The daily gazette., 1881-05-11
PROPOSALS.
pRoroSsssA,JLs FOR CONSTRUCTING
OFFICE OF TIE sTHEEr coMMIssIoSER.

Il SEW Elk.
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONERS,
No. SO East Sixth street,
WILMINGTON, DEL (, May 8, 1881.
4 Sealed proposals Will be lecetv ed In the
box in the City Council Chamber, until
1880 p. m. THU RSDAY, May 18th. 1881, for
constructing sbg ut 100 feet of sewer across
Scott at Fourteenth street. The sewer
viii be built with stone and brick, the
side wallis will be OF siohe and the arch
and pavement of good hard brick, the
walls will be two and q half feet thick
and about i've and half feet high, de-
pending on the nature OF the ground the
excavations for the walls, In all cases, 20
be carried deep enough 10 obtain q. firm
ard solid foundation. The walls will be
what Is generally known as rubbIe ma
so ry, laid in irregular courses, and will
consist OF stone containing from one 70
Two cubic feet, and SO disposed or laid an
to make a f1rm and compact wall. No
stone snail be used that does not contain
1T least one cubic foot, except for filling
in the interstices between the larger
stones in the heart OF the wall.
AT least one ntth Of the face OF the walls
shall be composed OF headers extending
fuli size, eighteen inches, into the wall,
and from the back the headers shall be
In the same proportion and of the same
dimensions and so arranged That u head
or in the back shall be between two
The ends OF the walls will be neatly fin.
ished with steps the breadth OF which
shall not De less than the rise. The dis
lance between the walls wall be ten feet
IN the clear, which Will be spanned by a
semi-circular brick arch niue 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 feet radios con-
sisting of one course of good hard brick
laid ON edge; the bed of the pavement
must be well prepared by being thorough
ly packed snd raTnmed and made TO con-
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inverted arch or pavement; the spring ing
line OF the pavement will De three Ieet
below the springing line of the arch. The
arch will be- we'll 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 by-
draulic cement mortar composed OF
equal parts OF cement and Clean river
sand.
The work must be done under the d.
rection and supervision OF the Street
| Commissioner and the work and m ate
rial must be approved by him, or IL will
not be accepted by the Street Committee.
Parties bidding Will please state the
price per lineal foot for building the
sewer, the price per lineal foot TO Include
The cost OF excavation backhliing and
furnish all the labor and material neces-
sary 10 complete the work: the sewer
must be completed within thirty days
| from The time the contract is awarded BY
City Council; for every day thereafter the
contractor must pay 70 the City of VIII
| mington the sum OF ten dollars
A bond with security in the sum of two
hundred dollars must accompany each
proposal for the good faith OF the bidder,
and the person or persons TO whom the
contract Is awarded must give q bond
with security In the sum of I'VE hundred
dollars tor the faithful performance OF
the CO tract
The Street Commit tee reserve the righi
to reject any bid that they do not thinh
| 1t Will be 10 the interest of the CITY IN ac
cept.
All bids must be properly signed, sealec
and endorsed "PrOi osais for construct
Ing g Sewer, at Fourteenth and scot
Streets" The sewer must be built ac
cordlng TO the plans and lines furnishe,
by the city surveyors Any further IN
formation that may be desired will b,
furnished by application to
L. p. LYNCH.
street Com mission or.
By Order of the street Committee,
WILLIAM MoMENAMIN,
may6-0t Chairman.