Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-11

| CEALED PROPOSALS will be received al
- the Office of the Street COMMISSIONER City Hail.
until Wednesday, the Both dayiof June, 1863, at 8
O'Clock P. NJ, for the following work:
For Paving Grove street, from Grier avenue to
Broad street, with wooden pavement;
| For sewering Sonth street, from the Summit at
| or near Grier 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 sewerlnS William street, from Madison ave-
nue. to Catharine street,
For a 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 constrc-
ton and completion of said work.
GROVE STREET.
10000 square yards, more or less, Of wooden pave
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
s2GO0 lineal feet of curb to be reset
100 hneal feet of new curb.
MARSHALL STREET.
$50 feet more or less, Of Finch stoneware pipe
sewer.
manholes
2f siX-inch connections.
! street basin.
WILLIAM STREET.
81 feet more or less, 15-inch stoneware pipe
$50 leet more or less, 12-inch stoneware pipe
sewer.
8 manholes
GO siX-inch connections
/ street basin.
SMITH AND CROSS STREETS.
/ street basin.
Bidders Will be required to bid for each street in
separate and distinct bid they will also be re-
ouire1 bid tbe
ofthe work, at the rate of 275 per day for stone
ware pipe sewer S275 for paving, and S2.25 for
curb, gutter and tagging.
The plans and specifications of the work can be
examined at the office of the Commissioner
Said proposal must be accompanied by bond
executed by two or more ample satisfactory and
suihclent 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; ana that II the person or persons omit re-
fuse to execute such contract, they will pay to the
city OF Ellzabeth any difference between the sums
he or they would have been entitled to upon the
complexion 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 executed
Payments VIII be made in cash, monthly, in sums
not less than one thousand dollars as the work pro-
crosses, on acertlticate 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 tor the above work. as they may deem best for
the interest of the city.
i. II. HIGGINS, Street Commissioner
Elizabeth, June 5, 1869. ie1O-3w