The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-17
pro os AIS FOR CONSTRUCTING A
OFFICE OF THE STREET COMMISSIONER
No. 81 EA..T SIXTH SrR uEr. -'

ObbACE or THE STREET COMMISSIONER
- NO. 6% EAST SIXTH STREET
WILMINGTON, DEL, MARCH l6 1891 (
Sealed proposals will be received In the
box n the City Council Chamber until
i.5O O'CLOCK, +. M, Thursday March 2Ith
1881, Tor constructing stone and brick
sewer On onlpley run. between Filth and
SlAJh ana 3 ADDISON and Monroe Streets
Length OF sewer about I64 feet; width
nine ieet between walls. The walls will
be built of sIone furnished pY the fyity
and VIII be delivered on Fifth and Sixth
streets. The walls viii be ~ Ieet thick
ana about6 "a feet high, depending on the
nature OF the ground. The excavations
Ior lhe walls must In all cases be carried
deep enough to obtain good and solid
IouluaIion. Inc pavement wi be an
inverted arch OF q feet radius, consisting
OF one course of good hard brick laid on
euge the bed ot the pavement nust De
hlltd In with graVellor some suitable ma
teIlal, well packed and rammed and
made 10 conform 10 the exact shape and
grade OF the tnvert or pavement and N
necessary the pavemenls In The sewars
crossing Filth and Sixth streets must De
raised or lowered III order to conform IN
tre grade as II will be given by the City
surveyor. The walls and pave meut must
be laid in good hydraulic cemeut mortar
composed OF equal parts OF cement and
clean river sand. The walls and pavement
must De well pIastered with good cement
mortar and made as smooth and true
10 grade as possible. All the work must
be done ia a good and W, rknanlike man.
heIi dccoIulnB 10 Lne plans and lines fur
nlshed by The City surveyor, The execus
tlon OF said work and the performance OF
The contract shall he under the direction
ana supervision of the Street Commia r.
sloner, and lhe work must be approved
oy hlm before 1t will be accepted ny the
StreeL committee, Bids are requested 10
pc made stating The price per Ian al foot
lor oullulng the sewer, the price per line.
al IooI 10 Include the cost of excavating,
back filing and ali the labor and material
necessary To compl, te the work without
any additional cost to the City (except
the stone for building the walIs) Tne
work must be co pleted within thirty
days from the time the contract is aW ard
ed by CIty Council; for every day there
SfIer there Will be forfeit OF ten doll ra
per day, bond with security In the
sum OF nve hundred dollars must accom-.
Pany each proposal for the good faith of
the bidder, and the person or persons to
whom the contract may be awarded must
give bond with security In the sum of
one thousand dollars Tor the faithful per-
fDrmance of the.contract. Any repairing
that the sewer may need lor The spaoe Of
one year must be done by the contractor
without any cost to the City, The street
Committee reserve The right to reject
any or all bids. All bids must be prop-
erly signed sealed and: endorsed, fPrO-
posals for constructing sewer on Snip
ley Rum Any further. Information that
may be desired Will be furnished on ap-
pilcatlon TO l.. T. LYNCH,
Street Comm issioner
By order of the Street COMMITTEES.
WILLIAM MCMENAMiN
marl6IZ1 Chairman.