Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-25

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the office of the Street Commissioner City Hail.
until Wednesday, the 9th day of June, 1869, at
O'Clock p NJ for the following work;
For grading, curbing, guttering 9and tagging
Walnut street from Chestnut STREET.-THE Mary street.
For grading, curling and guttering Spencer street.
from First avenue to the Creek. -
For grading, curbing and gutterinG Julia street.
from Meadow street to Spring street.
For grading, curbing, guttering and tagging JEFF
ferson street, from Elizabeth avenue to Jersey
street
For grading, curbing and guttering John street.
from First avenue to theJwest side of Leroy street.
The followingis about the amount of work to be
done, and materials to be furnished in the construc
ton and completion of said work
WALNUT STREET.
200 cubic yards of excavation.
@ $50 lineal feet of curb.
2150 linea feet of gutter.
2150 lineal feet of tagging.
100 lineal feet of curb and gutter to be reset.
100 lineal feet of tagging to be relaid.
SPENCER STREET.
$500 cubic yards of excavation.
s. 700 hneal feet of curb.
$500 lineal feet of gutter.
JULIA STREET.
800 cubic yards of excavation.
100 lineal feet of curb.
I1O0 lineal feet of gutter.
JEFFERSON STREET.
200 cubic yards of excavation.
Ito lineal feet of curb.
Ito lineal feet of gutter.
1750 lineal feet of tagging.
JOHN STREET.
400 cubic yards of excavation.
LOO lineal feet of curb.
LOO lineal feet of gutter.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street in
a separate and distinct bid they will also be
quired to bid on the time taken for the completion
ofthe work. at the rate of S2.25 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 proposal must be accompanied by bond
executed by two or more ample, satisfactory and
sufclent securities, resident in the country, in at
least onefourth the sum specified in the proposal
for the performance of the work. should the
tract be awarded to the person making the propo-
sal; and that II the person or persons omit
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
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 acertiieate of the City Surveyor the
city retaining twenty-five per cent, which will be
paid when the work is completed.
The penaley for eaeH days neglect to complete
the work, according to the contract, beyond the
time fixed thered shall be three dollars, where the
gross amount to be paid the contractor shall be
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 NAV
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, May Is, 1862 mylS-3w