The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-14
THE SEATTLE a. 1885,
CITY NOTICES.

CALL FOR BIDS FOR STREET LIGHT
lag-NoIfce is hereby given that sealed
sids wah BE resolved bg the unaerslSned
SscrsfSfy OF the Board % Public Works
Of The City Of Seattle up 70 20 O'clock
A. NJ. Monday. December f4sh, ISS for
furnishing street iighss for the City or
uary md. lsa-. according - plans ard
specifications now on rile in the ofsice
OF the Beard Of Public Works.
Zach proposal must be accompanied by
certined check IN The amount OF one
thousand dollars payable 10 the CITY
Comptroller OF the CITY or Seattle as an
earnest that the bidder II awarded any
contract VIII within ten days from the
date that such contract is awarded enter
into contract and furnish bonds for tne
Ialsnfui performance OF contract accoro-
10 comply Herewith. said cheek shall De
fo.feited 20 the City OF Seattle
Special attention Is called 10 article
xiii. OF the city charter as now in force
relating 10 .shoilrs 81 labor and TO ar
ticie viii. sec. 81. subs ] and :, winch read
as follows:
tract for the doing az any work or labor
or furnishing any skill. labor or material
20 or for the City OF Seattle shan oe valid
or binding against the city, ths contractor
shall enter into A joint and several 6cnd
with the City of Seattle. for the use OF
the city and also for the use or all per-
sons WHO may perform or cause 70 De
performed any work or labor. or furnish
or cause to be furnished any skill. labor
or material IN the execution OF such con-
tract. conditioned TO perform the con-
tract. according TO its terms. conditions
and stipuIations and TO pay as they be-
come due all Just claims for all work
and labor so performed, and oil skill or
la Dor and material furnished In the
execution of said contract, and 10 COM
ply with all the requirements of the char
ter and ordinances OF the city and the
AMENDMENTS thereto, which bond shall be
in an amount fixed by the board of pub
lie works. but not less than nifty per cent
more than the contract price agreed TO be
paid fo- the performance or such con-
tract, and shall be duly signed by such
contractor aud two or more good and
sufficient sureties. and after being APP
proved as herein provided. shall be filed
in the office OF the city comptroiier, pro-
viding that before approving any such
bond the mayor and comptroller shall
cause TO be filed with and preserved by
the properties owned by each of such
proposed surety. such list describing with
reasonable certainty the various proper
ties and showing whether the same is
and the encumbrances thereon. The bond
shall also contain any other conditions
or provisions required by any state law,
and such bond shall be deemed to run
also to the state of Washington.
Subdivision .. The sureties on such bond
shall each Justify as bail upon arrest,
More than two sureties may be accepted
on such bond. and they may justify In
separate and different sums less than the
sum specified in such bond: provided.
that the aggregate or their justification
shall be equal 20 two Sureties justifying
In double the amount of the bond in the
manner herein provided.
Each proposal must be Endorsed on the
envelope bid for Street Lighting"
Right Is hereby reserved to reject any
and all bids.
BY order OF the Board OF Public Works
FRANK OLESON. Secretary.
Date OF first publication, December 1lth.
1896.