Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-05

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- the office of the Street Commissioner, City
Hall, until Wednesday, the 18th day of August,
1869, at 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
struction and completion of said work:
WEST JERSEY STREET.
To sewer from the summit near Chiffon street, to
the bridge over Elizabeth river.
$50 lineal feet more or less, 18-inch pipe sewer
$50 lineal feet, more orless, 15-inch pipe sewer
800 lineal feet more or less, Pinch pipe sewer
GREER AVENUE.
From South street to the road leading from the
Edgar turnpike, near the residence of Jacob Gohr-
ing to Williamson street, to grade and curb.
1850 lineal feet of curb.
100 cubic yards of excavation.
MAPLE AVENUE.
To flag the sidewalks from Grove street to Garden
street.
1,648 lneal feet of tagging.
GROVE STREET.
To flag the sidewalks from Washington avenue
to Maple avenue.
2,725 lneal feet of tagging.
ADAMS AVENUE.
To regulate, grade and curb from Port avenue to
North avenues
5000 cubic yards of excavation.
$500 lineal feet of curb.
MARY STREET.
To sewer from Jefferson avenue to Madison ave-
800 lineal feet more or less, 1s-inch pipe sewer.
3 manholes.
] street basin.
20 Iineal feet of 12-inch culvert.
GREER AVENUE.
To pave Grier avenue, from South street to the
road leading from the Edgar turnpike, near the
residence of Jacob Gohring, to Williamson street.
10, 400 square yards of wooden pavement.
COURT STREET.
To flag between Third street and Fourth street.
262 Iineal feet of tagging.
LIVINGSTON STREET.
To flag between First street and Second street.
FIRST STREET.
To pave with Belgian pavement between Broad
street and Livingston street.
40 square yards of pavement.
LEROY STREET.
1,400 cubic yards of filling.
$50 lineal feet of curb.
$50 lineal feet of gutter.
Bidders will be required to bid for each street in
separate and distinct bid they will also be required
to bid the time taken for the completion OF the
work, at the rate of $2.75 per day for paving $225
per day for curb, gutter and tagging, and $275 per
day for pipe sewer
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 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 pro-
posal and that if the person or persons omit or
refuse TO execute such contract, they will pay tothe
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 thousand dollars as the work pl
crosses, a certificate of the City Surveyor, the
city retaining twenty-five pei 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, ana 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 pay inent is made.
The City Council Of the city of Elizabeth re erye
to themselves the right to retain all bids which may
be offered until opened and to reject any all the
bids for The above work, they may deem best for
the interest of the city
L. Fl. HIGGINS Street Commissioner
Elizabeth July "a, 1869. j27 3w