The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Office OF the Director OF Highway

olympia washington
August 4. 1910
Sealed bids will be received by the
Director OF Highways at Olympia,
Washington, on TUESDAY, AUGUST
20, 1910. until 1000 A NJ. Tor the
construction OF the following i'm
provements and will then and there
be opened and publicly read:
]. Constructing reinforced con-
crete and steel undercrossine and a
reinforced concrete overcrossing on
Primary state Highway No. ). Kettle
Pals 70 Kettle Pals Bridge. Sec. 1,
G. N. Ry. Embarrassing Federal AID
Project No. i54-Fll and Sec. 2. @. N.
Ry. overcrossine, State Project IN
Stevens County. Washington, involv-
ton, 761 cubic yards Of concrete,
l56,50o pounds Of reinforcing steel,
Ii7.0Oo pounds Of structural steel and
other items.
2. Constructing two reinforced con-
crete approach spans and four rein
forced concrete bridge piers on Pri-
mary State Highway No. "a. Spokane
River Bridge Piers and Approaches,
State Project. IN Stevens and Lincoln
Counties Washington. involving about
1900 cubic yards Of excavation. 2,540
cubic yards Of concrete, 10000
pounds OF steel reinforcing bars. IL
300 pounds OF structural steel. 1910
linear feet Of steel piling and other
8. Clearing. grading. draining and
surfacins Of about bl6 miles OF Pri-
mary state Highway No. ~. Bocke-
mobile Canyon TO Fort spokane state
Project, IN Lincoln County. wash,
inrton. involving about IA acres oil
clearing. 22a $40 cubic yards OF ex-
oavation, io.6io cubic Yards OF crush
ed stone surfacing "a q80 cubic yards
Of ballast, 1850 linear feet OF cable
guard rail design No. 8. ia cubic
Yards OF concrete, 1890 pounds OF
steel reinforcing bars. $50 rods OF
woven wire fence. 81 linear feet OF
corrugated metal cattle pass, 81 .34o
linear feet OF pipe culverts and other
items.
q Ballasting. surfacine and con-
structing q light hituminous surface
on about l33 miles Of Secondary
State Highway No. io-A, summit
Okanogan County, Washington, So
500 cubic yards Of ballast. 23.OoO
cubic yards of crushed stone sur
facing, 42o tons of bituminous cement
and other items.
Compliance with the standards as
TO hours of labor and wages as pre-
scribed by the Pair Labor STANDARDS
Act OF 1898" will be required.
Unskilled labor employed for All
Federal projects shall be obtained
from lists prepared by agencies
designated by the Washington State
Employment Service.
All bid proposals shall be accom-
panied BY a bid proposal deposit IN
cash, certified check or cashiers
check in an amount equal 10 ilve
per cent (5so) of the amount OF such
bid proposal. Should the successtui
bidder fail TO enter into such con-
tract and furnish q satisfactory per
Torrance bond within the time
stated in his proposal, the bid pro
posal deposit shall be forfeited 70 the
state of Washington.
Decentralization OF Bidders IA re-
ouired. Maps. plans and speciilcs-
tions may be obtained from TINS Oh
flee upon written request therefor
and payment 20 the Director OF High
WAYS by cash, certified check, cash
ter's check or money order the sum
of two dollars ts2.00) for each copy
OF such maps. plans and speciilca-
tions as a rental for the use OF them.
International copies OF maps. plans
and specifications are on file In the
office of the County Engineer OF the
County IN which the work is STU
ated. the chapter offices OF the Asso-
ctated General Contractors OF Amer
lea at Seattle. Spokane and Portland
and the offices of the District Engl-
neer of the Department OF Highways,
where they may be inspected,
l.. v. MURROW,
nirpct0r of HIGHWAYS.