Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-21
Proposals for Repairing and Removal
ing the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

Proposals for bids for the following
materials to be furnished and labor to
be performed In the repairing and rem
ovating the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, will be received
by the Secretary Of the Board of Trus-
tees Of said asylum at his office in San
ia Fe, N. NJ, up to IL o'clock noon on
Saturday, March 10, 1900. Bids must be
made for all or any part of the mate
rails and labor named:
Masonry and Plastering.-Point all
cracks and openings in brick work Of
outside walls Of building, in good,
strong lime mortar. Fill up all broken
places and cracks in inside walls and
ceilings, and around all castings, with
plaster of paris, leaving the surface
hard and smooth. Removing a brick
wall from one of the rooms, plastering
and ~kalsomining the wall so as to leave
1t in good condition.
Kalsomining.-Wash all the walls and
ceilings in all the halls, rooms, and
closets of the first and second stories
free from smoke. and old kalsomine.
Then kalsomine the same in colors as
directed, applying two, or even three
coats where needed, to make a first
class job, using such material as the
board shall select. The third story, or
attic, to have two coats Of kalsomine.
Carpenter Work.-Put down hard
wood thresholds to all doors through
out the building when needed, Of proper
thickness to exclude the cold air, accu-
rately fitted, and securely fastened.
Make necessary repairs to all locks and
~fastenings Of doors and windows, so
that they shall all open and shut easily
and be securely fastened, supplying new
hardware where needed.
Build a coal and wood shed where d.
rected with 1x12 surfaced boards for
side walls. floor, and roof, securely
nailed to 2x4 scantling at 16-inch GEN.
tiers, with doors and chutes well made
and supplied with S-inch strap hinges
and 6-inch hinge hasps, hooks and sta
pies, and a good paddock to each door.
Plumbing.-Fit up bath room where
directed with two 16-ounce nickel-plat
ed copper tubs, s feet 6 inches long, sup
piled with nickeled bibs, ETC., 1A-inch
lead waste pipes, properly trapped, to
empty into drain; see that the drain
pipe is clear from end to end; the tubs
are to be raised sufficiently high from
the floor to allow for keeping the space
clean and sweet; all openings in floor
to have lead flanges soldered to pipes
and left tight. Supply m 6O-gallon
galvanized circulating boiler and stand
in kitchen, with water-back to stove;
make all needed connections with gall
vanized pipe from city water main to
boiler. stove and tubs, making a first
job in every respect.
Window Shades.-supply, fit and
hang window shades Of first quality
worsted fringe, nickel pull,
wrought brackets, 1h-inch Hartshorn
accurately cut. fitted and hung,
and in colors as selected by the bo1-l,
to all windows (about twenty-one) in
the building.
Painting.-Paint Ave doors (the out
side only, and all the windows that
need painting (the outside only, two
coats of the best material.
All bids will be opened in the pres
Of the bidders on the day named
above. and the board reserves the right
10 reject any and all bids. Work to be
lone within thirty days from signing
contract and to be approved by the
person designated by the board.
BY order Of the board.
BENJAMIN M. READ, ]