The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-07
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CONTRACT FOR PIPE. LAYING PIPE,
WELLS, ENGINE, HOUSE, sc.
Article OF Agreement Between Wm.
G. Weir and the City OF EY-
ansVille, Indiana


bureh, and Stale OF Indiana, party of the I
second pant witnesseth:
That, in consideration of the mutual /
promises herein contained. the parties /
hereto agree as follows, to wit:
First. The party OF the first part agrees
TO furnish all the materials and dig and
make the necessary excavations for, and
construct and build q pumping shaft or
Water Works of the said city OF Evans.
Vile, at such place within the corporate
limits Of said city, on or near the bank Of
the Ohio river, as the party Of the second
part shall provide and designate. said
well and drift shall be dug, built and COM
pleted so IS strictly 10 conform to and
comply with the following described speci-
dcattons IN every particular, which are
hereby made a part OF this contract:
The said pun ping shaft or well viii be
eighteen u.s. feet inside diam eter and OF the
best paying brick laid In cement in a circu-
lar wall twenty {21l Inches In thickness the
outside Of which viii pc covered with two
(21 coats OF plastic for the purpose of exclud-
ing surface water. said shaft viii be sup
ported on . heavy circular plate of wrought
Iron. Fifteen fl5) feet from the bottom of
said shaft similar wrought iron plate
will be located, on which viii be built
water tight pumping dOOr," which will
be constructed Of boiler plate half % of
one % inch in thickness, with Water.tight
joints riveted. the rlYets VIII be placed
two az inches ffOm center TO center. Said
GoOr Will be attached to the wrought iron
plate aflreTQ entiOned by means of nanges
three Isl inches In width turned upward,
three-fourths "a inch bolts will be placed
two On inches from center to center, around
the circumference Of said circular place.
Said floor viii be a attached 70 q center col
urnn n the same manner. Said floor Will
be supported by boiler plate jolst one-half
(1S) Of One fI5 inch in thickness, and two (2)
feet In width and twenty (2l) in number,
and made fast with angle Iron through
which thtee-fouTth "a inch bolts will be
placed, three fS) inches from center to CEN
ter. attaching tbem 70 center column
above lower hange and circular plate on
same level said Joists will radiate from
said center column TO circular plate with
equal space between them. Angle iron
will be placed along the upper edge of said
ioists, to which the floor viii De firmly
bOlled. WTought iron braces twenty (20l
! In mum ber, two RI inches In diameter Snd
| eight 49, feet in length, will he attached to
the lower edge Of each loist and angle iron
below in shaft with two ~ bolts.
| a center column will rest on said pump
/ Ing aOOr which Will also serve as a water
discharge pipe, and will be twenty CD
| Inches Inside diameter, the she'll Of which
| will be one and one fourth fl3z1 inches IN
| thick mess, cast vertically In dry sand, and
sufficiently strong by actual test, to with
stand bydrosti0 pressure of three Bun-
dTed and fifty $500 pounds to the square
/ inch. The Ranges on said pipe viii be one
| and one fourth 10 inches in thick ness
| and three and Ohe-half 81 in wioth from
| outside of hanges 10 outside of pipe, and
/ Well-turned and htted to perfect water
| tight Joint. Bolt holes OF said Ranges will
I be one ~ inch in diameter, and (5) inches
/ from eenter to center. The length OF said
| column depending on the depth of said
| shaft. cannot now be accurately described.
/ There will be above the pumping door an
/ elbow, from which there VIII be two 81
! Hanged braucheJ each twelve az inches
/ inside diameter cast on the lower length OF
1 center column said Heuges fitted with a
/ perfect Water-tight joint.
1 A special casting, I've (5) feet Ia length
1 viii be furnished at the top of said col
umn, which VIII contain true curve
/ bran Oh. of twenty inches, inside diameter,
/ and q straight horizontal pieee of pipe
I ten feet IN length extending to outside OF
said curbing, containing q faced hange at
| the outer end. Said circular column VIII
/ be supported by braces Of wrought iron
bars. There will be twenty lsg Of said
/ braces, each Attached 10 the center col
umn and angle iron 10 wall, with bolts
/ one Q9 inch In diameter and two 81 at
| either end.
shaft to the pumping floor, aud Will be
nine (91 inches triad and two CD feet IN
width. The cast iron stepping plates for
/ said stairs Will be one-haf 20 of one ID
| inch in thickness, and attached with bolts
| one half ca inch IN diameter to stair
frame, which viii be made of bar iron
/ one-half BY one and one. half (1SxI1S)
| inches. Said stairs will lie supported firm
/ ~ by cast iron brackets.
/ The top OF said shaft will be securely
/ covered by floor placed upon wrought
/ iron girdeTs. which will support the nee
| essary pumping machinery connected
4 with the gang pumps, which will rest up
| on the pumping door situated fifteen tI5)
feet from the bottom OF the shaft, and
/ which has been described above.
| Three feet above the bottom of said shaft
/ will be commenced q drift which viii be
/ of cast iron, half ellipse In form. measur-
| Ing four feet horizontally by six feet YER
tically, in segments jointed at the top with
bolts one inch in diameter through invert-
/ ed 1anGes and in sections one foot in
width t4le outer per1meter OF Which will
/ be smooth from necessity that the
work OF excavation. Said sections are to
/ be connected ny bolts one inch in diane
| ter through inverted langes. The sides of
/ said sections are 70 De perfo. ated Tor the
! purpose OF admitting water by BercOlatiOn.
/ said drift Will extend horizontally below
/ the bed of the Ohio river until five million
gallons of water free from turbtdity, Is OBJ.
| tai1ed daily.
| Second. The PARTY OF the first part fur
/ Their agrees to furnish to the party of the
! second part the following de,crlbed cast
/ iron water pipes and special c. things: All
/ Of which said pipe and special castings
are to be made OF good soft strong iron,
and are to be subjected to a hydrOstatic
/ test of three hundred pounds to he square
/ inch. All straight pipes are to be twelve
/ feet long, and all of said pipes and cast
ines are TO be free from lum ps. scabs and
/ cold sheets and afe to be of uniform
/ thickness of iron that is cast In such a
manner as to prevent thick and thin sides
/ on the same pipe.
| The amount and quaint ty and the loca-
! ton of said pipe shall be as follows, to-
wit:
Eleven hundred and dfty feet twenty
/ inch pipe from pumping floor to First
/ Street, along First Street to Leet Street.
| Eighteen hundred and seventy f1ve feet
| sixteen inch, from Leet stree to Division
Street
Fifteen hundred feet twelve inch along
/ Division from Fourth to Eighth Streets.
Three hundred and fifty feet six inch
I along Main TO Water Street.
| Twenty-eight hundred and hity feet
! eight inch along First Street, from Divi-
/ sion Street to Oak Street.
TWenty-e1ght hundred and fifty feet
/ six inch, along Second, from Division to
Twenty-eight hundred and nifty feet six
/ inch pipe, along Third Street, from Dlvi-
/ Twenty-eight hundred and City feet
! eight inch pipe, along Fourth Street, from
/ Division to Oak Street
Twenty hundred and fifty feet six
/ lnch pipe along sixth Street. from DiVt-
/ sion Street to OAK Street.
/ Twenty-eieht hundred and fifty feet six
/ inch pipe along seventh Street. from d.
i vision TO Oak street.
/ Twenty-six hundred feet eight inch pipe
/ along Oak street. from water to Eighth.
Three hundred and fifty feet six inca
pipe along Oak, from First to Water
Thirty-eieht hundred and twenty-five
! feet eight inch pipe on Eighth street, from
Ann to Bell Street.
Six hundred and fifty feet six inch pipe
on Bell street, from Eighth to Line.
Three hundred and tifty feet six inch
on Line from Bell to Wheeler.
Fifteen hundred and twenty-five feet
six inch along First Street and Ashland
Place, east to College street
Three hundred and Atty feet six inch
pipe along College Street from Ashland
Plsce TO Avon Place.
1. five nundred ana ufty Ieet SIX 1uCh plp6
along Avon Place, from College to Jeffsr-
son.
six hundred and nfty feet six inch pipe
I along j efferson from Parrett to Putnam.
Eleven hundred feet six inch along Gum
I from First to Chandler.
Five hundred feet six inch pine along
Chandler from Gum to Sixth.
Seven hundred feet six inch pine. along
Sixth and Gum, from Chandler to Eighth
Thirteen hundred and fifty fees six inch
+ pipe, along Walnut, from Eighth to Smith.
Fifteen hundred and hfty feet eight inch
along Main, from Eighth 70 Ann.
ThiEty-seven hundred feet six inch
along Division and Washington, fronl
Eighth to North Ninth.
Eighteen hundred and fifty feet six inch
pipe, along Mary, from Ann to North
Ninth.
Fifteen hundred and twenty-five feet
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