The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
PROPOSALS.


PROPOSALS FOR THE PLACING OF A
i clock in the Hall OF Jus: Office Of the
Clerk OF the Board of Supervisors of tn e CITY
aud County Of San Francisco. December 8, 1896.
accordance with Reso ution No. is. AIS
(Third SerieS) of the Board of Supervisory sealed
pr oposa will be received in open session of the
NOON, Dece mber q, 1895, from 80 TO O'Clock,
10 furnish a clock for the s.HaI of JUSTICE build.
ing, in conformity with the following speclfica-
tious:
For the furnishing of all labor aud materials
necessary for the manufacture and complete set
ting OF clock in the lantern of the tower of the
HAL of Justice" erecled upon lot Of ground
situate on the southt asst corner of Washington
and Kearny streets, in this City and County, all
as shown on be plans and elevations OF the said
cost thereof not TO exceed the sum of three
thousand dollars
The said clock TO have dial face eight feet
a. one-half in diameter, made of the heaviest
French plate glass in the market; well and per-
fec Iy ground on both sides.
There shall be four dals, one on each side of the
said tower, facing north. south, east and west
Each dial glass, as above, TO be set securely in
strong iron frames, with the outside of said
fra mes ornamented with q copper moldtng OF 49,
ounce copper.
The frame OF he dials to be OF such weight OF
met al as may be demanded by The detail here
after furnished by the architects.
The face OF all he di ais to be orname nted with
numerals in black, of size demande ed, and the
hands 10 be also in black iron.
workmanship and mechanism, and TO be fur
nished with Graham escapement, guarant eed to
maintain variation of not more than 80 seconds
per month when regulated 1t shall be an eght-day,
one half and one hour striking clock, and be pro-
vided with a bell TO weiSh at least 2OO0 pounds,
and be m ade Of the purest bell-metal compo-
sition, free from all flaws and OF the very best
tone.
The machinery of the clock proper to be set
lmmedia ely back of dlals. equidistant to each,
In center of the tower, and set on strong iron
frames, connected with the frame proper Of the
tower, and the bell to be placed in the open nor-
ton Of the tower, Immediately below shown
herewith
Everything appertalnIng to the clock, diais, ma
chinery, bells, etc, to be supplied by the con-
tractor and al the work necessary set the same,
complete. in place, to be done by the same con-
tractor, and the clock turned over TO the Board of
Supervisors in perfect running order, properly
reg ua ed 10 the stipulated variations.
All The above 10 be guaranteed and KEEP in order
by the contractor for he period of five years.
The above clock to be of the Seth Thomas manu-
facture or Of make equally as good the opinion
OF the Board OF Supervisors
The above clock, complete, to be set in place
within thirty days after the completion of the
bull ding under Contract No. l. dated -.
The payment for said clock. complete to be
made IN full in United States coin thirty i've days
after the acceptance by the architect OF all work
herein described.
The work of construction TO be done IN strict &C
cordance with the drawings, plans and specifca-
lions, under the supervision and direction of
Messrs. Shea 81 Shea, architects.
Builders will estimate and state price for which
the entire work Will be performed in accordance
wi h The specifications, drawings and plans, be
seen al the office OF Shea d She's architects No. 20
Montgomery street.
In order to preserve uniformity and to facilitate
the award the board has resolved to receive no
bids unless made upon blank forms prepared by
the com mittee, and certified check for the sum
of $500 deposited by the bidder with and made
payable to the clerk of the board, conditioned il
the proposal be accepted and the contract rded,
the contract and give the required bond within
six DAYS after, the said shall be paid into the
City and County Treasury by said clerk as hqui-
dated damages for sucn failure and neglect.
Blanks furnished by the clerk.
The board reserves the right TO reject all bids II
JNo. A. RUSSELL, ClerK.