The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-03

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS TERRY
avenue formerly Tensa Streeu improve


EEent
Not.oe IS hereby given that scaled pro
pas24s viii 0e received ~ the Sn1ersa Sned.
secretary a. ne board % public works OF
ne city o. Seattle. Up % oclock p n
Thursday. September 18th. o$6. Tor me
Tenth street, from Pine street - Virginia
street. by grading the sane AID cons tT-iei-
ing sidewalks on both sides tneffof. an
parking tae same on hotn SIDES Thereon,
as provided hv ordinance No. 49,. creating
local Improvement district Nc. III n ac~
coroance with the plans and spec.faeA tsos =
now on Gle n the effIee % The board o.
public works
Each bid must be accompanied by a cer-
titled check payable 10 the order G. tae
CITY comptroller for : sum not less taan
Vii BE- considered unless accompanied BY
said check
The successful bidder will he required
% enter into 4 contract and fGrnisa Sat-
isf2ctory. bond for the amounts required
BY the city charter and the laws 81 the
state OF Washington. within ten DAYS atter
being notified Of The aHard OF The con-
tract 10 him. failing % 90 so, the said
check and the amount fixed therein VIII
De forfeited 20 the city. No person 3 ell
gi5le as a bidder VINO has within Two years
prior 10 the letting OF said contract made
default IN payment OF any just claim Tor
any work or labor performed or for any
skill or material furnished pursuant 10
any such contract as herein advertised. or
who within said two years failed 10 COM
plete any such contract
Said bids shall De made under and ny
virtue Of ordinance No. SS42, and as amend
- BY ordinance No. 3t40. and the laws
OF the state of Washington relative 20 i'm
provemeats upon the ''tnstailment bond
plan" and the bidder shall state whether
he Will sccept in payment Of said improve
ment the bonds OF Local Improvement
District No. III or wat until the bonds
TO be issued for. said Improvement shall
have been issued and negotiated As pro-
vided by said ordinance No. SSi9 and as
amended BY said ordinance No 3t4o
Special attention Is called 10 article xiii.
OF the city charter as now in force relat-
ing 70 hours of labor" and 10 article
follows:
See. 81. Subdivision J. Before any con-
tract for the doing OF any work or labor.
or furnishing any skill. labor or material
10 or for the city or Seattle shall be valid
or binding against the city. the contractor
shall enter into joint and several bond
with the city OF Seattle. for the use OF the
city and also for the use OF all persons who
may perform or cause 70 be performed any
work or labor, or furnish or cause 20 be
furnished an skill labor or material in
the execution Of such contract. conditioned
10 perform the contract according 10 its
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 or such contract. ana 10
comply with ali the requirements or the
charter and ordinances Of the city and the
amendments thereto. which bond shall be
I'm an amount fixed by the board of public
works. but not less than fifty per cent.
more than the contract price agreed 20 he
paid for the performance Of such contract.
and shall be duly signed by such contract
or and two or more good ana sufficient
sureties and after being approved as here
in provided. shall be filed in the office OF
the city comptroller, providing that before
approving any such bond the mayor and
comptroller shall caused 10 he fled with
and preserved by them. by the proposed
sureties. a list OF the properties owned
by each such proposed surety. such list
describing with reasonable certainty the
various properties and showing whether
the same is community property or sep
arate property ana the encumorances
other conditions or provisions required by
any state law, and such bond shall he
deemed TO run also 10 the state OF Wash
Subdivision 2 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 Justification shall
be equal to two sureties iustifying in dOu-
Bile the amount Of the bond in the man
ner herein provided.
The board OF public works reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Proposals must be Endorsed on the en-
velope. Bids for Terry Avenue Improve
ment."
FRANK OLES0N.
Secretary.
Date OF first publication Sept LIST. 1896.
PROPOSALS FOR THE ERECTION
and completion Of two steel tanks, at
L S. Naval Station. Port Orchard. Pu-
get Sound. Washington. Bureau OF
Yards and Docks. Navy Department.
Washington d. c. August q. 1896.
Sealed proposals. IN duplicate. for the
following object. Endorsed: Proposals
60 -af At
ton. Port Orchard. Puget Sound. Wash
ington. will be received ar this bureau IN
III ! o'clock p m, on Wednesday. sep
tember % 1896. and publicly opened inn
mediately thereafter Specifications and
blank forms OF proposal will he furnished
upon application being made 10 the com
chard. Washington. or TO the bureau. Bid
ders are expected 10 fully Inform them
selves Of the character OF the work re-
ouired by visiting the station, where pla15
may be examined, and. II necessary. OBJ
talned Satisfactory surety or certified
check for five hundred G5oO dollars must
accompany the proposal as guarantee
that the bidder will execute the required
contract after his bid has been accepted.
Responsible security VIII be required for
the faithful performance OF thes contract.
and the right is reserved 10 reject any and
all proposals not deemed advantageous TO
the government. and 10 waive defects
z. 0. MATTHEW'S Chief OF Bureau
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES Sealed
bids for supplies viii be received by the
Directors Of the Washington State Peni-
Tertiary Al their office In Walla Wal.a,
Washington. up 20 O'Clock p. m. octo-
her 2 1895. for the following. VIZ: Gro
ceries dry goods hardware. paints and
oils -four, feed. tobacco. drugs and medi-
cines. and prison cloth; for quantities
and specifications address James McIn-
roe. Waila Wal,s. Washington. Board
Of Peuitentiary Directors. James McIn-
roe. Secretary.
NOTICE-Station work 20 let by the
rod on county road. Inquire room G
Bailey building.
FISHERMEN. ATTENTION.
CAMPERS and parties intending 10 fish
the Solduck river viii find SUPPLIES and