Daily Republican., 1882-11-07
PROPOSALS

U-ANN
BUILDING 4SEWER ACROSS della
WARE AVENUE BETNO ZEN YTUN
AND DUPONT STREETS.
Sealed proposals will be received in the
box in the Council Chamber until 7.90 o'olt ok
y. m. Thursday, Novemb sr Oh, for the build
Ing Of about ITO feet Of sewer, extending
across Delaware avenue. The sewer will be
constructed Of stone and brick, the walls OFT
ste ne, tho arch and pavement OF brick, The
wall will be about w feet nigh and ~ feet
thick, built Of good well-shaped tive men
stone, Ihe walls will be what is generally
known as rubbIe ms sOnry, laid in irregulSt
courses and will o0nsist Of stone, containing
| nom Il to y one to two cubic feet and so dis
posed or laid as to make o firm and com.
pact wall, and no stone will be used that doe 8
/ not cont in at least one cubic foot, except
for filling up the tnteIsiices between the lar
ger stone In the heart Of the walls; At least
one-fifth Of the face of the walls will be com.
posed Of hsaders extending full siEe, eight
cen (l8) inches into the heart OF the wall and
| ftOm the back the headers shall be in the
| same proportion and OF the same din enslons,
and 50 arranged that header In the back
shall be between two headers in the face.
The ends Of the walls will be neatly halshed
| with steps, the breadth OF tread Of which
thall not be less than the rise, The distance
between the walls will ba ten (lo) feet In the
clear, which will be spanned by semi-ctrcu-
lar, brick arch nine (9J inches thick, com.
posed OF two Independent rings or courses Of
| the best hard burnt brick. The pavement
no an inverted arch Of u feet radius,
conf istirg Of one course Il good paving brick
laid on edge. 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 Inv erted arch
or pavement. The springlug line OF the pave
ment will be three (3) feet All the work
| (both stone and brick) Of this sewer must be
laid In good hydraulic cement mortar, com.
posed OF one part of cement and two parts Of
| G can river sand All the cement must be
tubjected to test and approved by the
| Street Comm issi0ner before IT will be allow
ed to be used in the work. The excavation
| across lelaware avenue must be made SO az
not TO 6bstruct or Impede the tTovel on said
avenue, and the extractor will be held res
ponsible for any damage or N lury 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 construction
Of said sewer, to be furnished by the c0ntrac-
| tor at his own eXpense.
Plans Of the sewer can be seen al my office
or at the office I'm. y. Conwell, City: Engi-
neer The entire work must be completed in
| forty days from the signing Of the contract.
Bids are requested for the entire work, in
Guiding excavation and back filling. Each
bid mustIb be spropt rly signed and Accompa-
Aied with bond In the sum Of $500, with
surety, as guarantee OF the good faith Of
| the bid, and the successful bidder will be re-
duired to give q bond ip the sum of$l 900
with surety for the faithful performance OF
the contract.
All bids must be endorsed "Pr0posals for
sewer across Delaware avenue"
The committee reserve the right to reject
any or all bids. LEWIS ZEBLEY,
nOv7.St street Commissioner.