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MORRIS STREET.
NOTICE TO

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Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Tuesday, April Is, 1899, at woe O'Clock p. NJ,
in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall,
IMPROVEMENT OF hopkins AVENUE.
between Collerd street and Summit avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conformaply
to the provisions of Chapter 27 OF the Laws
of 1895, and in accordance 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 of the
Chief Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N. J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Standard
of Cost.
About s51 cubic yards of, earth excava-
ton. per cubic yard ......-..-.--.. 10
About 10 cubic yards of rock excava-
tion, per cubic yard .....-.......... 2.V
About 917 cubic yards of earth Milling,
per cubic yard 80
About rs cubic yards Of sand filling,
per cubic yard lis
About s4a SQUARE Yards of. Belgian paw
ing in cutters. per square yard. ....... 1.25
About l,o27 liffeal feet of curb stone, per
lineal foot .5
About 1852 square feet of tagging, per
square foot -. =. 10
About 10 square yards of repaving, per
About ia square feet of relaid and dress
ed bridge stone, per square foot........ .45
About 100 square feet of relaid and dress
ed tagging, per square foot .-......... W
About L new receiving basin and con-
~nectionS complete, ach........-......- io.VU
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, 35 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners of
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor, on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment of Hopkins Avenue directed to Mr..
Jas. S. Nolan. Chairman 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 business relating to sealed
proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State OF New Jersey.
Bidders must state a single liked percentage
Of the hundred per cent. standard above quot
ed for which they will furnish all materials
and do all the work comprehended in speci1-
cations, and if final award of contract be
made the per cent. so stated will form the
basis upon which payment will be made for
all items
The Board may, under the provisions Of the
Act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 4. 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 bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to sufficiency
by this Board and as to form by the. Cor
poration Counsel, the President of this Board
having the power to examine the proposed
bondsnren under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Da+od Torsev cjtv April 1. 1899.