The daily gazette., 1880-10-02
DROPosALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
IL SEWER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
NO. 81 Il. Sixth st.

WLMINGroN, Del, sept. ~, 1885,
Sealed proposals will tic received In Lhe
box in The Iily Council chamber until
1:3h p. IN. Thursday October 7th IHiI
ioI bui arg double sewer from the norLL
side oil S.coL d street down Adams to Lhe
south side OF Pleasant street or follow The
natural water course II directed by III,
street Com missioner. The sewer will be
ABOUT l9S IeeL In length The walls viii
be built OF stone furnished by the city.
Walls TO be two ieet thick and about ave
ieet high, depending on The nature of the
ground; the excavation Tor The walls
must IN al cases he carried deep enough
10 obtain nrIn and solid foundation n M
II necessary must be planked. The bot
TOM Will Dc an Inverted arch OF two and
nan leet radius, well paved with good,
hard brl.k AID dry and grruted with good
ny drhulic cement; the sewer VIII he GOV
cred win nag stone d 1eeG long IS inches
" de aud BInches nick aud Wen mt. d on
the walls so that there will he no rocking
movement. ---o
all open spaces between the edges of
the covering flag stone must be closed
with small stones laid III good cement
mortar. There Will be four inlets with
orhhch sewers al SECOND and Adams
streets. The walls OF the inleLs must b.,
built OF good hard brick laid In good ce.
ment mortar and u least I3 inches ihick.
the inlets Will be covered with Iron plates
ieet ches iong ieet inches wide
ana "a Inches lhick, with shutter in TOD
and iron CRATE bars in 'front.' the stone
walls OF the sewer must he laid In good
hydraulic cement mortar composed OF
| tqual parts Of Gem MT and clean river
| sand; the side walls and lvemenL of IN.
| sewer must be piasLertd with cement
| mortar and made as smooth and. lrur Ia
| line rs possible. BIDS are requested 10 b.
| made sta ing price per liueal loot for
| main s"wer, the p ice per ilneal foot IA
| i"clude the cost OF putting In branch sew
| ers, me 5, excavation and back Ming
ana AL the InH,eIl,l and iabur necrs -arS
| n IAu
| for the wdl,s). The contractor must be
| rtspo slDle Tor all accidents aud have the
| work completed and Tie sire, ali clean ID
| up and the ri removed to wherever the
| rect tolnmissloner directs. within slA-
| W DAYS from the dale the con racL IL
| awarded. For every day Ihereaf, e here
VIII be foient OF Ten dollars per day
L ne WORK must be do ie In "a good and
WofkIndullke manner, according to the
| plan furnished by the City SUI v.yor. The
| execution oi said WORK and the perform
| ahce OF the contract shall be under the
| direction and super vision of he st,eeL
| commissioners aud the work must be APP
proved by MIN bel re IL wall accept ed by
| Tie street COMMITTEE. A b md with Sc
| cGrlly III the sum of five hundred dollars
must accompany each propus,l fur the
good faith of the bidder. And the pers IN
or persons TO whom tue contract m " be
awarded snail PlVe bond with security
| IN Ihe sum OF one thousand dollars for tie
iallhiul performance OF the contract. The
| Clty y 'uncll reserve the rigut TO reject
any or all blds. a IL bids must be proper
| ~ zig hed, sealed and end .rsed. arropo-
sails for constructing sewer" blank prop0-
| sals or any further Information that NAV
be desired will be furnished on appIica-
ton 10
l.. p. LYNCH,
sep27-to ocT Street Commissioner.
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