The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-24
CITY NOTICES,


Avenue South Improvement.
Notice j. hereby given that sealed pro-
signed secretary OF the board OF public
works Of the city Of Seattle up % :
O'Clock p N, Saturday, January : ~.
for the Improvements OF Ninth avenue
south. from Yesler way 10 Main street. by
constructing . pipe sewer along sstaa
street between said points, together VITA
all necessary openings. YVES. iaaisiiotes;
lamp holes, vIntilators. flushing tanks and
catch basins. as provided by ordlnAee
No. ASH. creating local Improvement No;
Is, and in accord dance with the plans ana
specifications now on ME in the oTIioe OK
the board Of public works
Each bid must be accompanied py q Ger
titled check. payable TO the order OF ths
clty comptroller, fer a sum not less tnan
val he considered unless accompanied %
said check.
The successful bidder VIII be required 10
enter into a contract and furnish salss-
factory bond FOR the amount required ~
the city charter and the laws or the state
OF Washington, within ten days AFTER oe-
ing notified of the award or the contrary
TO him; failing = DO 70, the sala ca ssi
and the amount fixed therein VIII DC Tor
feited 70 the city. No person IS eEslole
as bidder who has within two years
prior to the letting OF said contract made
default I'm payment OF any Just ctalm
for any work or labor performed or any
skin or material furnishes p arsaanit 70
any such contract as herein acveft isei
or who within said two years failed TO
complete any such contracts.
Special attention Is called 70 artlele NAl! !.
OF the city charter as now IN force reAat-
ing 10 hours of labor" aad TO article VIII,
section 81, subs. l and :. which READ as
follows;
Sec. If. Subdivision I. Before any con-
tract for the doing Of any work or labor
or furnishing any skin, labor or ma,eF1 Ia
TO or for the city Of Seattle shau he
valid or binding against the city, the con-
tractor shall enter into joint. and sew
eral bend with the city of Seattle. Tor the
use OF the city, and also Ter the use OF
al persons who NAV perform OF cause en-, -
be PERFORMED any work or labor. or tur VI,
nish or Cause 10 be furnished any Skill
labor or material In the execution or sueh
contract, conditioned 10 perform the COZ
tract according TO its terms, conoIli9fls
and stipulafions. and TO pay as tney De
come due all just claims Tor an WoEh
and labor so performed. and AZ stlh OF
labor and material so furnished IN the
execution OF said contract, ana 10 com
ply with ali the requirements or the chdI-
ter and ordinances of the city and mo
amendments thereto. which oond sIdl ne
in an amount fixed by the board OF pub
lie works. but not less than 50 per cent.
more than the contract price agreed 20 De
paid for the performance OF such con-
tract, and shall be duly signed by. such
contractor, and two or more Eooo ara
sufficient sureties. and after neins aP-
proved as herein provided. shall De nIed
in the office OF the city comptroller, pro-
vid.ng that before approving sny shcn
bond the mayor and comptroller shaii
cause TO be filed with ana preserved ps
them by the proposed suretiss. list or
the properties owned by each of sucn
proposed surety. such list describing with
Reasonable certainty the various proper
tics and showing whether the same Is
community property or separate propersy
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 2. The suresies 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 justific alton
shall be equal to two spretles tusufylng
ir double the amount Of the bond in the
manner herein provided.
The board Of public works reserves the
right TO reject any and all bids.
Proposals must be Endorsed On the en-
velope bid for Ninth Avenue South
Improvement"
BY order of the Board of Public Works.
FRANK OLESoN. Secretary.
Date of first publication. December "A.
1896.