Daily Republican., 1882-10-12
DROPOSALS

!pRoPosALs
BUILDING A SILVER ACROSS DELLA.
| WARE VENUE BETWEEN CLAYTON
AND DUPONT STREETS.
Sealed pr posals win be received in the
box In the CITY Council Chamber until 7.8O
o'clock, p. M, thursday, October 18th inst,
for the building OF about I1O feet Of sewer, ,ex.
tending across Delaware avenue. The sewer
viii be cOnst ructed OF stone and brick.
the walls Of stone the arch pavement OF
brick. rhe wall n about 616 feet high
and m feet thick, built Of good well.shapa ID
two men stone Ihe walls will be what fs
known as rubble masonry, laid In irregular
courses and will consist Of stone, containing
from one to two Il 10 n cubic feet and so dis
posed or laiH so as % maze q arm and COM
pact wall, and mo 0 . will be used TINT does
not contain at least lrub. IT, except f0fnlling
up tn interstices bet~ eel the larger stone in
the ,art OF the walls: at least One-fifth of the
face Ofthe wall snail be composed Of ne lders,
extending full size eighteen (l8J inches into
the heart Of the wall, auI from the back the
headers shall be In the same proportion an
Of he same dimensions nd so arranged that
a header in the back " all be between two
headers in he face. hs ends Of the walls
will be neatly finished with steps, the breadth
or read o. which sal MT be less than the
rise. ] he distan Q bepween the walls will be
ten (l0) feet in the Gle r, which will be span-
ned bya Teml circular, Drick arch nine 10y
II ches thick, compose of two Independent
ring or c urses of n best hard burnt brick.
The paven er' will be an inverted arch Of N
feet radius cnnsi3ti Of one course Of good
paving brick l4u on ed .. 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 a'ch or pavement. The sprlDging
line OF the pavement will be three (3) feet be-
low the sDrinRing line Of the arch. Ibe arch
will be well b1cked with stone to the height
Of about hrse (3) 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 lsJ ha subject
ed to test and approved by the rtr ct Oon-
mi sioner before 1t Will be allowed TO be- used
in the work. The excavation cross Uelaw4 re
avenue must be ade so as not TO ObsJcuat or
impede the travel on said ave rue, and the
contractor Will be held responsible for any
damage or injury that may occur to any per-
son, team or vehicle in crossing rad sewer
during Its construction
Plans OF the sewer can be seen at my Office !
or at the office Of 10. q. COnwelI City En- l. ,
neer The entire WORK must be cOmpieteu III |
forty days from the signing Of the contract.
BIDS are requested for the entire work, !
excavation and back filling. Eaoh |
bid mu't be properly signed and accompa- |
MED with blnd Of e5Ot. with surety, Gs q |
guarantee Of the good faith Of the hid, and !
the successful bidder will be required to ,
give bond in the sum OF 81 600 with surety |
for the fai htul perfCrma )e Of the contract |
All bids must be endorsed proposal for !
sewer across Delaware avenue"
Ihe committee reserve the right to reject |
any or all bids. LEWIS ZEBLEr,
Oct7-5t Street Commissioner.