ftfIL . This Taner and tho N2W WEEZ LT WOULD cno year f;r $1.30. Pimm Advertise yaur Soods and your Wants in this paper. The circulation is large, and Rates Low. VOL 2S COffl BRIDGE AT THE CONTRACTS SIGNED. ling Bridge Company will do the Iron Work, and Joseph Hendler the Masonry. ESTIMATED COST $69,253. On Saturday, November 85th. the Commissioners of Columbia county had a letting for the erection of a County bridge over the Susquehanna River at Bloom ferry. On Tuesday following, the statement below was given out for publication. "The Commissioners of the county have let the contracts for the new bridge which was ordered to be. erect ed across the river at Bloomsburg. The King Bridge Company have the contract for the superstructure and Joseph Hendler for the masonry and other work. Before the Commissioners entered upon this responsible task they ac quainted themselves with prices cur rent for work and material of the char actcr desired, and employed Mr. J. C. Brown engineer, to prepare plans, specifications and also to acquire the requisite information and submit an estimate of the cost. Mr. Brown was also employed as engineer and super intendent of the work of construction. The estimated cost of the bridge is 69,236. The contract for the super structure, which is to be of wrought iron and steel 18 feet roadway and of the most approved and substantial pattern is $35,000. Several rival bridge manufacturers submitted pro posals, but that of the King Bridge Company was the lowest. The con tract for the masonry is for the work at certain prices per cubic yard for excavation both above and below water, and stone work at '$12.00 per cubic yard. Of this price $2.40 per cubic yard was counted for the freight alone, on the stone lrom the quarries to the place of construction, and the contract contains a stipulation that whatever sum may be abated or de ducted from this amount for freight shall mure to the benefit of the coun ty. In other words the stone work is $o.6o per cubic yard, and freight not exceeding $2.40 per cubic yard added The cost for excavation per cubic yard varies from $1.50 per cubic yard for solid rock below water, to $2.50 per cu bic yard above water. 1 he plans of an engineer require the stone work to be of the most sub stantial character, each stone to be of great size and the piers and abutments when completed will be similar to those seen in the construction of rail road bridges. Mr. Hendler, the contractor for this part of the work, has had considerable experience in tins character of work Wc have been informed that no less than six bridges span the river, the masonry of which was done by him and that he did the work for the new R. R. bridge for the Lehigh Valley above Wilkes-Barre. From the prices mentioned in the contracts for the bridge, and the kind of bridge to be built, the public will be assured that they will have this needed improvement at reasonable cost. The time for the making of this contract, because of the . low prices prevailing, was very opportune", and the county will receive the benefit of such condition." SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED BY J. C. BROWN, CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE COUNTY, SUBSTRUCTURE. Foundations. Foundations for all masoniy shall be excavated to such depths as may be necessary to obtain a solid bearing for the masonry of which the Engineer shall be the judge; the materials excavated shall be classi fied as solid rock, loose rock or earth, as the case may be ; and be paid for per cubic yard. When required to secure a solid foundation, artificial foundation of timber shall be prepared as the En gineer may drawings or otherwise pre scribe, of good quality sound Hemlock and shall be paid for by the one thou sand (1,000) feet board measure, the price covering cost of material, fram ing and putting in place. If coffer dams are required only the actual number of feet board measure of timber or plank used or left for use in the- foundation will be paid for. Masonry The stone procured for the work must be of a strong, sound durab e quality, not affected injurious ly by the weather and must be ap Droved bv the Engineer. The mason ry Bhall consist of rock range . work, ' the face of the stone to be accurately jointed and bedded and laid in regular horizontal courses . not less than six teen (16) inches in thickness except the too' cou'tfe to brine the work up to tyeaiquired elevation which may be twelve (taj incnes inic nut c ccedinn twentv-pifht ,fi :t... , . . --o'" ; Hiiius 111 thicknt-ss and no superior course to exceed m thickness an inferior course by more than two inches, the stretch crs shall be at least Hire r.H . half feet in lencth and ri()t tpq thin (20) indies bed for a sixteen (16) inch course, and not less than twenty-four (24) inches bed for an eighteen (18) inch course, and nut less than thirty two (32) inches bed for a twenty-eight (28) inch course; when the thickness of the wall will admit of it, the head ers will interlock but when the wall is too unck to admit of this arrangement, they will be bonded with large back ing stone, laid over them to connect two opposite bonder. The stone for the heart of the wall will be die same thickness as the face and back, well bedded but not jointed, but must be well fitted to their nlnr-pa anu . maining interstices must be filled with small sound stones and backing to be set in a good bed of cement mortar and mauled to place, the ' interstices may be laid dry and then everv course grouted separately. ine lace stones (except the ice breakers) shall bo left as ticy come from the quarries unless the project ions above the draft should exceed four inches, when thev are to hp scab- bled down to that point. Upon the points of the piers which act as ice breakers the projections shall not ex ceed two inches. The abutments and piers shall be covered with a course of roping sixteen (16) inches thick. each stone to reach the entire distance across the pier or abutment and pro ject three inches over the wall on each side and to be not less than three feet wide. Especial care is to be exercised in preparing the beds for the coping upon which the foot shoes of the bridge rest. Drafts one and one-half (ij) inches wide are to be cut on all the exposed courses of the piers and abut ments. The wing walls of the abutments shall be of the same quality of stone and shall be of the character of work known in railroad parlance as third class masonry. The wing wall to be covered with a coping not less than twelve (t2) inches in thickness and to project two (2) inches over the wall. The masonry to be laid with good cement mortar composed of one part in bulk of well burned and seasoned Rosendale (or other equally good quality to be approved by the En gineer) cement to two parts of sharp clean sand free from loam or clay. It should set in from thirty (30) minutes to one hour, then be immersed in wa ter, show a tensile strength per square inch of section in 24 hours of at least twenty (20) pounds and in one week of forty (40) pounds. No mortar should be Uoed after it has been mix ed and left stand over one-half hour after water is added. The Grout shall be made in like manner to mortar as to proportion of cement and sand and only differ in the quantity of water used. The prices agreed upon and paid per yard for each kind of work shall include all expenses attending the de livery of materials and incident to the piosecution of the work and cover all risk and damages by flood or casual ties of any kind. No claim for extra work shall be al lowed, unless the same shall have been done in pursuance of a written order fiom the Engineer, and the same must be presented at the first settlement after the work is done, unless the En gineer in his discretion should approve the claim or any part of it which he may deem equitable. SUPERSTRUCTURE. The superstructure shall be an open iron and steel truss bridge of six spans, each in length one hundied eighty- nine (189) feet from center to center of pins, or a total length of eleven hundred and fifty (1150). The road- wav shall be eighteen (18) feet in the clear, steel joists with two and one-half (2k) inch white oak Mooring, the bridge shall have a capacity of fourteen hun dred and forty (1440) pounds per lineal foot , for trusses, and one hundied (100) pounds per square foot for floor, with a saiety lactor 01 "4. u 1111 me exertion of the flooring, the entire superstructure to be of iron and steel The style arm uesign at ini m mc ... . , 1 . 1 . r. .u - contractor, but detaiicu iirawings are to be submitted to the Commissioners and approved by their Engineer before the work begins. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Contractors will be required to give their personal attention to the work and will not be allowed to sub con tract the whole or any part of the work without the consent of the Com misssioners given in writing. The whole of the work must be prosecuted in a most expeditious and workmanlike manner, with the largest force of workmen than can be worked to advantage. The contractor or contractors shall BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, .DECEMBER 8, furnish the Engineer or Inspector with proper facilities lor access to the in spection of all work and the testing of a 1 materials used in the work. No charge shall be made by the contractor or contractors for hindran ces or delays in the progress of the work, but they may entitle him to an extension of lime for the completion of the work, provided they are of such ajcharacter as shall be deemed a suf ficient cause of such extension by the Engineer and a claim be filed in writ ing by the contractor or contractors at the time of their occurrence. In case of any dispute or disagree ment over the interpretation of any part of these specifications, the de cision of the Engineer shall be final and conclusive upon all parties. SPKCIFICATIONS OF THE COMPANY. KINO BRIDGE The various members of the Bridge shall be made up of the sizes and sec tions shown on drawings and strain sheets. LOADS. The structure shall be proportioned to carry the loads designated on strain sheet. QUALITY OF MATERIAL. Iron. The iron shall be tough and fibrous and when tested in long speci mens shall show an ultimate tensile strength of from 46,000 to 50,000 lbs. per square inch, and elongation before rupture of at least twelve per cent, an elastic limit of at least one half the ul timate strength, and a reduction of area at the breaking section of at least twenty per cent. Round rods shall bend cold without sign of fracture until the two halves of the rod are parallel and a' a distance apart equal to the diameter of the rod. Flat bars shall bend cold without sign of fracture until the two halves of the bar are parallel and at a distance apart equal to the thickness of the bar. All wrought iron shall be thorough ly welded during roling and of full sections at all points, and free from seams, blisters, cinder spots and im perfect edges. Rivets shall be made from the best quality of double refined iron. All members in the structure shall be of iron except the ones marked steel on the strain sheet. Steel All steel shall be uniform in quality, and shall have an ultimate tensile strength of from 58,000 to 66, qoo lbs. per square inch, an elastic limit of at least one half the ultimate strength, an elongation of not less than eighteen per cent. eye bars. All steel eye bar heads will be formed by upsetting the bar and with out the use of piling pieces. All steel bars will be thoroughly an nealed throughout their entire length. Iron eve bars. Iron bars will have the heads either upset on the bar or upset with piling pieces. No welding on of ready made heads will be per mitted. All eye bar heads will be so proportioned that when tested to de struction, rupture will occur in the body of the bar rather than in the head. The shape of the head shall be sat isfactory to the Commissioners or their Engineer. WORKMANSHIP. The workmanship shall be first class throughout. The pin holes shall be bored truly in the axis of the bar, and perpendicu lar to the line of strain. Uars belonging to trie same pane shall be bored when the iron or steel is at the same temperature. -.1 . . ... . No error in the size of the holes or lensth of bar shall exceed one fiftieth of aa inch. Pins shall be turned true to size and straight, and shall fit the hole within one fiftieth of an inch. They shall be of such lengths as to have full bearing on all the members they pass through Rods shall have upset thread ends with a section at Ihe root of th thread, at least ten per cent greate than in the body of the bar. All abutting joints shall be so dressed as to fit truly against each other. Riv et holes shall not be more than one sixteenth of an inch larger than the cold rivets designed to till them and shall be so accurately spaced at all joints, that the cold rivet can be in serted without the use of the drift pin. In punching the holes, the diameter of the die shall not exceed the diame tcr of the punch by more than on sixteenth of an inch. 1 he rivets when driven bliall com plelely fill the holes, and shall hav perfectly formed hemispherical heads, concentric with the axis of the rivet All loose or defective riveting shall be cut out and replaced. Rivets shall be machine driven where practieab! In all cases of hand riveting the sever al parts shall be held firmly together and wherever the parts are not in ac tual contact, distance pieces shall be used. DETAILS. All details and connections through out the entire structure shall be so proportioned that in case of destruc tive loading, failure will occur in the main body of the members, rather than in any of the connections and details. STEEL JOISTS. Throughout the entire length of the bridge there will be seven lines of solid rolled steel joists, composed of two lines of seven inch steel channels, and five lines of seven inch steel eye beams. These steel joists will be firmly bolted to the floor beams. TIMBER WORK. The roadway flooring shall be two and one half inches thick, six inches to ten inches wide, laid crosswise, and thoroughly fastened with wire spikes driven through the flooring on either side of the steel joists, and clinched around the flanges. Ielloe guard. Felloe guard will be four inches by six inches, bolted to the roadway plank about every eight feet with a half inch bolt. Hub guards, The Hub guards will be two inch by ten inch pine planed and painted, securely bolted to each intermedial, post, with two bolts. All of the above lumber (except hub guard) to be of good sound white oak, sawed true to size and out of wind, free from loose or defective knots, and of a quality that will be acceptable to the Commissioners or their Engineer. PAINTING. All iron work shall be thoroughly cleaned of rust and scale, and shall be given one good coat of oxide of iron paint, and pure linseed oil before leaving the shops. In riveted work, all surfaces coming in contact shall be given one good coat of oxide of iron paint before being riveted up. After erection the iron work and hub guards shall be given one good coat of oxide of iron paint and pure linseed oil. The last coat of paint shall be put on under the direction of the County Commissioners or the Engineer, and to their or his entire satisfaction, All pins, friction rollers, pin holes and planed surfaces, shall be coated with white lead and tallow before leav ing the shop. DAMAGES. The contractor shall have charge of and be responsible for the entire work embraced in this contract, until its fi nal completion and acceptance, and shall assume all risk of accidents, and all loss of damage arising from the use of improper materials or workman ship in the construction of the bridge, TIME. The bridge shall be fully completed on or before October first, 1894. Respectfully submitted by The King Bridge Company, V. Morris, Contracting Agent. Approved, Nov. 24, 1893. J. C. Brown, Engineer tor Colum bia County, Penna. CONTRACT FOR THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. This Contract, made this 24th day of November, A. D., 1803, by and be tween The King Bridge Company, of the City of Cleveland and State of Ohio, party of the first part, and the County of Columbia by and through her Commissioners Jesse Rittenhouse, B. F. Edgar, and C. L. bands of the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, party of the second part : Witneaieth, that the said party of the first part contracts and agrees to and with the party of the second part, to build, paint two coals, and have ready by the first day of Octoter, 1894, for the party of the second part, the superstructnre for a Wrought Iron Bridge over ti e stream calhd The Susquehanna River at a point where the lilooni Terry Road crosses said Ftream in the county of Columbia and Siate of Pennsylvania according to the fallowing dimensions, viz: Extreme Length of Bridge, 1,150 ft. Roadway, 18 ft, No. of Slums, six (6) equal spans. All the materials for said bridge, ex cept the abutments and piers, are to be furnished by the party of the first part . Specifications and Plans ap proved form a part of this Contract, The center line of bridge to be at right angles to the abutments and piers. Delay in approving plans or turnislung necessary data, plans, speci fications, etc., by party of the second part to party of the first part shall ex- te id the time of completion an equal number ot days. And the party of the second part contracts and agrees to furnish, ready for the superstructure, the abutments and piers for said bridge by the fir clay of August, A. D., 18114 and to 1893. pay the party of the first part the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Five Hun dred ($35,500) Dollars for the said Bridge, payable as lo lows, viz: in monthly estimates upon acceptable material, at the shops, delivered on the ground, and in course of erection, ninety per cent, of the amount of such estimates, to be paid in cash within five days from date of estimate, the remaining ten pef cent, to be paid in cash on final completion and accept ance of the work herein specified. In case the abutments and piers are not ready for the superstructure on the date agreed as above, eighty per cent. of contract pne; (less previous esti mates) shall be paid on delivery ot the iron, and the remaining twenty per cent, as provided above. N. IS. 1 his contract is made sub ject to the provisions of the laws of Pennsylvania, relating to the appoint ment of Bridge inspectors, and also to the Constitution of the State. And the party of the fust part are not to be held responsible for unavoid able deiays caused in transportation or by the elements, mobs, enemies of the Government, strikes of working men in the employ of the first party or of manufacturers under contract with it for the furnishing of materials for such work, acts of Providence, or delays over which they have no con trol. The King Bridge Company, Per L. G. Bpown, Agent. Jesse Rittenhouse, B. F. Edgar, C L. Sands. , As County Commissioners of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Signed the day and year first above written, in presence of Robt. R. Little. Attest : C. M. Terwilliger, Clerk. CONTRACT FOR THE MASONRY ETC. Article of agreement made this Nov. 25th, 1893. ' between Joseph Hendler of Wilkes- Barre, Pa., as party of the first part and the county of Co lumbia, of the second part. Whereas, the county of Columbia after legal proceedings had, is about to erect a county Bridge across the Susquehanna River at Bloomsburg; and the said party of the first part has submitted to the county Commission ers, a proposition in writing to build all piers, abutments, wing walls, and do all the required and necessary ex cavation for the same, and complete such part 01 the work to recer'e th superstructure, and whereas, also the said county, through its Commission ers have employed J. C. Brown, Engi neer, to prepare plans and specifica tions therefor which have been heretofore approved, and which plans and specifications, are agreed to be, and formed a part ot this Contract, as is. fully incorporated herein, and which proceedings for the building of said Bridge, of Record in the proper Court of Columbia county, so far as is rele vant and necessary for the undertak ing of this Contract, are also referred to herein. Now this Contract witnesseth, that the said Joseph f lendler hereby agrees to furnish the material, and do the work necessary foe the accomplish ment of said work, as aforesaid and in accordance with his said proposition given to the county Commissioners, at the following prices : Solid rock excavat'n 90 cts. per cu yd. Loose " " 40 " " ' " Hard pan rock ex. 40 Earth excavation 2 .1 Soh'drck.ex. (in water) $1.50 " Loose" " " $i.oo Earth " " " $r.oo" Hard pan " " $1.00" Masonry " " $12,00'' Concrete " " $6.00" Timber for foundations and cofler dam including iron and nails( in place) $28.50 per m. The foregoing work and materials is agreed to be done, and furnished, agreeably to the plans and specifica tions before referred to and forming a part hereof, the material to be of best quality throughout, and he work done in a good and workmanlike manner. and the whole to bi comp etea not later than August first 1894, providing the elements admit. In consideration therefor, the said county of Columbia, accepts the said proposition of the said Joseph Hend ler and agrees to pay to the said Jos eph Hendler in accordance with the said proposition, and which said pay ments are to be made as follows : Such amounts as are certified to by the Engineer in charge, on monthly esti mates to be made by him, less ten per cent, upon each estimate which is to be retained until after the job shall have been completed and approved. Whereas, also it is understood that said Hendler in fixing the amount of the proposition for Masonry has couut ed $2.40 per cubic yard for the item NO 51 of freight alone, which must be paid by him to the Railroad Companies for the carrying of stone &c. from the quarries to the place of construction of the bridge, and is willing that if any abatement or deduction from said sum for freight, will be allowed him by the Lehigh Valley, or Penna. Rail Road Company or other carrying Company, that such deduction, abatement or do nation, whether at the instance of the Contractor or county, shall enure to the benefit of the county of Columbia, and it is agreed that such abatement &c, from said prices for freight, shall be deducted from the sum total to be paid to said Hendler under this Con tact. It is agreed that this Contract is made subject to the Constitution of State of Pennsylvania and the Statutes relative to the duties of Bridge Inspectors. Also that the said Hendler, shall give bond to the said county, witn surety to be approved by the Commis sioners, tor the full and laitmul per formance of this Contract in the sum of $15,000. This Contract is executed by the county of Columbia, by its corporate seal, and the signatures of the Com missioners, and also by the said Jos eph Hendler, this Nov. 25th, 1893. Joseph Hendler. Jesse Rittenhouse, B. F. Edgar, C. L. Sands, Attest : C. M. Terwilliger, Clerk. contract with j. c brown, engineer. Agreement made this November , 24th, 1893, between the county of Columbia of one part and J. C. Brown of Bloomsburg, of second part as fol lows : Wiereas, the said county, by reso lution of the Commissioners of said county as of November nth, 1893 See minutes of county Commissioners, have employed said Brown engineer, to do certain work relative to the pro curement of the proper information so that the Bridge across the River can be contracted for intelligently, to pro tect the interests of the county, and as an Engineer to superintend the con struction of the proposed public im provement and county Bridge referred to. Now this paper witnesseth, that the said county of Columbia, agrees to pay to thejsaid Brown the sum of Six dol lars per day for all time employed by him in doing of the work proposed, and in addition thereto pay him for all the actual expenses incurred by him in furtherance of the duties re quired of him, and all pay for assist ants and employees under him, which he may require to fully do and per form what is required of him. It is hereby understood and agreed that the resolution and action taken by the said Commissioners shall form part of this Contract passed as of November 1 1 th, 1894. In consideration thereof the said Brown agrees to do and perform all of the duties and work, as contempla ted by said resolution, and to the best of his professional skill,1 knowledge and abilfty. This agreement is executed by the said county of Columbia, by the offic ial and corporate seal, and attested by the signatures ot the county Com missioners, and by the said J. C. Brown. Jesse Rittenhouse, B. F. Edgar, C. L. Sands, J. C. Brown. Attest : C. M. Terwilliger Clerk. The King Bridge Company has filed a bond for $50,000 for the faithful performance of their contract, with sureties who are certified by a Probate Judge in Ohio that they are responsi ble parties. The act of June 13, 1836, provides that "whenever a bridge snail be auth orized and recorded as a county bridge, . it shall be the duty of the commission ers to procure an estimate of the cost thereof, and provide in the county levies the moneys necessary to defray the same, and proceed to have such bridge erected by contract or other wise, as shall seem to them expedient." " They must build it either by con tract, or under their own superinten dence ; and on no pretense exceed the esttmale." Lehigh county vs. K eckner, 5 W. & S. 181. By the act of 4 April 1870, the county commissioners of the counties of Bucks, Lancaster, Juniata, Venan go, Adams, Erie, Mercer, Westmore land, Montgomery, Clarion and Schuyl nil , must advertise for proposals lor the erection of new buildings and bridges, by public advertisement m not less than two weekly newspapers in the county, for four week. Tins continued on pouktu page. rr
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