Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-19
pROpnsALS wiIl be received |

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- at the office of the Street Commissioner,
City Hail. until ednesday. the nth day OF Oc-
tober 1868 ut o'clock p. NJ,
For constructing Il sewer in Elizabeth avenue,
from the summit near seventh street to Sixth
street, thence through SIKH street to Water
street, thence through Water street to Niles
street, thence through Miles street TO Third ave
nue., thence through Third aVenEetO d hn street.
| thence through Ohm street to the creek.
For tagging the south side of Centre street.
! fir IN Elizabeth avenue to oodruh street,
! For regulating, grading curbing and gutterlag
Elm street. from Morris avenue to Cherry street.
For Tagging Jefferson avenue, from Mary street
to Port avenue, and the Westerly side. from
Magnolia street to Anna street.
| For tagging Orchard street, from Morris ave-
nue., to Chiffon
For regulating, grading, cnrbing and gathering
Julia street, from Madison avenue to Mary
street.
For hNgging Jefferson aYen e, from Jersey
street to Magnolia street.
For regulating and curbing Cherry street, from
G.den street to orchard street.
/ The following is about the amount of work to
be done, and the materials to be furnished in thc
construction and completion OF said work:
ELIZABETH AVENUE AND JOHN STREET
SEWER.
100 ineal feet, more or less, Of circular brick
sewer. az inches inside diameter.
$50 neal feet, more or less, OF egg shape brick
sewer. feet inches by 3 feet nine inches.
400 lineal feet, more or less, OF eggshSpe brick
sewer, 2 feet by 3 feet.
225 Inca feet, more or less, of 4S-inch stone
ware pipe sewer.
% lineal feet. more or less, 15inch stoneware
100 ineal feet, more or less, 12-inch stoncware
pipe sewer.
30 manhules.
$50 inch connections,
street basins more o. less.
$50 neal feet, more or less IL inch culvert
CENTRE STREET.
so lineal feet OF tagging
ELM STREET.
1910 ccubic v,,rds of earth excavation.
1890 ineal feet OF curb
400 lineal feet oil gutter.
JEFFERSON AVENUE
$500 lineal feet of tagging.
ORCHARD STREET,
500 lineal feet Of tagging.
JULIA STREET.
1880 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
1900 liIeal feet OF curb.
1900 linea feet of gutter.
JEFFERSON AVENUE.
2200 lineal feet OF h&gging.
CHERRY STREET.
1870 ineal feet of curb
200 cubic yards of earth excavation.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street
in II separate and distinct bid; they will also be
required for the time taken for the completion
OF the work at the rate II 81 IS per day for stone
ware pipe sewer, and 1925 per day for brick
sewer, ana $40 per Gay I0f curD gutter ana nag
ging.
The plans and specifications of the work can
be examined at the Office of the Street Commits
siOner.
Said proposals must be accompanied by Il
bond. executed by two or mole ample, satisiac
tory and sufficient securities, resident in the
country in at least one-fourth the sum specified
in the proposal fer the performance of the work.
should the contract be awarded to the person
making the proposal; and that if the person or
persons omit or refuse to execute such contract
they will pay to the city of Elizabeth any differ
ence between the sums he or they would have
been entitled to upon the completion OF the con-
tract and that which the city of Elizabeth may
be obliged to pay the person or persons BY whom
such contract shall be executed.
Payments will be made in cash. monthly, in
sums not less than one Thousand dollars, as the
work progresses, on certificate of the City Sur
veyor, the city retaining twenty-five per cent, |
which will be paid when the work is completed |
The penalty for each days neglect to complete
the work according to the contract beyond the !
time fixed therein, shall be three dollars where
the gross amount to ne paid the contractor shall
be less than three three thousand dollars and |
TWO dollars per day additional for every two
thousand dollars beyond hat sum. All penalties |
incurred shall he deducted from the amount due
the contractor before the final payment is made.
The City Council of the City OF Elizabeth re-
serve to themselves the right to retain all bids |
which may be offered until opened and to reject
any or all the bids for the above work, as they
may deem best for the interest of tie CITY.
L. II. HI GINS, Street Commissioner.
Elizabeth, September 10, 1868. 1878