The daily gazette., 1881-03-29
PROPOSALS.
pRo osALs FOR CONSTRUCTING A
REWEk
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSION NAh'
No. gl% EAST SIXTH STREET, ,ao,

orrtcr or TUE srRKET COMMISSIONER,
No. az EAST SIXTH STREET, ,ao, (
WILMIMGToN, DEL, MARCH 20, io0''I
Sealed proposals will be IecelVeI in I'M en1
box in the City Council Snanh Nh rch sist
7,30 O'Clock, r, M, Thursday Ms1Gh S,,, Sta,,
1881. for constructing a stone anu orich
sewer on Shipley run. between rlltn anu
sixth aud ADDISON and Monroe streets,
Length OF sewer about 20 ieSe, vi,
nine feet between walls. rue wa sh C,tv
be built of stone furnished ny tne DI.y
and will be delivered Oh Finn ana Sl1tn
streets. The walls will be ~ leet Ihick
and about6 u feet high, DEL ehulng w. sno
nature of the ground. The excaVatlo,nsS
for the walls must In All cases o1 soIid
deep enough to OBTAIN good ana solu
fouiidation. The pavement VII De az
inverted arch OF feet radius, consisung
of one course of go hard Drlck Iaiu 1n ~,
edge the bed Of the pavement must oe
filled in with gravelkOr some sultaple ma .
teIial. well packed and rammea ana
made to conform TO the exact snape anu
grade of the invert or pavement, anu u
necessary the pavements IN lhe seweis ~
crossing Fifth and sixth streeA mus. Ulss W 's
raised or lowered in order " CONFORM 70
tire grade as IL will be given by the CIly
Surveyor. The walls and pavement must
be laid In good hydraulic cement IDoIta,
composed of equal parts OF cement hnu
clean river sand. The walls anu pay il Nelne. !.
must be well plastered with good cement
mortar and made as smootn anu Irue
TO grade as possih 10. ALI the Work must
be done In a good and W, rknanllke man
ner, according 10 the plans and llneL Iur-
nished by the City Surveyor, Inc e4ecu.
ton of said work and the performance OF
the contract shaI be under the direction
and supervision of the street Commls,
sioner, and the wo,k must be approved
| by htm before II will be accepted Dy tne
Street Committee Bids are requested 10
be made stating the price per lin al foot
for building the sewer, the price per line-
al foot TO include the cost OF excavating,
back flliing and ali the labor and material
necessary TO complete the work without
any additional cost TO the CITY except
the stone for building the walls Tne
work must be completed WITHIN tnlrty
days from the time the contract is aw ard
ed by City Council; for every day there-
after there will be a forfeit OF ten dollars
per day, A bond with security In the
sum OF 1--WE hundred dollars must accom-
pany each proposal for the good falth OF
he bidder, and the person or persons 10
whom the contract may be awarded must
give bond with security Ia the sum OF
one thousand dollars for the faithful per-
formance OF thP.contract. Any repairing
that the sewer may need Tor the space OF
one year must be done by the contractor
without any cost to the City, The street
Com mittee reserve the right 10 reject
any or all bids. All bids must be prop
erIy sign ed sealed and. endorsed, PRO
posalR for constructing a sewer ON snip
ley Run" Any further Information that
may be desired will be furnished on APP
pllcation to l.. Z. LYNCH,
Street Commissioner
BY order OF the Street Committee,
WILLIAM MCMENAMlN,
marietta chairman.