Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-09-14
PROPOSALS FOR BIOS

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ed proposals will be received by
Webster Patterson, Clerk of the
Board of Highway Commissioners
of the County of Elko, State of Ne
yada, up to- 10 o'clock A. M. of the
21st day of September 1914, 70,
the construction of a cutoff road
between Contact, Nevada, and Rog-
erson, Nevada, as surveyed and
staked out, at which time said bibs
will be opened and read publicly.
Detail of construction: Road to
follow survey as made under d.
rection of the Board and as staked
on the ground. Short stakes set
every hundred feet and mark the
center of the road. No grade to
exceed 8 per cent except at points
"E" and just north of cuIvert No.
IL where 200 feet of 8 per cent
grade and 100 feet of 8 per cent
grade respectively are allowed.
(See plaD. All culverts tn be fur
ished by the county and delivered
on the or und. All tul erts TO be
put in place by contractor and COW
cred with at leas, one foot of solid
earth. One wooden bridge is feet
wide, three feet clear of gulIey
with five foot span to be supplied
and put in place by contractor at
point 3D." (See plat.) Two wood
Ell bridges 16 feet wide with Is
foot span six feet above ground To-
Gated 80 feet from each side of the
abutments of the steel bridge on
Salmon River to be usej as relief
bridges in ase of flood. South e
said steel bridge fill to be maIs
6 feet high by 40 feet long by 8
feet across top; and on north side
of steel bridge a fill of s feet deep
by ll8 feet long by 8 feet across
the top. Continuing from this point
I fill of 4 feet high by 300 feet
long by 8 feet across the top and
from this point q fill of / foot high
by 200 feet long by s feet across
the top all of solid packed
earth, allowance being made
of excess fill Of 13 per cent
for shrinksge. Fill to consist of
not less than 20 per cent stone or
rock mixed throughout the earth
in homogeneous manner to prevent
water from following and washing
fill. total length OF road IL miles
1850 feet, all to be cleared of sage
brush and ten feet wide, and at no
point shall solid road bed of grade
be less than 8 feet wide, 1856 miles
of level road requires removal of
sagebrush and smoothing road; l.36
miles requires removal of sage
brush and blowing of single
furrow on upper side of level road,
then smoothing Of road; 1.39 miles
of grading 1 side average cut of 8
feet moved to lower side of road;
this cut will he approximately 30
per Ger loose rock. One turn out
to be built between steel bridge
and corner of fence on south side
Of bridge; and or. turn out on
north side of steel bridge between
the same and turn of Shoshone
Greek. Adjacent to calvert No. 8
burrows snail be plowedl on each.
side Of road for bitches $500 feet
long. Contractor to furnish all
labor and necessary tools, teams,
etc, except the cnIyerts as herein
provided. for the completion Of said
work. Work to be done under the
supervision Of engineer employed
by the proper authorities, Con-
tractor shall Furnish a certified
check Of the amonnt Of 10 per cent
of the amount of the bid which
shall be returned to all unsuccess.
full bidders. Work to be completed
within sisty working days after
the signing and execution Of the con.
tract, and payment therefor shall
be made upon terms sgreed upor