The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-01
CITY NOTICES.
NgrlcE TO coNTRAcroRs-~Maia

Notice TO CONTRACTORS. 'Maia
Street Improvement -
Notice is hereby given that sealed pro
secretary of The Board Of pah.ic works II
Ire city q Sesitle Up 10 o,c}eek p m
Monday, March Isl. 1877. for the improve
nue. 70 tse east Enc q fIfsh Avenas soash
d repsanE.ng the same between said
points as provided by ordnance No. 4s1S
eresilnE local Improvement district No
~ and in accordance with the plans and
spsStiFca lions now on Ale n the office OF
t4e board Of publie works.
Each bid must Or accompanied b GER
tined check. payable 10 the order of the
city comptroller. fer sum not less than
tive 90 per cent Of the bid and no bid
VI be considered unless accompanied by
said check.
The successful bidder VIII De required 10
enter into 4 contract and furnish salts
rRceo-y bond for the amount required BY
! the city charter and the laws or the state
OF Washington. within ten days after be-
lag notified OF the award OF the contract
20 him. failing 20 do So the said cheek
and the amount fixed therein viii be for
feited to the city. No person - eligible
as bidder who has within TWO years
prior 10 the letting OF said contract made
default in payment VI any Just claim
for any work or labor performed or any
skill or material furnished pursuant 70
any such contract as herein advertised.
or who within said Two years failed TO
complete any such contracts.
Special attention Is called 10 article XIII.
OF the city charter now in force rel8t-
ing 10 hours of labor. aud 20 article
as follows:
Sec. 81 Subdivision I. Before any con-
tract for the doing Of any work or labor
or furnishing any skill, labor OF material
10 or for the city OF Seattle shall he
valid or binding against the city, the con-
tractor shall enter into joint and sew
eral bond with the city of Seattle. for che
use or the city. and also for the use OF
all persons who may perform or cause TO
be performed any work or labor. or fur
nish or cause 10 be furnished any skill.
labor or material in the execution OF such
contract, conditioned 10 perform the con-
tract according 10 its terms. conditions
and stipulati0ns. and TO pay as they be-
come due all just claims for all work
and labor so performed, and all skin or
labor and material so furnished In the
execution of said contract. and 70 COM
ply with all the reQuir sments 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 80 per cent.
more thar the contract price agreed 10 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 be fled
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
proposed suret.es, such list describing with
reasonable certainty the various proper
ties and showing whether the same is
community property o. separate property
and the circumstances thereon. The bond
shall also contain any other conditions
or provisions required by any state law.
and such bond shall he deemed TO run
also TO the state of Washington.
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 az gregate OF their Justification
shall be equal TO two sureties justfying
in 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 indorsed on envelope
IBID for Main Street Improvement From
Railroad Avenue TO Fifth Avenue South"
BY order OF the board of public works.
FRANK OLESON. Secretary
Date of first publication, February 10th,
1897.