Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-26

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the Office of the Street Commissioner, City Hall.
until Wednesday, the seth day of June, 1869, q To
O'Clock P. NJ, for the following works
For Paving Grove street, from Grier avenue to
Broad street, with wooden pavement;
For sewering South street, from the Summit at
or near Grler avenue to Broad street;
For paving Union street. from Morris avenue to
Jersey street;
For sewering Marshall street. from the south
side of Third street to the summit;
For sewering William street, from Madison ave-
nue. to Catharine street;
For street basin, corner of Smith and Cross
streets.
The followingis about the amount of work to be
done and materials to be furnished in the construc-
ton and completion of said work.
GROVE STREET.
10000 square yards, more or less, of wooden pave
ment.
SOUTH STREET.
$50 feet, more or less, of 12-inch stoneware pipe
sewer
manholes.
% six-inch connections.
UNION STREET.
1000 square yards Of trap-block pavement.
$50 square feet of bridge stone
1000 lineal feet of curb to be reset.
100 lineal feet of new curb.
MARSHALL STREET.
$50 feei, more or less, of Pinch stoneware pipe
sewer
4 nanholes.
q siX-inch connections.
l street BASIN
WILLIAM STREET.
$50 feet, more or less, Pinch stoneware pipe
sewer
manholes.
60 six-inch connections.
l street basin.
SMITH AND CROSS STREETS.
l street basin.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street in
a separate and distinct bid they will also be
CURED to bid the time taken for the completion
ofthe work. at the rate of $275 per day for stone
pipe sewer, S2T5 for paving, and S225 for
curb, gutter and tagging
The plans and specifications of the work can be
examined at the office of the Street Commissioner
Said proposal must be accompanied by bond
executed by two or more AMPLE satisfactory and
sufficient securities, resident in the county, in at
least one-fourth the specified in the proposal
for the performance of the work, should the con-
tract be awarded to the person making the propo-
sal; and that if the person persons omit
fuse to execute such contract they will pay to the
city of Elizabeth any difference between the sums
he or they would have been entitled to upon the
completion OF the contract and that which the city
of Elizabeth may be obliged to pay the person
persons by whom such contract shall be executed
Payments will be made in cash, monthly, in sums
crosses, ON certificate of the City Surveyor, the
city retaining twenty-five per cent, which will be
paid when the work is completed.
The penaley 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 be paid the contractor shall be
less than three thousand dollars, and two dollars
per day additional for every two thousand dollars
beyond that sum. All penalties incurred shall be
deducted from the amount due the contractor be-
fore the final payment is made.
The City Council of the city of Elizabeth reserve
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 the city.
L. H. HIGGINS, Street Comm issioner.
Elizabeth June s. 1869. ie10-3w