Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-28

& EALED PROPOSALS will be received a
- the office of the Street Commissioner, Cit
HALL until "Wednesday, the 21st day of july 1868
at O'Clock z. NJ, for the following work;
The following is about the amount of work 10 BIZ
done, and materials to be furnished in the con
struction and completion of said work:
BROAD STREET.
To flag the sidewalks from Grove street to viii
hanson street.
2,1OO lineal feet more or less, of tagging.
JEFFERSON AVENUE.
To pave with Belgian or trap block pavement
from Port avenue to North avenue.
$500 square yards of Belgian pavement.
800 lineal feet of curb to be reset.
100 lineal feet of new curb.
$50 square feet of bridge stone.
MONROE AVENUE.
To grade, curb and flag, from Meadow street to
Port avenue.
100 cubic yards of excavation.
2G0 lineal feet of curb, more or less,
1000 lineal feet Of tagging, more or less.
MEADOW STREET.
To grade, curb and flag, from Magnolia street to
Port avenue.
800 cubic yards OF excavation.
AGO lineal feet of curb.
1000 lineal feet of tagging. more or less
CATHARINE STREET.
To pave with trap-block, from Jersey street to
Magnolia street.
6,l00 square yards Of Belgian pavement.
1900 square feet Of bridge stone.
1000 lineal feet OF curb 10 be reset.
100 lineal feet Of new curb.
ADAMS AVENUE.
To grade and curb, from Meadow street to Mary
street.
700 cubic yards of excavation.
600 ineal feet of curb
SOUTH STREET.
From Williamson street to the creek, to grade,
curb and gutter.
$500 cubic yards of excavation.
1880 lineal feet of curb.
1850 lineal feet of gutter.
JERSEY STREET.
To sewer, from the summit near Chiffon street
to the river.
$50 lineal feet more or less, 1S-inch pipe sewer.
$50 lneal feet, more less, 15-iuch pipe sewer.
300 hneal feet more or less, Pinch pipe sewer.
IA manholes
100 siX-inch connections.
street basins.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street i'll
4 separate and distinct bid; they win also be re-
CURED to bid on the time taken for the completion
of the work at the rate of S25 per day for paving
S2.75 per day for sewers, and S22j per day for
curb, gutter and Tagging
The plans and specifications of the work can be
examined at the Office of the Street Commissioner.
Said proposals 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 sum specified in the proposal
for the performance Of the work. should the con-
sal; and that if the person or persons omit or 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
Payments will be made in cash, monthly, in
sums not less than one thousand dollars, as the
work progresses, certificate of the City Survey
or, 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 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. II. HIGGINS, Street Commissioner.
Elizabeth, June 49, 1869. j22 3w