Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-07
Mayor,s Office.

Washington, January Is, 1856.
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February next, for making pumps, hydrants, logs
for conveying water and for sinking wells including
all necessary materials and workmanship, in digging,
laying, fixing and completing, in the best manner,
and for keeping the same in perfect repair for
slant use in the First District composed of the First
and Second Wards and in the Second District COM
and in the Third District composed of the Fifth and
Sixth Wards leach district to be bid for separately,
and to be given to different contradictory for the term
of one year, commencing on the fist day of April,
1855, agreeably to the following specifications:
FOR WELLS
Digging and walling wells including materials and
removing the dirt per foot, lineaI The walls to be
four inches thick, of good hard brick.
Cleaning out wells each.
Sinking old wells deeper, per foot.
Taking out old walls and putting in same, per foot
Cases of eight feet length, do
Cases more than eight feet length, do
Covering new wells, including materials the COW
erng to be of best Eastern Shore jos not less than
three inches thick, laid double.
Paving new wells including brick and pump stone.
Opening old wells, and covering same with old
materials, each.
Do do with new timber.
FOR PUMPS.
Keeping the pumps in repair, viz: MIaa
Stopping all leaks, &C., when it can be done with
out taking out the pump, each.
Taking out and putting in old pumps, per log, each.
Making new joints in old logs.
New logs put in old pumps per foot.
New boxes and spouts in old pumps, each.
New pumps, per foot
Boxes and spouts for new pumps, each.
Copper chambers for pumps.
The top log of the pumps to be of the best seasoned
white oak and the remainder of the best yellow pine
or white oak. ~
FOR MIGRANTS.
Keeping the hydrants in repair, viz:
Stopping all leaks, &c, all new valves and spouts,
repairing the old ones, and repairing the old irons
belonging TO them, when it can be done without taking
the hydrant out, each.
Taking out hydrants and putting in same, each.
New hydrants, per foot
Spouts for hydrants, each.
Spout stones, do
Painting pumps and hydrants each.
IRON WORK.
Handles axles, spears, plates bands, and repairs,
Spout and lower box irons for pumps each.
New Joints TO old spears.
New spout and yalve-irons for hydrants.
The work and the materials 10 Be all of the best
quality of their respective kinds.
No offer win be received that is NIT made BY a
practical pump maker sGel
Contracts will not be assignable.
The person OF persons whose offer may be accept
ed will be required to enter into bond for one thou
sand dollars, with two good sureties conditioned
for the faithful performance OF his or their contracts
and should any contractor contractors fail OF re-
fuse TO comply with any of the conditions terms OF
bis or their contract or TO execute any work within
the time named in the order of the Commissioner di-
recting il TO be done, the Mayor is authorized 10
py any other person to execute the same,
or to furnish the materials upon such terms as he
may deem expedient In which event, the contractor
or contractors 50 falling shall be responsible 10 this
thereby and the Mayor may NJ his discretion snnul
the contract OF such contractor or contractors
JN0. 7, TOWERS, Mayo.
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