The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-07

CALL FOR BIDS FOR STREET LIGHT
lag-Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids win be received by the undersigned
Secretary OF the Board OF Public Works
OF the City of Seattle up 20 10 o'clock
a. NJ Monday, December sth. 1885, for
furnishing street lights for the city of
Seattle for one year commencing jan
usry Ind, 1877 according TO plans and
specifications now on file IN the office
OF the Board of Public WORKS
Each proposal must be accompanied by
certified check in the amount OF one
thousand dollars. payable 10 the CITY
Comptroller % the city OF Sea1ue. As an
earnest that he bidder IL awarded any
contract will within ten days from the
date that such contract Is awaroed enter
into contract and furnish bonds Tor the
faithful performance Of contract accord
ing 70 requirements. In case OF faiiure
TO comply Herewith said check shall be
forfeited to the City OF Seattle.
Special attention is called 20 arucie
xiii. of the city charter as now in force
relating 10 hours OF labor" and TO ar
ucle viii. sec. II. subs. l and :. which
read a. follows:
Sec. 81 Subdivision l. Before any con-
tract for the doing of any work or labor
or furnishing any skill, labor or material
10 or for the City OF Seattle shall be valid
or binding against the city, the contractor
shall enter into a joint and several bond
with the City of Seattle. for the use or the
city and also for the use OF all persons
who may perform or cause TO be per-
formed any work or labor. or furnish or
cause TO he furnished any skill labor or
tract, conditioned to perform the con-
tract according to it's terms. conditions
and stipulations and to pay as they
become due all just claims for all work
and labor SO performed and all skill or
labor and material so furnished in the
execution of said contract, and TO conn
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 hfty per cent.
ha "a price
paid for the performance of such con-
tract and shall be duly signed by such
contractor and two or more good and
sufficient sureties. and after being APP
proved as herein provided. shall be filed
in the office OF the city comptroller, pro-
viding that before approving any such
bond the mayor and comptroller shall
cause 20 he 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
community property or separate property
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 10 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 of their 1ustincatlon
shall be equal 10 two sureties iustifying
in double the amount of the bond in the
manner herein provided.
Each proposal must be indorsed on the
envelope IBID 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 3rd.
1886.