The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-12
To the Citizens of Roswell:

To the Citizens of Roswell:
Believing that aa explanation of
the plans and specifications for your
proposed water works system will be
of interest to you, beg to submit you
the following which is Intended to
outline briefly the intent of the sew
eral items covered by the specifica-
tions
The plans and specifications as a
whole, provide in detail for the COM
plete installation of the system, includ
ing construction of the power house,
and installing therein boilers, pump
ing machinery, auxiliary machinery
and steam piping; provides for the
drilling of artesian well; laying of
water pipe; setting of fire nydra1ts
and valves; in fact, all things neces-
sary for a good and sufficient job.
The stand pipe is not embodied in
the general specifications for the rea-
son that general contractors do not
undertake this class of work, and bids
for same will be called for from con-
VI SI0Sl HS
stand-pipe contemplated will be 25
feet in diameter and 12O feet high,
and will have a capacity of 440,610
gallons.
The contractors proposal to the
city will be what is known as a
schedule bid" He will make lump
sum bid, based on the engineers list
of quantities, which are embodied in
the specifications. and are as follows:
List of Quantities.
This contract will embrace the fur:
nishing of all machinery, apparatus,
materials, labor, etc, necessary for
the complete installatios of the fol-
lowing:
Two 125-horse power high pressure
horizontal return tubular boilers.
One 150-horse power open type cast
iron feed water heater
Two 41ax234x4 boiler feed pumps.
One cross compound, Corliss type,
crank and f1y-wheeI condensing pump
ing engine; capacity, 100000 gal
Ions per "a hours.
One 5x7x7 wet vacuum pump
One 16x9x12 Underwriters pump
for fire service.
One artesian well, 250 feet deep,
1211 inches inside diameter of casing.
Power house of dimensions shown
on plan built of brick masonry.
1925 feet 12-in. cast iron pipe.
9.S75 feet Sin. cast iron pipe.
26,000 feet Gin. cast iron pipe.
$4,000 feet Ain. cast iron pipe.
Thirty Ain. valves and boxes.
Fourteen Gin. valves and boxes
Eight Sin valves aid boxes.
One 12in. valve and box.
Two Sim valves with hand wheels.
One 1O-il. valve with hand wheel,
light weight.
One 12-in. valve with hand wheel,
light weight.
One 12-in. valve and box, light
weight
One 12-in. horizontal swing check
valve.
SO double nozzle hydrants with
Twenty-one steamer hydrants with
Gin bell.
The quantities in the foregoing ia
BILE shall take precedence over the
plans for the particular items men
toned therein in case there be any
discrepancy between the two
The measurement of pipe will in
clude all pipe throughout the distri-
button system, and also within the
power house and on the suction line
Measurement will be made from cen
ter of each hydrant to center of main.
and from center to center of all spe-
cial castings on cross lines ald to
end of plug at dead ends.
Bids are then made on unit prices
covering eleven items. For il1ustra-
ton. Item T.
For furnishing and laying 4-in- cast
iron pipe, more or less than stated in
the Hst of quantities, ..--.-.(. ed
dollars per Iineal foot
Items TO 10. inclusive. cover the
furnishing and laying per linear foot
Of the several sizes of pipe and set
ting fre hydrants and valves at a
given sum each.
Item IL That. in case the city de-
sires to omit from this contract the