Daily Republican., 1882-11-08
PROPOSALS

IDRoPosALS
RI,ILDIN4 SEVER ACROSS pFLA
WAREAVENUE BEIN EEN Ola IoN
AND DUPONT SHEETS.
Sealed proposals will be received IN the
box 10 he Council Chamb until 75OO'cl cA
~ m. Thursday, November Oh, for he Dulid
fng of about lilo feet OF sewer, eX,enC ing
across Delaware avenue. The sewer NH be
const, ,uctgd Of stone and brick, the walls Oft
sta ne. he arch and pavement of brlek. he
wall will be about "a feet tigh and N teet
thick, built of good well-shsped tWG men
stone. The walls will bo what is generally
known as rubble mg sonry, laid in iuegui't II
courses and will cOrsist OF stone, containing
from Il to y one to two cubic feet and 30 dis
nosed or laid as to m3ko firm and com
pact wall, ard no stone will be usei that doe :
not CONT in at least ore cubic loot Acept
for filling up the intets ices between Nle lar
ger stOu in the heart Of the walls; AZ least
One-tif(h OF the face Ot the walls Will be com-
posed OF headers EXTENDING full sine, eight.
cen USl inches INTO the eat oil the wall aud
from the haeh thi he&dca SHALL ne in the
same proportion and Of the same ull,tensiobs,
and 80 arranged tnat header In inc PACK
shall be between two heaueTS In the isce.
The ends OF the walls will be neatly finished
with steps, the breadth of tread OF which
shall not be les than the rise. The distance
betwe cen the walls will be ten tlO) feet In the
clear which will be spanned by semi-circu-
lar, bricB arch nine (9) inches thlck, com.
posei OF two iRdepere eDt rings or courses OF
the best hard burnt brick. The pavement
Willie an inverted arch Of "a feet radius,
com istiT q OF one course good paving hrick
laid on edge. The bed If the pavement must
be well prepar6d by being thOroURhly pacGe ed
and ran med and made to conform TO the
exact shape and grade If the inverled arch
or pavement The sptingir x line OF me pave
ment will be three (3) feet. All the WORK
(both 81 one and brick) Of this sewer must be
In d In good hydraulic cement mortar, com
posed Of one part Of cement and Two parts OF
can river sand All the cement Il ust DO
subjected tOa test and approved by the
tTeet Commissioner before II will be allow
ed to be used in the wore. The excavation
across ] elaware avenue must be made So as
not to obstruct or ilngede the travel on SAID
avenue, ana the co tractor will be held res
pOnsible for any damage or iTj1ry that may
occur to any person, team or vehicle IN cross
ing said sewer during itS construction All
the material 10 be used in the con 'uucuon
of said sewer, to be FURNISHED by the cOutrac-
tor at his own expense.
Plans of the sew er can be seen al my office
or at the office Of NJ &. CJny ell,t City Engi-
neer, the entre wo X must be co Dplcted in
forty days from the signing OF the cjLtract.
Bids are requested for the eLtire work, in
Guiding excava tiOn snd back filing. E5ch
bid musub :rrOp' rly signed and acconpa
MED with bend in The tum OF $500, with,
surety, as a guarantee OF the good faith of
the bid, and the successful bidder will be re-
Qured to give bond ir the sum CfS eco
with surety for the faithful performance OF
the cor tract.
All bids must be endor.eh Proposals for
sewer Bcrots Delaware venue"
Tho committee reserve toe right to reject
any or all bids. LEWIS XERLEY,
now 81 street CCmmissiOcCr.