The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11


s;ructicn OF certain additions 10 the ex-
isting watey-works OF the City OF Seat
tie. State OF Washington.
Sealed proposals will be received on ar
before u m, November 18th. 1885, for tae
obstruction and completion OK certain ad-
dat;ons to the existing water-works owned
ana controlled by the City OF Seattle. the
ply from Cedar River. reservoirs and por-
lions Of an auxiliary high service system
In the City.
The contract to be let will embrace the
following general items Of construction:
Hsadworks Ola Cedar River consisting OF
Diverting Weir. Intake Canal 40 feet
iong) and Settling Basin:
Pressure Pipe 20 City. - inches diameter,
"a miles in length; OF which ia miles
are to be riyetted steel and y miles TO be
In diameter.
High Service Reservoir in City: capac-
ity Is million gallons.
Low Service Reservoir In City; capac-
Auxiliary High Service Steel S,and-Pipe.
% feet diameter by 80 feet high. ineased in
Ransome concrete.
Pumping Main to stand-pipe. 1900 feet
l2-ineh Kalamein Pipe; e,eoo feet ls-inch
kaiamein Pipe.
3e-inch Stave Pipe. connecting reservoirs,
about one mile length.
s0-inch Stave Pipe, $500 lineal feet, waste
from High Service Reservoir.
3o-inch Rivetted Steel Pipe. 1850 feet
ieng'h connecting Low Service Reservoir
Changing Cedar River Channel. 6o.ooo Gu
bic yards excavation.
Lake.
Two Gate Houses. Specials. Valves, etc.
The contract to be entered into will pro-
vide that payment shall be made for this
only River WAFER Supply lyon Fund md
nshed by Ordinance No 1890 of
the City Of Seattle. and the contractor
No In ,ct
cept as therein provided. By said ordin-
ance IS per cent Of the cash receipts OF
the entire city water system are inviolably
set aside and pledged 10 the payment OF
the gradual redemption OF said warrants.
In addition TO the warrants which will
Of said additions the contractor will also
be required to purchase al par any and ali
warrants which shall be drawn on said
FUND by the city In such amounts as shan
be required to pay for any real estate.
rights. easements Or privileges necessary
for the prosecution X the work of con-
struction and the perpetual control by said
city OF the additions to the water works
herein specified. whether obtained by pur-
chase. agreement or condemnation pro-
ceedings, and also such warrants as shall
be drawn upon said fund by the City in pay
ment OF engineering and other expenses
necessarily incurred in connection with
said additions: provided that the amount
OF the warrants thus required 10 be pur-
chased by the contractor shall in no case
exceed the sum OF Sixty-four Thousand
ts64. ooo) Dollars
Each bid must be accompanied by a GER
tilted check, payable to the order OF he
City Comptroller. for q sum rot less than
i've 10 per cent. of the bid. and no bid
vii! be considered unless accompanied by
said check.
The successful bidder will be required 10
enter into contract and furnish satisfac-
tory bond for the amount required by the
City Charter and the laws Of the State OF
Washington, within ten days after heing
notified OF the award OF the contract 10
him, failing so to do. the said check and
the amount fixed therein Will be forfeited
10 The City. No person is eligible as a
bidder who has within two years prior to
the letting OF said contrae: made default
In payment OF any just claim for any work
or labor performed. or any skill or mate
rial furnished pursuant 10 any such con-
tract as herein advertised, or who within
said two years failed TO complete any such
contracts.
Special attention IL called to Article
MINI OF the City Charter, as now In
force, relating to hours OF labor and 70
Article XIII. Seccon 81, Subs ! and 2, re-
lating 10 bonds and sureties
All bids must - made in accordance and
comply with the plans and specifications
and IN compliance with Ordinances No $500
The City Of Seattle reserves the right 10
reject any and all bids
Proposals must be endorsed on envelope
Bid for Constructing Certain Additions TO
the WateT-wo-ss OF the CITY OF Seattle"
b. order OF the Board OF Public Works.
FRANK OLES0N Secretary