The Portland daily press., 1867-07-25

For Completing the Unfinished Cappine
of the present Breakwater, in Portland
Has Dor, Maine.
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS
H. % o ZEE until o'clock p NJ. on Friday,
named work, in conformity with the plans and
Specifications in this office
Separate proposals, in duplicate will be received
fer each of the three following items, viz :~
l For furnishing all the Gil ante, being about Ok :
20 cubic feet more or ess) delivered on the Break
wafer or In scows or lighters to be furnished for
that purpose by the Contractor for the labor The
granile is to be in well quarried blocks OF the
SHAPES and DIMENSIONS shown in the plans, and re-
Also, tor furnishing, delivered as above. 800 tons
tm9re or le,s) of rubbe stone, for filing and ieveng
the rubbe to be of suitable size and Shane as best
to the required purpose, according to plans
III. Fer furnishing, delivered on the work as e,s,
as may be required,-75o pounds (more or lessl
composition tolts, inches long and II inches in d.
III. For doing all the labor connected with nut-
ting the materials together, building and completing
the Gaping, including filing, levelling and doweiT
ing ana an inc Work required excepting only the
above The whole to be done In accordance with tbe
plans and specifications, and to the satisfaction Of
ped. '>' e"p
Bidders for furnishing and delivering the stone
Will state their price per running foot of the Break
water. Bidders for the composition bolts will STATE
their price per pound, delivered on the work. BID
~. tne taoof VIII staie their price per Tqana1
quired. "s "'o'e re-
=, Inc work must be commenced Immediately after
the delivery of tie approved contract. and bs COM
peted on or before the first OF Juv is6s. with ,hs
understanding that not less than 800 jineaI feet of
the Gaping Will be required to be finished on or
before the 10Th of December next.
Eacn proposal must be accompanied by written
signed by two responsible persons in the
Il H. Iorm that the bidder will when called on,
u Ms proposal be accepted, enter into acontract and
oond with good and sufficient security 1.-THE sureties
anu thelr places OF residence to be named in the pro-
posai 1or the true ami faithful performance OF his
contract. The contract win be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder and be subject to the appro
val OF the Secretary OF War.
Inc undersigned, however, reserves the right TO
exclude the bids of any persons who, there is reason
to believe, viii not faithfully and promptly perform
the contract; aso any informal bids as well as those
tnat are above reasonable price for the work: and
no member OF Congress, officer agent of the GOV.
eminent, nor any person employed In the public SER
vice. shall be admitted to any share in the contract
OF any benefit which may arise therefrom
a Payments will be male monthly for the ma erials
FURNISHED and for the work done, the accounts be-
ing passed upon the running feet of Breakwater COM
pleted, or tor the running feet that may be
completed with the materials delivered.-2O per
ZEN. 10 DC reserved from each payment, un.
~, tne whole work is finished AMI be forfeited in
th liver, Tren. OF the non funent Of the contract In
'ns sllhe ana manner as therein required -
elsons ueslring to make pIoposais. VIII please
cal on the undersigned at his office in Morton Block
1 congress street, for forms OF same and for more
uennlte Information as to plans and specifications,
and on transmitting them will endorse thereon,
Proposals for furnishing Stone" Proposals for
furnishing Composition Bolts" or proposals for
Labor las the case may bel ''for Portland Break
GEO. THOM,
Bvt. Brig General U. S. A.
U. S. Engineer Office.
Portland. Me-, July 25, 1861 I
iuly 25 edtd