NEW YORK, January 1, 1857. } Office of the A and B Railroad Company. }
Proposals for executing the graduation, bridging, masonry, and track laying, and for the supply of materials upon the A and B railroad will be received at this office until the 31st day of January, 1857.
Plans, profiles, and schedules of amounts of work may be seen, and blank bids obtained by application at this office.
All proposals must be directed to the chief engineer of the A and B Railroad Company.
No bids will be received after January 31st, at 12, M.
Per order, C. D., _Secretary A and B R. R. Co._
89. That proposers may make their bids in a convenient form for comparison, a blank, somewhat like the following, is given them to fill out.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┐ │ Number of Section. │ Sec. │ Sec. │ Sec. │ Sec. │ │ │ 1. │ 2. │ 3. │ 4. │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │ Length in miles. │ 1½ │ 1¼ │ 1¾ │ 1½ │ ├──────────────┬──────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │Graduation. │Clearing and grubbing, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per acre, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Earth excavation, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Loose rock excavation, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Solid rock excavation, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Average haul on section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Ballasting, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Whole cost of graduation, │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │Masonry. │First class masonry, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Second class masonry, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Third class masonry, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Foundation timber, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost per M., b’d measure, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Excavation for foundation,│ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Rip rap, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Price per yard, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Cost on the section, │ │ │ │ │ │ │Whole cost of masonry, │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │Bridging. │Detailed as above, │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │Track laying. │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤ │Fencing. │ │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────┴──────────────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┘