Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-20
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We give below the contract of which we
spoke in our last II will be seen that important
notifications are made by It in the contract OF
| 9Th September.
! 4Whereas, II Is deemed advisable BY the par.
| ties TO the agreement Of the 27th of September,
| to wit: the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad
Company, and the State Of Iowa BIZ their Com
missioner and Assistant Commissioners, to Law
the masonry Of the locks Of the Des MONIES Riv-
er Improvement with quick line mortar, ~ such
seasons Of the year as the weather and other
circumstances viii allow, and also 10 define more
particularly, the style character and quality of
the masonry Of the said locks;
"Sow. therefore it is mutually agreed that the
| said Dies Moines Navigation and Railroad Com
pany, parties of the first part, shall be and are
hereby authorized to lay up the whole or any
| portion of the locks of the said improvement,
with quick lime mortar, grout, in the inferior
Of the walls, provided the face stone of the same
shall be pointed with Hydraulic Cement, and in
| such case the timber and plank facing of the
chambers of the locks provided to be used by
| the said contract Of the 27th ofSeptember, 1856,
may be onmitted.
'sThe masonry of the locks shall be composed
| of sound, well shaped and durable stone laid up
with quick lime mortar and pointed with Hy-
| draniic Cement, iii workmanlike manner, SO as
| to produce firm compact aud durable work. The
| walls shall be formed Of stone, which shall have
| their several dimensions, not less than the fol-
lowing, to-wit: Four feet area bed, six inches
thck, two and two thirds feet length, and one and
one-half feet width. They shall be properly
quarried, with smooth, level and parallel beds,
and when the natural beds of the stone do not
afford such surfaces they shall be dressed or
pointed Off The stone forming the facing Of
the chambers shall be scabbled to close COM
pact joints, on the face and shall be beveled up
to regular lines, the walls shall be laid up with
stone, as before mentiened, and the intermediate
spaces shall be filed up with smaller stones and
spalls SO as to make close, compact strong and
durable work. The main stone shall be laid in
the form of headers and stretchers SO as TO tie
and bind the work in the best manner The
top of the wall shall be COPIED with cut stone
not less than nine inches thick, and four feet
long, and of sufficient width to allow not less
than two stones to cover the wall, SO ar
ranged that they shall break joints not less than
one foot past each other. The coping stone
shall be tied together by iron clamps let into the
| stone, and well bedded. 3'
"And the State Of Iowa, by their said Commits
| sioner and Assistant Commissioners, do hereby
| agree that the price for the masonry upon which
the Engineer is to make his estimates to deter
ed and for other purposes, as provided in the
l4th section of the contract, made on the 9th
day of June, 1854, shall be at the rate of four
dollars and seventy-fve cents per perch, for the
masonry laid in quick lime and mortar, instead of
FIVE dollars, as provided in said contract, adding
to the said price the twenty per centum to cover
contingencies thereon, as provided in said 18th
section.
''In witness whereof the party ofthe first part,
by their President and Secretary, have nereunto
subscribed their names and placed the corporate
seal of the said Des Moines Navigation and Rail
road Company, and the party of the second part
by their commissioners aforesaid, have also at
fixed their names and seals, this fifth day Of Dec
ember one thoushand eight hundred and fifty
FIVE.
'Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Co. by
w. c. JOHNSON, Pres't.
ga Hunt, Secy D. NJ. n. & r. r. Co.
own. McKAx, Com. D. NJ. R. l.
"URIAH BIGGs, Asst. Com"