The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-26
CITY NOTICES.


CITY NOTICES
NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lnsion Street Improvement
Notice Is hereby given Ihat seated HFo..
pcSals will y received By the undersigned
secretary u beard of pualic works q ne
WEDNESDAY. sent lst. 1857, for The i'm
pEovement OF Washington stre-t :, IN I2e
c3sy or Seattle. from FaaEta avenue soGta
20 Railroad avenue, ~ CONSTRUCTING AZ
iron stcne Pipe ov.forEa 5-.ck and weed Z
sCaxe sewer along connscti1E section o.
said stress from fourth avenue Scuta .
Railroad avenues west narsia, 2%d ~
renlllng and repi2nk.ng sst.a ssrees frem
Fourth avenue south 70 EtSslFoSu avenue
as provided by ordnance No sa-e. Great
ing LEGAL Improvement aissries N9- IS-
and Ia accordance with the pl21S and
spec lcAtlegis now or a.s II tie oEiice OF
the beard Of pubic works.
Each bid mast Dc accompanied by GER
tined check. payable 10 ths order OF ne
city comptroller. Tor "a SUM MOI less than
i've 10 per cent. of the bid. ard 10 cid
viii ee considered unless accompanied ~
said check
Tae successful bidder will De required TO
enter INTO q contract and furnish salts
factory bond Tor the amount required by
the city charter and the laws OF ins state
OF Washington. witllia ten days after BE-
ing notified of me award Of re contract
10 him. failing 10 DO 50, the said check
and the amount liked shsrsin viii Be for
feiied 10 the city. No person IS eligible
as a bidder who has within TWO years
prior 20 the letting OF said contract made
default IN payment OF any JUST claim
for any work or labor performed or any
skill OF material furnished pursuant 70
any such contract as herein advertised,
or who within said TWO years failed 10
complete any sgch contract.
Special attention Is called 10 article
xXIil- Of the city Charter as now in force
relating 10 hours Of laber," ard 10 ar
read as f0liQws.
See 81. Subdivision L Before any con-
tract for the doing Of any work o. LABOR
or furnishing any skill, labor or material
10 or for the city Of Seattle shall re
valid or binding against the city, the con-
tractor shall enter into a joint, and sew
eral bond With the city az Seattle. for the
use OF the cts, and also for the use OF
AL persons who may perform or cause 20
be performed any work or labor, or fur
nlSn or cause 10 be furnished any skill,
labor or material in the execution OF such
contract. conditioned 20 perform the cum
tract according TO It's terms, conditions
and supul2tions. and 10 pay as they he
come due all just claims for all wCrk
and labor SO performed, ana all skin or
labor and material 80 furnished IN the
execution Of said contract, and TO COM
ply with al the requirements Of the char
ter and ordinances OF the city and the
amendments thereto, which bond shall be
ia an amount hxed oy the Board OF puo-
lie works. but not less than 70 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
sufficient sureties and after being APP
proved "a herein provided, shall be flied
In the office of the city comptroller, pro-
vIding that before approving any such
bond the mayor and comptroller shall
cause 10 be flied with and preserved by
them, by the proposed sursties. a list OF
the properties owned by each Of such
proposed sureties. such list describing
with reasonable certainty the various
properties and showing whether the same
is community property or separate prop
erty, and the encumbrances thereon
The bond shall also contain any other
conditions or provisions required by any
state law and such bond shall BE- deem
er TO run also to the state of Washington.
Subdivision >. The sureties on such
bond shall each justify as bail upon ar
rest.
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 he
equal 10 two surefies justifying 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 Endorsed on envelope:
IBID for Washington Street Improve
BY order of the board of public works.
FRANK OLEsON, Secretary.
Date Of first publication, August 2Sd, 1897.
COUNCIL BILL NO s25.-AN ORDI-
nance granting TO Thomas Burke and his
assigns license and permission 10 lay
pipe or pipes ia and through the alley
between First Avenue and Second Ave-
nue..
BE It ordained by the City OF Seattle as
follows:
Section l. Permission and license Is
hereby granted to Thomas Burke and his
assigns TO lay and maintain In the alley
running north and south between First
Avenue and Second Avenue In the City
of Seattle from the building known as the
Burke Building northerly across Madison
Street 20 the building known as the Riaito
Building pipe or pipes for the purpose Of
conveying from said Burke Building
TO said Rialto Building steam for
heat and power 10 be used
in said Rialto Building: provided
that the license or permit hereby granted
may be revoked at any time by the City
of Seattle upon giving six months notice
to the said Thomas Burke or HIS assigns
Sec. ,. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage
and approval. II approved by the mayor:
otherwise II shall take effect at the time
IL shall become a law under the provisions
of the city charter.
Date Of first publication August 10. 1897.