The herald., 1894-01-16
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro-
pOsals.

v PURSUANT TO STATUTES AND TO ORDI-
] nance No 10 8 OF the Council OF the city
OF Los Angeles, adopted Jan TO-, lSH4, direct.
Will receive ut his office in the city hall, up to
II o'clock am. of Monday Jan. %, 1894,
sealed proposals or bids for the following street
work. to be done according to the speclfiea-
tions No. for graveled streets and No II for
cement sidewalks and curbs in the city OF Los
Angeles, posted and on file therefor adopted.
or herein mentioned, to-wit:
. First-That said
SIXTEENTH STREET,
in said city from the west line of Vernon
street to the east line OF Unlon
avenue, including all intersections of
streets, excepting such portions OF
said street and intersections as are re-
quired by law to be kept in order or repair by
any person or company having railroad tracks
thereon, and also excepting such portions as
have already been graded, graveled and ac
cepted), be graded and grayeled in accord
ance 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 graveled streets, said speci-
hcations being numbered five.
Second-lhat cement curb be constructed
along each line OF the roadway of said Six
teenth street from the west curb line of Vernon
street to the east curb line OF Union
avenue except ng along such portions OF the
line of saiu roadway upon which a cement or
granite curh has already been constructed and
accepted,) in accordance with the specifications
in the Office OF the city clerk of said for con
Slfucllng cement curDS, Salu Speclncatl0nS be-
ing numbered twelve.
Third-Tnat cement sidewalk five feet in
width be constructed along each side of said
Sixteenth street from the west curb line OF Yer
non street 10 east curb line uf Union avenue,
(excepting such portions of said street between
said points along which a cement or asphalt
sidewalk has been constructed and accepted),
said sidewalk to be constructed in accordance
with specifications on file in the Office of the
city clerk, said specifications being numbered
twelve.
SEC. 2. The city engineer having estimated
that the total cost Of said improvement will be
greater than one collar 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 81 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 arepaid, and 20 bear
interest at 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
acheck 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 fur
nished by the city clerk upon application.
Los Angeles Cal, Jan. l6, 1894.
C. A. LUCKENBACH,
City clerk and ex-oficio clerk OF the council of
the city OF Los Angeles. 1-l6-2t