Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-31

from twelve to forty feet high. About
200 red cedars, 100 apples. 100 paper
mulberries. 100 umbrella trees (Me-
dia), 100 oaks, 100 hollies and 300
smaller growing trees. such as red
bay, yaupon, cape myrtle and dog.
wood will be required. OF large
shrubs. any evergreen variety or any
1eciduous variety having attractive !
liage. flower or fruit, or any large vim:
OF which unusually fine large speci-
mems can be secured, either from old
gardens or from wild lands will be cou-
sidered. -
1t will be required that trees be NOV
ed with a ball Of not less than ono
foot in diameter for every half net
in diameter of trunk, or that the bali
be large enough to include all roots
over one-half inch in diameter. The
trees must be moved at any time dur.
ing the dormant season: or. il required
by The Exposition Company, at any
time during the next two years, with
the understanding that there shall nj.
be at any one time less than 10.
trees to be moved. The trees must ha
moved in such Il ann as 10 preven-
injury to roots. to TIE bark Of the
trunk or to the branches. They are to
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med in any manner. The ends Of al
bruised roots are 10 be cut smooth.
however. It is to Ee understood that
in moving. al digging, all transport
alton, the digging CT holes and the
planting shall be doCe by the con-
tractor. ii is to be understood thae
the contractor shall see hat the tree
is not planted deeper or shallower
than it grew originally; that it is
made to stand straight: that the soil
shall be YER firmly packed under
and around the ball. The contractor
will be required to act with the adj
vice of the landscape department of the
Exposition Company. will be required
to locate trees at points and in a man.
uer designated by this department: Il
price is to be given on trees Of various
sizes and various kinds: to be moved
N cooperation with the landscape de-
partment without guarantee that the
tree shall live Tor Il period OF three
Tears. All additional price or percent.
age is to be named for giving such Il
guarantee on the life Of any tree or
shrub moved. 1t is to be understood
thai the first bid may not be a final
lid. but that The contractors who a
prove the!- capacity to handle s,1cc
material to the best advantage at the
owest price. have an opportunity to
;onfer with the landscape department:
With reference to the material he can
supply and the price for supplying
his material and offer a supplement-
Try bid. All bids under this notice,
n1st be submitted in writing in sealed.
ENVELOPES. marked on the outside
bids for trees and shrub moving be-
ore February 10th. 1905, to Gwynn r.
'%hepperd, Secretary, jamestown Expo
!tion Company, Norfolk. Va. Upon
hat day bids will be opened. Supple.
'entary bids. If called. for must be
omitted within me week thereafter
The right to reject all or any por-
on Of any bid, m the right to re-
'ile bidders to give bonds for the
} aithful performance of their contract
IS reserved.
SUPPLYING, DELIVERING AND
PLANTING WIRE GRASS.
Section w.
Bids are wanted for supplying. de
liverlng and planting seventy thousand
G0,000) plants of wire Cor beach>
grass (ammophila arundinacea) upou
the sand beach along the Jamestown
Exposition Company's property at
Sswells Point, Norfolk, Virginia. The
plants are to be placed a foot apart
in a strip averaging ten or more feet
In width. It Is assumed that the
plants can be secured along shore, nor
far from Sewell's Point. All plants
must be w~ell-rooted tufts. each hav
ing rot less than four stems and with
all roots secured to their full deptt
by careful digging. They must be pro
tected from drying at all times be
tween digging and planting by we,
burlap or ether vet material. The,
must be ~-'iantel not more than one
DOT apart in any direction within the
lines specified and i'll holes that are
deep enough to allow DOT stems te
be placed to their full depth 4 in 8
natural erect position and the san,
must be packed firmly about the roots
t. & cslMx1at $50