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Scope and Content Note

These requisitions were submitted by the Department of Public Works, Division of Canals and Waterways, to the Department of Audit and Control.

Requisitions were made for steel, lumber, gravel, pipe, machinery, and other heavy equipment and material.

Each file contains proposals submitted by bidders, including detailed specifications of the equipment or materials and proposed price; certification by chief auditor of the Department of Public Works identifying the low bidder; a sheet giving information and instructions to bidders; and a copy of a letter from the chief auditor of D.P.W. to the Superintendent of Standards and Purchase listing the price quotations received. Some files contain manufacturers' catalogs, photographs or blueprint drawings of machinery, and correspondence.