THE PIER AT PAGO PAS

Samoa Weekly Herald, Volume 1, Issue 2, 3 December 1892, Page 1

THE PIER AT PAGO PAS

The following are some particul.ipi,, 'mssSk the pier to,ho erected at Pago J ajjiSsejSf Plans and spe<-uficatibns can n.e> Baffl*l§p§ at the office of Mr.. Vice-Consul. . ' |§3l|§ Sealed proposals ■in duplicate, * m indorsed." Proposals for Iron and Steel ' I Pier," will bo received at this bureau . ; S' until 1 o'clock p.m., on 21st of DecW- ■* ber, 1802, and publicly opened inime T ■•■ ! ,j(i.i, diateiy thereafter, for constructing-^hd/:' ~"i'M erecting an iron and steel pier at the - .*; U. S. Naval Coaling Station, .Pago..;- 4-;; Pago, Samoa. • .'■' Specifications ':■ and #i' 3 blank forms of proposals will bo fur- '' ; nishcd upon application to this bureau, -' f where plans can bo seen and farther ' ■ information obtained. Plans and ape-- ;£>.w cifications can also be seen at tho Nayjf.y '£l Pay Office, San Francisco, California. Responsible security will bo required';,%;,»' for the faithful performance of- the/':'-"' contract in a sum equal to 20 percent.! 'v. of the contract price. A certified check If '' for jJSOOO must accompany each -pro- '.■ posal as a forfoit in caso of failuro to' -. -/ '. enter into contract. The right is r«r • i,'\i served to reject any or all proposals --,/';> not deemed advantageous to the Gov?! Wj&& eminent, and to waive defect?. —N.'HV *S'S Fabojuhak, Cliiof of Bureau. OEVKKAL ', :'.'; Tho piles will bo wrought iron lap-welded £ '-@ tubes of the dimensions shown in the genera! • , : J plan, and fitted at the lower end with a cast- ' S ."' iron screw by means of tap screws. 1 ■*;'iHF" •;" K piles under twenty feet in length, measured -'-1 | from tho lower end of the tube to the upper , § end shall be in one length. All piles o<ME„ '"' twenty feet, measured ax atiove, sliall hnyo ' '-"i their top section G' 11 g" long, tho lower end ' .» having four holes for 1" holts with counter* ,''% sunk rivet heads, ok shown on detail draw-' '-' •'--* ing, and four additional holes for 1" bolts on -& ."'•; those 12" and 10" piles having fender brae/. ,-i kots, as sliown on plans. All tubes must be' - -'; cut true to length with abutting surfaces square and smooth. The sections of piles will abut closely and neatly against' '* W each other and be joined together by a union'- 1 "- - ~sj or sleeve 18" long and one-quarter thicker than the sections they join. ,Th*' [18"' S longths of thorites to be connected, as well-,'-,.*.3 as the union or sleeve to be made in such afJpS manner that the ends of the piles shall meet'V &Bk and form a close joint in the middle of the* 1 -, SB union or sleeve. The screws which form tho bases for the H piles, Bhall be of cast iron, making a turn * and a half in 13", and having a diameter of * 3'or. Tho screws to be connected with' the'/ piles by bolts passing through the piles,- : &ti\ . shown on detail drawings. '-'t All piles over twenty feet in length and" < under thirty feet, shall be in two sectionsV-p-iles over thirty (30) feet in length may in three or more sections. On top of each- . pile t.here shall be a cast-iron cap, as sho'wri' '. in dcta.'l drawings. There i'hall be required thirty-threo (33 r . ■ brackets tile fenders ; tliey will 'be of • g cast iron .in*d of the size and dimensions* 8 ,-' shown in thifvdotail drawings. The two '*gflg parts shall bo* united by four (4) 1-inch 'bv, wroughl-iriin bobs tilted so as to firmly,. £ll clamp the pile amd secured to tho same by ..'■:_? two lwlls passing Uu-ough the pile and brae- . I ket. 11l addition, tho woodeu fonder will--., lie secured to the piles by a 17 bolt of wrought - iron 1" in diameter, )«-wing through the. fender and securely bolted to the same in £ front. Tho wooden fender will also bo " •■- scoured to the brnckotn by means of two 1" ,- '■- bolta, as shown in the cross sections of pier,. j .tolled soft steel 20" I beams, 04 pounda ' ,'.■ per foot, shall be set lengthwiso with Lhp . *4K head of the pier and crosswise with tho aw- .f' ~ proach, and scoured to the cast-iron cross ' Bj caps by bolts, a* shown or. drawings. ~ _ , Soft-steel I bcmnis 9" x -!1 pounds, spaced ~ 2'Hi" apart, will be placed on tho 20",'1 . beams ond run cronnwise to them. Tho 20'' . and 0" beams will bo> .-onucelod together at '•.. '■■: each crossing by two J" lmlts set diagonally- \ On tho 0" Iwams will V'nomired tho 3" oreo- S3 }9 noted pinu docking, bid diagonally, by!.,'.'.' wrrought spikes passing tho plonks and with-' -, tho lower enda 1-ent under tin- top flange oft- "< ' the 9/* Ireains, or by otlior approved liicttiod,.;'; ■ Ouo spike at each crosaing and two at each.... J Twelve cast*iron cleata wiQ lie placed oh j ''■ tho decking where directed and fustened t«ft' # ~' tho 20" I beams in tho manner sliown. ' a ;,." Tito nppor «trut« will lie two 7" x I4»jyr', pounds ohannols, and fustam-il in tho ribs oi , " the pilo caps by moans of a '-'it" turned Mt,' .i . a-i shown on crosnjuxtiiin ■>. They Kill hava ,', J stay plutca and Lahticu bant, ils showu. Tho lower strut* will also lie two 7" % J4," ■ a poundicliannelssticairoU in the piles bynumii*,, ; of a out-Iron collar, shown in tka cro«» . . •octions ol tho pier and the detail drawings,... with May plati« and lattice Lam, same an ' upper itrDta, The strut is aucurod to tho collar by a 'if Uuii'sl bolt, M shown »i\ tKo '• croM soetions of the pier. j, ' Tlio collar ia svcureil to Uiu pili w by uiaails of four (4) one-inch rods, as shown. 'J'liorc •trnto sliall bo sot at tho level of low-water mark. Tho pier In to be tirmly braced liotli by lioriloilUlaliilvrrtl.-alilui'tonnta.whelesliOWil of wroaghl hum If di.iinoter, unset and i-oniiD-ital with tiiiin-l bolU ami clovraoi to i tho pile 'cava and oollan, on shown. All tbo iillca must Iki dipped hi conlpltth I vnnii-ih ola Uinpcraturo of about .100*, aud remain hi the liath until I h»y attain Ihn «mr temperaluru aa tho vambli. All other Iron aud stool must rowlvej two heavy roaU «'• tho best Imnorti palll, one of wmou Is w> tto given before ehiniuetit. Test ban of wrought Iron •hall show a minimum ultimate ntnmgUi of <M,OOO poumU, ami ol aolt ateel ol Si.*».! pounds pri .(jttaiiThe raattrial* »n.l workmonahlp jJoneraUy alwll l» the but of iheh ie»|K)ellvo kin.N.