The herald., 1893-09-11
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro-
pOsals.

DURSUANT TO STATUTES AND TO ORDI-
l. nance No. 1919 of the council OF the city
Of Los Angeles, adopted August 2s; 1893, direct
ing thls notice, the undersigned invites and
will receive at his office in the city Hall, up to
Ii o'clock a. m. of Monday, Sept. 1S, 1893,
sealed proposals or bids for the following street
work to be done according to specifications
No. for graded and graveled streets No.
II for cement curbs and sidewalks and No. IL
Tor constructing sewers in the city OF Los An
geles, posted and on file, therefor adopted, or
herein mentioned, to-wit:
F1rst-That said
IOWA STREET
In said city from the north curb line of WASH
ington street to the south curb line OF Sly
teenth street, including all intersections of
streets excepting such portions of said
street and intersections as required by
law to be kept in order or repair by any per-
son or company having railroad tracks there
on, and also excepting such portions as have
already been graded and graveled and ac-
cepted) be graded and graveled in accordance
with the plans and profile on file in the office
OF the city engineer and specifications on file in
the office OF the city clerk of the city OF Los
Angeles for making graveled streets, said
specifications being numbered five (5).
second-That cement curb be constructed
along each line OF the roadway of said Iowa
street from the north curb line of Wash.
lngton street to the south curb line of
sixteenth street, excepting along such portions
OF the line Of said roadway. upon which
structed and accepted) in accordance with
specifications in the office of the city clerk Of
salu sa Giey ior constructing cement curbs, said
Third-That cement sidewalk four feet in
width, be constructed along each side OF said
Iowa street from the north curb line OF Wash
ington street to the south curb line of Sixteenth
street, excepting such portions of said street
between said points along which q cement
sidewalk has been constructed and acceptedl
said sidewalk to be constructed in accordance
with specifications on file in the office of tho
city clerk, said specifications being numbered
Fourth-That public sewer be construct.
ed along said Iowa street. from q
point opposite the center line of lot ID,
Weisendanger city tract to point is feet
north of the center line of Washington street
and across all intersections of streets (except-
ing along such portions upon which public
sewer has been constructed and accepted,
together with manholes, lampholes and flush
tanks.
The size of said sewer shall be-: Eight
OF salt-glazed vitriied pipe brick, iron and ce-
ment All OF which shall be constructed in
accordance with the plans and profile on file in
the Office of the city engineer and specifications
on file in the. office of the city clerk, said
specifications being numbered fourteen.
The district to be benefited by the construc-
tion OF said sewer and to be assessed to pay the
cost thereof is hereby declared to be all lots
and parcels of land fronting on said Iowa
street between Washington street and point
in Iowa street opposite the center line of lot 13
OF the Weisendanger city tract. .T9l
The city engineer having estimated
that tl,i =, the total a. cost of said improvement
along each line of said street. including the
cost OF intersections, it is hereby determined
in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the
state Of California. approved February 27,
1893, that bonds shall be issued to represent
the cost of said improvement. Said bonds shall
be serial, extending over period of 10 years,
an even proportion of which shall be payable
annually on the second day of January of each
year, after their date until the whole are paid
and to bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually on the Sec
ond days OF January and July of each and
every year.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid
check payable to the order of the mayor of this
city, certified by responsible bank, for an
amount which shall not be less than ten per
cent of the aggregate of the proposal or bond
for the said amount and so payable, signed by
the bidder and by two sureties who shall JUS
tify, before any officer competent to admins
ter an oath, in double the said amount, and
over and above all statutory exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which will be furn-
ished by the city clerk upon application.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept 1 I, 1893.
G. A. LUCKENBACH,
City clerk and ex-officio clerk of the council
OF the city of Los Angeles 9-1O 2t