly eveled on the
road ID The increase upon said bid for every 100 feet
OF haul.
The corduroying logging of the causeways by the
rod Of 10 feet lepgthwise of the road.
The timber in the bridges and culverts by the foot in
length of each pieces the flooring by the square surface
foot the railing by the foot in length Of the rails posts
a I'D braces all measured in the structures
Each section will be completed by the 18th day fOctc.
a varding of the contract
contract win be given TO the lowest responsible bid
each section and in he should decline the
fail TO sign the contract after due notice that his
been accepted the right reserved the
tract to the lowest responsible bidder or to re
ssrtise for proposals. Approved bonds to be given re
4uiyed.
The contracts to be subject the approval of the
'stary Of War. ,-Fti sI+t--< E.t@-d q -
desiring bid are referred to the office Of the
undersigned for further particulars. 49,
The proposals should be endorsed Proposals for Men
lota and Big Sioux River Road.'' : 50 TSg |;
!. b. SIMPSON, Capt. Corps Tori Euuv.s1 n 4
once asnn OeEt Resds, Tss Nas, g. Paul. April 5
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