The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
once OF Capitol lnllding Commissioners,
Austin, Texas, July j, lesl,

once Of Capitol liuiIdlng Commissioners,
Austin, Texhs, July u esl, }
Sealed proposals for. supplying AL material
and completing ovorysclass OF work required
In tho construction OF q new State Capitol Of
Austin, Texas will be received up to
Twelve O'Clock (noon) ON the fifteenth
! day ofNovs:.Aber' 1851.
Payments OF The entire amount M w n n"l,
In lands, and the award will be 10 the lvw--
and best bidder; bids Will, therefore be for the
smallest quantity OF the three MILL acres Of
the public domain set apart by law for that
purpose, which Ia subject 10 an incumbrance
OF 600. OOO) twenty thousand doilars Incidental
Legislature ana made chsrgeabie to the
account there of. 1he said lands lie In
Dailam Hartley Oldham, Deaf smith, Pal
ties, of this State ,ad Joining New Mexico on the
west and the Indian Territory on The north.
They are snb-divlded into ieegne surveys Of
4i2S acres each; ileld-notes and descriptions Of
which are on file In the General Land OGice Of
Texas, In this city.
The building is to be principally of stone,
Greek cross, with prof rcting cen re and Hanks;
rotunda and dome at the intersection of the
main corridors. 1t is $50 feet six IN ches long;
the greatest width. Besides the basemel and
dome elevation II is three full stories In height
comprising business and storage apartments,
snd ssS lol yne em' rn mec@y
State governmental GLIDING arrangements and
apparatus Tor lighting, heating, ventilasipg,
plumbing, drainage, sewerage elevators, and
other appliances and Conveniences of COM
plete modern State Capitol. Working plans
and specifications covering all detail samples
OF materia, to be used, as well as a copy of the
contract to be sigoed, may be seen at This Office
on and after the fifteenth day of October next.
Bidders will enclose with their bids a copy of
this notice to contractors, and also bond,
with satisfactory security, in the sum oftwenty
thousand dollars, condition ed that the bidder,
II successful, shall, within twenty days after
the award, enter into contract as requ red by
law, and the failure tU do 80 within the time
specified will forfeit all claim to the said coli.
bond of two hundred and fifty Thousand dol
lars, with approved security, for the faithful
fulfllment of the contract. Blanks for bonds
Will be furnished Titles TO the lands will be
made aB the work p, ogresses, as shall be prov
ded in the contract. The character and quality
of all material will be designated in the con.
tract by reference to samples, which shsll be
carefully preserv d, and no material will Dc
allowed in the structure which Is in any re-
spect different from the samples thus designated
and preserved. Bids must be endorsed,
proposals for building the Texas State Capt.
tol, y and be addressed to the Capitol Building
Commissioners, at Austin, Texes. Bidders
are invited to be present ct the opening Of
bids, which will take place promptly at IL
O'Clock, on the fifteenth day of November next,
at this Office Aiten ton is called to acts of the
acts of seveateenin Legis ature, Chapter 70.
p. 81.
TDe right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
JOS. LEE,
N. l.. NORTON,
Capitol Building Commissioners.