St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-26

WOfludyy SSPLSiliUei !, iOSO,
At o'clock p. m, for furnishing and deliv-
ering such fuel for use in the Public School
Buildings of the City of Saint Paul as may be
required from time to time during the ensu-
ing school year.
No bids will be received after the hour
named above
The estimate of the quantity of fuel re-
quired is as follows, viz:
rs Tons Anthracite Coal. Stove and Nut
size.
$50 Tons Anthracite Coal Egg and Crate
size.
500 Tons Bituminous Coal, Hooking Val
ley.
5000 Tons Bituminous Coal, Illinois.
SO Cords Dry Maple Wood.
200 Cords Dry Slabs.
The Board reserves the right to order only
for actual requirements be it more or less
than the above estimate.
Proposals to be made in accordance with
the following specifications:
ANTHRACITE COAL.
To be furnished from the Lehigh, Scran-
ton, or Wilkesbarre districts. fresh-mined,
screened and free from hale, slate, fine
coal, or dust.
BITUMTNOUS COAL.
To be furnished from mines in the state of
Illinois, and the district. mine. or mines from
which it is proposed to furnish the coal must
be designated in the Proposals. The Coal
must be free from shale. slate, and dirt of
any character. Pea coal and screenings will
not be accepted as coal, and Proposals are
not solicited for the same
DRY MAPLE WOOD.
To be seasoned body Hard Maple Wood, cut
from sound green timber. and measuring four
feet in length from point to kerr 1t must be
free from windfalls, chunks, loose bark,
crooked sticks or limbs, or rotten sticks; and
not less than four inches in diameter. All
eight-inch wood to be split and twelve-inch
wood quartered.
To be Of thoroughly seasoned pine.-of the
regular standard measure. and fit for imme-
date use as kindling. The fuel required
for use in or at the respective school build
ings must be delivered in the bins provided
therefor, and at such time or times as the
same may be ordered by the President of the
Board. the Secretary or the Chairman of the
Committee on Fuel ana Janitors
Bids must be accompanied by bond or
the part of the bidder, with two (2) good and
sufficient sureties in sum amounting to at
least twenty-five 90 per centum of the con-
tract price of the material proposed to be
furnished, and of the work proposed to be
dene in said bid, and conditioned that in
case such bid is accepted by the Board of
Education, the bidder will enter into con-
tract with said board to furnish all material
and perform all work in accordance with the
requirements of the plans and specifications
and for the price stated in his said bid.
Correct form of blanks used for aboye-re-
ouired bonds can be had at the Office of the
Corporation Attorney.
a check in like amount, properly certified
and made payable to the order of the Board
of Education of the City of ST. Paul, will be
received in lieu of the bond above specified,
if so preferred by the bidder.
The right TO reject any. or all bids is re-
served by the Board of Education.
All bids must be plainly marked on exte-
rior of sealed envelope, Proposals for Fuel
Endorsed with the firm name and address of
the bidder, and addressed, mailed or handed
to the undersigned. at his Office in the High
School Building. where he will receive them
during the usual business hours until the
final hour of the day above stated for their
reception. By direction of the Committee on
Fuel and Janitors.
EDWARD ". WHITE. Secretary.