The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Office OF Capitol Building Commissioners
Au>liu T.N.S Inv lssI

Office OF Capitol Building Commissioners, !
Austin, Texas, Juiy l, lsSl. I
Sealed proposals for supplying al material
anu completing every c!a.s OF work required
In the construction OF new State Capitol al
Aust n. Texas, will be received up to
twelve O'Clock moon ON the fifteenth
day of November, 1851.
Payments of he eatire amount will be made
IN lanus, anu the award viii be 10 the lowe st
ana nest bidder; bids VIII therefore be for III,
smallest quantity oi the three mil ions acres of
the public domain set apart by law for that
purpose; whioh is subject 10 an n,um brance
oil ls2O. O0OJ twenty thousand dollars inviuenlsl
expenses Appropriated by The Stventeeth
Legislature ana made chargtable to III,
account there Of The said lands lilo In
Ia IAN, Hartley Ol,ham, Deaf smith, Pal.
mer, castro, Bal .ey. Lamb and Hockey conn
&c. oi thls STATE ,adjoinlpg New Mexico on the
west anu the Indian Territory on The nor,h
Iney ar. sub-dlyided into iesgue surveys of
4l2o acres ,ach; Held. otes and descriptions of
weicn are on Ile In he General Land Office OF
lexis, In this city.
The building is TO be principally of stone.
classl In design Its form approx mates the
Greek cross. with lr ctlng cen re ana Il snk 10:
rotunua al u otme at The intersection of IL
main coriloors, III IL 559 leet six IL ches long,
exclusive Of portlcos, aAd 2 feet ten Inches ri
the great st width. Besiue- the basement and
dome elevation II Is three ull stories I'm height.
co prislpg business aud storage apartments,
Judicial, and Lsgis alive dep rtments of the
state aovernment,i GLIDING arraueemei Is and
apparatus Tor lighting, h atfrs, Ventilatipg
plumbing, drainage, sewerage elevators. and
otner appliances and cUnyeniences of a COM
plete modern state Capitol, Working plans
ana specifications covering n | d ,aii ,sanp e,
OF material to be used, a. well MS a COPY of the
Contract to be sig0ed, msy be seen at his Office
on and alter the fifteenth day OF October IeAt
Biuders VIII enclose with their b,us a copy of
this notice to contractors, aud also a bond.
WIN satisf ,ctory security, In re sum oftw pty
Thousand dolia. y, condition ed thai The bidder.
~ shcce sui, shall, within twenty days AFTER
we aware, enter into contract BIS r.Qu red by
law and the failure t. do so within the time
speclhtd Will forfeit all claim to The said cor .
tract, Inc cont actor Ill lie reuu,red 10 give
BOND 81 two hundred and fifty thout and aol-
lats, with approvtd security, for the faithful
iuin 'iment Of The contract. Blanks for DO dis
VIII DO 'urhi he'd. Titles 10 the lands will be
mrue as the work pr Oeresses, as Shall be Or, vi.
ded In the contract The character and quality
Oh az. material Will be d:sgnateo in the con.
uact ~ reference to samples, ,9hich sh n be
carefully preserv d, and no material will 20
showed IN the structure which Is In any re-
epeSt ui1erent from the samples thus dc sig mated
s auu preserved, Bids mus. be endorsed,
~ ~, ana De addressed TO the Gap .tol Building
commissioners, Au, tin, Texss Bidders
aie invited To be- present at the opening of
oius, which Will take place promptly at u
O'Clock, on the fifteenth day of Nov em6er next,
az nus once. Attention Is cal ed to acts of he
oIAteehth Iexas Legislature. Chapter lo6, and
p. 81. ~'P~i 49,
Ihe right to reject any or all bids Is reserved.
JOS. LEE,
N. l.. NORTON,
capitol Building Commissioners.