The herald., 1893-09-12
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro-
pOsals.

DURSUANT TO STATUTES AND TO ORpI-
4 nance No. 1921 of the Council of the city
OF Los Angeles, adopted August %, 1893 direct
ing this notice, the undersigned invites and
VIII receive at his Office in the city hall, up to
IL O'Clock am. of Monday, Sept. 49, 1898,
sealed proposals or bids for the following street
WORK, 10 be done according to the specfica.
tions No. 5 for graded and graveled streets and
NO. II for cement curb and sidewalk in the
city Of Los Angeles, posted and on file, therefor
ADOPTED or herein mentioned, towit:
First-That said
UNION AVENUE
In said city from the southerly line Of Eleventh
street 10 the northerly line of Pico street, in
cluding all intersections of streets (excepting
such portion of said street and intersections as
are required by law TO be kept in order or re-
pair Oy any person or company having railroad
tracks thereon, and also excepting such por-
tlons as have already been graded, graveled
and aecepted,) be graded and graveled in ac-
cordance with the plans and profile on file in
the Office of the city engineer and specifca-
tions on file in the Office of the city clerk of the
city Of Los Angeles for graveled streets, said
specifications being numbered five.
Second-That a cement curb be constructed
along each line of the roadway of said Union
avenue from the southerly line of Eleventh
cepting along such portions of the line of said
roadway upon which a cement or granite curb
has already been constructed and accepted,) in
accordance with specifications in the Office of
the city clerk OF said city for constructing ce-
ment curbs, said specifications being num-
bered twelve
width be constructed along each side OF said
Union avenue, from the southerly line of
Eleventh street to the northerly line of Pico
street, Excepting such portions of said street
between said points along which cement or
asphalt sidewalk has been constructed and ac-
cepted,) said sidewalk to be constructed in ac-
cordance with specifications on file in the Of
flee of the city clerk, said specifications being
numbered twelve.
The city engineer having estimated
that the total cost CT said improvement will be
greater than one dollar per front foot along
each line of said street, including the cost of
Intersections, it is hereby determined in pur-
suance of an act of the legislature of the state
OF California, approved February ~, 1893, that
bonds shall be issued to represent the cost of
said improvement Said bonds shall be serial,
extending over period of ten 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
interestat the rate of per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually on the second days of
January and July of each and every year.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid
a 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 a 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 fur
nished by the city clerk upon application.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. IL, 1898.
c. A. LUCKENBACH,
City clerk and ex-officio clerk OF the council
of the city of Los Angeles. 9-102t