The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-10-17
CITY OfPOrtIand.
,PrOposals for Granite WAN Iyaciny

Proposals for Granite Wall Facing,
ITO be delivered at Great Brewster Island Boston
Harbor, will be received till noon of November l,
To be of the following description and amounts-tbe
face measure for the front of the wall. And sepa-
ratey for the face of the coping; to wit: for the ae-
ing and coping OF 800 to 800 linear feet of WALL as may
be required. .itti9e
This wall to be of nine courses, including coping with
rises, lengths, &C., as follows! For the FACING 8
courses, having rises from the top course downward
as follows: one OF feet inches one of feet inch
courses of feet EACH of foot IL inches, and one
Of the lower course Of one foot 10 inehes And the
front Of wall Is feet in height. For the FACING, the
stretchers not to be than feet long the
face and to average in width equal to the RISE not
varying more than inches from that width. The
breadth of the headers Tor length the ce) to be
less than the rise of the course and they are to aver
at leaet feet long. The joints of headers will be
d0yetailed of an inch to foot from the front, the
The "beds' Of the headers, and their 'builds" and
joints for three inches more than the rise of the
course from the front. Also the entire build " of
the s'bed buds and aioints of all the stretchers
will be "rongh hammered straight that is one of
wind true to the square or bee with good full joints
batter the face Of the wall of foot TO feet in
height The coping to be of feet RISE to be feetdeep
from the 'front.' least width feet inches and to aver
age least feet wide and the beds and joints are to
be rough hammered straight the arrises for the front
as above COLOR of stone OF no consequence If the
material is sound and strong. The delivery of this
stone upon trucks at the wharf Of Great Brewster ISL
and to commence about the 18th of April, 1867 and
to continue regularly till the whole shall have been
received by the close of the following month OF july
at latest Proposals will be considered for one-haf or
for the whole of the above amounts. Payments viii
be made, III required as cargoes verified 10 per
cent being reserved from each till the contract Is
pleted to the satisfaction of the experimenting En-
gneer. m -fsls sttf -
There will also be required for delivery at the same
Island from 1000 to 900 tons of rough or quarry
shells stone for paving in of coping which NAV
from about one foot 10 not than two feet in
tmekness The stones not to be less than about one
nall ton weight, to have split edges making joiuts
with the best bed not varying more than to inches
to the foot and they may be Irregular in size or Shape
otherwise Offers will be received for not less than
6oO TONS or for the whole amount of this paving stone
the delivery on the cars, as above, to commence as
early as practicable after completion Of the contract
one-half, at least, by the 10Th Of December next
Payments to be made above described for the cut
stone. tsilS n "a
Proposals for furnishing this stone marked as such
on the enve0pe) will be addressed to ,H.llArs
.ai GEN. H. W. BENHAM, Sup'g Engr,A
70 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Boston, Mass, Oct. r. 1906 oct15 eod1w