The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-27
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE
PROPOSALS FOR
SEWER MATERIALS.
Departments OF Public Works,

Departments OF Public Works
Commissioner Office, City Hall
Providence, II. l., November q, 1897
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received Mt
this office until II o'clock a. IN. WEDNES-
DAY, December T. 1881, for furnishing the
following named materials for sewer work,
viz
PIPES.
5000 feet l5-inch straight pipes
1870 feet l5-inch by s-inch branch pipes.
ID, 900 feet l2-inch straight pipes.
IS feet l2-inch by l2-inch branch pipes
lq5 feet Pinch by s-inch branch pipes.
$50 feet Pinch by 6-inch branch pipes.
1900 feet Sinch straight pipes, 2-feet
lengths.
0,ooo feet e-ineh straight pipes, 2 feet
lengths.
/, l,aOo feet s.inch by 6-inch branch pipes, ..
feet lengths
~ pieces l5-nch bends.
rs pieces l2-inch bends.
800 pieces s-inch l-S bends
100 pieces 6-nch "A bends
100 pieces b-inch Is bends.
FLAG STONES
200 flag stones, five feet by five feet by four
inches.
BRICKS
1000 900 to 3, 900 900 hard body bricks
The twelve and ffteen-inc pipes are 60 lie
IN lengths Of three feet, of good clay. salt
glazed, uniform I'm texture, smooth, free from
blisters and thoroughly burned eighty per
cent OF the quality 20 be less than one-fourth
inch out OF round and less than tbree-cighths
OF an inch out OF straight NO pipe is TO ex.
"
OF round, aTsl in no case is any Pipe TO he ont
OF round on different diameters at different
ends. the glazing and thickness OF the pipe to
The bells OF all pipes branches and bevels
shall be large enough for pipes Of the same
nominal diameter to enter freely aud without
chippirg.
All pipe material to be sound when doliv.
cred Pipes badly chipped will be rejected
The flag stones shall be Of North River
stone, fairly smooth on ono side at least no
large stone 20 be moro than two inches less
either way than size given, and nothing will
be a Lowell for any oversize: no stone 10 vary
n,ote TRAN oneinch from thickness stated.
The bricks arei % he hard pressed, whCle
and sound. OF true form and with only
small percentage OF black ends -Four samples
q the briks offered are To be- furnished with
the bid two 90 be - ai' sample OF the aver
age quality Of the bricks To be delivered and
tSo 10 be a sample Of the poorest bricks that
will be accepted.
An materials to be subject TO inspection and
approval.
Bids " III be received for any portion or all
OF the above material
DELIVERY.
All Of the materials are 20 bo delivered on
the city wharf cars In the city yard,
south ~ Hen derson street. The delivery to
begin on or befOre March /, lssn and to be
continued a. rapidly a. REQUIRED and ,s to be
fully completed on soS1s sT SsteTe July l. i''s'
A bond satisfactory TO the undersigned FOR
n sum equal 90 about One-tenth " the estimat-
rd amount ~ the contract. ss liauidated dam.
ages fOf failure 10 execute the contract within
ten DAYS. IL awarded, must accompany each
proposal snd satisfactory bond Tor sum
equal to about onethird % the estimated
amount of the contract conditioned upon The
faithful performance of the contract, will De
required ~ thc successful bidder.
The right 60 reject any or ell proposals n re-
sei we'd. ROBERT Y. SMITH.
nS 20 Commissioner.