Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-26
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the Office of the Street Commissioner, City
1863, at 8 O'Clock P. NJ, for the following work:
The following is about the amount of work to be
DONE and the materials to be furnished in the con-
structioh and completion of said work:
MoRRELL STREET,
From Elizabeth avenue to Jersey street.
IT'S hneal feet of tagging.
-.if-T -- ELIZABETH AVENUE. 7rs
To sewer from Prospect street to Spring street.
400 lnea feet or less, of 12-inch pipe sewer.
manholes. tIBc 4i3lttt "
BOND STREET.
To grade curb and gutter. from Third street to
Trimbull street. - ~-+ts .+f ~,
1000 cubic yards of excavation.
$500 cubic yards of filing.
5400 linea feet of curb.
$500 lneal feet of gutter.
OLIVE STREET.
To grade curb and gutter, from Spring street to
Henry street.
1900 cubic yards of excavation.
1850 lneal feet of curb.
1850 hneal feet of gutter Itt ..I It
LIVINGSTON STREET.
To grade curb and gutter, from Third street to
the New Point road
COCO cubic yards of excavation.
5000 lineal feet of curb.
5000 lineal feet of gutter.
CLINTON STREET.
To grade, curb and gutter, from Third street to
the New Point road.
5000 cubic yards of excavation.
5000 lineal feet of curb.
5000 lineal feet of gutter. .iIe
MARSHALL STREET.
To flag the sidewalks between First street and
Second street,
500 lineal feet of tagging.
CATHARINE STREET.
To pave from Jersey street to Magnolia street.
5000 square yards of Belgian pavement
100 lineal feet of new curb.
1000 lneal feet of curb to be reset.
| 900 square feet of bridge stone.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street in
a separate and distinct bid they will also be re-
quired to bid on the time taken for the completion
OF the work at the rate of $275 per day for paving
225 per day for curb, gutter and tagging, and
S275 per day for pipe sewer.
The plans and specifications of the work can be
examined at the office OF the Street Commissl9ner
Said proposals must be accompanied by bond
executed by two more ample, satisfactory and
sufficient securities resident in the county, in at
least one fourth the sum 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 or persons omit OF re-
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
or persons by whom such contract shall be eX-
ecuted.
sums not less than one thousand dollars as the
work progresses, certificate of the City Survey
Or the city retaining twenty Live per cent, which
viii 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 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. aet
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, they may deem
best for the interest of the city.
L. H. HIGGINS, Street Commissioner.
Elizabeth, August H. 1869. Az 3w