The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-21
sEATTIR PO6rTuLIGFNCEB SATURDAY. NOVEMBER


CALL FOR BIDS FOR STREET LIGHT
ing--Sotfce Is hereby given paarxssa Mt
10 ,iss Council resolution No. - that
designed Secretary OF the Board OF
Public Works of the City of Seattle up
10 10 O'Clock 4. NJ. Monday. November
FER ,h rs ga, for srsisnins stree, lights
commencing January End, 1897. accord
irg 10 the plans and specifications
adopted by the city Council November
OF the BOARD OF Public Works.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check In the amount OF one
thousand dollars. payable TO the city
Comptroller OF the City Of Seattle as an
earnest that the hidderW awarded any con-
tract Will within ten DAYS from the ds fe
a contract and furnish bonds for the
faithful performance of contract accord
ing TO requirements. In case of failure
70 comply Herewith. said check shall be
forfeited 10 the City OF Seattle.
Special attention is called TO article
xxfi- OF the city charter as now in force
relating to hours of labor" and TO ar
.icis Vni: sec Il, subs and :. which
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 rhe city of Seattle. for the use of the
who may perform or cause 10 De per-
formed any work or labor, or furnish or
cause to be furnished any skill. labor or
material IN the execution OF such con-
tract according TO It's terms. conditions
and sfipulations and 30 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 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 hoard of pub
lie works. bur not less than nifty per cent
more than the contract price agreed to be
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 ap-
proved as herein provided. shall he nled
in the office OF the city comptroller. pro-
viding that before approving any such
bond the mayor and comptroller shall
cause TO be filed with and preserved by
them, by the proposed sureties. a list OF
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
Subdivision 2. The sureties on such bond
shall each justify as bail upon. arrest
More than two suresies 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 lustincation
shall be equal 30 two sureties iustitying
I'm 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 10 reject any
and all bids
BY order of the Board of Public Works.
FRANK OLESON. Secretary.
Date of first publication, Nov. Goth. 1895.