The daily gazette., 1880-10-07
DRoPOsALS FOR CONSTRUCTING
Il SEW Err.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
CohhlBsiONER,
No. 81 +. Sixth st.
WILMINGroN, Dol, Sept. ~. ls50

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WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. AZ, 1850.
Scaled proposals Will be received in the
box In tho City Council chamber until
7:3U p. IN. Thursday October 7th. lsSO
for building double sewer nom the nOrLn
slde OF Second street down Adams to the
south side OF Pleasant street or follow the
natural water course If directed by The
street Commissioner. The sewer will be
about 1913 leet IN length The walls viii
be bullI OF stone furnished by the city.
Walls To be two feet thick and about II We
leet high, depending on the nature OF the
ground; the excavation for The walls
must in ali cases he carried deem enough
10 obtain nrm and solid Foundation, q nd
II necessary must be planked. The bot
tom Will be AN inverted arch OF two and
half feet radius, well paved with good.
hard brick laid dry and gr0uted with good
ny draullc cement; the sewer Will be COW
ereu Win nag stone ieet long IL inches
Wlde hnd q Inches thick aud well fitted on
the walls so that there Will be no rocking
movement.
=. All open spaces between the edges of
The covering nag stone must be closed
with small stones laid In good cement
mortar. There Will be four inlets with
branch sewers at Second and Adams
streets. The walls OF the inlets munI be
built OF good hard brick laid in good ce.
lnent mortar and a. least Is inches thick;
the lnlets Will be covered with iron plates
ieet ches long ieet inches wide
and - Inches thick, with shutter in tnn
and iron crate bars In front; the atone
walls OF the sewer must be laid In good
hydraulic cement mortar composed of
equal parts Of cement and clean river
sand; the side walls and pavement OF The
sewer must be piastered with cement
mortar aud made rs smooth and trur IN
line as possible. Bids are requested To be
made stating price per lineal loot for
main sewer, the p ice per lineaI foot 40
Include The cost OF putting In branch sew
ers, inles, excavation and back tiIIing
anu al inc material and labor necessary
70 complete me work Except the stone
for the walls). The contractor must be
Responsible Tor all accidents aud have the
WORK completed and the street all clean ed
UP ana the art removed to wherever Ihe
rect commissioner directs, within siA-
W uhys nom The date the contract is
awarded. FOR every day thereafter there
VIII be forent OF ten dollars Der dav-
Inc WORK must be doue in "A good and
WOrkmhnlike manner, according TO tne
pan furnished by The City surveyor. The
execution Of said work and the perform-
ance Oh the contract shall be under the
direction ana supervision or he street
commissioner aud the work must he an
proved ny MN before IL Will accepted by
lne street committee. b md with so
curly III The sum of i've hundred dollars
mus accompany each proposal for the
soou Iallh oI the bidder. And the pers IN
VI persons To whom the contract NAV lie
awarded shall give a bond with security
IN me sum OF one thousand dollars for the
ttNiil.ul performance of the contract The
Wy 'uncll reserve the riglt TO reject
any or IA II bids. a II bids must be proner-
~ tis Gu seated and endorsed, "Propo-
sdis Tor cpnsLructing sewer" blank prono-
sans or any further Information that NAV
De desired Will be furnished on npplIca,
ton TO 'i "pPii'"-
o l.. p. LYNCH.
AepH-to ocH Street Commissioners.