Daily Republican., 1882-10-11
INROPOSALS

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BUILDING A SILVER ACROSS della
WAREAvLNuEB BETWEEN CLAYTON
AND DUPONT SrhEECS.
Sealed proposals will be received in the
box In the CITY Coubcii Chamber until 7SO
O'Clock, D. IN, thursday, October 18th inst,
tending across delaware avenue. The sewer
will be constructed OF stone and brick.
the walls Of stone, the arch pavement OF
brick. Tire wall Will about Ok feet high
and IN feet thick, built Of good Well-shaped
two men stone The walls will be what ia
known as rubbLe masonry, laid In irregular
courses and will consist of stone, containing
fr0m one to two Il to - cublc feet and 80 dis
posed or laid 30 Ds 70 make nrm and COM
pact wall, andanO so. Will be used that does
not contain at least cub. IT,, except for filling
up tn interstices betw cen the larger stone In
the heart OF tho walls; at least 0ne-hfth of the
face Of the wall suall be composed of he eGders,
attending full sise eighteen (1s) inches into
the heart OF the wall, anL from the back the
headers shall be In the same proportion and
Of the same Dimensions and 30 arranged that
q header In the bacR shall be between two
headers In he face. he ends of the walls
will he neatly tinishAd With steDs, the breadth
or read Of which s1alI not be less than the
rise. The distance beJWeen the walls will be
ten (10l feet in the cle r, which will be span
ned by Semt circular, brick arch nine 10y
IL ches thick, compose Of two Independent
rings or 0 urses OF NJ best hard burnt brick
The paveIu eat will be an inverted arch of N
feet radius c0nsisti.g Of one course Of good
pavink bricK LAID on eu q. The bed of the
pavement must be we'll prepared by being
thoroughly packed and rammed and made to
conform TO the exact shape and grade Of the
Inverted atch or pavement. The spriDging
line OF the pavement will be three (3) feet be-
low the springing line Of the arch. The arch
will be we'll backed with stone to the height
Of bout three (a) feet ALI the work (both
stone and brick) Of this sewer must be laid In
good hydraulic cement mortar; composed Of
one part Of cement and two parts Of clean
river sand. All the cement mast he subject
ed to test and approved by the ~tr ct Com.
mi sioner before II will be allowed to bs used
In the work. Tho eXcayatioEacrOss Beiawtte
avenue must be n ade 80 Ss not TO obstruct or
impede the travel on said ave cue, and the
contractor will be held responsible for any
damage or injury that may occur to any par-
son, team or vehicle In crossing said sewer
during Its construction
Plans of the sewer can be seen at my, y,0tice
or at the Office OF M. Q. OOnwell, City Ent /.
neer. The entire work must be completed In
forty days from the signing OF the contract.
Bids are requested for the entire work,
including excavation and back filling. Each
bid NUT be properly signed and accompG-
MED with bJnd OF $500. with surety, as a
guarantee Of the good faith Of the bid, and
the successful bidder will be required to
etvea bond In the sum OF u, 600 with surety
for the fai htul pertC of the contract.
All bids must be endorsed proposal for
sewer across Delaware avenue"
The committee reserve the right to reject |
4ry or all bids. LEWIS ZEBLEH,
0ot7-6t Street Commissioner.