Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-02

Notice Is hereby given that sealed proposals
will be received at the Office of the City Comp
troller, up 10 o'clock p. NJ, on Monday, the l4th
day of June, 1875, for the following work:
FIRST WARD.
For the clearing of Campbell street of all logs,
stumps and other material, f-sin the north-wes
side of State street TO the outheast side Of Second
street, four rods wide and sixty-oight rods long,
more or lees.
For the clearing OF Second street from Camp
bell street to Campbell, Potter & Co.'S railroad
track, eight rods
For an open box drain TO be constructed on the
northwest side Of Second street from Teft street
10 Campbell, Potter & Co.'S railroad track, the
same 70 be two feet wide and one foot deep
Length, 20 rods.
For tight box drain on Washington avenue,
from the northeast corner OF lot block f. Hitch
cocks addition, TO the northwest corner of lot 4,
block IL, HitchcOck's addition sc rods. Thence TO
be continued an open box drain to the north est
corner Of said block, IL rods.
For an open box drain three feet wide, on
Lewis street, TO connect with culverts already
constructed from northwest side of Second street
TO Washington avenue, Ga rods. Thence wester-
ly two feet wide, on south side OF Washington
avenue, from Lewis street IA rods, together with
four cuivcrts three feet wide each, crossing Wash
ington avenue drain, II rods.
SECOND WARd.
For an open box drain, three feet wido, from
the northeast corner OF block ., Carriers addition,
there TO connect with the box drain on Fourth
For n tight box drain one and one-half feet
wide, one foot below the old box drain on Fifth
street, on the southwest side of Chisholm street
running north-westerly to the public square, "A
rods; and then TO be continued an open box drain
TO lot 4, block 80, 20 rods.
For tight box drain one and one-half feet
wide, from tho corner Of Fifth and Chisholm
streets to connect with Chisholm street drain run
ming TO the river, so rods.
For the clearing and grading Of Chisholm street
to general level from Tenth street 10 the river
the full width Of the street, 100 rods.
Third WARD.
For an open box drain two feet wide from the
| southwest corner ot block 49, westerly TO Mil
Ter street, there to connect with tight box dral
crossing Lake and Clark streets, eight rods, mor'
or less, of this drsn to be tight box, and the bal
| alice, about 81 rods to be open drain.
For an open drain, two feet wide, ON nortl
side of Mill street, line with Clark street, Il
the bay, II rods.
For an open ditch on south side OF Mill street
from Clark to Miller street, AZ rods.
For an open ditch on north side Of Ttowbridg,
street, from Bowmans ditch, ~ called, westerly
so rods.
For tight box drain, one foot wide, on east
side of Oldheld street, from centre of lot No @
block 10, to box drain now running through
blocks ~ and rs, 81 rods
For the slearing of Oldfield street, four rod,
wide, from Beech street to Walnut street. rs rods
Tho proposals Tor the above work shall include
all labor, plank, spike and crossties and the box
es for drains shall be constructed as follows
Plank 70 be two inches thick, of either sound
norway or white pine cross-ties TO be two in.
ches thick and rix inches wide, and TO be placed
at the bottom and top Of boxes four feet apart
and the cross-ties at bottom Of boxes TO extend
either side OF tho bottom two inches, and that the
sides Of said boxes shall rest ON said projections
of cross-ties, and be spiked TO bottom of box The
side plank TO be twelve inches wide, and the
joints of said sides TO DO placed alternately, ~
shall also the bottom and top of said boxes. The
cross-tes at the top of boxes TO be let into sides
of toxes that said ties shall not project above
sides of boxes. The ties at top TO be made with
shoulder one-half inch deep inside of Sides
Plank and sleepers to be firmly spiked whore
jointcd.
J. d. TURNBULL,
Comptroller.
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