The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-11
MONEY TO LOAN
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for the
IMPROVEMENT OF WEST SIDE AVENUE,
between Communipaw avenue and the I. X, II.
tracks.
Said Improvement to be made c~onformably
to the provisions of Chapter 217 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 sureties
must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. City Hall, Jersey City, N. J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
standard
of cost.
About o,37s cubic yards of earth excava-.
ton, per cubic yard .........-.-......$ 10
About 20 cubic yards Of rock excavation,
per cubic yard z.W
About L6l4 cubic yards OF earth filling,
per cubic yard Nv
About 4,s44 cubic yards of sand filling,
About q. 600 square yards of Belgian paw
ing, per, square yard .............,-. 1.2o
About 10000 lineal feet of curb stone, per
Ab tnsai 40. lS4' SQUARE feet Of bridge stone,
About 25,O24 square feet of tagging. per
About 100 square yards of repaying, per
sonare ward 80
About COZ lineaI feet of reset and dressed
curb stone, per lineal foot ..-........... 20
About SIS square feet of relaid and dressed
bridge stone, per square foot ......... 20
About 25, 1884 square feet of relaid and
dressed HdSSlNS, pSI Squdie lCOI -..-s.. ~
About $50 lineal feet of ~cribbing stone,
per lineal foot 49,. =. ..........-r-. III
About 35 receiving basin heads to be re-
set, each ....- -. ............-..... 5.oo
About SO manhole heads to be reset, each Zoo
About II receiving basins and connec-
tons complete to be rebuilt, each..... 2o.00
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
15 working days.
The making Of the above Improvement, and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
nent therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of West Side avenue directed to MI.
Jas. 8. 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 pro-
pOsals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals (and a possible subsequent CONTRACT are
those of some surety company authorized TO
do business in the State Of New Jersey.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent. standard above; quoted
for which they will furnish all materials ana
do all the work comprehended in specifications,
and if final award Of contract be made the
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 I, Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1871,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
operative until the bonds offered by the CON
tractor have been approved as to suTicieney
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board
having the power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath. -
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.