The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-04
DROpoSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
IL SEWER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
No. 81 Il. sixth st.

i SEWER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
NO. 81 h. sixth st.
WILMINGToN, Del, sept. 81, 1850.
Sealed proposals Will be received In the
box in the city Council chamber until
1880 p. IN. Thursday october 9TH, 1850,
for buiIdirg "a double sewer from the north
side OF Second street down Adams to the
south side of Pleasant street or follow the
natural water course If directed by the
street Com Missioner The sewer win be
about 1913 feet In length The walls Will
be built OF stone furnished by the City
walls TO be two feet thick and about 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, and
II necessary must be planked. The bot
tom Will be an inverted arch OF two and
a half feet radius, well paved with good.
hard brick laid dry and grouted with good
ny draulic cement; the sewer Will be GOV.
cred with flag stone y feet long lS inches
WIDE and Inches thick and Wen fitted 90
the walls so that there Will be no rocking
movement.
All open spaces between the edges of
the covering flag 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 must be
built OF good hard brick laid in good ce-
the inlets VIII DO covered with iron plates
4 ieet U i ches long 2 leet inches wide
and u inches thick, with shutter in top
and iron CRATE bars In front; the stone
walls OF the sewer must be laid In good
hydraulic cement mortar composed of
equa 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 rs possible. Bids are requested To be
made staiing price per lineal loot for
main sewer, the p ice per Iineal foot 20
Include the cost OF putting In branch sew
ers, inle s, excavation and back fillinR
ana all the material and labor neces, ary
TO complete the work Except the stone
for the walis). The contractor must be
responsible Tor all accidents and have the
work completed and the street all cleaned
up and the DIRT removed to wherever the
= rect Commissioner directs, within six
ty days from the dale the contract Is
awarded. For every day Thereafter there
Will be a forefit OF ten dollars per day.-
The work must be done III "a 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 The Street
commissioner and the work must be an
proved Dy him before IL will accepted by
Ine street Com mlttee. A bond with Sc
CURLY iu the sum of five hundred dollars
must accompany each proposal for the
| good faith OF the bidder. And the pers IN
| or persons TO whom the contract may be
awarded shall rive II bond with security
| In the sum of one thousand dollars for the
| faithful performance of the contract The
City Council reserve the rigut TO reject
any or a bids. All bids must be proper
| ~ signed, sealed and endorsed. "Propo-
sala for constructing sewer" blank propo-
| sals or any further Information that may
be desired Will be furnished on applica-
| ton 10
| l.. p. LYNCH,
| sep27-to ocG Street Commissioner.