The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-11
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners, on
Thursday, October IA, 1897, at ten o'clock A.
M in the Assembly Chamber Of the City
REcoNsTRucTIoN OF PACIFIC AVENUE.
between Johnston avenue and CommunfA"
REcoNsTRUcTIoN OF PAyoNIA AVE-
from Grove street to kelso street. in accord
ance with specifications on file in the ONCE
or the Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sure
Chief Engineer. City Hail. Jersey City, NJ
The bidding for each street viii be indiyid-
ual and bids for the same viii be separately
received and considered. as foliows:-
lsirst-For the reconstruction Of
between points specified. Of which the follow
ing Is the estimate Of quantities required, the
hundred per cent. standard Of cost and time
allowance for doing the work.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Per Cent.
Standard
About 50 cubic yards of earth excava-
About 30 cubic ide'y yards Sas1 Of earth diiing per
About SO cubic yards Of sand filling
About 200 square yards Of paving.
specincation blocks. per square yard. LID
spout So lineal feet of curb stone per
About 800 square feet Of bridge stone
About 100 square yards Of repaving per
ABOUT bous' i.6 SS' iin ne; feet reset curb stone
About 800 square feet reiaid bridge
stone per square foot ........ .03
About 4 basinheads reset, EACH. 80. TOO
About 10 manhole heads reset, each.... 300
About 2 new basin heads furnished and
The paving 4,2oo square yards includes Is
inches outside the track on either side. which
the Consolidated Traction Company must pay
for.
Time allowed for the completion of the work.
As working days.
Second-For the reconstruction of
between the points above specified, Of which
CURED, the hundred per cent. standard OF
cost and the time allowance for doing the
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Per Cent.
Standard.
About 50 cubic yards of earth excava-
About 50 cubic yards Of earth filling per
About 40 cubic yards of sand or gravel
filling per cubic yard ............... 1.25
About $3.50 square yards Of paving
specification blocks per square yard. LIS
ABOUT 800 lineal feet of curb stone per
About $50 square feet Of bridge stone
About 100 square yards Of repaving per
Ab bouar ! g Sasgnbsad: rasat socb 20 ~
About 8 manhole heads reset. each...... 800
About Z new basinheads furnished and
About 1850 lineal feet of reset curb
stone per lneal foot. ....-..--... "a
About s25 square feet of relaid bridge
stone per square loot ----.-.--..---. w
Paving $3.50 square YARDS includes Is
inches outside the tracks in street which the
Traction Company must pay for.
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
As working days.
to be made out Of license monies.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Qtem speei-
hedO," directed to "Mr. Ferd. Heintze, Chair
man of the Committee on Streets and Sew
ers,'' and handed to the Clerk Of the Board
of business relating to sealed proposals..
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor viii a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves. the right to reject any
interests of the city so to do.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent. standard above quot
ed for which they viii furnish all materials
and do all the work comprehended in each
improvement, and If final award of contract
basis upon which payment will be made for
all items.
The a~tteation of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
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 suf-
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel. the President of this
Beard having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under cath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
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