The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
Sealed Bids or Proposals

WILL BE RECEIVED at the Board of Free.
w holders rooms, Morristown n. J.. on
Thursday, the Twenty-second Day of June
Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County OF
Morris for matchmaking a section of public
road IN the Townships Of Chatham, Hanover
and Borough of Florham Park describ
ed as follows: Beginning at Cooks bridge
over the Passaic river in the Township OF
Hanover, said point being the continuation
ing known as the Mount Pleasant Turn
pike, and runs thence in westerly direction
| following the line of the aforesaid Turnpike
road through the township of Hanover to It'll
| intersection with the road leading from Han
over school house, thence along said road tc
the road known as the South Orange Turn
| tending in a westerly direction following the
| line of the aforesaid South Orange Turnpike
| to its intersection with the road leading tc
| Madison, and there ending.
| The maps. profles and specifications may
| be found at the Freeholder's room, at Morris
| town, n. j.. where information may be secur
ed and blank bids and bonds OBJ aimed.
Each bid must be accompanied by a,bond In
| $1,000 with satisfactory surety. conditioned
that if the contract shall be awarded the bid
der, he will, when required by the Board exc
cute an agreement in writing to perform the
work according to the specifications, and q
bond with satisfactory sureties In at least the
contract price for the faithful performance OF
the contract.
Bidders must submit an estimate by the
square yard on six inch macadam road,
@Samples of stone to be used by the contrac.
tor must accompany each bid and a statement
of the place where the same is obtained. so
that the Freeholders may enter and obtain
specimens If deemed necessary.
All the stone used must be quarried trap
rock properly sized and screened, and con-
tractors will not be permitted TO use 'tailings'
on the work.
The material to be used must be equal in
quality to the sample of stone shown in the
Engineers office at Morristown,
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all materials.
Nos bid shall be withdrawn.
The price must be written in the bids and
stated in figures.
Bids must be accompanied by the name and
residence of the bidder.
Each bid must be accompanied with an af-
1davit that no person other than those men
toned is interested financially therein.
Informal and unbalanced bids will be re-
jected. Bids will be rejected as informal that
do not cover and include all the work com
pleted, including the necessary and proper
preparation for the foundation of the road
bed and such grading as may be called for in
the contract and specifications and on the
maps and profles.
The attention of bidders is particularly call
ed to the following resolution passed by the
r lad Committee and the rights reserved
therein:
Resolved, That in our proposals for bids the
right also be reserved to narrow or widen the
roadway to be paved whenever such change
may be considered advisable.
Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal
examination or otherwise of the nature and
extent of the work, the width, length and
depth of cuts and fills. the size and quantity
of drain pipe and the width, depth and ex-
tent of the cutters. and shall not at any time
after submission of bid dispute or complain
OF errors in estimates nor assert that there was
a misunderstanding in regard to the excava-
lions or fills, the work to be done or the ma
terials to be furnished The right is reserved
to increase or diminish the cuts and fills along
the line of the work.
Bidders must SPECIFY in their proposals the
least number of consecutive working days
within which they will agree to complete said
work should the contract be awarded to them.
Bidders will be required to give satisfaction
evidence of their ability to perform the con-
tract If awarded to them
The right to reject all bids is specially re-
served, MERRITT B. LUM, Director.
Board of Chosen Freeholders,
1872 Morris County, N. ]