The department is at liberty to use either the Vermont marble, sample No. 1, or the Baltimore county fine marble, sample No. 2. If the Baltimore county large crystal marble, sample No. 3, is used for any purpose of the work, a reduction of ten per cent. will be made from the prices above stated. Captain A. H. BOWMAN, JOHN WHITELAW & CO. Superintendent of the Treasury Building Extension. We, the undersigned, guarantee that Messrs. Whitelaw & Syming ton, if their bid for furnishing marble for the Treasury building extension be accepted, will at the proper time enter into good and sufficient bonds with the government, in accordance with the advertisement of Captain A. Bowman, superintendent of the Treasury building extension, dated June 25, 1855. JOHN W. BROWN. I certify that the above-named guarantors are, in my opinion, sufficient securities; and they are citizens of Baltimore. WM. MEADE ADDISON, United States Attorney. AUGUST 25, 1855. AUGUST 27, 1855. We hereby propose to furnish, wrought, fitted, and delivered in a proper state to put in the building, all the material for the south wing of the extension of the Treasury Department building, of Maryland granite, the same and equal in quality to that which the basement of the west wing of the Patent Office is built of; and all the work seen on the following will be fine hammering and in the most workmanlike Plain steps, 19-inch tread, 6 to 8 inch rise, per lineal foot.. Moulded door-jambs, per superficial foot .... Platforms, 3 feet wide, length not exceeding 10 feet, per superficial foot. Window-jamb rabets, per lineal foot... 295 00 56 00 134 90 1,297 00 86.00 124 1 93 1 33 63 Any greater width of platform than 3 feet up to 8 feet, an increase for each additional 3 inches in width, per superficial foot...... Stock of all stone whose contents do not exceed 30 cubic feet, per cubic foot... All stone exceeding 30 and not exceeding 70 cubic feet, per cubic foot, additional All stone exceeding 70 cubic feet, for each foot an additional price, per cubic foot.. All of greater width than three times their thickness, an additional price of 5 per cent. for each additional 3 inches in width, for the work that will apply to the last four items of plain-faced hammering, per superficial foot seen .. Balusters over cornice, each Moulded coping over same, per superficial foot... 22 All beds, builds, ends, backs, &c., per superficial foot... being built of, from Maryland, cornice per lineal foot.. Architraves over columns, per lineal foot Frieze over columns, per superficial foot Capitals of antæ, each... Base over antæ, each. Base over columns, each.. ... Shaft over columns, each, in five pieces each Moulded coping over same, per superficial foot. 48 50 $49 50 1 42 23 00 300 00 90 00 73 00 146 00 1,659 00 13.00 2 25 Ashlar, 12-inch bed and under, per superficial foot...... All plain-faced work over 12-inch bed and not more than 24-inch, per superficial foot... Window-jambs, rabets, per lineal foot. ... Moulded door-jambs, per superficial foot.. All beds, builds, backs, &c., per superficial foot... 1 19 1 93 60 2275 22 If East Chester marble from New York, 16 per cent. to be added to the above. If Lee marble from Massachusetts, add 30 per cent. Samples will be furnished. WALKER & CO. We hereby guarantee, if the above bid of Walker & Co. be accepted. that we will furnish the bonds required for the faithful performance of the contract. JAMES DIXON. CHAS. S. WALLACH. I hereby certify that the above guarantors are good and sufficient. JAMES G. BERRET, Postmaster. AUGUST 27, 1855. [P. G. W.] WASHINGTON, August 27, 1855. DEAR SIR: I will furnish all the materials for the exterior walls of the south wing of the extension of the Treasury Department building, of Hewit's Island granite, all complete, ready to set, delivered at the site, according to plans and printed specifications, as follows: Cornice, per foot in length, A and B... Capitals of columns, each, in length · $75 00 58.00 25.00 1,000 00 450 00 200 00 350 00 Platforms, three feet wide, length not exceeding ten feet, per superficial foot of surface seen. 1250 Platforms, eight feet wide, not exceeding ten in length.. 1275 All other stones that do not exceed thirty cubic feet, for stock, per cubic foot...... For stones up to seventy feet.... For all stones exceeding seventy cubic feet, per cubic foot For No. 4 cutting, per cubic foot.. For rough beds and builds, and backs and ends, per superficial foot. For cutting channels or rebates, not exceeding four inches by two inches, per lineal foot..... 1.00 For hammering of mouldings, of one curve additional to plain work, per superficial foot.... 2.00 For hammering of mouldings, of two curves additional to plain work, per superficial foot... 3.00 For cutting bevelled work, as per specifications, per super ficial foot For cutting circle work, per superficial foot.. For balustrades, per lineal foot For cellar stone, per perch .. ... Rear cornice down to architrave, per lineal foot · Rear balustrade, per foot in length. Hon. A. H. BOWMAN. [P. G. W.] .... $1.00 1 50 50 00 9.00 50 00 20 00 12.00 EDWARD HAWKES, QUINCY, MASS., August 24, 1855. We, the undersigned, propose to furnish and deliver on a wharf in Washington all the hammered granite, agreeably to your advertisement, dated June 26, 1855, for the south wing of the extension of the Treasury Department building, viz: Cornice, per foot in length.... Architrave over column, per foot in length .... Capitals over column, each.. Bases of antæ, each... Shafts of columns, in one piece, each... Plain steps, 1 foot 7 inches by 6 to 8 inches, per foot in Platforms, 3 feet wide, per superficial foot .... For each superficial foot of fine hammered granite $34 00 56 00 25 00 242 00 1,151 00 145 00 321 00 4,537 00 2,786 00 200 150 3 65 1 10 No. 1 hammering on Boston custom-house, per superficial foot..... 1 75 No. 2 hammering on Boston custom-house, per superficial foot ····· 1 25 No. 3 hammering on Boston custom-house, per superficial foot.... 90 No. 4 hammering on Boston custom-house, per superficial For all beds, builds, ends, backs, &c., hammered full [P. G. W.] $0.65 20 41.00 E. C. SARGENT. To the TREASURY DEPARTMENT. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, We, the undersigned, on oath declare that we believe we are sev erally worth the sum of from six to ten thousand dollars over and above our liabilities, and we know Earl W. Johnson, of Boston, and B. B. Newcomb, of Quincy, to be owners of real estate, and men of substantial property. E. C. SARGENT. Subscribed and sworn to this day and year above written, before me. B. F. HALLETT, Commissioner Circuit Court United States for Massachusetts district, to administer oaths, and Justice of Peace through the Commonwealth. QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, August 25, 1855. We, the undersigned, E. C. Sargent, and Frederick & Field, as principal, of Quincy, and Earl W. Johnson, of Boston, and B. B. Newcomb, of Quincy, Massachusetts, guarantee that the bidders will when required, if their proposal be accepted, enter into a contract and bond, with proper and sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of contract, in a penalty of five thousand dollars. E. C. SARGENT. OFFICE U. S. ATTORNEY, MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, August 25, 1855. I certify that the sureties to the above guarantee are personally known to me to be residents of this district, and owners of real estate therein, and that I believe them to be worth over ten thousand dollars above their personal liabilities, and that their guarantee is good and sufficient. B. F. HALLETT, |