. Public works . er are as follows: so. yds. bitu-lithic at $2,195 a sq. yd., $19,: 3,646lin. ft. curb, at 55 cts. a lin. ft., $2,; sq. ft. sidewalk, at 15 cts. a sq. $1,; miscellaneous, $150; total, $22, Sacran^ento, Cal.—Lowest bids receivedby California Highway Commission forfollowing highway.! are as follows: Sac-ramento Div. ITL Route 2. Section A,Joe Lawrence. Broderick, at $41,498: Div. VII. Route A. Section Bros. * Gardenier. San Fran-cisco. $120,437; Santa Barbara Route 2, Sections G and I. Brashear


. Public works . er are as follows: so. yds. bitu-lithic at $2,195 a sq. yd., $19,: 3,646lin. ft. curb, at 55 cts. a lin. ft., $2,; sq. ft. sidewalk, at 15 cts. a sq. $1,; miscellaneous, $150; total, $22, Sacran^ento, Cal.—Lowest bids receivedby California Highway Commission forfollowing highway.! are as follows: Sac-ramento Div. ITL Route 2. Section A,Joe Lawrence. Broderick, at $41,498: Div. VII. Route A. Section Bros. * Gardenier. San Fran-cisco. $120,437; Santa Barbara Route 2, Sections G and I. Brashear-Burns Co., Los Angeles. $89,466 90: SantaBarbara Co., Div. V, Route 2, Section A,Rogers Bros. Los Angeles, $19,523. Miami, Fla.— For paving with asphalticconcrete as follows: To Southern Asphal-tic Const. Co., Birmingham. Ala., 33,000sq. yds., at $ per sq. yd., and F. , for 33,000 sq. yds. B. , City Engineer. 7f Municipal Journal Volume XXXVII NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914. No. 12. FITCHBURG IMHOFF TANKS PARTIALLY COMPLETED. FITCHBURG SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT Imhoff Settling Tanks, Sprinkling Filters and Secondary Settling Tanks—Capacity About Five Million Gallons aDay—New Features in Imhoff Tank Construction—Detail Plans and Contract Prices. The new sewage disposal plant of Fitchburg, Mass.,is Hearing completion and will probably be put in activeservice late this fall. Studies and plans for the plantwere made during 1912 and 1913 by D. A. Hartwell,engineer in charge. Work was started early in 1913 byR. H. Newell Co. and N. S. Brock, the contractors. Thebid was $209, The contract provides that the workbt completed before April 30, 1915. The plant consists of five rectangular settling tanks ofthe Imhofif type, two acres of sprinkling filters, fourcircular secondary settling tanks, and about four-tenthsacre of sludge drying beds. Other necessary work in-cluded the erection of a laboratory building, straighten-ing and improving the channel


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