The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-27
PROPOSALS


OFFICE OF BALTIMORE County, \
ROADS ENGINEER, sesS
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received by Tie
Highways Commission of Baltimore county. AT
THEIR OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
Thursday, the stu day of September, 1904,
At IL o'clock noon,
A8-For the Following Improvements :-EAs
No. 1-sTEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE
On the Painters Mill road, over Little Gunpow
der Falls; clear span 80 feet width of roadway
feet, and 3-inch white oak flooring. ss
SKI. No. 2-STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE
On Mays road, over Piney Run clear span 30,
height above bed of stream about ~ feet, and
3-inch white oak flooring. gy
No. s-sTEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE
On the Quaker Hill road, over Marco La Branch &
feet in the clear, height above bed Of stream
about feet, and 3-inch white oak flooring. 50
Bids for highways bridges Nos /, 2and 8 shall
be for the superstructure complete Id place
ready for use and designed according to C6oper'sl
G., steel joists) Revised Edition of 1901 : d =
Each bidder Is required to submit his own de-
sign and his bid shall be accompanied by certi-
"A surety bond for an amount equal to the con
tract price is required of the successful biddsF
REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES 10 !
REPLACE OLD BRIDGES '-i715e
No. 4-RE-INFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE
On the Washington pike, over Sutton's Branch Il
clear span 10 feet, width Of roadway 20 feet In |
the clear, and height above bed of stream about
feet. Masonry of old bridge in good condition: Il
north abutmenf 81 feet long, south abutment q
feet long and will have to be extended.
No. 5-RE-INFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE
On Green Spring avenue, over branch of Jones'
Falls; clear span 20 feet, width of roadway 10
feet in the clear, and height above bed OF stream
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No. s-RE-INFoRCED CONCRETE BRIDGE
On the Marcella road. over small stream near
roadway 10 feet in the clear, height above bedof
the stream about eject. Entire new structure
required. =
Bridges Nos. 4, 5 and 6shall be designed to car
ry a concentrated line load of twelve tons on
two axles ten foot centres, and upon the remain
ing portion of the floor load of 100 pounds per.
square foot of floor. ~
Exposed faces shall be formed of mortar of
the same proportion of cement and sand as that
which forms the matrix of the concrete.
Facings shall be not less than inch nor more,
ing shall be formed simultaneously in the same
Bids must be for the entire structure COM,
plete, ready for use, including back filling and
restoring approaches; except bridge over SUIT
tons Branch, where the old masonry can be
used. =
A certified check for $4,000 shall accompany
each bid.
surety bond will be required for an amount
equal to the gross amount of contract.
No. 8-WOODEN BRIDGE
On the Falls road, near White House, over a
of stream feet, and width of roadway 20 feet in;
the clear.
No. 9-"BLACK ROCK"
Bids will be received for removing portion of
the rock known as "Black Rock" The rock
must be blasted out at least foot below the bed
of the road. z feet wide and 100 feet in length
ArProposals must be numbered and marked
for which piece of work they represent.
The Highways Commission reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
H. G. SHIRLEY.
Aug. H-2t Roads Engineer.