The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-08-23
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SATURDAY, SEPT. IA, 1918.
Said canal as proposed Is located as
follows:
Beginning at the bridge at the Lex
ington and McLemoresville public
road on the line between ]. T. Dock
Gordon, Mrs. GIL; Laws and A. L.
Douglass, designated as station o.,
runs east Is degrees north to station
IA; thence east, q degrees north, to
station 81; thence east, degrees and
Is min. north, to station 100, plus SO,
at point at the head of Big Beaver
Lateral in Big Sandy Drainage Dis
trict No. -, Carroll county, Tennessee,
it being the intention of the said
8oard of Directors to have construct
ed canal tn drain all the said land,
and In addition to the above canal,
there will be a lateral 1900 feet long,
beginning at or near the station 81 re-
ferred to, and indicated on the plat.
There are two sections of said ca
nal as follows:
From station to station 81, and
the lateral will have the following di.
mansions: Bottom width 40 feet, top
width Is feet, and average feet deep,
making total yardage In section sta.
tion 0 to 81, 10688; and in lateral
1920. From station 81 to 100 plus SO,
the dimentions are as follows: Bot.
tom width IL feet, top width l8 feet,
and average depth 6 feet, making
yardage Of 2l,000. The total yardage
Of the entire ditch Is 36,3O8
There is plat and profile filed In
the office of the county court clerk,
said county and state, and the work
shall be done In accordance with the
same.
The engineer reports In his prelim
mary survey that there are about IA
acres of clearing of right.of way,
and those making bids for the con-
struction of the canal may also bid
on the clearing of the right-of-way,
jointly or separately.
Those making bids for the cutting
of the canal are notified that the
right-of way will be cleared of all
standing timber but not of stumps.
Any one desiring to bid for the clear
ing of the right-of-way may appea,
before the said Board of Directors at
the Office of the county Judge at the
courthouse in the town of Lexington,
Tennessee, at or before the hour set
for the opening of the bids In person,
and make their bids, and they shall
be received along with those making
sealed bids.
Bids will be received for the con-
struction of said canal by sections, and
as a whole, for the clearing of the
right-of-way, and the lowest RESPONSE
BILE bid or bids will be accepted, but
said Board of Directors expressly re.
serve the right to reject all bids for
said work.
Said bids will be received at the
courthouse in the Office of the county
court clerk for Henderson county,
Tennessee, in which Office awards or
reflections will be made on the day
and date above mentioned. The con-
struction of the said canal together |
with the clearing of the right-of.way,
If awarded to any bidder or bidders,
on said day, must begin the contract
not later than November l, 1918, and
same not later than July /,
1919. Each bidder shall be required
to deposit with J. T. Gordon, the
Treasurer of said Board of Directors,
In cash or certified check a sum equal
to 10 per cent of the amount Of his
bid, said deposit to be returned to al.
unsuccessful bidders, hut retained of
the successful bidder as a guarantee
Of his good faith in entering upon said
contract. The successful bidder shall |
also be required to execute a bond
with sufficient surety, payable to the
county of Henderson for the use1lal
benefit of said district in an au
equal to Is per cent Of the estlmate
costs of the work to ben1ape by such
bidder or ~ equal