The Portland daily press., 1866-10-22
Proposals for Granite wan E.c;ng

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fT,Obe delivered at Great Brewster Island, Boston
1866. - -
To be of the following description and amounts-the
01ers stating the price per superficial foot vertical
face measure for the front of the wall. And sepa-
rately for the face of the coping witt for the fac
ing and coping OF 600 to 600 linear feet of wall may
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 one OF foot II inches and one
tine lower course) of one foot 10 inches And the
COPING SHAH have feet rise, the whole making q
front of wall Is feet in height For the FACING the
sretchers are not to be than feet long on the
and are to in width equal to the rise not
varying more than inches from that width. The
breadth OF the headers Tor length the facet to be not
less than the rise of the course and they are oaver-
age at least the breadth of front throughout and In he
at leact feet long. The joints OF headers will be
doyetailcd Of an inch to foot from the front the
ends ct the sretehers being bevelled to
Inc beds OF the headers, and their "buills' and
Joints for three inches than the rise of the
course from the front. Also the entire build OF
the the bs 81 the upper Or feet inch course and
will be "rongh hammered straight" that is ont of
wind true to the square or bevel with good full joints
batter on the face of the wall of one foot to feet in
height The coping to be of feet RISE to be feet deem
nom ths 'front.' least width feet inches and to aver
age at least feet wide, and the beds and Joints are to
De rough hammered straight the ARISES 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 10Th 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 will
be made, If required cargoes are verified 10 per
cent being reserved from each till the contract IL COM
pleted to the satisfaction of the experimenting En-
gineer. n
There will also be required for delivery at the same
Island from 900 to 5000 tons of rough or quarry
shells stone for paving in of coping, which may
vary from about one foot to not than Two Get in
thickness The stones not to be less than abb nd ONE
half ton weight, to have split edges, MAXIM oints
WIN tle pest PED not varying more than to inches
10 the f0o and they may be Irregular in size or sha u,
eth t Offers win be received for not less than
the delivery on the cars, as above to Commence rs
early as practicable after completion Of the contract
one-haif at least by the 10Th of December, ,,ext-
stone, W - -l-T71N : - t'S oo'''
Proposals for furnishing this stone marked as such
on the enyel0pe) will be addressed to I 77sT' -
GEN. III, w. BENHAM, Supg Enasr. go
70 State Street, Boston, Mass
Boston, Mass, Oct u, 1866. octi7 eodiw