|
Notice to Brick and Bridge Contractors |
| The Brick Work of the Tombigbee and Black
Warrior Bridges, on the Northeast & Southwest Alabama
Railroad, will be let for cash, to the lowest responsible
bidder, on the 1st day of July, 1858. |
| Proposals for this work will be received at the
Engineer's Office, in Eutaw, Greene county, Alabama, until the
day of letting; bids for the Brick Work of one or both Bridges
will be considered. |
| About 2,000,000 bricks in nearly equal amounts
at the two Bridges, will be required. The Bricks are to be of
the best quality; and their suitability for the intended purpose
is to be decided by the Engineer of the Company. Bidders must
state the place at which they propose to make the Bricks. To
enable the Contractor to work during the low water season, the
Company will have at each Bridge site several hundred barrels of
Cement. |
| Plans and specifications will be exhibited at
the Eutaw Office on and after the 15th day of May next. |
| Satisfactory evidence of the ability of the
Contractor to complete his contract will be required. |
| The superstructure of these Bridges, about 600
feet at each Bridge, including the draw, will be let out this
year at a later date, but propositions covering both brick work
and superstructure will be considered at the above letting. |
| The Bridges are at Jones's Bluff on the
Tombigbee, and Fluch's Ferry on the Black Warrior, both healthy
localities, and accessible to steamboats till summer sets in
fairly. |
| N. B. The superstructure of the above bridges
will be let out on the day appointed for letting out the brick
work -- 1st July, 1858. |
| R. E. Rhodes, Chief Engineer |
| 1st Division N. E. & S. W. A. R. R. |