The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10
VOICE


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners. on
TUESDAY, June 18th, 1899, at 2 o'clock p. M,
In the Assembly Chamber at the City Han,
for the
IMPROVEMENT OF MYRTLE AVENUE.
between Ocean avenue and Jackson avenue.
Gaie provisions Of Chapter p eM III 81 liz EaWs & iss5
and in ,ancordaHcs with SPECIFICATIONS on file
in the Office OF the Clerk of the 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.
1909
Standard
About 1,4sO cubic yards Of earth excaya-s
ton, per cubic yard ...... ..............S .25
About 50 cubic yards of rock excavation,
About 400 cubic yards of earth filling, per
About 500 cubic yards Of sand, per cubic -.
About 1885 square yards Of paving CBel-
gian),. per square yard..... ......-...- l.o
About 2, $50 lineal feet Of curb stone, per
About lie square feet of bridge stone. :.
About s's5o square feet Of tagging. per
square foot...... ...... -. .........-.... 10
About 50 square yards of repaving, per :.
About 80 lineal feet Of reset and dressed
curb stone, per lineal foot.... ........... 20
About 40 square feet of relaid and dressed
bridge stone, per square foot.."...--.. 90
About 2 reset receiving basin heads. each, ~
about ........ ...... 49,. -. .........-,... 5.VO
About 8 reset manhole heads, each, about 200
About 2 rebuilt receiving basins and con- =,
~neetions complete. each, about ......-. 29.0o
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work, so working days
The making of the above Improvement ana
award Of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the re,nonstranee of the owners or the
property liable to more than one-half the as
Bessment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes. endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of Myrtle Avenue directed to Mr..
Jas. S. Nolan, Chairman of the m on
Streets and Sewers" and handed to the Clerk
of the Board in open meeting when called Tor
in the order of business relating to sealed
proposals.
TIL bonds required to be furnished on pro-
posals land a possible subsequent eontraeO 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 and
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 T., Chapter 1874, C 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 suffiefeney
nv this Board and as to form by the Cor
poration 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.
Dated Jersey City, June 9th. 1899.