The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-13
NOTICE no CONTRACTORS.

NOuco OF capitol liui1ina Commissioners
Austin, Tetas, July L 1891.
Sealed proposals for supplying all maisrif
aud completing every class Of work required Ia
The construction Of new She Capitol NJ
Austin, Texas will bs received up 10
Twelve O'Clock noon, on the fifteenth
day OF November, 1881.
Payments Of the entire amount will DO mad
In lands and the award will be TO the lowest
and best bidder; bids will, therefore, be for the
smallest quantity OF the three millions acres OF
tho public domain set apart by law for that
purpose, which Is subject 70 an insumbronce
Of $50, 90 twenty thousand dollars incidental
expenses appropriated by tho Seventeenth
Legislature and made chargesble 10 the ne
count thereof The said lands lie In Dallam.
Hartley, Oldham, Doaf Smith, Palmer, Castro,
Bailey. Lamb and Hockey counties, OF this
Stato, adjoining New Mexico OH the West and
the Indian Territory OH the north. They are
sub-diyided Into leagues surveys OF which are
on file in the General Land Office Of Texas in this
city.
The building Is TO be principally of stone
classic in design. Its form approximates the
Greek cross, with projecting centre and TANKS
rotunda and dome at tho intersection OF the
main corridors. 1t is $50 feet six inches long,
exclusive Of portcos, and 1888 feet ton inches at
the greatest width Besides the basement and
dome elevation IL is three full stories In height
comprising business and storage apartments,
Of1ces, vaults, etc., for the entire Executive,
Judicial and Legislative departments of the
State government Including arrangements and
apparatus for lighting, heating. ventilating.
plumbing drainage, sewerage, elevators, and
other appliances and cOnvsniencss of 4 com
plete modern State Capitol. Working plan
and specifications covering all details, sample
contract to be signed may bs seen at this office
on and after the fifteenth day of October next.
Bidders will enclose with their. bids copy of
his notice 10 contractors, and also bond, with
satisfactory security, in the sum OF twenty
lousand dollars, conditioned that the bidder
t successful shall, within twenty days after
he award enter into contract as required by
aw, and the failure to do so within the time
pecified will forfeit. all claim to tho said con-
tract. The contractor will be required to give
bond oftwo hundred and fifty thousand dol.
frlfllment OF the contract Blanks for bonds
will be furnished. Titles to the lands will DO
made as the work progresses, rs shall be proyi-
ded in the contract The character and quality
OF all material shall be designated in the con-
tract by reference to samples, which shall be
carefully preserved, and no material shall be
allowed in the structure which il in any respect
different from the samples designated and pre-
served. Bids must be endorsed, Proposals for
building the Texas State Capitol" and be adj
dressed to the capitol Building Commission
be present at the opening of bids, which will
take place promptly at II O'Clock, on the
fifteenth day of November next, at this Office.
Attention is called to acts of the Sixteenth Texas
Legislature Chapter 105 and acts of the Seven
tenth Legislature, Chapter 49, p. 81.
Tho right to reject any or all bids is reserved
JOS. LEE
n. L. NORTON,
Capitol Building Commissioners.