The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-01
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
PROPOSALS FOR
SEWER MATERIALS.
Department of Public Works,
ommigsioner's Office Citv Hall

Department of Public Works,
Commissioners Office, City Hall,
Providence, r. l., November q, 1897.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this office until III o'clock a. IN. WEDNES
DAY, December g. 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,600 feet l2.inch straight pipes
Is feet l2-inch by Pinch branch pipes.
lp5 feet l2-inch by s-inch branch pipes.
i5O feet l2-inch by 6-inch branch pipes.
1000 feet sinch straight pipes, 2-feet
lengths.
5000 feet e-inch straight pipes. 2.feet
llO0 feet s-inch by 6-inch branch pipes, q
feet lengths.
Is pieces l5-inch bends.
70 pieces l2-inch bends.
$40 pieces sinch Is bends.
100 pieces 6-inch !, bends.
l,l00 pieces 6-inch Is bends.
FLAG STONES.
200 flag stones, five feet by five feet by four
inches.
1000 600 10 3, 900, 900 hard body bricks.
The twelve and ffteen-lDch pipes are TO be
IN lengths OF three feet, of good clay, salt
glazed, uniform In texture, smooth, free from
blsters and thoroughly burned, eighty per
cent. of the quantity 10 be Less than one-fourth
inch out of round and less than three-eighths
ceed onehalf of an inch out of straight or out
OF round, and in no case l. any pipe to be out
of round ON different diameters at different
ends, the glazing and thickness Of the pipe 10
lie satisfactory.
The bells OF all pioes. branches and bevels
shall be large enough for pipes of the same
nominal diameter to enter freely aud without
chipping.
All pipe material 10 be sound when deliv-
cred. Pieces badly chipped will be rejected.
The flag stones shall be Of North River
stone, fairly smooth on one side at least, no
large stone TO be more than two inches less
either way than size given, and nothing Will
be allowed for any oversize: no stone to vary
more than one inch from thickness stated
The bricks are to be hard pressed, whole
and sound of true form and with only a
small percentage OF black ends. Four samples
of the bricks offered are TO bo furnished with
tine bid two 20 be n fair sample of the aver
age quality OF the bricks 10 be delivered and
two TO he "a sample of the poorest bricks that
will be accepted.
All materials to be subject TO inspection and
approval.
of the above material.
DELIVERY.
All of the materials are 10 he delivered on
the city wharf or on cars IN the city yard,
south of Henderson street. The delivery To
begin on or before March /, 1898, and TO he
continued as rapidly as required, aud to be
fully completed on or before July /, 1898.
BONDS.
A bond satisfactory to the undersigned for
n sum equal to about one-tenth of the estimat-
ed amount of the contract, as hquidated dam
ages for failure to execute the contract within
ten days, if awarded, must accompany each
proposal, and "A satisfactory bond for "A sum
equal TO about one-third of the estimated
amount of the contract, conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the contract, will be
required of the successful bidder
The right to reject any or all proposals is re-
served ROBERT z. SMITH
n27gt Commissioner.