Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-15

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the Office of the Street Commissioner City Hall,
until Wednesday, the Goth day of May, 1869, at 8
O'Clock p. M, for the following work;
East Grand street sewer from Madison avenue
easterly to the summit.
For tagging Bond street, from Spring street to
Catharine street.
For tagging Chestnut street, from Railroad ave-
nue. to Broad street.
For tagging Jefferson avenue, from Port avenue
to North avenue.
Elizabeth avenue, from Spring street to Smith
street, tagging the sidewalk eight feet wide.
For grading curbing and guttering John street,
from Third avenue to Leroy street.
For tagging Broad street, from Salem street to
WaYerly Place.
Adams avenue from Port avenue to North ave-
nue.; South Broad street, from the stone bridge to
Pearl street. tagging the sidewalk eight feet wide.
Williamson street, from Broad street to the east
erly line Of the Baptist Church property, tagging
sidewalk eight feet wide
The followingis about the amount of work to be
done and materials to be furnished in the construc-
ton and completion Of said work.
EAST GRAND STREET SEWER.
800 feet, more or less, of 12-inch stoneware pipe
sewer.
8 manholes
q siX-inch connections.
BOND STREET.
1900 lneal feet OF Tagging
CHESTNUT STREET.
500 liueal feet of tagging.
JEFFERSON AVENUE.
1850 lineal feet Of tagging,
ELIZABETH AVENUE
1000 square feet of new tagging.
3000 square feet of tagging to be relaid. =.
JOHN STREET.
400 cubic yards of excavation.
HOO lineal feet of curb.
HOO lineal feet of gutter.
BROAD STREET
400 ineal feet of1agging.
5000 cubic yards of excavation.
$500 lineal feet of curb.
SOUTH BROAD STREET.
400 square feet Of new tagging, eight feet wide
HOO square feet of tagging relad eight feet wide.
WILLIAMSON STREET.
1900 square feet of tagging, eight feet wide.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street in
separate and distinct bid they viii also be re-
CURED to bid on the time taken for the completion
ofthe work, at the rate of S275 per day. for stone
pipe sewnr, and 25 per day for carb. 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 country, 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 or re-
fuse to execute such contratct 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 executed
Payments will be made in cash. monthly. in sums
not less than one thousand dollars the work pro-
crosses, on acertifcate 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 thereid, 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 rightto retain all bids which may
be offered until opened and to reject any all the
bids for the above work. as they may deem best for
the interest of the city
Ell HIGGINS, Street Commissioner.
Elizabeth, May 1, 1869. myl-3w