The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board OF street and Water Commissioners on
Monday. October 70. lsya, at z clock 4. ~ VI
for the construction OF a l5-inch yitrlhea
SEWER IN GRAHAM STREET.
from a point about 80 feet west OF summit
avenue, to and connecting with the sewer N
Graham street west of Hudson Boulevard, ana
a l5-inch vitrified pipe sewer in North street
from a point about y feet west p, s srni rhe
easterly sidewalk Of said Boulevard, 10 anu
connecting with the sewer in Graham street.
also a 15-inch vitrified pipe sewer in the east
erly sidewalk of the Hudson Boulevard, from
a point about 65 feet south of Irving street,
to and connecting with the sewer al Norlh
said sewer to be built conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 2l OF the Laws o.
1895 and in accordance with specifications on
file in the office Of the Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement OF sure.
ties must be obtained at the ofhee OF the Chiel
Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N. j.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Per Cent.
Standard
of Cost.
About 1880 lineal feet of 15-inch vitri-
fled pipe sewer per lineal foot -. *l.zo
About $50 cubic yards OF rock excasa- 80
ton per cubic yard ..--."..-.. z-So
About 20 cubic yards of concrete per , M
About $500 feet B. NJ. sheathing and
lumber in bottom, per M feet....... z5.o1
About , receiving basins .............- tooo
One connection with pipe ldiu py nv
County and crossing Hudson Boule- 40
ward :. :. loW
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work. 100 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be SUD.
ject to the renlonstrance or the owners OF
the property liable to more than one-hait Inc
assessment therefor on the basis OF preilni-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
veiopes, endorsed Proposals for the Construc-
ton of a Sewer in Graham Street, &c. oil.
rected to MIR, Ferd. Heintze, Chairman OF
the Committee on Streets and Sewers, ana
handed to the Clerk Of the Board in open
meeting when called for in the order OF pusi-
ness relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Bidders must state a single fixed percent
age of the hundred per cent. standard above
quoted, for which they win furnish all ma
terials and do all the work conlprehended IN
specifications, and if final award OF contract
be made, the per cent. so stated Will form
the basis upon which paymen will be MADE
for all items.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited, exercise it's right TO reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the Laws OF 1851.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to sufti-
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bendsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and water
GEO. T. BoUToN,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, October Is. 1897.