The daily gazette., 1881-05-10
PROPOSALS.
pRoposALs FOR CONSTRUCTING a
Il SEW Err.
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONERS,

OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONERS,
No. So East Sixth street,
WILMINGTON, DEL, May 5, 1881.
4 Sealed proposals Will DO received in the
box In the City Council Chamber until
1880 p. M. THU RsDAY, Nav 18th, 1881, for
constructing ab ut 100 feet of Sc ~ across
scott at Fourteenth street. The sewer
Will be built with stone and brick, the
side walls will be of stone and the arch
and pavement of good hard brick, the
walls will be two and a half feet thick
and about five and "a half feet high. de-
pending on the nature of the ground the
excavations for the walls, In all cases, TO
be carried deep enough to obtain a firm
AID solid foundation. The walls will be
what Is generally known as rubble ma
sorry, laid In Irregular courses, and will
consist OF stone containing from one TO
Two cubic feet, and 80 disposed or laid as
TO make firm and compact wall. No
stone shall he used that does not contain
ut least one cubic tont, except for illlnR
in the inUerstices between the larger
stones in the heart OF the wall,
AT least one nth Of the face OF the walls
shall be composed OF headers extending
full size, eighteen inches, into the walt
and from the back the headers shall be
in the same proportion and OF the same
dimensions and SO arranged that n head
er In the back shall be between two
headers IN the face.
The ends of the walls will be neatly I'm
tshed with steps the breadth OF which
lance between the walls will be ten feet
ln the clear, which Will be spanned by u
seml-eircular brick arch nine inches
thick, composed OF two independent ring
or courses OF the best hard burnt brick
The pavement Will be- an Inverted arch
of seven and quarter 1eet radi as con-
sisting OF one course OF good hard brick
laid en- edge; the bed of the pavement
must be well prepared by being thorough
ly packed snd rammed and mad. to CON
form to the exact shape and grade Of the
inverted arch or pavement; tbs springing
line of the pavement will DE three Ieet
below the springing line of the arch. The
arch will be well backed with stone to
the height OF about three feet.
All the work OF this sewer, both stone
and brick, must be laid in good hy-
draulic cement mortar comp tsed of
equal parts OF cement and clean river
sand.
The work must be done under the di-
rection and supervision of the street
Commissioner and the work and mate
rial must be approved by him, or II will
not be accepted by the Street Committed
Parties bidding VIII please sOaEe the
price per lineai foot for building the
sewer. the price per lineal foot TO Include
the cost OF excavation backhliing and
furnish all the labor and material ueces-
sary to complete the work; the sewer
must be completed within thirty DAYS
from the time the contract is awarded by
| City Council; Tor every day thereafter The
SOubidCJOt lhuSL pay W Tue ClLy oil VIII.
mington the sum OF ten dollars
A bond with security in the sum OF two
hundred dollars NUT accompany eaeh
| proposal for the good faith of the bidder
and the person or persons TO whom the
| contract lis awarded must give a bono
| with security In the sum of i've hundred
dollars tor the faithful performance O
| the co tract.
The street Committee reserve the right
| 10 reject any bid that they do not thinb
1t will be TO the Interest of the city to &C
| cept.
ALI bids must be properly signed, sealeC
| and endorsed "Proposals for construct
| lug Sewer, at Fourteenth and scot
Streets" The sewer must be built ae
| cording TO the plans and lines furnfshe,
by the City Surveyors Any further In
formation that may be desired will b.
furnished by application to
l.. p. LYNCH,
| Street Commission er,
By Order Of the Street Committee,
WILLIAM MCMENAMIN,
| mayb-6t Chairman,