The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-29
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
board Of Street and Water Commission ers
on Mohoay, July 8, 1896. at two o'clock P. NJ.
Tor the construction of an 16-inch vitrihed pipe
SEWER IN BALDWIN AVENUE,
afnn a point about rs feet north of Newkirk
street to Academy street; a 24-inch brick oval
sewer in Academy street, from Baldwin ave-
nue. TO Cornelison avenue, and through Cornell
son avenue to WAYNE street: from Carneiison
avenue In Wayne street to a point about 100
feet east of Fremont street a 34-inch brick
circular sewer; from this last mentioned point
Vltrined pipe sewer to be laid in the southerly
sidewalk of Wayne street to Mercer street.
ana through Mercer street to and connecting
with the Mill Creek sewer at the intersection
OF Mercer and Merseles streets; the other to
De a zs-ineh steel pipe sewer to be laid in
the centre of Wayne street and connecting
Merseles street.
Said sewers to be built conformabiy
to the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws
OF 1925. and in accordance with specifcatiras
on file in the Office of the Clerk of said
Blank forms of bid and agreement If SURG
Ties must be obtained at the office of the
onet Engineer, corner Jersey avenue and ME-
EsrfMATE Of oGUANr1TIEs.
About $40 lineal feet 1s-inch vitrifed pipe
sewer on piles.
About $50 lineal feet of 24-inch brick oval
sewer.
About 80 lineal feet of s4-inch brick circular
sewer upland.
About 100 lineal feet of 34-inch brick circu-
lar sewer on piles.
About $50 lineal feet of 2S-inch steel pipe
sewer on piles.
About 10000 lineal feet Of piles.
About 1850 feet B. M. yellow pine Gaping.
About $500 cubic yards Of rock excavation.
About IS. 900 feet 3. M. of flooring.
About 8 15-inch spurs to be made for con-
Meeting sewers.
About 50 cubic yards of concrete.
Der in bottom.
About $500 lbs. of iron bolts.
About "a receiving basins.
About 1000 lbs. of spikes.
About 40 cubic yards of masonry.
About 2 2D-inch connections to be made for
connecting sewers.
Time allowed for the completion Of the
work, $50 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
the award of contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor. on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed IN sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Sewer in
Baldwin Avenue directed to Mr..
Streets and Sewers" and handed to the
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating to
No city official will be accepted as surety,
ror will a substitution of sureties be al
lowed.
The Board may. under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z Chapter 134 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall oa
binding upon the city, or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiency
by this Board. and as to form by the Cor
p~oration Counsel. the President of this Board
having power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
EoRGE T. BoUToN.
Clerk.