The daily gazette., 1880-09-27
PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
I SEWE Err.
OFFICE OF THE STREET
COMMISSIONER,
No. 81 e. Sixth st.
WILMINGTON, TEL, Sept. 81, 1880.

WILMINGTON, TEL, Sept. 81, 1880.
Sealed proposals will be received in the
box in the City Council chamber until
7:3O p. m. Thursday, September Both, 1880.
for bui dirg double sewer from the norm
side OF Second street down E.dams to the
south side OF Pleasant street or follow the
natural water course Il directed by the
street Commissioner. The sewer will 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 five
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, aud
II necessary must be planked. inc 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
hydraulic cement; the sewer VIII be COW
cred with flag stone . feet long ~ inches
wide and inches thick and wen ntted ON
the walls so that there will be no looking
movement.
ALI open spaces between the edges of
the covering flag stone must be closed
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.
ment mortar and at least l3 inches thick;
the inlets will he covered with iron plates
teet 6 riches long 2 ieet inches wide
and IL inches thick, with shutter In top
and Iron CRATE bars IN front; tne stone
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 and made as smooth and true TO
line as possible. Bids are requested TO be
made sta ling price per liueal foot for
main sewer, the p ice per lineal foot 10
include the cost of putting In branch sew
ers, inlels, excavation and back filling
and all the material and labor necessary
to complete the work Except the stone
lor the walls). The contractor must be
responsible ior all accidents and have the
work completed ana the street all cleaned
up and the dlrt removed to wherever the
) rect Commissioner directs, within si4-
Nv days from the dale the contract Is
lwarded For every day Thereafter r there
will be q forefit OF ten dollars per day
rhe work must be doue in a good and
Workmanlike manner, according to the
man furnished by the City Surveyor. The
execution of said work aud the perform
ance of the contract shall be under the
direction and supervision of The Street
Commissioner and the work must be ap-
proved py him bel,re IL Will accepted by
The street Committee. A bond with Sc
CURLY iu the sum OF hve 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 a bond with security
in the sum of one Thousand dollars for the
fait hiul performance of the contract. TIE
City Council reserve the right TO reject
any or all bids. A II bids must be proper
ly sigued, sealed and endorsed. "pr0po-
sails for constructing sewer" blank propo-
sails or any further Information that may
be desired will be furnished on appiica-
tion TO >,,.Y
sen2Yit Street Commiss. oner.