The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-04
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
PROPOSALS FOR
SEWER MATERIALS.
Denartment Of public Worlfs


Commissioners Office City Hall,
Providence. n. L., November q, lS1.
SEALED PROPOSALS viii he received at
this office until II o'clock a. IN. WEDNES-
DAY, December 3, 1897, for furnishing the
following named materials for sewer work,
viz:
PIPES.
5000 feet l5-inch straight pipes.
$50 feet l5-inch by s-inch branch pipes.
lS,6O) feet i2nch straight pipes
l5 feet 12inch by l2.inch branch pipes.
lg5 feet l2-inch by s-inch branch pipes.
l50 feet l2-inch by 6incb branch pipes.
10000 feet Sinch straight pipes, 2.feot
lengths.
2n,UD feet O.lncn straight pipes, gfcet
l,l0O feet s-inch by 6-inch branch pipes, ?
feet lengths.
- pieces l5.inch bends.
25 pieces l2-inch bends.
$50 pieces S-iuch l.S bends.
100 pieces G-inch "A bends.
100 pieces G-inch ls bends.
FLAG STONES.
200 flag stones, five feet by five feet by four
BRICKS.
100000 20 5000, 900 hard body bricks.
1hc twelve and ffteonInch pipes are 20 I've
IN lengths of three feet, of good clay, salt
glazed, uniform In texture, smooth free from
blistors and thoroughly burned, eighty per
cent. Of the auantlty to be less than one-fourth
inch out OF round and less than three eighths
Of an inch out Of straight No pipo Is to eX-
ceed one-half OF an inch out OF straight or out
Of round, and N no case is any pipe to be ont
OF round on different diamctcrs at different
ends, the glazing and thickness OF tho pipe TO
lie satisfactory.
The bells Of all pipes branches and bevels
shall be- large enough for pipes Of the same
nominal diameter to enter freely aud without
chipDing.
All pipe material 20 be sound when deliv-
cred. Pieces badly chipped viii be rejected
The flag stones shall be Of North River
stone, fairly smooth ON one side az least, no
large stone 60 be- more than two inches less
either way than size given, and nothing Will
be allowed for any oversize. no stone 20 vary
r,ore than one inch from thickness stated.
The bricks ara to be hard pressed, whole
and sound, OF true form and with only
snRll percentage Of black ends. Four samples
Of the bricks offered are 90 bs furnished with
the Did; two 20 be- u tair sample ~ the aver
age quality ~ tie bricks to be delivered and
two 20 he sample Of the poorest bricks that
Will be accepted.
An materials to be subject to inspection and
approval.
Hids Will be received for any portion or all
OF the above material
DELIVERY
All of the materials are 10 be delivered on
the city wharf ears in the city yard,
south of Mcpherson street. The delivery tu
begin pu or before NJ rch ]. 1878, and to- hc
continued as rapidly n required, aud 90 DC
fully completed un or before july ], ISIS.
BONDS.
A bond satisfactory 10 the undersigned FOR
"a SUM equal 90 about une-tenth of the e-timat-
ed amount ~ the contract. ~ liquidated dam
ages fui failure Co execute the contract within
ten dHvs M awarded must accompany each
proposal. and a satisfactory bond Tor a sum
tgual to ahnut one-third ~ the estimated
amount uf the contract. conditioned uuOr tho
faithful performance ~ the contract, will ho
required ~ thc successful bidder.
The right 10 reject any nr al itroprsa 9 = re-
served. ROBERT Y. SMITH.
NJ, ~ Commissioner