The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-12

nized as the head of tho concern left
here on his last trip North, he gave mo
authority to obtain subscribers and pro-
cure advertisements for the Ddiiy Union,
both in tho city and out of it.
(Signed) S. +. BUNCH.
The New CoUnr House AND PosT
OFFICE. Tho following is tho official ad-
vertisement relative to proposals for
building materials for tue new court
house and post Office, at Colum bin, South
Carolina:
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,
September s, 1871.
| Sealed proposals will bo received ut
this Office until IL o'clock NJ, Of the
2Sth day of September, 1871, for furnish
ing and delivering on tho site of the new
court house and post office, to be erected
at Columbia, South Carolina
900 cubic yards, more or less, hard,
durable stone, broken to tho size OF
hens eggs, suitable for concrete. Bids
will be mado by tho cubic yard.
l,200 cubic yards, more or less, rubble,
which may be- OF granite, limestone, or
othor suitable stone, having fiat bed
and which is sound, durable, and breaks
with clean square fracture, one-Uuarter
to be bond stones, of length equal to
tho thickness of the walls, and to con-
tain not less than ten cubic feet, and no
stone to contain less than one and one
half cubic feet, or to be less than six
inches thick. Bids will be made by the
cubic yard.
| 1,100 barrels, more or less, hydraulic
cement, Of quality and strength equal to
| the best brand of RosendaIe cement.
Each bnrrel must contain not less than
300 pounds Of cement. Bids will be
nude per barrel!
26O cubic yards, moro or less, clean,
sharp river sand. The cement and sand
will be delivered in quantities subject to
the order Of the Superintendent, at suoh
times as may, in his Judgment, be requi-
site, and sample Of the cement and
sand will be submitted.
1000 cubic feet, more or less dimen-
| sion. granite for basement story and
| water table.
Stones to be quarried and delivered
according to schedule of net sizes that
will be furnished the contractor. One
inch will be allowed for quarry dimen-
sions on each worked face of the stone.
No stono will exceed thirty-five cnbic
feet; and plans may be seen ut this Office,
| if desired.
| Each bid must be accompanied by a
sample block, twelve inches cube of the
granite proposed to he furnished, which
must be sound, durable, of uniform
color and good grain; free from discolor-
ing or othor foreign substances, and ca
pable of with.stanling the action Of the
elements. aud that has been fully tested
by use in buildings, and from quarry
capable Of furnishing the quality and
quantity, and from which stone has boon
or is now being used for first olnss build
ings. No bids will be received but from
the owners or lossees of the quarries
from which the stone is proposed to be
furnished. All proposals must be mado
on the printed form to be obtained ut the
Office OF tho Superintendent. Separate
proposals being made for each material,
and bs accompanied by penal bond in
the sum of $1,000, that tho bidder will
accept and perform the contract if
awarded him. The right to reject any or
all bids is reserved. Proposals must bs
inclosed in sealed envelope, indorsed:
Proposals for concrete, stone, or rub
bic. or cement" &c., as the case may be,
aud addressed to
T. H. OAKsHOTT, sup..