The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-07

Sealed proposals will be received py the
Thursday, October II, 1897, at ten o'clock A.
NJ, in the Assembly Chamber Of the City
Hall, for the
RECONSTRUCTION OF PACIFIC AVENUE,
between Johnston avenue and communipaw
avenue: and for the
RECONSTRUCTION OF PAvoNIA AVE
from Grove street to Kelso street, in accord
ance 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 office or the
Chief Engineer. City Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
The bidding for each street will be individ-
ual and bids for the same will be separately
received and considered. as follows-
First-For the reconstruction of
PACIFIC AVENUE
between points specified, of which the follow
ing is the { estimate lima, Of quantities IN ii od REQUIRED ars time, tne
allowance for doing the work.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Per Cent.
Standard.
About 50 cubic yards of earth excaya-
ton per cubic yard .....*.... Wv
About so cubic yards Of earth filling per
About $40 cubic yards Of sand filling
About 400 square yards Of paving.
specification blocks, per square yard. 1.Se
About 800 lineal feet of curb stone per
iIhCdl 80
About 300 square feet of bridge stone =
About beu sd TO- square, laDe yards of repaving per
About 1000 iineal feet reset curb stone
per lineal foot :. :. --....-..-..- Va
Stone I% sauale feot .Os
About 4 basinheads reset, EACH ....... 7-W
About 10 manhole heads reset, EACH. 800
set each $500
The paving 1920 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
the following is the estimate of quantities re-
quired, the hundred per cent. standard of
cost and the time allowance for doing the
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Per Cent.
Standard.
About so cubic yards of earth excava-
ton per cubic yard ..".-.......- WV
About so cubic yards of earth filling per %
cubic yard :. =. :. :. ...-.....-. 20
filling per cubic yard ................. 1.25
About $3.50 square yards of paving
specification blocks per square yard. 1-75
About $50 lineal feet of curb stone per
lineal foot :. .. .. -. -.........-..... .45
About 45o square feet Of bridge stone
per square IOOL 1890. -. - .s.- 7
About loo square yards of repaving per
square yard. i. =. .......@........ .S5
About 5 basinheads reset. each-...... 100
About s manhole heads reset, each...- 800
About 7 new basinheads furnished and
set, each. =. .......-...-. 4.O0
About 1850 lineal feet of reset curb
stone per 1ineal foot. ....-.......... .04
About 925 square feet of relaid bridge
stone per square foot ................ .os
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,
45 working days.
Payment for work herein advertised for is
to be made out of license monies.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Gtem speci-
hed)),' directed to Mr.. Ferd. Heintze, Chair
man of the ommitte on Streets and Sew
ers," and handed to the Clerk of the Board
in open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals..
No city official will 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
interests of the city so to do
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
ed for which they will furnish all materials
and do all the work comprehended in each
Improvement, and if final award of contract
is made the per cent. so stated will form a
basis upon which payment viii be made for
all items.
to Section Z, Chapter I4 of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsrnen offered by the
Contractor have been approved as to sufi-
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Beard having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsnen under CATH
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
ON GEO. T. BoUToN.
Datad Tersev Civ. October {. 1897