The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Grafton, Mass, August 31st 1899
The selectmen Of the Town Of Grafton
will receive proposals unit. SEPT. STII,
ing work on State Highway:
FIRST-Price per ton for crushing about
122O) twelve hundred and twenty tons of
stone of suitable size for macadam. Bid
der to furnish his own platform.
SECOND-Price per ton for hauling to
and twenty tons of suitable stones. The
bidder to furnish stone. The same to be
weighed after crushing, on scales fur
nished for that purpose This work to
be done under the Supervising engineers
direction. The amount not to be less
than one hundred tons per day, if
required.
THIRD-Price per ton for hauling about
Q220 twelve hundred and twenty tons of
crushed stone from the crusher and
spreading on the state highway. The
for that purpose. This work to be done
under the direction of the supervising
engineer. The amount not to exceed one
hundred tons per day, except for con-
FOURTH-Price per ton for watering
and rolling about q220) twelve hundred
and twenty tons of macadam. The bidder
TO furnish his own water. This to be done
under the direction of the supervising
engineer.
FIFTH-Price per cubic yard for fur
nishing and delivering about two hundred
cubic yards of gravel on state road, to
be dumped and spread as the supervising
engineer may direct; said gravel to be
measured as state engineer may direct
SIXTH-Price per cubic yard to do the
surface excavation or filing on s,Uout
60 three-ffths mile of state highway,
including shaping and preparing for tel
ford and macadam. The same to be done
under the direction of the supervising
engineer.
SEVENTH-Price per cubic yard for
laying about 40 ten cubic yards of
rubble masonry laid dry.
EIGHTH-Price per cubic yard for lay
ing about 80 yards of masonry laid in
NINTH-(27D I 20 hundred and seventy
one yards excavation of embankment,
excepting ledge including all grubbing
and clearing.
TENTH-(450 Four hundred and fifty
cubic. yards of borrowed material from
outside of location.
ELBVENTH-d0) Ten cubic yards of
ledge excavation and (10) ten cubic yards
of rubble masonry, laid dry.
TWELFTFI-(50S Fifty hundred and
eighty-three. square yards shaping sur
THIRTEENTH--Q3 One hundred and
thirty lineal feet Pinch vitrifed-clay
pipe, 600 sixty feet 24-inch vitrified-clay
FOURTEENTH (20iO) Twenty hundred
and forty feet of drain.
The specifications and figures above
given are approximate only. For every
accepted bid the selectmen will require a
bond from bidder, with two good sureties
for an amount equal to 500 fifty per cent
Of the. amount of the contract taken
The selectmen reserve the right to reject
any or all bids IT, in their judgment the
interests of the town require it,
Settlements to be made on or before the
Q5th) fifteenth of each month for all work
certified by the state engineer in charge
to have been done in the previous month
The contractor for this work shall be
subject to all the requirements and con-
ditions as stated in the contract between
the State Highway Commissioners and
town Of Grafton and will be held respon-
sible for the faithful fulhllIhent of all as
therein directed and all work and mate
rial must be satisfactory to the state
engineer.
All communications must be sent to
E. L. HOWE, Clerk Grafton, Mass.
G. H. ELLIOTT,
T., A. ESTABROOK,
c.. b. BROOKS,
u. Il. HOWE,
Selectmen of Grafton.