Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-17
WASHINGTON AQUEpUCT.

orTIcS OF JTs W'N.s W1sE1se EGS AeyE.oggeT'}
Proposals are invited for the completion of The
Washington Aqu~duct. according TO plans aud spe-
cfcatlons which Will he exhibition in this ofiioe,
Bids will be received for the completion of the
whole work In gross,-or for the separate works de-
serving the right to ms ke contract for the whole,
or Tor the separate works. as may seem most advan
tageOus upon comparison Of the BIDS
A portion. only. Of the work oan be completed with
the appropriations available; and the contracts
VIII be subject to the Contingency of future appro
The Eng M lnesr reserves the right to prescribe the
amount OF work to be d4ne and the rate of progress
under each contract and for each work.
Ia nents will be made IN checks upon the United
States Treasury upon the monthly estlmates of tho
Englueer, reseTyIng 10 per cent al paw ments
til the completion fthe contrsct and It will be a
condition of a contracts that the workmen shall he
Proposal. should be sealed. I ara en-
.as t1T work and mnterras for the Washington
The United States reserves the right reject any
oT all bids 10, the whole or for any part of the wok,
awarded to the ewest bidders for the whole or for
psrts uf the work. who give good security for the
completion OF their contracts. At at reasonabl' =
price,.
Everv offer must he accompanied by a written
to tn. effect that he they undertake thai the
bidder or bidders will If hs or their bids be 3ccept
good and sufficient seourrtps, for the complexion OF
the work undertaken; sad guarantee to be 8oooinpa-
MED by the o.rtIicet- of the United states nist.ct
Judge, United states DlsIrlct Attorney, Navy
Agent. or some fl Ger orthe General Government
or individual known 10 the Engineer or Department
of War; that the guarantoTs are able to make good
their guarantee.
Bids III he opene in the presence OF the bdders
at noon of the lith May: none will be received after
tRat hour.
The work 70 be let conprises-completion Of the
dam across the Potomac at rhe Great Falls; buld-
ing of gate houses; oompletio of masonry bridges:
waste weirs; building distributing reservoir; com
PletiOn of conduit; furnishing cas-iron pipe; build
ing OF two iron pipe bridges; laying pipes from the
distributing reservoir 10 the Navy isId and other
principal public establishments Of Washington !;
building of mig service reservoir IN Georgetown,
and supply of cement, sand. bricks, stone, and all
other materials; for all of which reference to bs
made to the detailed drsorptIon and specifications
to be exhibited in this Office.
The companion of the bids will be made upon the
quantities. noted in the specifications and plans
hlbtsd at the time of letting and should a bid IN
gross bs accepted, the monthly payments upon the
contracts will be made upon the estimate OF the En-
gleer, at prices to he fl ed by him. wts the usual
reservat IN of ten per cent. until the entire com
peti"n Of the contract according to the spec.fca
lions and plans.
Proposals should state the time within which
each work wall he completed, provided Cong ress
apprOprIares the necessary funds.
BY order OF the Secretary of War:
M. G MEIGS,
Captain of Eng ineers
IN charge OF Washington AQueduct.