The daily gazette., 1880-11-18
pRoPosALs FOR CONSTRUCTING A
l SEWER.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
No. 81 e. Sixth st.
WILMINGTON. Del. Nov, 10. 1880.

WILMINGTON DEL, NOV, To- 1850.
Sealed proposals will be received in the
box in the City Council chamber until
7.3U p. M, Thursday, November 18th,
meet with the one at Adams and Pleasant
streets and continue down Adams to
Front street and then across Front to
the building line on the south side with
two curves OF 90 and 148 feet radius, as
shown on the plan. The walls will be
built of stone furnished by the city; walls
to be two feet thick and about AZ feet
high. depending on the nature OF the
ground, The txcavatiOns for the walls
must in all cases be carried deep enough
to obtain firm and solid foundation and
If necessary must be planked. The bot
tom will be an inverted arch Of two and
hard brick laid dry and grouted with good
hydraulic cement. The sewer will be
covered with flag stone feet long, IL
inches wide and inches thick, and well
cannot work through: There will be four
inlets at Front and Adams with branch
sewers to connect with the main sewer.
The walls OF the tnlets must be built Of
good hard brick laid IN good cement
mortar, and al least l3 inches thick; the
lnlets will be covered with iron plates
feet 6 inches long, 2 feet inches Wide and
lX inches thick with shutter in top and
sewers will be three feet in the clear, walls
to be same size as main sewer. ALI the
stone 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
Do plastered with cement mortar and
made as smooth and true to line as pos
sible. The main sewer will be about l9l
feet In length, and parties bidding will
state the price per 1neai foot ior main
sewer; the price per lineal foot 10 include
the cost of putting in branch sewers, In
let's, excavations and back filling, and all
the material and labor necessary to COM
plete the work, except the stone for the
walls) The contractor must tear out the
old SO ewer across Front street and use the
stone in the new sewer. He must fill up
the street, pave the cutters. furnish and
set whatever curb stone that ts wanted.
pave the sidewalk and do everything
that is necessary to be done without any
additional expense to the city.
The contractor must be responsible for
all accidents and without any Unnecessary
delay complete the WORK, clean up the
street and remove the dirt and Rubbish to
wherever the Street Commissioner di-
rects. The work must be done in q good
workmanIike manner, according 10 the
plan furnished by the City Surveyor.
The execution OF said work and the per-
formance OF the contract shall be under
the direction and supervision OF the
street Commissioner, and the work must
be approved by him before 1t will be ac-
cepted by the Street Committee. A bond
with security in the sum OF nve hundred
dollars must accompany each proposal
for the good faith of the bidder. And the
person or persons TO whom the {. ntract
may be awarded shall give bond with
security in the sum of one thousand do
| lars for the faithful performance OF the
right TO reject any or all bids. All bids
must be properly signed, sealed and en-
dorsed, proposals for Constructing n
Sewer.b Blank proposals or any further
Information that may be desired Will be
| N rntahad annlieafinn
| L. P. LYNCH,
| novl5-4t. Street Commissioner.