The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-05
PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
IL SEWER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
NO. 81 L.. sixth st,

NO. 81 l.. sixth st.
WILMINGrON, bel, Sept. ~, 1850.
Sealed proposals will be received In the
box in the city Council chamber until
1880 p. IN. Thursday Oatober 7th 1880
for bui dirg IA double sewer from the north
Side ot Second street down Adams to the
sOath side of Pleasant street or follow The
natural water course n directed by The
street Commissioner. The sewer viii be
about 1913 ieet In length The walls viii
be built of stone furnished by the clty
walls To be two 1eet thick and about Il We
feet high, depending ON The nature of The
ground; the excavation for the walls
must in ali cases be carried deep enough
TO obtain firm and solid foundation n 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 aid dry and grouted with good
hy diaullc cement; the sewer VIII be Gov
cred with flag stone feet long IS inches
wide aud inches thick and well tiLted on
the walls so that there Will be no rocking
movement.
T. All open spaces between the edges of
the covering flag Stone must be closed
with small stones laid in good cement
mortar. There Will he four inlets with
branch sewers at Second and Adams
streets. The walls OF the inletB must be
built of good hard brick laid in good ce.
ment mortar and a. least IL inches thick;
the inlets will be covered with iron plates
teet ches long ieet u inches wide
and Ia inches thick, with shutter in top
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 plastered with cement
mortar and made as smooth and true to
line as possible. Bids are requested To be
made stating price per lineal loot for
mai sewer, the p tee per lineal foot 20
Include the cost of putting In branch sew
ers, lnle \, excavation aud back filling
and all the material and labor neces ,ary
TO complete the work Except the stone
| for the walls). The contractor must be
responsible Tor all accidents and have the
| work com pleted and Tie street all clean ed
| up and the DIRT removed TO wherever the
| > rect Commissioner directs, within siA
| " days from the dale the contract Is
awarded. For every day thereafter there
4 he work must be doue IN good and
Workmanlike manner, according to the
plan furnished by the City surveyor. The
execution Of said work and the perform-
ance of the contract shall be under the
direction and supervision of he Street
Commissioner and the work must be an
proved ny him before IL Will accepted by
| the street Committee. A bond with Sc
CURLY iu the sum of five hundred dollars
must accompany each proposal for the
good ialth Of the bidder. And the pers IN
or persons To whom the contract NAV he
| awarded shall rive bond with security
| In The sum of one thousand dollars for the
| faithful performance of the contract. The
| city Cbuncil reserve the rigut TO reject
any or all bids. A II bids must be PROPER
~ signed, sealed and endorsed. "Propo-
sals Tor constructing sewer" blank propo-
| sails or any further Information that may
be desired Will be furnished on applica-
| tion TO
l.. p. LYNCH,
septic ocH Street Commissioner.