The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-01
MONEY TO LOAN
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Seafeu proposals Will be received by the
Board OF Street and Water Commissioners on
Tuesday, July IS. 1899, at 2 O'clock r. NJ,
in the Assembly Chamber Of the city Hall,
CONSTRUCTION OF A MAIN WI IN
SWAMPY REEF OR McADoo AVENUE
Said sewer to be built in accordance with
the plans and 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 s55 lineal feet of 54-inch brick sew
er, per lineal foot ........ .............. 81. 50
About 20 lineaI feet of 66-ineh brick sew
Ab . 20 % l neal feet es9s q 4s-insh brick sewer, -
About $40 SO lineai feet Of special design
sewer, including concrete cradle, as
About 229 lineal feet Of D-inch steel pipe
sewer, per iineal foot ........... 1900
About ITS cubic yards Of brick masonry.
About 500 liineai feet Of piles driven, per
About 25. % feet B, NJ. Of Gaping, per
About 5o.5o feet B. NJ. Of flooring, per
About 100 cubic yards Of earth filling,
per cubic yard ..-- .S5
About s steel / beams, TO weigh 60 lbs.
per foot. 81 feet 4 inches long. punched,
furnished with separators and bolts,
complete and in place In accordance with
The piling and timber used in foundation
for steel girders will be paid for at the same
rate as bid for Gaping and piling.
Time allowed for the completion OF the work,
rs working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the reTnonstrance of the owners OF the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor, on the basis Of preliminary
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Construc-
tion of a Main Sewer in Swanpy. Creek or
| MoAdoo Avenue Drainage Area, directed to
.Mr. Jas. $. Nolan, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Streets and Sewers" and handed
to the Clerk Of the Board in open meeting
when called for in the order OF business re-
lating to sealed proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
| posais land a possible subsequent contrac9 are
those of some surety company authorized 70
do business in the State of New Jersey.
Bidders must state q single fixed percentage
Of the hundred per cent. standard above quot
ed for which they furnish all materials and do
all the work comprehended in specifications,
and il hnal 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 10 reject
| any or all proposals.
The attention Of bidders is especially.callea
| to Section 7. Chapter 1874. Of the Laws o.
| 1891. under the terms whereof no contract
shall be binding upon the city or becofne
by the contractor have been approved as to
| suffieicncv by this Board and as to form by
! the Corporation Counsel the President OF TINS
| Board having the power to examine the pro-
| posed bondsmen under oath
BY order OF the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners: GEO. 7. BouroN,
~. 80. I aean