The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
NOTICE TO CsSTARCToRs.
Notice of capi,ol, Iuila ~ co ,,., On

Notice Of Capitol IbildIng Commissioners
Austn, Texas, July 1881.
Sealed proposals fos supplying all matoria
and completing every dass OF work required IL
the construction OF new State Capitol o.
Austin. Texas. viii boreeeivod up TO
Twelve O'Clock non, on the fifteenth
day Of No'ember, 1881.
Payments of the enire amount will DO made
In lands and the award will DO TO the lowest
and best bidder bidrwill, therefore. BIO for the
smallest quantity oftho three millions acres Of
purpose which is sibjsct TO an incumbrance
Of (s2o,0so) twenty thousand dollars incidental
expenses approprlssd BY the seventeonth
Legislature and mde chargoable to the &C.
Hartley, Oldham, Joaf Smith Palmer, Castro,
Bailey, Lamb anf Hockey counties, Of this
State, adjoining now Mexico on the West and
the Indian Terripry on the north. They are
on file in The GeTralf Land ONCE Of Texas. in this
The building Is 70 be principally of stone,
classic In desi(n., Its form approximates the
Crock cross, win projecting centre and hanks;
main corridsfs. It Is $50 feet six inches long,
exclusive ofporticos, and 2So feet ton inches at
the greatest width. Besides the basement and
comprising business and storage apartments
Offices, waits, etc., for tho entire Executive,
Judicial ind Legislative departments Of the
State government including arrangements and
apparatus for Lighting heating. ventilating,
plumbing, drainage, sewerage, elevators, and
other Appliances and conveniences of com
piete modern State Capitol, Working plans
and specifications covering all details, sample
of maierial to be used, as we'll as copy. OF the
contract to be signed, may be seen at this office
on ana after the fifteenth day Of october n0xt.
B .dders will enclose with their bids copy Of
his notice TO contractors, and also bond, with
satisfactory security, In the sum Of twenty
lousand dollars, conditioned that the bidder
successful, shall, within twenty days after
he award, enter into contract az required by
aw, and the failure to do 80 within the time
.ract. The contractor will be required to give
, bond of two hundred and fifty thousand dol.
ars, with approved security, for tho faithful
'ulfllment of the contract Blanks for bonds
will be furnished. Titles to the lands will be
made as the work progresses, as shall be proyi.
led in the contract The character and quality
If all material shall be designated In the con-
ract by reference TO samples, which shall BIO
carefully preserved, and no material shall be
Flowed In the structure which Is In any respect
lifferent from the samples designated and pre-
erved. Bids must be endorsed, Proposals for
building the Texas State Capitol" and be ad-
ressed to the capitol Building Commission
rs" at Austin, Texas Bidders are invited to |
e present at the opening of bids which will
AXE place promptly at IL o'clock, on the |
fteenth day of November next, at this office. |
Ittenton is called to acts Of the Sixteenth Texas
legislature, Chapter 106 and acts Of the Seven |
zenith Legislature, Chapter 79, p; 81:
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved |
N L. NORTON.
Canito1 Ruilding Commissioners.