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WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.
OFFICE OF THB WASHINGTON AoUEnUCT,
~ suI e rnS March 1853

OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON AouEnucr,(
WASHINGTON, March 3. 1853.
Proposals are invited for the completion of the
Washington Aqu"duct according to plans and spe-
cIhcaIons which wall be exhibition in this Office
Bids will be- received for the completion of the
whole work In grOss.-or for the separate works de-
serving the right To- ma Ike contract for the whole
or for the separate works. as may seem most advan-
OF me e d.
the appropriations now available; and the contracts
viii be suysc to the contingency of future appro
The tns neer reserves. the night to rre.cribe the
amount OF work to bs done and the rate Of prcgress
under each contraot, and for each work.
g. Pa msnts will be made in checks upon the United
Engineer resefving 10 per CENT o., ali inc
til the completion Ofthe contract aud II will be n
condition Of all contracts that the workmen shall he
paid their full wages monthly and IA specie.
Proposals should be sealed. snd endorsed "Propo-
sails i9r work and materials for the Washington
The United States reserves the right to reject any
OF Gil bids for the whole or for any part of the work
ii not deemed advantageous; but the work viii he
awarded TO the owest bidders for the whole or for
parts "i the Work, who give good security for the
completion OF their contracts. if at reasonab"
PRICES.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
sons, tn the effect that he they undertake that the
bidder or bidders will If his their bids be accept
ed. enter into an obligation within ten days, w IN
good and sufficient securities for the pletion of
the work undertaking said guarantee to he aocompa-
nled by IN. c,rtihcste of the United States District
Judge, United states District Attorney, Navy
Agent. or some nffcer the General Government
or individual known TO the Eng neer or Department
OF War, that the guarantors are able to make good
their guarantee.
Bids will be openei in the presence of the bidders,
at noon of the 18th May; none Will be received after
The work to be let oomprises-completion of the
dam across the Potomac at the reat Falls; build
Ing Of gate houses; completion of masonry Lrdges;
waste weIrs; building distributing reservoir; com
pIetlon of conduIt furnishing cast irqp pipe; build
ing OF two iron pipe bridges; laying pipes from the
principal public establishments Of W W. 9tn9!
building of his service reservoir in Georgetown
ana supply Of cement, sand bricks, stone, and all
made to the detailed desert ptons and spec Gcations
to he ex hbited IN THIS Office
The cOnparf of the bids will DO made pom the
hblted at the time of letting and should bid IN
Contracts viii be made upon the ssase of HR Ss f
gnser. Mt prices to be liked by him. with the usual
Pellon OF the contract according to the spec hoa
Proposals should state the time within which
each work will he completed, provided Consress
BY order of the Secretary of War:
Captain of Engineers
In charge oil Washington Aqueduo.
FoRA OF GUARANTEE.
TO Capt. M. G. Ms,s,, U. S, Ensinser,:
the and and s sSysIs S osso
they win within ten day, amer the aco eSs nee of
the fsd bd the contract for the same r
furnish the articles proposed, in conformity to the
terms of the dvertIsement under which it wss
made. And in case the said - shall fai / to enter
good tho difference between the offer by the said
s-and the next lowest bidder.
signed t::BB::
and belief, the above named guarantors are good
and sufficient.
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