The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-28
CORPoRATIoN NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, October 4, 1897. at two o'clock P. NJ,
N the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hail.
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN SEWERS
AND EVE SYSTEMS
hereinafter designated, said proposals to be in
accordance with specifications on file in the
ONCE OF the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of suretie5
must be obtained at the Office Of the Chief
The bidding will be divided into five Sec
lions. Specifications being individual for each
by Itself, upon which bids will be separately
received and considered.
F1rst-For the reconstruction OF
JACKSON AVENUE SEWER SYSTEM,
from Bramhail avenue to Communipaw ave
nue.. and through Communipaw avenue to
Monticello avenue, Of which the following is
an estimate of Quantities required and time
allowed for doing the work.
About 1,2lo hneal feet of 42-inch brick oval
About 5 sewer connections 1ateralsI.
About II basin connections with new sewer
Al house connections to be made good.)
About LIS cubic yards Of rock excavation.
About > cubic yards of concrete
About 10000 feet B. N. sheathing and lum-
About 2 receiving basins to be rebuilt
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work, Is working days.
Second-For the reconstruction Of
SEWER IN NEW YORK AVENUE,
from Griffith street to Franklin street. Of
which the following is an estimate of guam
work.
About 1.14O lineal feet of 4s-inch brick oval
sewer.
About A receiving basin connections to new
sewer.
eAll house connections TO be made good.l
About 200 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 20 cubic yards Of concrete.
About 5000 feet B. NJ. lumber in sheathins
About 2 receiving basins rebuilt and connec-
items complete.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, So working days.
Third-For the reconstruction Of
SEWER IN OCEAN AVENUE,
from Gator avenue to Linden avenue, of which
the following is an estimate of quantities re-
quired and time allowed for doing the work
About 800 lineal feet Of 3s-inch brick oval
Cali house connections to be made good)
About 2 connections from basins to new
About so cubic yards of rock excavation
About 3 cubic yards of concrete.
About 5000 feet B. NJ. lumber in shearhing
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, As working days.
Fourth-For the reconstruction Of
SEWER IN BERGEN AVENUE.
from Paramount avenue TO storm avenue and
which the following is an estimate of guam
titles required and time allowed for doing the
work.
About 49s lineal feet of sO-ilch brick oval
sewer. Fttf
About 80 Iineal feet of 1S-inch vitrifed Pipe
sewer.
CAll house connections to be made gnod1
About so cubic yards of rock excavation
About 5 cubic yards of concrete.
About 1,0ee feet B. M. lumber and sheath- Z
About 2 receiving basins rebuilt and con-
~nections made to new sewer
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work, 40 working days
Fifth-For the reconstruction Of
CHESTNUT AVENUE SEwER
from Magnolia avenue to Pavonia avenue, of
which the following is an estimate Of guam
titles required and time allowed for doing
the work.
About 25J iineaI feet of 2a-inch brick oval
sewer.
(An house connections to be made good.l
About 1000 feet B. NJ. lumber and sheath
About Is5' cubic yards of rock excavation.
About Z cubic yards OF concrete.
About 2 receiving basin connections for new
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work, So working days. a " ~
PAYMENT for work herein advertised for is to
be made out of the license monies.
Proposals must be enclosed In sealed en-
directed to Mr.. Ferd. Heintze, Chair
man of the Committee on Streets and Sewers"
and handed to the Clerk Of the Board in open
meeting when called for in the order Of BUSH
ness reiatinng to sealed proposals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution Of sureties be allowed
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals if it is deemed for the best
of the city so to do.
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board Ia copy of which is on
in the office of the Chief Engineer or they
VIII be declared informal and rejected.
The attention OF bidders Is especially called
To Section I. Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1881,
lnder the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
lucrative until the bendsmen offered by the
,onrractor have been approved as to sufficieney
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
zion Counsel. the President of this Board hav-
ing the power TO examine the proposed bonds
under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEORGE r. BoUToN.
Clerk.