The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-05-12
PROPOSALS.
DRoPosALs FOR CONSTRUCTING 4
SEWER
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONERS.
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OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER,
No. 81 East Sixth street,
WILMINGTON, DEL., May 8, 1881.
4 Sealed proposals Will be receive ed In the
box in the City Council Chamber, until
1850 p. m. THU RSDAY, May 18th. 1881, for
constructing about 100 feet of sewer across
scot AT Fourteenth street. The sewer
viii be built with stone and brick, the
side walls will be of stone aud the arch
and pavement OF good hard brick, the
walls will be two and a half feet thick
and about i've and IA half feet high, de-
pending on the nature of the ground. the
ext ayaIions for The walls, In all cases, 10
be carried deep enough TO obtain iirm
aud solid foundAtlon. The walls will be
wha. is generally Known as rubble ma
80 ry, laid In irregular courses, and will
consist OF stone containing from one 10
Two cubic feet, and 80 disposed or laid as
To make firm and compact wall. No
stone snail he used that does not contain
nj least one cubic loot, except for filing
| in the inJersuces between the larger
| stones In The heart OF the wall.
AT least one 1fth OF the face OF the walls
| shall be composed OF headers exten ing
4 Ipli size, eighteen inches, into the wall /,
| and from the back the headers shall be
| In the same proportion and OF the same
| dimensions ana SO arranged that head
| er in the back shall be between two
| headers IN the lace.
2 . ends OF the walls will be neatly I'm
| ieAeG with steps the breadth OF which
| siIa uot be less than the rise. The dis
| tai &c between the walls Will be ten feet
| Ia clear, which Will be hpanned by a
| seu circular BRICK arch niue inches
| lhic=. g., composed Of Two Independent ring
| or cures OF the best hard burnt brick
| The 4 smenJ Will DO an Inverted arch
| of x su AID n quarter Ieet radius con-
| sistils OF one course Of good hard brick
| lAId "a edge Tie bed Of the pavement
| must wei prepared by being thorough
ly pacR ed sad ram med aud made to CON
| form H. the exact shape and grade Of the
| inverted arch or pavement; this spring Ing
line OF tne pavement Will be three IeeI
below the springing line OF the arch. The
arch VIII be we'll backed with stone u
the height of ABOUT three feet.
All the work OF this sewer, both stone
and brick, must be laid IN good n.y.
equal parts OF cement and Clean river
sand.
fne work must be done under the d.
rection and supervision of the Street
Commissioner and the work and mate
I1al must be approved by him, or 10 will
not be accepted by the Street Committee
Parties bidding VIII please state the
price per lineai foot for building the
se wer, the price per lineal foot to include
Tie cost of excavation back1iiIng anC
furnish ALL the labor and material neces
Bary TO complete the work; the sewe
must be completed within thirty day
! from the time the contract is awarded s,
! City Council; for every day thereafter hi
contractor must pay 10 the City of vii
mlngton the sum oil ten dollars.
0 A bond with security i'll the sum of tw
= hundred dollars must accOmuanY eac
D proposal for the good faith OF the bidder
=. ana the person or persons TO whom Tia
I, contract Is awarded must give a bon
= with security in the sum of i've hundre
y dollars tor the faithful performance ,
~ the co tract
|, The street Committee reserve the riel
81 to reject any bid that they do not thin
a 1t Will be 10 the intel est OF the city TO O.
.e cept.
m All bids must be properly signed, seal,
- and endorsed "Pro. osals for coastruC
= ing a Sewer, at Fourteenth and SEQ
g. Streets The sewer must be built a
A. cording to the plans and lines Furnish
3, by the CITY surveyors ANY further /
E. formation that may be desired will
q. furnished by application TO
~ l.. T.. LYNCH.
IL Street Com IN ission tr
w By Order Of the Street Committee,
81 WILLIAM MCMENAMIN,
In may6-0t Chairman