The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05


 PROPOSALS for repaving and repairing streets paved with bitumen. Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the $. sitS isssa and County of San Francisco August In accordance with Resolution No. 143s Fourth seriesl of the Board or Supervisors, sealed proposals will be received in open session of the Board on Monday afternoon. repavlng, repairing and keeping in good order and condition. to the entire satisfaction Of the Superintendent of Streets and of the Board of Supervisors. all streets or portions of streets. including street crossings and in tersections,, which are now or may be here 80, 1900. N ''''N' V '4 ''9i1-s 1Ne strict accordance with specifications on file and open for inspection In this office.
 The streets and street crossings etc. now require to be repaved and kept In repair. as above stated, include all streets or portions of streets paved with bituminous rock and ac- oepted by the city and county, and must be put in good condition and kept In thorough repair. All streets and street crossings emu merated in the specifications to be repaved must be so repaved within a period of three (3) months after the contract is awarded, and all streets. street crossings and street inter sections paved with bftumen must be put In fhree months from award of contract. and must be kept In good repair until the expira- tion of the contract; in addition to all streets rock and accepted by the city and county dur ing the continuance of the contract except 
 a bond has been given and is in force for keeping the same in repair; also, those DOT repair by the street railway companies hay ing tracks thereon.
 NoTICE-Bidders must state specific sum for which the entire work will be performed. with the understanding that monthly pay ments will be made therefor to the extent of tifcate from the Superintendent of Streets. approved by the Board of Supervisors, that the work Is being satisfactorily performed.
 Bidders will also be required to file with their bid a description of and the character of the plant owned by them. with a chemi- cal analysis and sample of the biturninons rock to be used in carrying out and per forming the work under this contract.
 eight hours shall constitute a days work for persons employed on the. above work. and shall be two ts2) dollars per day; also, that the amount of the bond to be given will not be less than one-half the amount bid for the performance of this work.
 No bid will be received or entertained from any person, firm or corporation who does not own A fully equipped plant sufficient for the performance of this work.
 The party to whom the contract Is awarded will be required, prior to or at the time of the execution of said contract, to pay the cost of advertising this and former notice in three daily newspapers.
 In order to preserve uniformity and to facil- itate the award the Board has resolved to receive no bid unless made upon blank forms prepared by the committee, and certified check for the sum of five thousand ts6oeo, Clerk of the Board. must be deposited by the bidder, conditioned. if the proposal Is accept ed and the contract awarded. and if the bid der shall fail or neglect to execute a written agreement and give the bond required (with two @ good and sufficient sureties. each to qualify In the full amount of said bond, which bond shall not be for sum less than one-half the contract price) within six (6) that case, the said shall be paid into the City and County Treasury by said Clerk as Iiquidated damages for such failure and neg lect.
 Blanks furnished by the Clerk
 The Board reserves the right to reject all bids if the public good require.
 JNO. A. RUSSELL. Clerk.