The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-13
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WAYS, ,,ANp, SIDEWALKS, ,&ci. CITY
HAIL, WASHINGTON, D. c., JUNEi Z, 1865.

once Snti TpEsDHY ssh june. ~ ihs
saSa e 's g. a. sHar and
Board o. Common CoaacH 81 the city Of Wash.
poss :r's .ss.s
avenue and thence extending south e. ths canal or
then three feet and one half feel In diameter to New
York avenue. and then four feet In diameter to che
from the west % BE- laid &c the streets between
sad arm ss nj s
eopneetipE with the said main sewers from the east
iaO, l?. i22. and is and also on portions Of Nine.
teenth street. between squares III and 1872 and i22
Is 1888. Which aeeompanss the al; the work 70 Be
contracted for and executed the md under
to deirsv the expense Of eon.tPaetinx SAID .eSsq
special tax equal to the cost hereby levied
bordering thereon; to be assessed and collected In
conformity with the provisions Of the act approved
constructing mai. drops. and lateral sewer.
for said drops. shall! not be assessed on private
credit u IL. frs dEr out Of any to the
SEC. = And BE- q yarth.r enacted. That the
y hsisI r bare. sd
strueIed IN EIghieenth street west, commencing At
lending southward to The sewer in II street, and
like sewer to be constructed In Eighteenth street
ssfsabou sorsE q street, and ssfSs q
the sewer in Pennsylvania avonuej the said sewers
and under sapsrnisndsass p1e"dea ' ~ aGSst
and % defiay the expense thereof 4 special tax
.G che az sa' q: Ag al
thereon to be assessed .eeording to law
requested TO cause two-fest barrel sewers to be
thirty feet or from he esrnsr Of Nine
tenth street, with branch IN Elghteenth street.
to aud employing Into the sewer In Seventeenth
street; ~ street vest from point forty fee! cas-.
pSn asSa ory ,ea Il
Nineteenth street. with q branch northward In
nth f street commencing a. point about
~ and ex,spdiIg south IN front Of the ives, line %
Seventeenth street sewer, In conformity with the
plat dated March Is, 1855, accompanying this act,
referred Ss to re sewers .ath0rIsd
the manner and under the superintendence pro-
vided ty law and in order to defray the expense
ere sd sSa fo sfun 70 ali III
the lots and paris q lots bordering therson to be
sidsd. Th., The expense q HOLES,
. sfsai q &. P Hs P ward 'f
10 The execution q ID. work aboye specified only
whole. hand made, thorough brick. n hard tenn;
carefully, Excluding ali bat. Of shatisred arch
svsry SrsH must Saye fai asras 1 sa. a
der bottom. sides and ends.
fresh hydraulic cement, In the proportion Of two
parts n sand 70 one part Of eemsnt and made In
trenches must be cut accurately to the shape Of the
exterior Of the sewerage and the lateral eulyerts
ress he u. spae. s8 Rs lie SsayneAs
up TO the level q the outside crown 81 the arch
ioOiwsy. and Other PaTsmsnt. WSieS In The *!
esqtioa q !hs Tork: y may Be necessary to dis.
repaved, reEraded. or regraSeied in The best man
ner, and to the satisfac!ion Of the
e sppcnfsd Sy tSc Mayor p 10 a sap SSSd
Be- WsfisS the arch q he ~ ss I'VE fieh A.
man HOLES TO be built from bottom. with opening
WS ~ sSa al = the sewers Re
nine INCHES thlsk The walls q the man holes 70 be
az sa ns nine q ssss then sI
hAlyed Iogether at the ends Of such length thai
sr he q ausr d.. sn NJ the
Sar. e which shall be wrOuEht-iron, and bar. Il
The lateral branches will be eighteen inches in
dUps Be- asS SsSs. ss1 ihs wall.
e rca Il, .s e hs ws
more than three hundred feet must be opened a!
one and the same time, and before any part sha
he Co@mis.ionsr o. %ara and assistant sJmm.
sioners appointed By the Mayor, must be fully sat
isned that the work has been faithfully executed
ae%sSSrding to ths law And .pseihc..ion,:
| the same material. ~ the new trap at the Wal
| Department grounds. corner Of Seventeenth stree
west and Pennsylyania avenues all Of the afore,
;s,d sSwsrass SsIs . ths ia,srals nan
lS.rssa sAss .Ss Gslssd s "a ~
2d February. 1885, and an act Of ths Cooperation
All expense d pumping. danminI. or any oih.,
| loss or damage which may arise from the nature O
the work. or be caused by action Of the clementi
must be borne By the contractors.
the main sewerage In twentieth street west. from
| point my feet south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
and running into either the canal or the Potomac
is. W. south u III. iis. IL. la. izs also
Per sn;hois, per trap. per drop each. which
| shall include all excavations, and making good al
| the hrst section Of this act.
dderswill also bid per lineal foot for the sewer
age In Eighteenth street west, between and Penn
near street north, according to the second seelioI
Bidders will state the price per insal foot for tn,
esnstruetion 81 sewers,in aceordance with the thrt
ssnSs. Wsies nal i be .sStsss psss. iasS
diameter, with walls nino inches thick per man
hole. per iIap,psI drop all oft sane dsserp
hSn, as noresAid describes ~
should il 30 deemed ths interest o. The Corporation
and v hen Il shall be completed.
ent and Inspector. where the specifications, plates
None need BID but practical s.istlsysH,